Tag: gaming industry

Final count for Stop Killing Games petition verifies 1.3 million of its 1

Final count for Stop…

Stop Killing Games volunteer Moritz Katzner has shared an update on the popular European Union Citizens’ Initiative to its…
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are ‘pretending to be Republicans’ to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately ‘rip off consumers and crush competitors’

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney…

Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney had some biting words on Friday for tech executives who are fawning…
Splash Damage says layoffs are likely as the Transformers game it announced in 2022 is cancelled

Splash Damage says layoffs…

Splash Damage has announced that it has cancelled development of the online action game Transformers: Reactivate, and that layoffs…
Deadly LA fires lead to office closures for major game studios: ‘Nothing can be said to truly acknowledge the pain and suffering that we are witnessing,’ says Riot CEO

Deadly LA fires lead…

Los Angeles-based game developers are reacting to multiple severe wildfires that overwhelmed LA County firefighters on Tuesday and spread…
Ubisoft shares plummet to lowest price in over 14 years amid its recently announced ‘restructuring’ centered on cancellations, layoffs, and generative AI

Ubisoft shares plummet to…

Wednesday, Ubisoft announced a “major reset” of its organizational hierarchy and game development plans that CEO Yves Guillemot said…
I’ve seen enough: No more forcing singleplayer studios to make mediocre live service games

I’ve seen enough: No…

We began this year with Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and ended it with Dragon Age: The Veilguard.…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: Sid Meier’s Civilization 7

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to Sid Meier’s Civilization 7, the ambitious new game in the legendary…
Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially reborn for the New Year, with a slightly new name

Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango…

Less than a year after being shuttered by Microsoft, Hi-Fi Rush studio Tango Gameworks is officially back from the…
After 2024, it feels like the games industry is poised for a vibe shift—or maybe a reckoning

After 2024, it feels…

2024 has been a year of incredible videogames. It’s also been bloody: just like 2023 before it, there have…
I’m still reeling from the knowledge that the Windows 10 desktop background is a real photo and not CGI

I’m still reeling from…

At this point in my internet life, I’ve been conditioned to just assume that everything I see is fundamentally…