Tag: gaming industry

FTC delays enforcing ‘click to cancel’ rule that would finally bring the hammer down on companies that make it as annoying as possible to cancel subscriptions

FTC delays enforcing ‘click…

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck on the phone trying to cancel an unwanted subscription or end a “free…
After conflict between the staff of gaming site Giant Bomb and owner Fandom, ‘Giant Bomb is now owned by the people who make Giant Bomb’

After conflict between the…

In October of 2022, popular personality-led gaming site Giant Bomb was bought by Fandom, the multi-headed wiki-hosting hydra, at…
PC gaming remains undefeated: Nintendo now says it has the right to brick your Switch if it thinks you’re pirating games or modifying the console

PC gaming remains undefeated:…

First spotted by Game File (readers may encounter a paywall), Nintendo has recently changed its online user agreement in…
Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild

Nearly 200 Overwatch developers…

Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Activision Blizzard have formed a new union under the Communications Workers of America called…
As Fortnite gears up for an App Store relaunch, Epic is cranking up its Rewards program to encourage people to use its payment system instead of Apple’s

As Fortnite gears up…

As Fortnite slowly grinds its way back to iOS devices in the US, Epic Games is offering players a…
EB Games is coming back to Canada, ‘with community, nostalgia, and innovation at its heart’

EB Games is coming…

EB Games lives again—in Canada, at least. GameStop Canada has been acquired by Stephan Tetrault, an entrepreneur and “longtime…
FTC loses bid to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which already happened in 2023

FTC loses bid to…

More than a year after Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of videogame behemoth Activision Blizzard was successfully completed, the US…
Props for the honesty: Tim Sweeney says the reason ‘people characterize the Epic Games launcher as clunky’ is—wait for it—’because the Epic Games launcher is clunky’

Props for the honesty:…

‘The Epic Games Store launcher sucks less than it used to’ is not very high praise but it’s about…
On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says ‘it’s an impossible equation’ for big-budget studios to keep their prices down

On the prospect of…

There’s every chance that GTA 6 will cost around $80—it’s not been confirmed, but the wind is certainly shifting…
Skype dead at 22

Skype dead at 22

Today, Microsoft shuttered Skype. The 22 year old telecommunications program is survived by its many successors, including the detestable…