Tag: gaming industry

Over a million people have claimed free NSFW games from GOG’s FreedomToBuy initiative

Over a million people…

Today is the last day you can claim 13 free games GOG is giving away to mark the launch…
New report alleges Microsoft Recall is still screenshotting credit card numbers and passwords

New report alleges Microsoft…

Microsoft Recall’s security woes have come back to the fore after a test caught the AI screenshotting tool capturing…
Epic’s win against Google is upheld, and the Sweenster is loving it: ‘Total victory’

Epic’s win against Google…

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the decision in the Epic vs Google lawsuit, which began in…
Gabe Newell acquires yacht company building the $400 million ocean-fortress he’ll pick up later this year, because he ‘respects the sea’

Gabe Newell acquires yacht…

Gabe Newell is the Kilroy of videogames, constantly popping up in strange corners where you least expect to find…
After losing $200 million on Suicide Squad, WB Games has another live service game in the works ‘based on one of the iconic IPs from the vast Warner Bros

After losing $200 million…

If the last decade has taught us anything, it’s that live service game development is the industry’s equivalent of…
Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch

Visa and Mastercard pressuring…

In case you missed the news, let me get you up to speed—payment processors like Visa and Mastercard have,…
Gabe Newell says he founded Valve after Doom showed him Microsoft ‘was missing the opportunity’ offered by the internet: ‘I was willing to sort of put my money where my mouth was’

Gabe Newell says he…

We all know the story of how Valve was founded. Gabe Newell, born beneath a rainbow on Mt Paektu,…
Microsoft CEO consoles employees by saying recent layoffs are ‘the enigma of success in an industry that has no franchise value’

Microsoft CEO consoles employees…

This month began with some stark news for Microsoft employees: The business was doing better than ever before, and…
Itch

Itch.io latest in platforms…

Itch.io, a platform that hosts and sells videogames (particularly popular in the indie dev industry) has been the next…
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games set to lay off another 36 employees after a ‘redundancy consultation process’, delays Directive 8020 to 2026

Until Dawn developer Supermassive…

Supermassive, developer of Until Dawn and Little Nightmares, is set to lay off another 36 employees before the release…