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Bobby Kotick Calls Out PlayStation In Email To Whole World
29.3.2023
As we grow closer to the finish line in the months-long struggle for Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard, things are getting tense. Governments are getting involved, weird promises are being made and the people at the centre of it all—like Activision CEO Bobby Kotick—sound like they’re starting...
PC Game Accused Of 'Asset Theft' Removed From Steam
27.3.2023
The controversy surrounding Dark and Darker, an MMO that stands accused of stealing not just assets but also staff from Korean publishers Nexon, escalated over the weekend when the game was delisted from Steam.Read more
Microsoft Says 10 Years Is Plenty Of Time For Sony To Make Its Own Call Of Duty
21.3.2023
As regulators approach their deadline to approve or reject Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, those for and against the mega merger are filing every last argument they can think of to try and sway the outcome. My favorite one yet involves Microsoft telling Sony to quit...
Let Me Solo Her Is Playing Elden Ring, But Every Enemy Is Malenia
17.3.2023
The player known as Let Me Solo Her has become an icon in the Elden Ring community in the year since FromSoftware’s action RPG launched. It started when he used the game’s online co-op features to help a player fight Malenia, one of the game’s hardest boss battles, wearing nothing but some...
The Game Accused Of Plagiarizing Elden Ring Animations Responds
14.3.2023
Bleak Faith: Forsaken, a new Soulslike by Archangel Studios, has been mired in controversy since it launched on March 10. That’s because players suspected the indie developer hijacked animations seen in FromSoftware games such as Bloodborne and Elden Ring. Now, after days of accusations slamming...
Microsoft Signs Another 10-Year Call Of Duty Deal
14.3.2023
Microsoft signed another 10-year agreement to spread Activision Blizzard titles like Call of Duty—this time, to international cloud gaming service Boosteroid, the company announced in a post earlier today. The dogfight that has been Microsoft’s nasty, scrutinized plan to buy Activision Blizzard...
Final Fantasy 16 Devs Say Only PS5 Can Handle The Game’s Combat
13.3.2023
Maybe you were wondering why Final Fantasy XVI, Square Enix’s highly anticipated action RPG, will only be available on PlayStation 5 when it launches on June 22. Well, according to Square Enix, it’s because of “the power of PlayStation 5" that lets the team achieve next-gen (when do we call...
Square Enix Boss Disappointed With Forspoken Sales But Still Excited For NFT Games
10.3.2023
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Square Enix is disappointed in the sales of one of its games. Tomb Raider, Hitman, Outriders, Guardians of the Galaxy—it’s a long list, and Forpsoken just got added to it. Current Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda said during the company’s most recent...
Activision’s Poster-In-Chief Gives Wild Look Inside Microsoft Sony Fight
9.3.2023
Over a year after it was first announced, Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal is being picked apart under a microscope by regulators. It still appears to be crawling towards its inexorable conclusion, but things are getting very messy, and incredibly silly, in the process.Read more
Police Raid Studio Accused Of Stealing 'Assets & Personnel' From Rival
9.3.2023
The offices of Ironmace, a development studio in the Korean city of Seongnam, were raided by police earlier this week after accusations were made that the company’s upcoming game, the MMO Dark and Darker, didn’t just steal assets from publishing giant Nexon, but the staff working on a project there...
Square Enix CEO Who Constantly Pushed NFT Games To Be Replaced
3.3.2023
Square Enix is getting a new boss. Yosuke Matsuda has served as the Final Fantasy publisher’s CEO for 10 years, and spent the last couple of those hyping up NFTs and other blockchain scams. He’s now set to be replaced by a relative newcomer, pending shareholder approval in June.Read more
Sonic Creator Admits To Illegally Trading Over $1 Million
2.3.2023
Earlier today, Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka admitted to doing insider trading while working at Square Enix. Read more
Forspoken Studio Being Absorbed Back Into Square Enix
1.3.2023
Yesterday, Luminous Productions, the developers behind the rocky fantasy parkour game Forspoken, announced that it will no longer exist as a separate game studio. On May 1, Luminous will be merged back into its parent company, Square Enix.Read more
Activision Accused Of Illegally Firing QA Testers Over Remote Work Protest
1.3.2023
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) have today filed charges against publisher Activision—a company with a long track record of alleged union-busting—claiming the publisher violated several workplace laws in relation to the firing of two QA testers.Read more
Xbox Boss Now Downplaying Importance Of Controversial Activision Merger
27.2.2023
In a new interview Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox, said that “Xbox will exist” even if its massive deal to buy up Call of Duty publisher Activision falls apart due to continued and intense regulatory scrutiny and public pushback. Read more
Beyond Good And Evil 2 Studio Head No Longer At Ubisoft
27.2.2023
Last year, Ubisoft’s ambitious sci-fi multiplayer adventure, Beyond Good and Evil 2, surpassed Duke Nukem Forever’s dubious record for having the longest development time of any video game. Last week, staff at Ubisoft Montpellier were informed their managing director was no longer with the company...
Shinji Mikami, Resident Evil Mastermind, Leaving Studio He Founded
23.2.2023
Shinji Mikami, famed Japanese game designer best known for his work on the Resident Evil series, has decided to leave Tango Gameworks after founding the studio over 10 years ago, according to a TrueAchievements report that was corroborated by Bethesda on Twitter.Read more
Sega's Iconic Akihabara Arcade is Being Taken Over By A Rival
23.2.2023
For a very long time, Sega’s big arcades were a mainstay of the Akihabara skyline, and some of the main attractions for anyone making a gaming-related pilgrimage through the streets of Tokyo.Read more
Microsoft President Is Carrying That Giant Sony Call of Duty Deal In Pocket, Weirdly
22.2.2023
Earlier today, Microsoft President Brad Smith and Xbox boss Phil Spencer talked briefly to the media about its ongoing attempt to consume Activision Blizzard King, continuing once again to act like the larger spat is mostly about Call of Duty. At one point, Smith said he was carrying a contract...
Activision Blizzard Is Forcing Workers Back To The Office
15.2.2023
While the worst of the pandemic is clearly over, a few years of getting people to work from home has shown that a lot of folks are happier, and even work better, if they get to do it where they live. So decisions to force employees back into the office are understandably going to be met with...