Tag: gaming industry

A week after Microsoft closed 4 game studios, Microsoft-owned Activision announces a new game studio

A week after Microsoft…

Just over a week after Microsoft abruptly shuttered four studios—Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Games—Microsoft-owned…
Crypto boss sentenced to 15 years over ‘epic, generational scale’ fraud that lost over 40 billion dollars

Crypto boss sentenced to…

Cryptocurrency Terraform Labs co-founder, Do Kwon, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a district judge in…
AI is listening: Omnipresent robo-moderators are the latest online anti-toxicity strategy

AI is listening: Omnipresent…

“Toxicity” is one of a few words that has come to define today's internet culture, and for online game…
Take-Two CEO says he expects the games industry to be in ‘commercial streaming mode within 3 years,’ which is great news if you hate owning things

Take-Two CEO says he…

During Take-Two’s latest earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick said the current computing hardware crisis—you know, the one that’s making…
The 5 biggest announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 2025

The 5 biggest announcements…

Another year of The Game Awards is in the books with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 taking home the GOTY…
Take-Two boss dismisses hand-wringing over the end of disc-based games: ‘Our business is well over 90% digitally distributed as it is’

Take-Two boss dismisses hand-wringing…

Take-Two Interactive chief Strauss Zelnick has waded into the discs vs. digital debate, and given the company’s decision to…
Saudi-acquired EA is reportedly planning to make massive cuts after taking $18 billion of debt, and we all know what that means

Saudi-acquired EA is reportedly…

Electronic Arts has officially now passed into the hands of Saudi Arabia—specifically, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, as…
The Game Awards live coverage: Every reveal and announcement as it happens

The Game Awards live…

We’re in the final hours before Geoff Keighley serves up his annual helping of awards and trailers for our…
Devolver Digital wants to get off the stock market, because ‘the ongoing challenge of delivering growth in line with market expectations’ just isn’t worth the headaches

Devolver Digital wants to…

Five years after going public on the London Stock Exchange, indie publisher Devolver Digital wants to go back to…
President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing

President of Xbox at…

The recent closures of Arkane Austin (Dishonoured, Prey) and Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush) have sent ripples throughout the gaming…