Tag: gaming industry

Staring down the barrel of a rough 2026, Ubisoft’s UK arm says we’re less interested in ‘one time purchase’ games and all about that live service dripfeed

Staring down the barrel…

Ubisoft has decreed that fully-priced games you pay for once are no longer sure bets—and by “decreed”, I mean…
Legendary game designer, programmer, Space Invaders champion, and LGBTQ trailblazer Rebecca Heineman has died

Legendary game designer, programmer,…

Game developer Rebecca Heineman has died after being diagnosed with cancer last month. The news was shared to Bluesky…
The Game Awards 2025 nominees are here, and—surprise—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was nominated for every qualifying category

The Game Awards 2025…

With less than a month to go before Geoff Keighley’s combination accolade blitz and advertising bombardment, The Game Awards…
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick says gaming is ‘moving towards PC’ as the industry shifts away from closed systems, but we still don’t have a GTA 6 announcement

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick…

I’ve been around long enough to remember a time when “PC gaming is dying” was something people said without…
‘I’ve had so many projects that have been discontinued lately’: Nier creator Yoko Taro says he’s been working on plenty of games—but they keep getting cancelled before he can announce them

‘I’ve had so many…

As one of the gaming industry’s most treasured oddities, Nier series creator and masked enigma Yoko Taro contends with…
Jailed British hacker who hijacked X accounts including Apple, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama—then used them for a ‘double your money’ Bitcoin scam—has to hand back $5

Jailed British hacker who…

A Brit who hacked multiple high-profile Twitter / X accounts in 2020, and who was extradited to the US…
Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs

Gabe Newell caps off…

Valve co-founder and games industry man of mystery Gabe Newell put consoles on notice Wednesday, and has now ended…
Even the developers of Steam fave Deep Rock Galactic feel the heat from this year’s popular multiplayer games: ‘Competition is fierce’

Even the developers of…

Deep Rock Galactic developer Ghost Ship Games is hard at work on its next game, Rogue Core, which is…
Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading

Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones…

Well, this is a strange one. Just minutes before it was set to deliver its financial results for the…
Looks like it’s Tencent’s turn to start turning off the money faucet for Western studios, as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob says layoffs are coming

Looks like it’s Tencent’s…

Tencent-owned Swedish developer Sharkmob, which announced in October that the supernatural battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt will…