Tag: gaming industry

As layoffs and studio closures continue to deathroll the western AAA industry, analyst points out 5 of 8 major Japanese companies hit all-time share prices this year

As layoffs and studio…

It feels like every other day I’m writing some article about AI carving through people’s livelihoods and studios closing.…
Game Informer is back from the dead: ‘The whole team has returned’

Game Informer is back…

After being tossed to the curb by struggling retail chain GameStop last year, long-running gaming magazine Game Informer has…
Gabe Newell’s cult of personality is intense, but a Valve exec who worked with him says his superpower is how he ‘delighted in people on the team just being really good at what they did’

Gabe Newell’s cult of…

I’m not sure there’s any single figure in the games industry that people are more intrigued by than Gabe…
One of Valve’s original executives shares a very simple secret to its success: ‘You can’t use up your credibility’ by trying to make bad games work

One of Valve’s original…

Hey, did you know these Valve guys are doing pretty well for themselves? Handily going toe-to-toe with Amazon, making…
Shadow of Mordor’s beloved nemesis system exists because the publisher threw a tantrum about second-hand sales

Shadow of Mordor’s beloved…

Remember that weird time about 15 years back when the videogame industry filled its nappy over the existence of…
‘Google must divest the Chrome browser:’ DOJ renews call for Google to sell Chrome, and Android could be next

‘Google must divest the…

The Department of Justice is reaffirming its demands for action to break up Google’s search monopoly, calling for the…
Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he’s got the fourth ending (!) will ‘figure out what I’m going to play next’

Gabe Newell is hooked…

It’s been one heck of a week for serious Valve news, thanks largely to founder Monica Harrington’s new GDC…
Valve’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew, who ‘used a $500 check I’d sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note’

Valve’s DRM was inspired…

One of this year’s most interesting GDC talks was delivered by Monica Harrington, a founding member of Valve and…
‘We all got laid off’, says former Deck Nine narrative designer, after no-one was around to pick up Life is Strange: Double Exposure’s GDC Awards win

‘We all got laid…

I’m not entirely sure Life is Strange: Double Exposure was a good idea conceptually—nor was series fan and PC…
Microsoft crawls back to Steam ahead of schedule by leaking a screenshot of an app where you can launch Steam games through Xbox

Microsoft crawls back to…

Dear reader, while I do like Game Pass—it’s often a good deal when the lineup’s strong—I think you’ll agree…