Tag: gaming industry

Mass Effect and Metal Gear actor Jennifer Hale calls on studios to take responsibility for their AI use: ‘Ain’t nobody making you do it’

Mass Effect and Metal…

As part of an interview sampled in the 2026 GDC Trends Report, prolific voice actor Jennifer Hale once again…
The Mortal Kombat 2 movie doesn’t come out until next year, but Mortal Kombat 3 is already confirmed because the studios are ‘convinced there’s a giant fanbase waiting for it’

The Mortal Kombat 2…

As reported by Eurogamer and Deadline, a third entry in the new trilogy of Mortal Kombat movies has been…
Backrooms to triple previous A24 opening weekend record at $85+ million

Backrooms to triple previous…

As reported by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Backrooms is big. How big? Bigger than Jesus The Beatles The…
Backrooms to triple previous A24 opening weekend record at $85+ million

Backrooms to triple previous…

As reported by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, Backrooms is big. How big? Bigger than Jesus The Beatles The…
Traffic to DuckDuckGo’s proudly ‘No AI’ search page has tripled since latest Google AI search update

Traffic to DuckDuckGo’s proudly…

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has announced that its opt-in, generative AI-limiting “No AI” search page has received three times…
Game Pass success story: It turns out that when you make things cheaper, more people will buy them

Game Pass success story:…

Sometimes, if you want people to buy more of something, lowering the price can be an effective way of…
Balatro publisher Playstack could soon belong to the same private equity firm that owns Fandom and GameSpot

Balatro publisher Playstack could…

Playstack, publisher of some of the most acclaimed indie games in recent years—games like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and The…
6 months before the launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, Rockstar employees in the UK have formed a union

6 months before the…

Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar fired 31 employees in October 2025, allegedly—according to the terminated employees—because they were…
Obsidian director Josh Sawyer says he’s ‘Never really felt secure in a job’ in 26 years, and it’s worse than ever now

Obsidian director Josh Sawyer…

Josh Sawyer has been making games professionally for 26 years. What started as a hobby, making and playing tabletop…
UK gov fobs off a 10,000-strong request to stop payment processors nuking NSFW Steam games, says it’s a matter for the free market, baby

UK gov fobs off…

Furore erupted a couple of months ago when Valve confirmed that payment processors—citing a Mastercard rule—had pressured it to…