Tag: gaming industry

ESO devs at ZeniMax reel from Microsoft’s ‘hollow’ layoff emails, with some wondering how a ‘carcass of workers’ is ‘supposed to keep shipping award-winning games’

ESO devs at ZeniMax…

It’s with precious little pleasure that I sit here and try to find a new way to say ‘the…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says less is often more in game design: ‘As a very wise designer once said to me, a game that includes everything is about nothing’

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain…

In a new YouTube video detailing game design pitfalls that regularly derail game development projects, Fallout co-creator and veteran…
Nacon postpones its Nacon Connect showcase so it can concentrate on going insolvent

Nacon postpones its Nacon…

Just five days after filing for insolvency, publisher and peripheral maker Nacon has postponed its Nacon Connect showcase, which…
‘The hunting genre was because of Wal-Mart:’ Doom dev John Romero says the entire category was created to appease one Texan executive

‘The hunting genre was…

In the latest episode of Nightdive Studios’ podcast series, legendary FPS developer John Romero came on to talk about…
Bloodlines 2 studio The Chinese Room has bought its own independence, but also laid off employees for the second time in two months

Bloodlines 2 studio The…

As reported by Game Developer, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has bought its own…
Stop Killing Games’ EU initiative hits 1

Stop Killing Games’ EU…

Stop Killing Games (which just under a month ago was all doom and gloom) has soared past its prior…
‘Dangerous on a whole new level’—while Steam’s policy change is new, the shadow of credit card porn-hibition has been looming for a while, with Nier: Automata’s Yoko Taro sounding the alarm last year

‘Dangerous on a whole…

Last week was a weird one for videogames—with Steam clamping down on games featuring adult content due to the…
Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam’s new censorship rules in victory against ‘porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists’, and things only get weirder from there

Australian anti-porn group claims…

Collective Shout, an Australian anti-pornography group, has claimed credit for Steam’s recent removal of a large number of sexually…
Ubisoft’s annual financial report includes claim that monetizing games with microtransactions ‘makes the player experience more fun’

Ubisoft’s annual financial report…

Ubisoft’s annual financial report isn’t exactly “for us”—that is, people who like videogames and not stocks—but surely someone at…
Microsoft abruptly stops selling movies and TV shows on PC and Xbox, but past purchases will remain available

Microsoft abruptly stops selling…

On July 18, Microsoft suddenly ceased offering purchases and rentals for movies and TV shows on PC and Xbox.…