Tag: gaming industry

Ori creator declares Xbox Game Pass a mediocre slop factory that’s ‘a little like Communism’

Ori creator declares Xbox…

Xbox is under fire yet again. It’s teasing layoffs as part of a “reset”, reportedly closing Double Fine, Ninja…
Steam Week in Review: spammy, AI-generated capsule art is a pox, and it makes browsing Steam less fun

Steam Week in Review:…

Every Monday morning I scroll through the previous week’s new games on Steam. I’ve always enjoyed doing this. It…
Rockstar accused of ‘the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry’ after firing dozens of employees who were allegedly attempting to form a union

Rockstar accused of ‘the…

A Bloomberg report says Grand Theft Auto 6 studio Rockstar Games has fired “dozens” of employees over what the…
Former Unreal Engine ‘evangelist’ and level design legend Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games

Former Unreal Engine ‘evangelist’…

Sjoerd De Jong, a Unreal Engine expert from its early days who joined Epic Games full-time in 2014—first as…
Japanese patent officials reject one of Nintendo’s Pokémon patent applications for being too similar to ARK, Monster Hunter, and—embarrasingly—Pokémon Go

Japanese patent officials reject…

The trio of patents asserted by Nintendo as the basis for its ongoing lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair represent…
RPG studio Obsidian faces class action lawsuit alleging violations of state wage laws

RPG studio Obsidian faces…

Obsidian Entertainment, developer of Fallout: New Vegas, Avowed, and The Outer Worlds, is being sued in a class action…
Bryce Clark, game director of Poppy Playtime, has played 23,000 hours of Steam games: ‘I’m a bit obsessed with learning the market’

Bryce Clark, game director…

Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC…
International Olympics Committee cancels 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia after just one year, says it ‘will develop a new approach to the Olympic Esports Games’

International Olympics Committee cancels…

The International Olympic Committee has cancelled a 12-year deal with Saudi Arabia that would have seen the first-ever Olympic…
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says game prices ‘have resisted matching inflation’ because publishers have been pocketing the ‘cost savings’ from digital distribution

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain…

Wind blows, birds fly, and Tim Cain YouTubes. The Interplay, Troika, and Obsidian developer (and OG Fallout co-creator) is…
Anime-based therapy is being trialed in Japan

Anime-based therapy is being…

Have you ever been sitting there, watching an anime, and gone: Man, I wish I could get drawn into…