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The Week's Best Gaming Stories, From Pokimane to Adults-Only N64
25.11.2023
From mergers to memes, the landscape of interactive entertainment is always in motion. Here’s your cheat sheet for the week’s most important stories in gaming.Read more
Verasity Announces the Launch of VeraAds
23.11.2023
PRESS RELEASE. London, November 23rd 2023 – Verasity, a leading advertising ecosystem built on open-ledger principles and creators of internationally patented Proof of View technology for preventing ad fraud, today announces the launch of VeraAds. A new service from Verasity, VeraAds...
Every Game We Saw At Nintendo’s Latest Indie World Showcase
14.11.2023
It’s been a surprisingly strong year for the Nintendo Switch even as sales slow and fans eagerly await its successor, and today the company promoted a bunch of indie games that will fill out the console’s release calendar heading into 2024, from a new Shantae action-platformer to a port of beloved...
Amazon Games Lays Off 180 Employees
13.11.2023
Another day, another round of video game industry layoffs. This time Amazon is laying off roughly 180 employees from its gaming division, as confirmed in an internal email from Christoph Hartmann, VP of Amazon Games.Read more
Family Is Suing Makers Of Fortnite, Call Of Duty For Fostering Addiction
9.11.2023
Fans sue (or attempt to sue) video game companies all the time. Just this year a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II fan sued remaster publisher Aspyr for not delivering its planned restored content DLC, but these situations are usually targeted at specific companies about an isolated issue....
That's The End Of Activision Blizzard's $120 Million Overwatch League
8.11.2023
Activision Blizzard has confirmed the end of the Overwatch League, its massive bet to cash in on the rise of esports with an NFL-style franchise system. It will reportedly pay the 20 teams involved $120 million as everyone quietly parts ways from what was reportedly a financial debacle—despite...
Assassin’s Creed Publisher Continues To Downsize, Lays Off More Staff
7.11.2023
In a year full of video game layoffs, Assassin’s Creed maker Ubisoft Montreal is the latest to get hit by ongoing cuts. Kotaku has learned that the publisher announced 75 new layoffs across its Canadian offices today as part of a “reorganization” of its general and administrative teams, Ubisoft...
Epic Games Admits In Court That Its PC Store Still Isn't Profitable
7.11.2023
On Monday, during the first day of the Epic v. Google legal showdown over app store fees, both companies gave their opening statements and began poking at each other’s witnesses. And during the day, Epic admitted that its digital PC game store still isn’t profitable. Read more
Big Xbox Shakeup Might Avoid Another Redfall Debacle
26.10.2023
Today Microsoft announced a re-organization within its Xbox division that will see ZeniMax and Bethesda Game Studios report more directly to head of game services, Matt Booty. The shift comes after vampire shooter Redfall was so poorly recieved that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer went on a...
Xbox Boss Says There's No 'Secret' Call Of Duty Drop Coming To Game Pass In 2023
17.10.2023
Now that Microsoft’s purchase of Activison Blizzard has officially been completed, Xbox Series X/S owners have been hoping to see games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Diablo IV appear on Game Pass any day now. But Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer poured cold water on the rumor mill hype...
Epic Games' Messy Bandcamp Sale Ends With Mass Layoffs
16.10.2023
“Music is healing,” the late musician Prince once said. Bandcamp co-founder Ethan Diamond told NPR in 2020 that the point of the independent digital music platform he was building was to bring that power of healing to everyone. Many current Bandcamp employees are going to need it. Epic Games, which...
Bethesda Exec Pete Hines Leaving Company After 24 Years
16.10.2023
Bethesda publishing head Pete Hines is retiring from the Starfield developer after 24 years, he announced on Twitter (or X) on October 16. Hines’ decision comes only a few days after Microsoft, which owns Bethesda Game Studios, was rubber-stamped to complete its $69 billion Activision Blizzard...
Every Franchise Xbox Now Owns After Buying Activision
13.10.2023
On October 13, Microsoft completed its nearly two-year-long process of consuming Activision Blizzard King. And while it will take months and years for Xbox and all the parties involved to sort everything out and start bringing past Activision Blizzard games to Game Pass, for now, we can tally...
Microsoft Asks Controversial Activision CEO Bobby Kotick To Stay For Two More Months
13.10.2023
Longtime Activision Blizzard CEO, Bobby Kotick, is almost gone, but not quite yet. Nearly two years after over 1,000 of his employees called on the controversial executive to resign, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that Kotick will remain the head of the Call of Duty publisher until...
Microsoft Closes Activision Blizzard Acquisition, Making Call Of Duty Officially Part Of Xbox Now
13.10.2023
The video game industry just got a lot smaller. The long and winding saga of Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard has finally come to a close with the companies announcing the completed merger today following one last greenlight from regulators in the UK. Call of Duty is now part...
One Of Gaming's Most Hated CEOs Says Goodbye, Again
10.10.2023
CEO John Riccitiello has retired from game development software company Unity after possibly its worst month of bad headlines ever. The tech company that’s slowly morphed into an in-game advertising firm announced a confusing and seemingly predatory new set of fees for game makers in September...
Activision Blizzard Games Should Hit Game Pass In 2024
9.10.2023
When speculation rife that Microsoft expects to finalize its purchase of Activision Blizzard this week, and COD: Modern Warfare III out in a month, it seems people have been wondering when Activision’s games will start appearing on Microsoft’s Game Pass. According to a tweet from Activision...
Report Claims Lord Of The Rings: Gollum Publisher Used AI To Write Apology
9.10.2023
An investigation by German outlet Game Two into what went wrong during the development of Lord of the Rings: Gollum has made claims that the publisher’s apology for the terrible state of the released game was written by AI ChatGPT. The claim appears alongside a laundry list of alleged issues behind...
Cyberpunk 2077 Developers Call Unions 'A Stronger Voice In Times Of Crisis'
9.10.2023
As the international gaming industry faces wave after wave of layoffs, workers at Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher developer, CD Projekt Red, have created a new Poland-wide union aimed at protecting their rights. This arrives in the face of the massive studio announcing it would be firing nine...
Beloved Battle Royale Fall Guys Among Those Hit By Epic Games Layoffs
28.9.2023
Epic Games acquired Mediatonic in 2021 after its colorful battle royale, Fall Guys, became a multiplayer sensation early in the covid-19 pandemic. Now, it’s laying off tons of developers at the UK-based studio as part massive cost cutting at the Fortnite maker. Read more