3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1263+ words) "Really strong" layoff protections are just the tip of the iceberg Two years of tumult later, Blizzard unions finally have a contract, and its terms extend to all unionized units at the company (as opposed to different sets of rights…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (670+ words) Everything in one place Wow, what an incredible day it’s been for video games. Perhaps the greatest ever. Let’s dig in. If you’ve never heard the (very cool) 33rpm slowed-down version of Jolene, you should really listen to it now—listening…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (292+ words) Storied developer Warren Spector, best known for his work on games like Deus Ex, Thief and the Ultima series, has said today that he is "retiring from game development. At least I think so." In a statement posted to his…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (410+ words) Please clap (instead of talking about layoffs) Today Xbox CEO Asha Sharma took a trip to Bethesda Game Studios in Rockville, Maryland. She was welcomed with open arms, of a sort. “We heard that Microsoft leadership was coming to our…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (341+ words) "I want this industry to just shatter into a million beautiful shards that all have their own heroes, their own things, their own structures, their own funding methods" The video game industry is in a state of flux, and that’s…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (328+ words) The payout for Subnautica 2 will be shared with the whole studio, and will be "significantly more" than the original agreement The legal beef between Subnautica 2’s developers and studio Unknown Worlds owner Krafton has been settled, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. CEO…...

3+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (555+ words) Two tiny indie studios share the difficulties of keeping things slow and steady Solitaire isn't terribly sexy as far as video games go. You play by yourself, usually when you're waiting for something else to happen. It's meant to be…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (268+ words) September is looking like a pileup. Surely at least a couple games will swerve? Here’s the full list of major games now scheduled to come out during September: And just for fun, here’s a selection from October, too: Now, many…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (255+ words) Four days to play and review a game is taking the piss What I'm about to describe here is nothing new, it's simply the latest battle in the never-ending war between games marketing and what's left of traditional games media....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (226+ words) The 12-year-old in me needs Rockstar’s OST to go triple platinum on my in-game roadtrips But more than that, I can’t shake the old man feeling that today’s popular music just doesn’t build the same way older tracks did, where…...