Tag: gaming industry

Microsoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5

Microsoft reportedly estimated that…

A new Bloomberg report based on interviews with former Microsoft employees has offered more fuel for speculation about the…
‘Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is still $19

‘Xbox Game Pass Ultimate…

GameStop is openly dismissing Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike, promising to keep selling subscriptions online and in-store…
‘A threat to creative expression and social progress’: Advocacy groups respond to Roblox’s new ‘sensitive issues’ label

‘A threat to creative…

A trio of advocacy groups are speaking out against Roblox’s new “sensitive issues” label for community-created content. Women in…
I’ve been playing games for 40 years, writing about them for 20, and I’m here to say parts of Roblox need to be legislated out of existence

I’ve been playing games…

I’m 44 years old, and my first-ever PC was my dad’s hand-me-down ZX Spectrum. I’m not sure of the…
There is no discovery on this earth more pure than a closet full of your dad’s ’90s big box PC games

There is no discovery…

I love the convenience of Steam, particularly in this era of gigabit downloads, cloud saves, and being able to…
A trio of former BioWare devs are making ‘a neon-noir supernatural mystery game set in a stylized Canadian cityscape’

A trio of former…

Former BioWare developers launching their own studios may not be the biggest news of all time—lots of them have…
One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users’ data

One of the worst…

As reported by The Verge, Discord has announced that one of its third-party customer service partners was recently compromised…
How to watch Warhammer Skulls 2026

How to watch Warhammer…

Warhammer Skulls 2026 is imminent, bringing us the yearly roundup of Warhammer videogame reveals in both the Grimdark far…
In the early 1990s, Doom was famously installed on more PCs than Windows itself—but how many was that, actually?

In the early 1990s,…

We all know Doom was so popular, so monumental, that it changed videogames forever. As a society, we’re still…
As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is ‘harming both gamers and developers’

As Microsoft lays off…

As Microsoft slashes jobs and raises prices, former US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan has taken to X…