Tag: gaming industry

Twitch heard you wanted more vtubers so it signed a deal with the most popular vtuber agency in the world

Twitch heard you wanted…

Twitch already has plenty of vtubers streaming on it daily, some of whom are incredibly successful. But it doesn’t…
‘Valve does not get anywhere near enough criticism’: DayZ creator Dean Hall says the ‘gambling mechanics’ of Valve’s monetization strategy ‘have absolutely no place’ in videogames

‘Valve does not get…

Last week, Valve issued an update to Counter-Strike 2 that, by some estimates, caused the collective secondhand market value…
EA employees are reportedly frustrated by a mandate to use AI, mocking the policy in Slack and suspecting it’s being used as justification for layoffs

EA employees are reportedly…

The generative AI wave has tech companies foaming at the mouth to get in while the getting’s good, and…
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy apologizes for TwitchCon assault of Emiru and his interview comments on the incident: ‘We failed, both in allowing it to occur, and in our response following’

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy…

In response to the assault of streamer Emiru at last weekend’s TwitchCon, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has issued an…
Tech investor declares ‘AI games are going to be amazing,’ posts an AI-generated ‘demo’ of a god-awful shooter as proof

Tech investor declares ‘AI…

On an almost daily basis, a terminally tech-brained individual insists that AI will determine the future of human creativity…
Xbox boss Phil Spencer says ‘nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks’ is the priority, admits ‘we don’t always succeed at that’

Xbox boss Phil Spencer…

Speaking alongside Double Fine founder Tim Schafer at the Paley International Council Summit on Thursday, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil…
Microsoft executives have been expecting the Xbox division to achieve 30% profit margins—almost double the industry average—since 2023

Microsoft executives have been…

Microsoft’s last two years have been marked by the layoffs of more than 10,000 workers, repeated development studio closures,…
As FBC: Firebreak fails to recover from its disastrous launch and profit warnings are issued to shareholders, the CEO of Remedy Entertainment is stepping down

As FBC: Firebreak fails…

It’s been a strange few years for Remedy Entertainment. On the one hand, it’s more independent and successful than…
Nier: Automata creator Yoko Taro says ‘nearly half’ of his autographs ‘being resold are actually fake’, since he puts ‘small unknown features’ in them

Nier: Automata creator Yoko…

I already knew scalpers and the like probably weren’t the most reputable people on the internet—but I’ve just had…
Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs join the over 1900 Blizzard workers to unionize: ‘We deserve to be heard and respected’

Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble…

Only a few months after most of the Warcraft Rumble team was laid off as all future development was…