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Dev Reveals Exploitative Nature of Most Game Contracts
17.8.2021
Receiving a publishing deal from an indie publisher can be a turning point for an independent developer. But when one-man team Jakefriend was approached with an offer to invest half a million Canadian dollars into his hand-drawn action-adventure game Scrabdackle, he discovered the contract’s terms...
TIME Partners With Cool Cats NFT Project, Business Magazine Fortune’s NFT Sale Raises $1.3M
15.8.2021
Two of the largest American news magazines, Fortune and TIME, have jumped headfirst into the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem in recent times. The New York-based multinational business magazine Fortune raised $1.3 million selling its first NFT collection this week. Furthermore, after selling...
Activision Blizzard Hires Union-Busting Firm As Workers Start To Come Together
29.7.2021
In a public statement addressed to employees earlier this week, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said the company was reviewing policies and procedures to help promote a more respectful and inclusive workplace. To help accomplish that, the company has retained the services of prestigious...
So you want to self-publish books and courses on programming
29.7.2021
John Resig and I recently self-published our book on GraphQL. There are tons of how-tos for self-publishing a book, or even online classes, but very little in the way of why you would want to, or whether it’s even worth …
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'Undetectable’ Console Cheat YouTube Ad Taken Down By Activision
9.7.2021
Earlier this week we reported on an insidious new cheating system for competitive shooters that works on consoles and PC alike and promises to be completely undetectable. Looks like Call of Duty maker Activision already has the cheat makers in their sights, striking down their YouTube ad for...
Happy Indie-Penance Day!
5.7.2021
Shhhhhh, all the grown ups are distracted. Kotaku’s proper employees are all off doing whatever it is Americans do on Independence Day, and in a woefully ironic act, have allowed a Brit to take over the site. So aside from leaving crates of tea everywhere and graffitiing “Long Live King George...
‘Console Games Were Not The Future’: Disney After Epic Mickey
14.5.2021
The following is excerpted from Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry, a new book from Blood, Sweat, and Pixels author and former Kotaku press sneak fuck Jason Schreier about studio shutdowns and what happens next.Read more
What PlayWay should - and shouldn't - teach us about game publishing
26.4.2021
Lessons from one of the more controversial PC game publishers
Craig Wright’s Law Firm Granted Permission from High Court to Serve Bitcoin.org Operator Cobra
22.4.2021
On April 22, published documents stemming from law firm Ontier LLP show London’s High Court is granting the law firm permission to serve legal proceedings over copyright infringement against the owner of bitcoin.org, a pseudonymous operator called “Cøbra.” The legal...
Epic Games Store Adds New Apps Including, Um, Another Game Store
22.4.2021
Epic announced today that a slate of new non-gaming apps are now available on the Epic Games Store. The most interesting new app added is the indie games storefront Itch.io, potentially giving the thousands of smaller games on their store a huge new audience of EGS users. Read more
Square Enix Denies Report The Company Is Up For Sale
16.4.2021
There was an unconfirmed report that multiple buyers were looking at acquiring Square Enix. This evening in Japan, the Tokyo-based game maker released a statement denying it.Read more
Tuesday's Best Deals: AirPods Pro, Aukey Wireless Power Bank, Mortal Kombat 11, LEGO Architecture Statue of Liberty, Dyson V7 Animal, Tree Hut Sale, and More
13.4.2021
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Friday's Best Deals: M1 MacBook Air, Dark Souls: The Board Game, Tacklife Random Orbit Sander, Segway Electric Scooter, Bellesa Spring Sale, and More
9.4.2021
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Music Company Founded by Dr. Luke Enables Bitcoin Payments for Songwriters and Producers
3.4.2021
Bitcoin mainstream adoption is not limited to celebrities endorsing the cryptocurrency via social media or interviews on TV. The music industry is also interested in joining the bandwagon, with an independent publishing company recently enabling bitcoin payments. Bitcoin Adoption Comes in Response...
Clear Some Shelf Space Because There's a Buy 2, Get 1 Free Games Sale at Amazon
22.3.2021
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Report: More Layoffs Loom As Activision Blizzard Moves To Close European Publishing Offices
19.3.2021
Activision Blizzard is planning to close its publishing offices in Europe and lay off even more employees in the process, according to a new report by GamesIndustry.biz.Read more
Square Enix's Project Athia Is Now Called Forspoken, Coming In 2022
18.3.2021
As part of today’s Square Enix showcase, the publisher showed another snippet of its “narrative-driven adventure set in a beautiful yet cruel world,” Project Athia. Only it’s not called Project Athia anymore. Now it’s, uh, Forspoken, a name that, if nothing else, was not previously spoken for.Read...
Monday's Best Deals: HP Omen Gaming Laptop, Elgato HD60 Capture Card, Grogu Mug, Animal Crossing Eyeshadow, PlayStation Plus, and More
15.3.2021
An HP Omen 15 laptop and Elgato HD60 lead Monday’s best deals.Read more
Thursday's Best Deals: M1 MacBook Pro, Free Atlas Coffee Club Bag, Tacklife Tabletop Fire Pit, Cornbread Hemp CBD, The Last of Us Part II Art Book, and More
11.3.2021
Atlas Coffee Club and Apple’s MacBook Pro lead Thursday’s best deals.Read more
Tuesday's Best Deals: Xbox Gift Cards, TaoTronics Massage Gun, HP Chromebook 14, JACHS NY Sale, PlayStation Plus, ComfiLife Seat Cushion, K-Swiss Sneakers, and More
9.3.2021
Xbox gift cards and a TaoTronics massage gun lead Tuesday’s best deals.Read more