Tag: gaming industry

With BioWare dead, EA lays out its ‘next chapter,’ and it’s pretty much as predicted: Guns and football are fine, and everything else is under the microscope

With BioWare dead, EA…

Following the shocking closure of legendary RPG studio BioWare, Electronic Arts has posted a lengthy missive laying out its…
Lucasfilm declares creative bankruptcy with an AI-generated Star Wars film that’s just 2 minutes of mostly-normal animals jumbled together

Lucasfilm declares creative bankruptcy…

The history of Star Wars is the history of visual effects. For decades, Lucasfilm and its effects division Industrial…
Nearly $1 million worth of PSA-graded Pokémon and other TCG have been stolen right outside PSA’s headquarters

Nearly $1 million worth…

I don’t send my Pokémon cards off to PSA to get graded. I’m too emotionally attached to my cards…
Videogames are ‘losing in the War for Attention’: Analyst says many of the industry’s biggest markets are spending less time on gaming

Videogames are ‘losing in…

Increasingly, our digital economies are defined by a contest to capture our attention. A product, service, or platform can…
10 million Monster Hunter Wilds sales helped Capcom post its 8th consecutive year of record profits

10 million Monster Hunter…

Capcom just released its consolidated financial results for the 2024 fiscal year, and the results look good. In fact,…

Google’s logo has changed,…

Stop the presses, shutter your blinds, and cancel your weekend plans—Google’s just changed its logo. It’s changed its logo…
EA Sports FC 27 gets a PEGI 16 rating in Europe because of loot boxes

EA Sports FC 27…

European game rating agency PEGI has begun increasing its age ratings for games that contain “paid random items,” a…
The studio behind Life is Strange, Jusant, and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is desperately struggling to stay afloat

The studio behind Life…

Things seem to have gone from bad to worse for Don’t Nod, the developer of the first two Life…
FTC delays enforcing ‘click to cancel’ rule that would finally bring the hammer down on companies that make it as annoying as possible to cancel subscriptions

FTC delays enforcing ‘click…

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck on the phone trying to cancel an unwanted subscription or end a “free…
‘If you can’t show your game to the world without fearing it’ll be cloned, something’s broken’ says Moonlighter studio on its canceled demo

‘If you can’t show…

Moonlighter and Cataclismo studio Digital Sun Games announced yesterday that it had canceled plans to release a wide public…