Tag: gaming industry

‘I’ve had so many projects that have been discontinued lately’: Nier creator Yoko Taro says he’s been working on plenty of games—but they keep getting cancelled before he can announce them

‘I’ve had so many…

As one of the gaming industry’s most treasured oddities, Nier series creator and masked enigma Yoko Taro contends with…
Jailed British hacker who hijacked X accounts including Apple, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama—then used them for a ‘double your money’ Bitcoin scam—has to hand back $5

Jailed British hacker who…

A Brit who hacked multiple high-profile Twitter / X accounts in 2020, and who was extradited to the US…
Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs

Gabe Newell caps off…

Valve co-founder and games industry man of mystery Gabe Newell put consoles on notice Wednesday, and has now ended…
Even the developers of Steam fave Deep Rock Galactic feel the heat from this year’s popular multiplayer games: ‘Competition is fierce’

Even the developers of…

Deep Rock Galactic developer Ghost Ship Games is hard at work on its next game, Rogue Core, which is…
Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading

Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones…

Well, this is a strange one. Just minutes before it was set to deliver its financial results for the…
Looks like it’s Tencent’s turn to start turning off the money faucet for Western studios, as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob says layoffs are coming

Looks like it’s Tencent’s…

Tencent-owned Swedish developer Sharkmob, which announced in October that the supernatural battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt will…
Rockstar faces legal action from UK union after firing more than 30 employees last week: ‘We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting’

Rockstar faces legal action…

The Independent Workers of Great Britain has launched legal action against Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games over…
Welp, says Sony, sure looks like buying Bungie didn’t work out

Welp, says Sony, sure…

Bungie’s been having a rough old time ever since its 2022 acquisition by Sony: there have been multiple rounds…
Larian publishing director balks at Square Enix’s push to replace QA workers with AI: ‘The idea that QA people can be replaced at a large scale is stupid … They are a massively advantageous vibe check’

Larian publishing director balks…

Quality assurance—the sacred task of making sure games break as infrequently as possible—is a non-negotiable part of development, especially…
Square Enix aims to have AI doing 70% of its QA work by the end of 2027, which seems like it’d be hard to achieve without laying off most of your QA workers

Square Enix aims to…

With the release of its latest quarterly financial results, Square Enix published a progress report on its “Square Enix…