Tag: gaming industry

Hideo Kojima presents a Hideo Kojima credit card, fans immediately dub it ‘debt stranding’

Hideo Kojima presents a…

An event called Beyond the Strand celebrated the 10th anniversary of Kojima Productions, and has served up new looks…
2K Games confirms layoffs at Project Ethos shooter studio and hints at new design direction: ‘It’s become clear that changes need to be made’

2K Games confirms layoffs…

2K Games studio 31st Union has confirmed the layoff of an undisclosed number of employees, first reported by GamesIndustry,…
Sony records a $766 million impairment loss against Bungie for the 2025 financial year, a 1-2 punch of Destiny 2 and Marathon failing to meet its expectations

Sony records a $766…

Sony has recorded a wince-inducing impairment loss of ¥120.1 billion ($766 million / £562 million) against Bungie for the…
Ready or Not studio fires community manager for saying ‘nothing of value was lost’ following Charlie Kirk’s shooting

Ready or Not studio…

Void Interactive, developer of the controversial SWAT simulator Ready or Not, has confirmed that it has terminated its community…
’90s virtual reality, Battlefield 2142, and Total War: This month in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago

’90s virtual reality, Battlefield…

April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes; more relevant, around these parts, is that magazines written…
GameStop-eBay saga gets weirder: CEO says he was suspended from eBay for selling stuff on eBay ‘to pay for eBay’

GameStop-eBay saga gets weirder:…

The strange tale of the GameStop CEO who wants to buy eBay took a turn for the weirder overnight.…
UK politician says Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams ‘is being pushed to financial ruin’ by Meta after publishing her exposé

UK politician says Facebook…

As reported by The Guardian, author, lawyer, and former Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams is “on the verge of bankruptcy”…
Japan’s space agency officially ends decade-plus mission that carried Hatsune Miku into space one year after losing probe somewhere above Venus

Japan’s space agency officially…

Hatsune Miku’s voyage through space has finally come to an end after 15 long years. The Japanese space probe…
Remember Boaty McBoatface the polar research vessel? Now we have Ctrl Alt Deleaf the leaf cleaning train

Remember Boaty McBoatface the…

As reported by Metro, the British public has voted to name the savior of their railways: Ctrl Alt Deleaf,…
Internet Archive settles two-year lawsuit with record labels over music preservation program

Internet Archive settles two-year…

The Internet Archive has survived another legal battle in its seemingly endless war to defend digital preservation in the…