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Bethesda To Shut Down Official Forums In Favor Of Discord, Elder Scrolls Online Forums Will Continue To Operate

May 21, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Bethesda Softworks is shutting down their official game forums in favor of more modern alternatives. The studio announced earlier this week that they will be moving community discussions to Discord. “The forums have seen many changes over the years, and we’ve enjoyed seeing our community grow and evolve alongside Bethesda and all of our games. Now, though, with the numerous [...]

Activision Blizzard Wins Nine-Year Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed By Worlds Inc.

May 11, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Activision Blizzard has just won a nine-year patent infringement lawsuit against Massachusetts-based tech company Worlds Inc. The lawsuit was filed in March 2012 claiming that the former violated five existing patents for a “System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space” in World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and other games. After nine years, PCGamesN reported [...]

The Division Coming To Netflix, New PC And Mobile Spinoffs In Development

May 7, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Movie and TV adaptations of games seem to be the trend nowadays, with several big name games coming to Netflix following the success of The Witcher series. Netflix is currently working on several video game adaptations, including Assassin’s Creed, Beyond Good and Evil, Cyberpunk, Devil May Cry, Dota 2, Tomb Raider, and the most-recent addition, Ubisoft’s The Division. According to [...]

Sony Faces Class-Action Lawsuit For Alleged Monopoly Of Digital Downloads

May 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

It seems that Epic Games’ legal battle against Apple has opened the door for other anti-monopoly lawsuits. According to Bloomberg, Sony Interactive Entertainment is now facing a class-action suit for forcing consumers to purchase digital PlayStation games exclusively from the PlayStation Store. Up until two years ago, players had the option to buy download codes from third-party retailers such as [...]

Google Stadia VP & Head Of Product John Justice Leaves The Company

May 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Things aren’t looking good for Google Stadia as several high-profile employees jump ship, including Vice President and Head of Product at Stadia John Justice. Justice has yet to update his LinkedIn account but a Google representative confirmed his departure from the company in a statement to 9to5Google. “We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we wish him [...]

Epic Games Vs. Apple Trial Confidential Information Leaks Hinder Proceedings

May 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

The Epic Games vs Apple trial is well underway and the historic showdown has resulted in some pretty big revelations. Most of these revelations were supposed to be confidential, including the fact that Sony is charging developers for cross-platform play on PlayStation, but by the magic of the internet it’s now common knowledge. Of course, most of us already knew [...]

Gamescom 2021 Hybrid Event Now All-Digital Due To COVID

May 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

We’re well into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic which has resulted in the cancellation of nearly every physical event and gathering across all industries. Fortunately, virtual events are now a thing, which is how Gamescom will be coming to us this year rather than the hybrid event initially proposed by the German Games Industry Association. “This decision was [...]

Activision Blizzard Q1 2021 Financials Show Increase In Revenue As Blizzard MAU’s Continue To Drop

May 6, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Activision Blizzard has just published their latest quarterly financial report which offers some interesting bits of information about how the company is doing. The Q1 2021 report shows a 7% increase in Blizzard’s revenue year-over-year but also a significant drop in player numbers. Blizzard’s playerbase has taken another big hit, dropping by 27% over the past three years according to [...]

Epic Games Vs. Apple Court Documents Reveal That Sony Charges For Cross-Play Support

May 4, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

Up until three or four years ago, it would have been virtually impossible for a game to support cross-play between PlayStation other platforms. Now, almost every multi-platform game has this feature. So what changed? New documents revealed during the Epic Games vs Apple gives us some insight into why Sony grudgingly agreed to implement cross-platform play. Apparently, Epic Games wouldn’t [...]

Epic Games And Apple Give Opening Arguments As Antitrust Trial Begins

May 4, 2021 Marc Marasigan Comments

The beginning of the end of the Epic Games vs Apple lawsuit is finally close at hand as the antitrust trial officially began yesterday with the opening arguments from both of the companies. According to VentureBeat, Epic’s opening statement accused Apple of monopolizing the mobile games and apps market and “trapping” customers inside a walled garden called the App Store. [...]

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