Tag: gaming industry

‘A game, once sold, belongs to the customer’: Prominent EU politician stands up for Stop Killing Games

‘A game, once sold,…

One of the Vice Presidents of the European Parliament, Nicolae Ștefănuță, publicly voiced his support for Stop Killing Games…
OpenAI is making its own browser, presumably to spite Google and cut out the middleman when collecting user data

OpenAI is making its…

Reuters reported on July 9 that OpenAI is preparing to launch an “AI-powered web browser” in a bid to…
The videogame voice actors’ strike officially ends as performers ratify agreement between SAG-AFTRA and publishers

The videogame voice actors’…

One year after launching a strike of videogame performers and a month after suspending that strike on reaching a…
‘Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,’ analyst tells devs: ‘You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly’

‘Knowing Steam players are…

Hold up folks: games industry analyst Chris Zukowski has cracked it, and knows exactly what you’re all like. Nothing…
Xbox bet that Game Pass would be the future of gaming, and we’re all paying for it

Xbox bet that Game…

By all appearances, 2025 was going to be the year Xbox turned things around. Doom: The Dark Ages, no…
EA Japan exec laments Microsoft’s crushing layoffs, and the demands shareholders make for ‘short-term results from large-scale investments’

EA Japan exec laments…

Microsoft’s latest round of brutal layoffs and studio closures have garnered more attention than usual—possibly because Phil Spencer had…
Summer Games Done Quick 2025 is now live—kicking off a full week of speedruns and goofs to raise money for Doctors Without Borders

Summer Games Done Quick…

Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) 2025 has officially fired the starting gun, meaning dozens of speedruns, goofs, and charity…
At the request of South Korea, Valve pulled a mod from Steam that glorified the country’s military dictatorship

At the request of…

First reported by Korean gaming website This Is Game, and in English by Automaton, Valve acquiesced to a South…
Arkane Studios founder slams Microsoft for its Game Pass focus: ‘At some point reality has to hit’

Arkane Studios founder slams…

Xbox Game Pass might be popular among gamers, but if you ask Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio, it’s bad…
European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims ‘These proposals would curtail developer choice”

European game publisher group…

This weekend, the Stop Killing Games movement reached a critical milestone to become a European Citizens’ Initiative, but not…