Tag: gaming industry

After losing $200 million on Suicide Squad, WB Games has another live service game in the works ‘based on one of the iconic IPs from the vast Warner Bros

After losing $200 million…

If the last decade has taught us anything, it’s that live service game development is the industry’s equivalent of…
The Pokémon Company criticises Trump administration’s use of its imagery in political memes, says Pokémon is apolitical, Trump spokesman uses decade-old Clinton post to accuse them of bias

The Pokémon Company criticises…

The Pokémon Company International has criticised the Trump administration’s use of its characters and imagery in political meme posts.…
Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch

Visa and Mastercard pressuring…

In case you missed the news, let me get you up to speed—payment processors like Visa and Mastercard have,…
The next Xbox is codenamed Project Helix, and it will ‘play your Xbox and PC games’

The next Xbox is…

The recent retirement of longtime Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and resignation of presumed heir apparent Sarah Bond sparked…
Kiss goodbye to Ghost of Yotei on PC: Sony is U-turning on its ‘let’s put our games on PC’ strategy and bunkering back down with console exclusives, says Bloomberg

Kiss goodbye to Ghost…

It is 2026 and Sony has finished steaming Jim Ryan’s ghost out of the office sofa cushions once and…
Gabe Newell says he founded Valve after Doom showed him Microsoft ‘was missing the opportunity’ offered by the internet: ‘I was willing to sort of put my money where my mouth was’

Gabe Newell says he…

We all know the story of how Valve was founded. Gabe Newell, born beneath a rainbow on Mt Paektu,…
Microsoft CEO consoles employees by saying recent layoffs are ‘the enigma of success in an industry that has no franchise value’

Microsoft CEO consoles employees…

This month began with some stark news for Microsoft employees: The business was doing better than ever before, and…
Itch

Itch.io latest in platforms…

Itch.io, a platform that hosts and sells videogames (particularly popular in the indie dev industry) has been the next…
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games set to lay off another 36 employees after a ‘redundancy consultation process’, delays Directive 8020 to 2026

Until Dawn developer Supermassive…

Supermassive, developer of Until Dawn and Little Nightmares, is set to lay off another 36 employees before the release…
How to survive as an indie developer for 20 years

How to survive as…

Dan Marshall was 24 when he picked up C++ for Dummies. “I’ve left this too late,” he thought. “I’m…