Pay disputes, burn out, and crunch

Fallout co-creator Tim Cain reveals why he left Interplay back in the late-1990s. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Gaming was a lot different back in the 90s. That goes double for PC gaming, which was dominated by big-box titles that were as groundbreaking as they were irreverent. The original Fallout was one such game; …

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Mobile leads Take-Two revenues, physical sales made less than 5% of earnings

The $12.7 billion merger with Zynga has pushed mobile as the lead revenue-generating platform for publisher Take-Two Interactive. 5 VIEW GALLERY – 5 IMAGES Take-Two Interactive is mostly known for delivering mega franchises like Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, Red Dead, and Borderlands. However, following its mega-merger with Zynga in May 2022, mobile gaming quickly …

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Sony may use proprietary AI to augment PlayStation cloud gaming

Sony Group Corp. CEO Kenichiro Yoshida comments on PlayStation’s cloud gaming initiatives, and indicates that its proprietary GT Sophy artificial intelligence could play a larger role in emerging segment. 4 VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES Although it has become more relevant today thanks to the Microsoft-Activision merger, cloud gaming has actually been around for quite …

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Ken Levine shares insight on BioShock’s creative storytelling

BioShock creator Ken Levine shares the storytelling process and motivations that he used in order to write the fan-favorite series. 3 Photo Credit: Jim Martin VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES BioShock is known far and wide for its unique story that weaves themes of classism, history, and unchecked tyranny in a fictional underwater city full …

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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo’s magic ticket to Minecraft-like UGC

With the new Zelda game, Nintendo has created an incredible playground for user-generated content…and it could be the beginning of something interesting for the company. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Gamers are making some really outrageous, elaborate, and often amazing things in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, including airships, gimbal aircraft, …

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U.S. House opens probe into FTC, Chair Lina Khan accused of ‘abuses of power’

The U.S. House Oversight Committee has opened a probe into Chair Lina Khan’s leadership at the Federal Trade Commission on allegations of “abuses of power.” 5 VIEW GALLERY – 5 IMAGES Today the United States House of Representatives Oversight Committee has announced that it is probing the FTC in order to address allegations made by …

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Activision could pull out of UK in order to merge with Microsoft

Microsoft and Activision may be ready to take drastic measures in order to merge and become one of the biggest powerhouses in the video games industry. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Microsoft is currently looking at ways to carry on with its $68.7 billion Activision merger without the United Kingdom’s approval. The megaton merger …

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EA’s new monetization tactic may include Nike’s FOMO lootboxes

EA has announced a partnership with Nike Virtual Studios to bring .Swoosh “virtual creations” to future EA Sports games. Now the publisher needs to clarify exactly what is happening before the announcement turns into a full-blown controversy. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Note: Most of this article is speculation based on limited information presented …

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10 performance cores and huge clocks to beat AMD’s X3D CPUs?

Intel could have Beast Lake desktop processors in the pipeline that are hugely clocked up and designed for excellent single-core performance to challenge AMD’s 3D V-Cache (X3D) chips in the gaming arena. Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID) makes this claim in a new video (that also discusses Arrow Lake in-depth, which we cover here), and …

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AI-powered drone kills US military official during training exercise

The emergence of artificial intelligence-powered technologies has certainly been impressive with tools such as ChatGPT, but now we are starting to see AI-powered tools enter into military operations. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES The AI we see today is far from perfect, but what we do know for certain is that current-level AI is …

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Ducky’s ProjectD Outlaw 65 impresses at Computex 2023 but could cost $600

If it falls under the PC gaming umbrella, then there are at least a dozen or more examples to see at Computex 2023, including gaming keyboards. If I had to choose one that impressed me regarding build quality, style, and feel, it must be Ducky’s ProjectD Outlaw 65. 5 Ducky’s ProjectD Outlaw 65. VIEW GALLERY …

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Redfall originally had a robust microtransaction model

Redfall’s controversial reception could have been even worse if the game launched with its intended storefront. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES A new report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier has illuminated some of the major problems that Arkane faced with Redfall, its latest vampire-themed looter-shooter. The game’s trouble story stems from deep alignment and scope …

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BioWare experimented with AI-powered story and dialog, but it ended in disaster

The AI gold rush presents interesting opportunities to disrupt key markets and streamline operations with greater levels of automation. There’s been lots of talk and excitement about how AI could help gaming. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The prospect of creating a kind of AI that can sustainably write, fabricate, and maintain the infinitely-complex …

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Apple’s testing M2 Max and M2 Ultra Macs, could they debut at WWDC next week?

Potential buyers of Apple’s very best Macs should probably wait a little while before picking up a new one because a new report claims that the company has something new on the horizon. A new report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple is now testing new versions of its Apple silicon with M2 Max …

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