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Video Gamers Rush to Unionize on Panics Over AI

Video game developers are scrambling to create unions to protect their jobs as the threats of generative AI-inspired automation looms. Spurred by an ongoing tidal...

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Video Game Industry Layoffs Are Worse Than Ever. How Did We Get Here?

On February 27, Sony announced it would lay off 900 people across its worldwide games business, affecting several games studios. Among them were Naughty...

Gears of War Creator Doesn’t Mind the Idea of a PS5 Release – PlayStation LifeStyle

Gears of War creator Cliff ‘CliffyB’ Bleszinski isn’t opposed to the idea of the franchise launching on the PS5. A while back, rumors emerged...

BuffStreams OK’d For Blocking in Germany But Unlikely to Lose Any Sleep

How can we be sure that site-blocking really works? Because if it didn’t work, I was informed recently, rightsholders wouldn’t keep filing new site-blocking...

GTA 6 Devs Fear Return to Toxic Crunch Practices – PlayStation LifeStyle

Just yesterday, Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games informed its employees they would be returning to the office full-time and scrapping remote work....

PlayStation Laying Off 900 People, London Studio to Close – PlayStation LifeStyle

Layoffs have hit Sony Interactive Entertainment, with PlayStation set to lose 900 employees — about 8% of its headcount. The biggest casualty is London...

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Update Includes New Modes, Suits, and More – PlayStation LifeStyle

Insomniac Games has detailed what to expect in the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s new game plus update, including suits, gameplay tweaks, and more. In a new post on...

2024 Game Developers Choice Awards Honors Yoko Shimomura and Fawzi Mesmar With Special Awards

The organizers of the 24th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) announced that composer Yoko Shimomura will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award...

How esports can help students in the classroom (no, seriously!)

Key points: Ask most parents if their children’s school should start an esports team, and you’ll be met with reluctance. Video games? In the classroom?...

Team NINJA Interview: Wo Long Producer/Director Masakazu Hirayama on a Potential Sequel, the Possibility of Returning to Ninja Gaiden, Wo Long Complete Edition, the...

Over the last few years, Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo released the superlative Nioh 2 on PS5 and PC, the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection...

Riot lays off 530 employees, will close Riot Forge: ‘We’re not doing this to appease shareholders or to hit some quarterly earnings number,’ says...

Riot Games has announced that it's "refocusing on fewer, high-impact projects" to move "toward a more sustainable future," and that means layoffs: Roughly 530...

RoboCop: Rogue City Publisher Says COVID Led to an Oversaturated Game Market – PlayStation LifeStyle

An executive from RoboCop: Rogue City publisher Nacon thinks he knows the reason for the game industry’s layoffs and sluggish growth in 2023. According...

Micro Machines VR Developer WIMO Games Shuts Down

WIMO Games, the developer of Micro Machines: Mini Challenge Mayhem and Battle Bow, has shut down.Though the Texas-based studio or its CEO haven't released...

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