Tag: gaming industry

Eidos Montreal lays off more employees: ‘We don’t have the capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects’

Eidos Montreal lays off…

Less than a week after Crystal Dynamics laid off 17 employees “to better align our current business needs,” Eidos…
European Commission orders Apple to finally open the gates of its walled garden and level the playing field for third-party developers

European Commission orders Apple…

The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to balance the scales in big tech with two new interoperability…
SAG-AFTRA makes exception for student devs and game jams in 8-month videogame performance strike: ‘I’m thrilled that these types of projects can now be accommodated’

SAG-AFTRA makes exception for…

SAG-AFTRA is making a move to support student game developers amidst its ongoing strike with a new exception that…
The 37-year-old studio behind Myst and Riven laid off ‘roughly half’ of its staff: ‘Our sincere hope is to continue to be around’

The 37-year-old studio behind…

Less than a year after releasing its acclaimed Riven remake, Cyan Worlds announced last week that twelve of its…
Elon Musk says he’s sold X to Elon Musk’s xAI

Elon Musk says he’s…

Elon Musk has announced that his AI company, xAI—which we’re told is also working on a videogame—has acquired his…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: Doom: The Dark Ages

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer delivers world-exclusive access to Doom: The Dark Ages, Bethesda’s bombastic new FPS that sees the…
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees ‘to better align our current business needs and the studio’s future success’

Tomb Raider developer Crystal…

Crystal Dynamics, which is currently working on a Perfect Dark reboot and a new Tomb Raider game, has announced…
As layoffs and studio closures continue to deathroll the western AAA industry, analyst points out 5 of 8 major Japanese companies hit all-time share prices this year

As layoffs and studio…

It feels like every other day I’m writing some article about AI carving through people’s livelihoods and studios closing.…
Game Informer is back from the dead: ‘The whole team has returned’

Game Informer is back…

After being tossed to the curb by struggling retail chain GameStop last year, long-running gaming magazine Game Informer has…
Gabe Newell’s cult of personality is intense, but a Valve exec who worked with him says his superpower is how he ‘delighted in people on the team just being really good at what they did’

Gabe Newell’s cult of…

I’m not sure there’s any single figure in the games industry that people are more intrigued by than Gabe…