Tag: gaming industry

OpenAI countersues Elon Musk and the gloves come off: ‘These antics are just history on repeat—Elon being all about Elon’

OpenAI countersues Elon Musk…

OpenAI is countersuing Elon Musk, and claims the company’s co-founder is engaged in “bad faith tactics” in order to…
Brian Eno’s Windows 95 startup jingle and the Minecraft OST are now preserved in the USA’s Library of Congress

Brian Eno’s Windows 95…

The original music for Minecraft, alongside the reboot jingle for Microsoft’s Windows 95 operating system, have been inducted into…
Ex-PlayStation exec argues ‘only the dog can hear’ differences between consoles and gaming PCs: ‘They’re all quite similar’

Ex-PlayStation exec argues ‘only…

As we tend to brag from time to time, it’s becoming more and more evident that the winner of…
Industry report says Steam users play more noncompetitive games than console players—and our interest in PvE keeps growing

Industry report says Steam…

In popular conception, the gamer is an individual preoccupied with virtual conquest—in shooters, in MOBAs, or in any other…
Still Wakes the Deep provided the best performance in a videogame in 2024, so I’m happy that it’s finally been shown some love at the Bafta Game Awards

Still Wakes the Deep…

The best part of Still Wakes the Deep, without a doubt, was the acting. Every member of the cast…
Battle royale interest is shrinking but Fortnite has a larger slice of the pie than ever, according to new industry report

Battle royale interest is…

According to a new report from game industry research firm Newzoo, interest in the battle royale genre is on…
Major Japanese studios and publishers were having a great time in 2025, right up until the weekend because of the (you guessed it) ‘insultingly dumb’ US tariffs

Major Japanese studios and…

In an industry already tanking a bunch of hits, full of layoffs and studio closures, the Japanese games industry…
Overwatch and World of Warcraft art director Bill Petras has died

Overwatch and World of…

Bill Petras, a veteran of Blizzard Entertainment with a career spanning over 30 years in the games industry, has…
We haven’t even gotten over the sting of $70 games and now Nintendo’s asking people to pay $80 for Mario Kart

We haven’t even gotten…

In late 2022, Activision pulled PC gaming into the $70-for-triple-A-games era that the consoles were already living in, becoming…
I loved the Nintendo Switch, but the Switch 2 looks like every other console now: A worse PC with a few exclusive games

I loved the Nintendo…

I’m a PC evangelist through and through, but there are a few consoles that have stolen my heart over…