Tag: gaming industry

Ubisoft hires former Take-Two and Amazon vet to head up its Tom Clancy games

Ubisoft hires former Take-Two…

Amazon Game Studios boss Christoph Hartmann left the company earlier this year amidst its move away from big-budget game…
Even Hideo Kojima is afraid that ‘digital data will no longer be owned by individuals’ and that access to art that we love ‘may suddenly be cut off’

Even Hideo Kojima is…

We have unfortunately been barrelling towards a digitised future for some time now, but Sony’s latest news that PlayStation…
Rockstar UK employees say the GTA 6 developer’s still plagued by gender pay gaps, crunch, and vague bonuses which make them ‘as pliable as possible to their boss’s whims’

Rockstar UK employees say…

Rockstar’s a big company—and while we’re excited for Grand Theft Auto 6, that doesn’t sideline the studio’s potential for…
‘They refuse to offer a meaningful alternative’: Game preservation leader agrees that piracy is the only preservation option for a discless future

‘They refuse to offer…

Sony drove another nail into the coffin of physical videogames today, announcing that it’d cease production of PS5 discs…
Consoles continue their trend of just becoming worst PCs

Consoles continue their trend…

Six years ago, PC Gamer’s Evan Lahti wrote a headline that captured the feeling of the moment, when PlayStation…
Reinstated Subnautica 2 studio CEO immediately peaces out after Krafton agrees to pay the developer bonuses it went to court to avoid

Reinstated Subnautica 2 studio…

Culminating a messy, year-long legal spat, Krafton has agreed to pay bonuses to the studio staff of Subnautica 2…
Former Unreal Engine director retires after 15 years at Epic

Former Unreal Engine director…

Former Unreal Engine director and longtime Epic engineer Nicholas Penwarden is stepping away from the company after 15 years.…
Xbox reportedly wants to put a stake in Blade and sell off Arkane, even though Todd Howard says development is going well

Xbox reportedly wants to…

Microsoft has been extremely busy lately, taking a well-earned break from polluting the world with AI to eviscerate the…
The ESA quietly starts walking back baffling statements about private servers being ‘illegal’, though it’s still tutting and wagging its finger

The ESA quietly starts…

The Entertainment Software Association, in an ongoing attempt to slow the roll of the games conservation movement Stop Killing…
‘I cannot do my job when Microsoft refuses to do theirs’, say Xbox union workers as destructive reset looms from a company that spent over $80 billion on AI last year

‘I cannot do my…

Microsoft’s likely got another wave of layoffs and studio closures coming, it’s my displeasure to say—with multiple studios on…