Discord will be going slightly easier on rule breakers going forward as it makes changes to its punishment policies. Over the next few weeks, the popular VoIP and chat platform will be doing away with permanent bans for a wide range of offenses in favor of temporary year-long bans, although permanent bans will still be handed out to for “extremely [...]
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Starfield took the video game community by storm when it launched last month and secured the title of best-selling game in the US for September 2023, according to consumer behavior analysis company Circana. It’s worth noting that the sci-fi game was available on Xbox Game Pass from day one and Circana’s report didn’t take into account those who got access [...]
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Another key figure in the video game industry has announced his retirement as Pete Hines steps down as Head of Publishing at Bethesda Softworks. “After 24 years, I have decided my time at Bethesda Softworks has come to an end,” Hines tweeted. “I am retiring and will begin an exciting new chapter of my life exploring interests and passions, donating [...]
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It’s been a rough year for the video game industry with layoffs happening in seemingly every other video game company and studio. The latest studio to succumb to financial pressures is Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments, who’ve announced their plans to hand an unknown number of employees their pink slips. The upcoming layoffs are in line with the studio’s efforts [...]
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Something ominous is afoot over at Cryptic Studios as several key members of the Star Trek Online and Neverwinter development team announced on LinkedIn yesterday that they were looking for new job opportunities. These developers include senior game designer Jesse Heinig, senior technical artist Chris Penny, gameplay engineer David Nishball, and senior community manager Mike Fatum, a.k.a. Ambassador Kael. While [...]
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It’s been a long uphill battle for Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, but both parties have finally inked their $69 billion merger after the UK Competition and Markets Authority officially gave its approval. To recap, the merger was first announced back in 2021, right around the same time that Activision Blizzard was facing massive backlash for alleged sexual harassment and discrimination [...]
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Unity Technologies continues to feel the ripples from its extremely unpopular decision to tack on additional fees for every installation of Unity-run games as John Riccitiello retires from his role as CEO, president, chairman, and member of the board of directors effective immediately. He is ultimately the person responsible for the controversial runtime fees which earned the company the ire [...]
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It’s been a long and extremely winding road for Microsoft and Activision Blizzard with roadblocks at every turn, but it looks like both parties are finally on the verge of inking their $69 billion merger. Sources within the company report that Microsoft is looking to close the deal on Friday, October 13th. A bit ominous if you ask me, but [...]
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Late last month, Sony’s systems were supposedly breached by a new hacker group who threatened to leak the compromised data after the company stubbornly refused to give in to their demands. To be fair, the data being held for ransom seemed like they were just random files stolen off of a dead Japanese FTP server and didn’t look as if [...]
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The mistakes of the past have come back to haunt Ubisoft when French authorities moved against those who were accused of sexual misconduct back in 2020. According to French newspaper Libération, the police picked up five former Ubisoft employees and a former executive earlier this week and detained them for questioning for 24 hours. Among those who were detained were [...]
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