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Blizzard's 'Workplace Ranking' For Employees Sounds Like Hell
24.1.2023
A story ran on Bloomberg earlier today with the headline “Blizzard Manager Departs In Protest of Employee Ranking System”. It sounds very businessy, maybe something that would land on the Linkedin news feed of a HR manager, but the stuff it’s describing is important because it sounds absolutely...
Pro Overwatch Teams Reportedly Want Legal Fight Against Activision Over Money
19.1.2023
The Overwatch League, an officially funded esports event, has been dealing with declining viewership and issues with sponsors following Activision Blizzard’s ongoing workplace culture scandal. Now, based on a report from Jacob Wolf, it seems the teams Activision Blizzard employs to play the game...
Xbox And Bethesda Confirm Nintendo-Style Direct, But Don’t Expect Starfield Yet
11.1.2023
After rumors circulated earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed a Nintendo-style Developer_Direct will take place featuring Bethesda and Xbox. The presentation, planned for January 25 at 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET, will focus on upcoming Xbox games like Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, and Redfall...
The Writer Of Minecraft's Ending Poem Got High And Made It Free
9.1.2023
The controversial ending to Mojang Studios’ Minecraft has sparked plenty of conversation over the years. A poem scrolls on-screen following after players defeat the Ender Dragon for a whopping nine minutes. Quotes from the “End Poem,” as the swan song is titled, have been inked on fans skins...
Oops: Microsoft Called FTC Unconstitutional, Regrets The Error
6.1.2023
Today, Microsoft filed a revised response to the United States Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit intended to stop the tech giant from buying up Call of Duty publisher Activision. The initial filing contained multiple arguments claiming the FTC itself and its court system were unconstitutional....
After A Bad Year For NFTs, Square Enix Boss Says Company's Still All In For Them
3.1.2023
A year ago, Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda said NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and blockchain gaming were the future. Then 2022 happened and it became clear to all but the most diehard NFT investors and crytobros that all of this digital JPEG ownership was a scam that the public continues...
Sonic Co-Creator Charged With Illegally Trading Over $1 Million In Final Fantasy Stock
28.12.2022
Last month, the legendary co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog was arrested for allegedly purchasing shares in a Dragon Quest development studio before their announcement. A month later, he was arrested a second time for reportedly buying stock in a Final Fantasy company in a similar fashion....
Square Enix Abandons Its Chocobo Racing Game Just 9 Months After Launch
22.12.2022
A game not included on our list of major 2022 games that died this year was Square Enix’s kart racer, Chocobo GP. There’s a reason for that, as it will remain playable for the foreseeable future. However, as Square Enix announced on December 21, the game is effectively dead now since “no further...
Atari’s Shambling, Zombie Corpse Is Once Again In Trouble
21.12.2022
Is it that time already? Atari, whatever that name actually means, is once again announcing it’s having a financial wobble. You could set your watch by how regularly this occurs. Who could have thought that launching a console no one wanted, while investing in crypto grifts, wasn’t the path...
Gamers Are Suing To Stop Microsoft From Acquiring Activision
21.12.2022
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 gives Americans the right to sue companies over anticompetitive behavior, a fact which 10 self-described gamers are using to take Microsoft to court, aiming to halt the company’s acquisition of Activision.Read more
Activision Blizzard President Leaves To Take Over Bored Ape Yacht Club
20.12.2022
Activision Blizzard president and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Alegre is leaving the company to become CEO of blockchain company Yuga Labs, which owns famous ugly NFTs like Bored Ape and CryptoPunks. Alegre, who was named in a February lawsuit alleging Activision Blizzard misled the SEC about...
New $100 Diablo IV ‘Collector’s Box’ Doesn’t Include Game
16.12.2022
Blizzard is now taking pre-orders on a large, nearly $100 special Diablo IV collector’s box which includes many things. But it doesn’t include the game. And while Blizzard isn’t trying to trick people into accidentally buying this game-free box, it still seems very odd that there’s not even...
Guerrilla Confirms A Horizon Multiplayer Game Starring New Characters
16.12.2022
While a Horizon multiplayer game felt all but inevitable, Guerrilla Games finally made the news official on Friday by way of a new job advertisement. The Sony studio behind the open world RPG series wants to take the post-apocalyptic robot combat online with an upcoming project featuring...
If You're Playing Marvel's Midnight Suns, Please Disable The 2K Launcher
14.12.2022
I was only just saying this! How every publisher cramming their own launcher in front of PC games is a huge pain in the ass! And now we’ve got an example of a launcher not just being a pain in the ass, but directly—and in some cases significantly—affecting a game’s performance!Read more
Final Fantasy Remake Has A Painting With A Getty Watermark
14.12.2022
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - Reunion was released today and is a solid remastering/remake of a beloved PSP title. But at least one painting in the new game contains a li’l something extra: a Getty Images watermark implying that the in-game painting was created using an image preview seemingly...
Feds Sue To Prevent Microsoft’s Activision Deal From Going Through
8.12.2022
According to a report from the Washington Post, the Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard on the grounds that the deal would threaten to suppress competition within the gaming industry.Read more
The Biggest Gaming Disappointments Of 2022
8.12.2022
Congrats everyone, you all made it through another awful pandemic year! 2022 is nearly at an end, meaning that it’s a good time to look back at all the terrible and disappointing shit that happened over the last 12 months. It’s enough to make me crave a distraction from it all, maybe even hop into...
EA Made A LotR Game With A Tiger Woods Engine
6.12.2022
Making video games is very hard. It can take years of work to ship even a small game. One aspect that can take up a particularly large amount of time and resources is building a custom engine, which is why many devs utilize Unreal, Unity, or another pre-existing engine to help speed up development....
GameStop Gets Into Holiday Spirit With More Layoffs
5.12.2022
In the spirit of Christmas and the ruthless pursuit of meme stock shareholder value, GameStop carried out its latest round of layoffs on Monday ahead of its new earnings report, which is due out later this week. The cuts reportedly hit staff working on the company’s crypto push, as well as a number...
Pour One Out For The Bosses: Activision Blizzard Loses Second Union Vote
2.12.2022
Activision Blizzard’s playbook came up short again. Despite delays, legal appeals, and threats to workers that organizing would lead to lower pay raises, quality assurance developers at the Diablo production studio Blizzard Albany voted 14-0 to unionize today. The Game Workers Alliance Albany...