Tag: gaming industry

Steam Week in Review: Steam just got its first ‘dopamine site’, so you can fatten a fake backlog without spending a cent

Steam Week in Review:…

Watch Dogs 2 is currently $2.50 on Steam. It’s hardly a classic, but it’s not terrible either. At one…
Looks like it’s Tencent’s turn to start turning off the money faucet for Western studios, as Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob says layoffs are coming

Looks like it’s Tencent’s…

Tencent-owned Swedish developer Sharkmob, which announced in October that the supernatural battle royale Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt will…
Rockstar faces legal action from UK union after firing more than 30 employees last week: ‘We are confident that what we’ve seen here is plain and simple union busting’

Rockstar faces legal action…

The Independent Workers of Great Britain has launched legal action against Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games over…
Welp, says Sony, sure looks like buying Bungie didn’t work out

Welp, says Sony, sure…

Bungie’s been having a rough old time ever since its 2022 acquisition by Sony: there have been multiple rounds…
‘Fewer than 10’ employees remain at Thick as Thieves studio following another round of layoffs

‘Fewer than 10’ employees…

Thick as Thieves developer OtherSide Entertainment has laid off 18 employees, according to a Game Developer report, a move…
Former Call of Duty frontman launches new studio with a ‘Stop Killing Games’-style mission statement: If the game bombs, it goes open source

Former Call of Duty…

Former Call of Duty strategist Robert Bowlling, whose ill-fated venture with Midnight Society came to an end in 2025,…
Ubisoft hires former Take-Two and Amazon vet to head up its Tom Clancy games

Ubisoft hires former Take-Two…

Amazon Game Studios boss Christoph Hartmann left the company earlier this year amidst its move away from big-budget game…
Even Hideo Kojima is afraid that ‘digital data will no longer be owned by individuals’ and that access to art that we love ‘may suddenly be cut off’

Even Hideo Kojima is…

We have unfortunately been barrelling towards a digitised future for some time now, but Sony’s latest news that PlayStation…
Rockstar UK employees say the GTA 6 developer’s still plagued by gender pay gaps, crunch, and vague bonuses which make them ‘as pliable as possible to their boss’s whims’

Rockstar UK employees say…

Rockstar’s a big company—and while we’re excited for Grand Theft Auto 6, that doesn’t sideline the studio’s potential for…
‘They refuse to offer a meaningful alternative’: Game preservation leader agrees that piracy is the only preservation option for a discless future

‘They refuse to offer…

Sony drove another nail into the coffin of physical videogames today, announcing that it’d cease production of PS5 discs…