Tag: gaming industry

Roblox and ChatGPT will reportedly have to suck less thanks to the EU’s Digital Services Act

Roblox and ChatGPT will…

Another pair of platforms are poised to join the likes of Facebook, X, TikTok, WhatsApp and YouTube in the…
Roblox executive acknowledges ‘you can say, okay, we are exploiting child labour,’ but would prefer you saw them as job creators

Roblox executive acknowledges ‘you…

Acknowledging that your company's practices could be seen as exploiting child labor is a bold move, even if you…
After laying off Battlefield 6 developers, EA pays its CEO $38 million because Battlefield 6 did so well

After laying off Battlefield…

Remember when Battlefield 6 dropped in 2025 and it was a big hit, selling seven million copies in three…
FCC will vote on bringing back net neutrality regulations on April 25

FCC will vote on…

The FCC has announced that it will vote on a proposal to restore net neutrality on April 25, a…
A software quirk caused Discord’s April Fools’ video to accidentally rack up more than 1

A software quirk caused…

Like just about every other company in the Western world, Discord rattled off an April Fools' gag yesterday about…
US government denies ESRB’s AI-powered face-scanning ‘age estimation’ proposal, but it’s probably not gone for good

US government denies ESRB’s…

In 2023, the Entertainment Software Rating Board, along with digital identity company Yoti and “youth marketing solutions” provider Superawesome,…
Blizzard’s former Battle

Blizzard’s former Battle.net lead…

What would it take to make you use Epic’s launcher? Free games? Even better revenue for devs? Or perhaps…
This year’s best April Fools’ Day gaming gags: Bears, bugs, and 97,000 floppy disks

This year’s best April…

Over the years I've devolved from a fun-loving scamp into a crusty curmudgeon—practically a coot at this stage—when it…
1998’s Unreal was a big deal, but its free editing tool was the true game changer—and the origin of countless careers

1998’s Unreal was a…

Recruitment into game development is a many-tentacled thing in 2024. You might decide to study a degree in one…

‘Only the survival of…

Less than one month after Xbox spun off Double Fine Productions as an independent studio, the developer has laid…