Tag: gaming industry

After leaving Ubisoft to launch an anime avatar AI/NFT startup, Yves Guillemot’s son returns to take charge of its new Tencent-backed Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow 6 subsidiary

After leaving Ubisoft to…

When Ubisoft and Tencent announced the creation of a new company that will take control of Ubi’s Big Three—Assassin’s…
Microsoft’s 200 laid-off King devs are reportedly being replaced by AI they helped build, while its ‘absolute ‘s***show’ HR department looks away and whistles

Microsoft’s 200 laid-off King…

If you needed further evidence we live in a dystopia an editor would chuck out for being too on-the-nose,…
‘A future has been stolen from many of us and our community will never experience an amazing game’: Microsoft MMO devs respond to cancelation of project Phil Spencer reportedly loved

‘A future has been…

Nearly two weeks after Microsoft announced its intent to lay off roughly 9,000 employees, yet another workplace massacre that…
‘A game, once sold, belongs to the customer’: Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games

‘A game, once sold,…

One of the Vice Presidents of the European Parliament, Nicolae Ștefănuță, publicly voiced his support for Stop Killing Games…
OpenAI is making its own browser, presumably to spite Google and cut out the middleman when collecting user data

OpenAI is making its…

Reuters reported on July 9 that OpenAI is preparing to launch an “AI-powered web browser” in a bid to…
The videogame voice actors’ strike officially ends as performers ratify agreement between SAG-AFTRA and publishers

The videogame voice actors’…

One year after launching a strike of videogame performers and a month after suspending that strike on reaching a…
‘Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,’ analyst tells devs: ‘You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly’

‘Knowing Steam players are…

Hold up folks: games industry analyst Chris Zukowski has cracked it, and knows exactly what you’re all like. Nothing…
Xbox bet that Game Pass would be the future of gaming, and we’re all paying for it

Xbox bet that Game…

By all appearances, 2025 was going to be the year Xbox turned things around. Doom: The Dark Ages, no…
EA Japan exec laments Microsoft’s crushing layoffs, and the demands shareholders make for ‘short-term results from large-scale investments’

EA Japan exec laments…

Microsoft’s latest round of brutal layoffs and studio closures have garnered more attention than usual—possibly because Phil Spencer had…
Summer Games Done Quick 2025 is now live—kicking off a full week of speedruns and goofs to raise money for Doctors Without Borders

Summer Games Done Quick…

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2025 has officially fired the starting gun, meaning dozens of speedruns, goofs, and charity…