Tag: gaming industry

The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement

The PlayStation Network outage…

Review-bombing campaigns are often motivated by half-baked culture war “controversies” about trans characters, queer developers, or supposed mafias of…
Sony offers 5 free days of PlayStation Plus but no explanation for 24-hour ‘operational issue,’ Capcom to extend Monster Hunter Wilds beta to make up for downtime

Sony offers 5 free…

Yesterday evening, the Ask PlayStation support account on Twitter declared an end to this weekend’s strange PlayStation Network outage,…
The PlayStation Network has been taken completely offline across all platforms for more than half a day, preventing online gaming, store purchases, game updates, and more

The PlayStation Network has…

The PlayStation network has been completely borked for 16 hours and counting at the time of writing, first going…
Rocksteady is looking to make a new singleplayer Batman game, but Warner’s Wonder Woman game is struggling

Rocksteady is looking to…

The good news out of Warner Bros. Games, according to a new Bloomberg report, is that after the flop…
Harrison Ford points to Troy Baker’s Indiana Jones for why he’s not worried about AI actors: ‘You don’t need artificial intelligence to steal my soul’

Harrison Ford points to…

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, legendary actor Harrison Ford again took the time to praise…
The organizers of E3 announce a new event called iicon, but it’s not open to the public and you probably don’t want to go anyway

The organizers of E3…

E3 died in 2023 but the Entertainment Software Association is still around, and it’s just unveiled its new idea:…
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney voices support for $900 million Steam lawsuit: ‘Valve is the only major store still holding onto the payments tie and 30% junk fee’

Epic Games boss Tim…

Unsurprisingly, Epic Games CEO and frequent X poster Tim Sweeney has thoughts about the $900 million lawsuit against Valve…
Less than 4 months after revealing his studio’s new game, Michael Condrey has reportedly been given the boot by 2K Games

Less than 4 months…

A Kotaku report says 2K Games has removed Michael Condrey, known for his work on the Call of Duty…
Gaming’s largest lobbying group says Trump’s tariffs ‘would negatively impact hundreds of millions of Americans’ and do serious damage to the videogame industry

Gaming’s largest lobbying group…

The US government is set to launch a massive, sweeping trade war against Canada, Mexico, and China tomorrow (although…
Nearly one-third of non-US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the country because of immigration and gender identity policies

Nearly one-third of non-US…

The situation in the US right now is not great, particularly for non-citizens. A promised crackdown on so-called “illegal…