California Slaps Activision Blizzard With Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Lawsuit

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Amidst controversies about layoffs and overpaid executives, Activision Blizzard is once again under fire for unequal pay, sexual harassment, discrimination, sexism, and the company’s bro culture. Following a two-year investigation, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court seeking damages and the recovery of unpaid wages for affected female employees. [...]

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Krafton Confirms PUBG TV Adaptation In The Works By Castlevania Showrunner

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TV and movie adaptations of popular video games seem to be all the rage nowadays. Netflix alone features several big-name adaptations including Dota: Dragon Blood, The Witcher, Resident Evil, and the Castlevania animated series. According to PCGamer, a new video game adaptation is in the works from Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar. Shankar and Krafton both confirmed that an animated version [...]

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Netflix Confirms First Game Releases Will Be On Mobile At No Extra Charge To Subscribers

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American streaming platform and production company Netflix confirms that their games will be available at no extra charge to subscribers following the revelation that they will be opening their own internal video game development studio back in May. The company also revealed in their Q2 2021 investor report that they will be focusing on mobile games for the time being. [...]

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Keen Games Secures $10M Investment To Develop New Open-World Portal Knights Successor

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German indie development studio Keen Games, the studio behind popular voxel MMO Portal Knights, has raised $10 million in investments in a Series B funding round led by Tencent and Hiro Capital. According to Keen Games, the funds will be used to develop a spiritual successor to Portal Knights that will feature a cross-platform sandbox world with more realistic visuals [...]

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Tencent Purchases Majority Stake in Stunluck Studios, Developers Behind Battlerite

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Tencent continues their acquisition spree by purchasing a majority stake in the Swedish game developer Stunluck Studios, the company best known for Battlerite. Financial details were not publicly disclosed, but given that Battlerite's popularity has been in decline for some time now, it likely wasn't a massive deal. Stunluck Studios commented: “It’s an honor to represent the biggest game company [...]

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TiMi Studio Opens Montreal Studio, Teases New AAA Open-World Multi-Platform IP

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Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group, the studio behind Call of Duty Mobile, Honor of Kings, and Pokemon Unite, has just announced the opening of a new studio in Montreal. TiMi Montreal joins the Chinese gaming group’s growing family of North American studios, which includes the newly-opened Los Angeles and Seattle studios, and will be exclusively working on the development of [...]

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Tencent Begins Using Facial Recognition Tech to Ban Kids from Gaming into the Night

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Tencent launched a new program earlier this month dubbed 'Midnight Patrol' which uses facial recognition technology to stop kids in China from gaming between 10pm - 8am. China has long has strict rules surrounding gaming for minors, but kids would frequently circumvent these restrictions by using their parent's identities to log into devices. This tactic won't work any longer as [...]

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