Tag: gaming industry

Japanese patent officials reject one of Nintendo’s Pokémon patent applications for being too similar to ARK, Monster Hunter, and—embarrasingly—Pokémon Go

Japanese patent officials reject…

The trio of patents asserted by Nintendo as the basis for its ongoing lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair represent…
RPG studio Obsidian faces class action lawsuit alleging violations of state wage laws

RPG studio Obsidian faces…

Obsidian Entertainment, developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Avowed, and The Outer Worlds, is being sued in a class action…
Bryce Clark, game director of Poppy Playtime, has played 23,000 hours of Steam games: ‘I’m a bit obsessed with learning the market’

Bryce Clark, game director…

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC…
International Olympics Committee cancels 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia after just one year, says it ‘will develop a new approach to the Olympic Esports Games’

International Olympics Committee cancels…

The International Olympic Committee has cancelled a 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia that would have seen the first-ever Olympic…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says game prices ‘have resisted matching inflation’ because publishers have been pocketing the ‘cost savings’ from digital distribution

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain…

Wind blows, birds fly, and Tim Cain YouTubes. The Interplay, Troika, and Obsidian developer (and OG Fallout co-creator) is…
Anime-based therapy is being trialed in Japan

Anime-based therapy is being…

Have you ever been sitting there, watching an anime, and gone: Man, I wish I could get drawn into…
Arc Raiders’ use of AI highlights the tension and confusion over where machine learning ends and generative AI begins

Arc Raiders’ use of…

Like Embark Studios’ 2023 shooter The Finals, its new game Arc Raiders, out today, comes bearing an “AI generated…
The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth—global games revenue surpassed the $200 billion mark in 2025

The videogame market is…

The gaming industry’s in a bit of a state, defined these days by extreme consolidation, massive waves of layoffs…
The videogame market is as big as ever, with PC leading growth—global games revenue surpassed the $200 billion mark in 2025

The videogame market is…

The gaming industry’s in a bit of a state, defined these days by extreme consolidation, massive waves of layoffs…
5 promising games recently cancelled by Microsoft

5 promising games recently…

Microsoft has spent the past few years laying off thousands of workers from its collection of game studios, which…