Tag: gaming industry

Kickstarter rolls back new mature content guidelines after week of backlash

Kickstarter rolls back new…

Earlier this month, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter altered its guidelines with regard to adult content. Where before it only prohibited…

3 years on from…

Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, has a problem—no, not…
First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis

First US videogame champion,…

40-year games industry veteran Rebecca Heineman has started a GoFundMe to help deal with an aggressive cancer diagnosis, one…
Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn’t reached the level of the 1983 crash: ‘I don’t think there’s ever been a worse time in the games industry’

Fallout lead Tim Cain…

In a recent video on his YouTube channel, veteran RPG developer Tim Cain shared his memories of the 1983…
Four years later, Microsoft finally finishes fighting over the Activision acquisition

Four years later, Microsoft…

Reuters reports that Microsoft has agreed to a $250 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund…
Microsoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5

Microsoft reportedly estimated that…

A new Bloomberg report based on interviews with former Microsoft employees has offered more fuel for speculation about the…
‘Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is still $19

‘Xbox Game Pass Ultimate…

GameStop is openly dismissing Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price hike, promising to keep selling subscriptions online and in-store…
‘A threat to creative expression and social progress’: Advocacy groups respond to Roblox’s new ‘sensitive issues’ label

‘A threat to creative…

A trio of advocacy groups are speaking out against Roblox’s new “sensitive issues” label for community-created content. Women in…
I’ve been playing games for 40 years, writing about them for 20, and I’m here to say parts of Roblox need to be legislated out of existence

I’ve been playing games…

I’m 44 years old, and my first-ever PC was my dad’s hand-me-down ZX Spectrum. I’m not sure of the…
There is no discovery on this earth more pure than a closet full of your dad’s ’90s big box PC games

There is no discovery…

I love the convenience of Steam, particularly in this era of gigabit downloads, cloud saves, and being able to…