Tag: gaming industry

‘This is definitely my last TwitchCon’: High profile Streamer Emiru was assaulted at the event, even as streamers have been sounding the alarm about stalkers and harassment

‘This is definitely my…

Streamer Emily-Beth “Emiru” Schunk has released a statement criticizing ubiquitous streaming platform Twitch after she was assaulted at a…
PC Gamer is joining Dames 4 Games for its spooky Halloween monster mash, Ghouls 4 Games, which includes a showcase, Steam event, and fundraising streams

PC Gamer is joining…

PC Gamer’s proud to announce that we’ll be joining up with Dames 4 Games (alongside Twitch and Steam) to…
Elon Musk is ‘full of crap’ for claiming xAI will make an AI-generated game in a year, says Glen Schofield: ‘I want to actually say that to him’

Elon Musk is ‘full…

Dead Space creator and former Striking Distance boss Glen Schofield is an advocate for AI use in game development…
Tomonobu Itagaki, the Tecmo genius behind Team Ninja, has died at the age of 58

Tomonobu Itagaki, the Tecmo…

Tomonobu Itagaki has died at the age of 58 following a serious illness. Itagaki was an absolutely transformative figure…
The Mortal Kombat 2 movie doesn’t come out until next year, but Mortal Kombat 3 is already confirmed because the studios are ‘convinced there’s a giant fanbase waiting for it’

The Mortal Kombat 2…

As reported by Eurogamer and Deadline, a third entry in the new trilogy of Mortal Kombat movies has been…
Obsidian director Josh Sawyer says he’s ‘Never really felt secure in a job’ in 26 years, and it’s worse than ever now

Obsidian director Josh Sawyer…

Josh Sawyer has been making games professionally for 26 years. What started as a hobby, making and playing tabletop…
UK gov fobs off a 10,000-strong request to stop payment processors nuking NSFW Steam games, says it’s a matter for the free market, baby

UK gov fobs off…

Furore erupted a couple of months ago when Valve confirmed that payment processors—citing a Mastercard rule—had pressured it to…
Laid-off devs of cancelled ZeniMax MMO Project Blackbird form new studio ‘with no outside investors and full creative control,’ and they’re calling it Sackbird

Laid-off devs of cancelled…

A few months ago we found out ZeniMax Online Studios had canceled an MMO shooter it was developing under…
Research firm estimates that North Korean crypto hackers have already made off with over $2 billion this year, reckons the regime has stolen over $6 billion in total

Research firm estimates that…

North Korea has long been accused of being a major state sponsor of cybercrime. The isolated authoritarian regime uses…
UK police arrest two teenagers suspected of the nursery hack and ransom that saw images and the information of 20 toddlers posted to the dark web

UK police arrest two…

In late September, news broke about one of the most amoral cyberattacks you’ll ever hear of. A group calling…