Tag: gaming industry

After turning over a new, crypto-free leaf, Atari would like to stress that the meme currency ‘RealPongCoin’ does not have its ‘consent or approval’

After turning over a…

On January 23, Atari put out a press release disavowing “RealPongCoin” or “$PONG,” a new crypto meme coin whose…
Palworld studio’s first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: ‘This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025’

Palworld studio’s first move…

Pocketpair, the developers behind Palworld, has announced its first project as a publisher—a new horror game alongside Surgent Studios.…
Tim Sweeney says Epic is spending billions fighting Apple and Google because it can, jokes that ‘we might run into serious financial problems after a couple more decades’

Tim Sweeney says Epic…

Epic Games has for several years now been engaged in a legal war with Apple and Google, centered around…
North Korea’s crypto thieving went into overdrive in 2025, with one firm estimating it’s responsible for roughly 60% of the $3

North Korea’s crypto thieving…

North Korea has long been accused of being a major state sponsor of cybercrime, and new research from the…
$900 million lawsuit accusing Steam of overcharging gamers in the UK and ‘abusing a dominant market position’ will proceed after Valve loses appeal against it

$900 million lawsuit accusing…

Valve is facing a new legal headache as a tribunal in the UK has ruled that a lawsuit filed…
Sony gets people scratching their heads after region-locking purchases of Horizon Forbidden West, 10 entire months after its initial release

Sony gets people scratching…

Despite it being a move that’s ‘almost tank your only real live-service success of the year’ unpopular, Sony has…
Insomniac games founder Ted Price is retiring after more than 30 years of making games: ‘It was simply time to step aside and let others pave the way’

Insomniac games founder Ted…

After a career spanning more than 30 years, Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price has announced that he…
‘PC development has skyrocketed,’ GDC survey finds: 80% of developers are now making games for PC, more than double the number working on PS5 or Xbox games

‘PC development has skyrocketed,’…

It’s kind of funny to look back on all the times PC gaming has been declared dead, a claim…
It’s still grim out there, even if you aren’t AAA: Industry report claims that 1 in 10 respondents were laid off in 2024—with ‘narrative’ roles taking the biggest overall hit

It’s still grim out…

2023 was one hell of a tough year for game developers, with over 16,000 layoffs happening across the industry—but…
‘Oh, don’t worry about this’: Tekken boss denies he’s leaving Bandai Namco after saying he’s open to work on LinkedIn, claims it’s just because he wants to ‘meet more people’

‘Oh, don’t worry about…

Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada claims he isn’t trying to up sticks and leave Bandai Namco after some fans noticed…