The video game industry continues to be hammered with layoffs as US-based publisher TinyBuild shuts down Versus Evil and lays off all of its employees. The studio’s closure was announced just three days before Christmas and just as the studio was supposed to go on break for the holidays. All 13 of Versus Evil’s employees have been let go according [...]
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Last week, the Chinese government drafted new measures to limit the time that its citizens can spend playing online games while also prohibiting login events and capping spending on microtransactions, with a particular focus on gacha rolls and lootboxes. The law was drafted by the Chinese National Press and Publication Administration. The goal is to curb “excessive spending” on online [...]
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Steam’s annual platform-wide winter sale is back, offering great deals on virtually every game in its extensive library. Of course, that includes a long list of MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer games that will likely be of interest to our readers. Here’s a list of several popular titles that caught our eye: Baldur’s Gate 3 – $53.99 (Original Price: $59.99) Diablo [...]
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Bobby Kotick’s scandal-riddled term as CEO of Activision Blizzard is coming to an end next week in line with Microsoft’s acquisition of the company. Kotick became infamous in these parts for his anti-union efforts despite his claims to the contrary, condoning sexual harassment within the company, as well as allegedly harassing employees and flight attendants himself and threatening to have [...]
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Squad developer Offworld Industries has acquired Post Scriptum, a World War II tactical first-person shooter from Periscope Games that launched in 2018. It’s now been renamed to Squad 44 to better reflect Offworld Industries’ vision from the game, and frankly because it just makes more sense for a squad-based FPS set in 1944. “Team up and join the frontline in [...]
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Embracer Group continues to downsize its studios as Slipgate Ironworks and its subsidiary 3D Realms reportedly gets hit with a massive round of layoffs. The news comes by way of a tweet from 3D Realms founder and current Apogee Entertainment studio head Scot Miller, who revealed that at least half of the studios’ employees were laid off, including core developers. [...]
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The three-year legal battle between Epic Games and Google over antitrust allegations has come to an end with the former snagging an absolute win. The jury unanimously sided with Epic on its claims that Google monopolized Android app distribution through the Google Play Store and Google Play Billing, engaged in anti-competitive practices, and caused damage to Epic’s business. They also [...]
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Hasbro, the toy company that currently owns the rights to Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, has announced a sweeping round of layoffs affecting over 1,000 of its employees. The announcement comes via an internal memo just two weeks before Christmas. According to CEO Chris Cocks, the layoffs are in response to the “headwinds” that the company has been [...]
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It’s the end of an era for video game convention goers as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) officially bids farewell. After years of struggling to get big-name video game companies to showcase their wares in the convention, its organizer, the Electronic Software Association, has finally decided to throw in the towel. “After more than two decades of E3, each one [...]
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Electronic Arts officially ended online support for seven of its older PC and console games earlier this week. Those include Battlefield Bad Company, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 1943, Crysis 3, Dead Space 2, Dante’s Inferno, and Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, several of which were pulled from their respective storefronts a few months ago. While you can still play their respective [...]
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