Tag: gaming industry

ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including ‘substantial across-the-board wage increases,’ worker protections, and more

ZeniMax QA union reaches…

Just two months after voting to authorize a strike action over stalled negotiations with Microsoft, ZeniMax Workers United-CWA has…
More than 60% of Capcom’s digital game sales last year were on PC

More than 60% of…

If you’ve been with us for a while, you may recall that it was kind of a big deal…
The CIA operated a network of gaming sites and even a Star Wars fanpage that were part of one of its worst-ever intelligence catastrophes

The CIA operated a…

Head to the URL starwarsweb.net and you may be somewhat surprised to find yourself on the Central Intelligence Agency…
Remembering Leif Johnson, the gaming industry’s one and only cowboy poet

Remembering Leif Johnson, the…

Jeremiah Leif Johnson, a writer and editor for a number of gaming and tech websites including IGN, Vice Motherboard,…
Most players ‘know next to nothing about how games are made’: New Blood devs sound off on gamedev misconceptions

Most players ‘know next…

Hang out with a game developer in a casual setting for an hour and the topic of gamedev misconceptions…
Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that ‘easy’ additions and updates are sometimes really hard: ‘That’s half a year’s work

Helldivers 2 and Palworld…

I don’t envy game developers sometimes, nor do I envy the assumptions they have to hear time and time…
Google CEO pitches dystopia where no one communicates with their friends anymore because AI’s writing our emails, claims this makes you ‘a better friend’

Google CEO pitches dystopia…

CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai gave the opening address at the 17th annual Google I/O developer conference…
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ so you know what that means: Embracer Group is doing more restructuring

It’s a day ending…

Embracer Group is undergoing yet another restructuring of its gigantic operations, this time announcing plans to spin-off the Coffee…
PC Gamer magazine’s new issue is on sale now: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 10th anniversary

PC Gamer magazine’s new…

This month PC Gamer celebrates the 10th anniversary of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the legendary fantasy RPG that…
Avowed director Carrie Patel leaves Obsidian after 12 years to join the Netflix studio behind Oxenfree

Avowed director Carrie Patel…

After nearly 12 years at Obsidian Entertainment, Avowed game director Carrie Patel has left the studio to take on…