Tag: gaming industry

Only 3% of Stop Killing Games’ EU initiative signees have failed verification so far—which is a great sign it’ll progress to the European Commission

Only 3% of Stop…

Stop Killing Games‘ EU initiative had a second wind earlier this year, going from a bit of doom and…
Microsoft might be silent, but Halo’s co-creator and Halo 2’s design lead have called the US government’s ‘Destroy the Flood’ analogy comparing immigrants to parasites ‘absolutely abhorrent’

Microsoft might be silent,…

Earlier this week, the official White House account jumped on a tongue-in-cheek post by GameStop to crib some credit…
Twitch heard you wanted more vtubers so it signed a deal with the most popular vtuber agency in the world

Twitch heard you wanted…

Twitch already has plenty of vtubers streaming on it daily, some of whom are incredibly successful. But it doesn’t…
Gabe Newell buys $70

Gabe Newell buys $70.8…

Gabe Newell, yacht enthusiast and the founder of one of the biggest videogame storefronts and developers on the planet,…
D&D-inspired Critical Role’s homegrown videogame is coming along well, says Laura Bailey: ‘There’s a lot of work being done’

D&D-inspired Critical Role’s homegrown…

Back in July of last year, Dungeons & Dragons livestream megafranchise Critical Role announced that it’d be working with…
‘It feels to many like a tidal wave is sweeping over the AAA game business,’ says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney in his diagnosis of the industry’s woes

‘It feels to many…

It is a “time of both crisis and opportunity” for the games industry, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said…
Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial

Rockstar faces legal setback…

Rockstar has suffered a legal defeat as the ongoing dispute surrounding its October 2025 firing of 31 union members…
It just keeps getting worse—Microsoft reportedly already had Ninja Theory in its crosshairs while pushing the announcement trailer for its next game

It just keeps getting…

Perhaps the most shocking part of Microsoft’s incoming rash of suspected layoffs and studio closures is Ninja Theory—a studio…
‘Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism’: DayZ creator Dean Hall says the ‘gambling mechanics’ of Valve’s monetization strategy ‘have absolutely no place’ in videogames

‘Valve does not get…

Last week, Valve issued an update to Counter-Strike 2 that, by some estimates, caused the collective secondhand market value…
EA employees are reportedly frustrated by a mandate to use AI, mocking the policy in Slack and suspecting it’s being used as justification for layoffs

EA employees are reportedly…

The generative AI wave has tech companies foaming at the mouth to get in while the getting’s good, and…