Author: [email protected] (Andy Chalk)
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Square Enix reportedly didn’t want Life is Strange: True Colors to be thought of as the ‘gay game’
A new IGN report on Life is Strange: True Colors studio Deck Nine contains numerous allegations of dysfunction at the studio, as well as the surprising claim that publisher Square Enix was reluctant to embrace the series’ underlying themes—to the point that it told the studio it didn’t want Life is Strange to become known…
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Star Wars Outlaws story trailer will debut next week
Brace yourselves, Star Wars fans: A new trailer for Ubisoft’s upcoming Star Wars Outlaws is set to debut on April 9. Ubisoft described the reveal as the “story trailer world premiere,” which is interesting because a world premiere trailer that provided at least the outlines of the story rolled out in 2023: Kay Vess, scoundrel,…
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NASA is joining with Twitch, Microsoft, and Epic for a livestream event featuring eclipse-themed Minecraft and Fortnite games
There’s a big eclipse coming on April 8—you may have heard something about it already—and if you’d like to watch but don’t happen to live in an area where it’s going to be properly visible, NASA and Twitch have you covered. And not just with an eclipse livestream: They’ve partnered with Epic Games, Microsoft, and…
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Splinter Cell fans are getting excited about a possible update on the remake in June
It’s been more than two years since Ubisoft announced that the original Splinter Cell is getting a full remake, and we’ve heard virtually nothing about it since then. But eager fans are hoping that void will finally be filled during the next Ubisoft Forward showcase happening in June. Ubisoft announced its next online showcase on…
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Newly-minted Saber Interactive boss says Embracer CEO ‘gets a bad rap’ for massive layoffs, studio closures, and game cancellations
There is probably no company more emblematic of the workplace chaos that’s gripped the videogame industry than Embracer. After rapidly expanding into a gaming behemoth, the studio went off a cliff in 2023 after the collapse of a planned $2 billion investment deal with Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group. But Matthew Karch, CEO of the…
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Relic Entertainment lays off employees to give itself ‘the best possible chance to survive in an increasingly volatile industry’
A week after being sold off by parent company Sega, Company of Heroes studio Relic Entertainment has announced that it is laying off employees. “Earlier today we shared details with Relicans about a layoff,” the studio wrote on LinkedIn. “Letting people go was not an easy decision, and was made solely with the goal of…
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Roblox executive acknowledges ‘you can say, okay, we are exploiting child labour,’ but would prefer you saw them as job creators
Acknowledging that your company’s practices could be seen as exploiting child labor is a bold move, even if you go on to say that you actually think you’re doing a good thing. It’s a gambit that Roblox Studio head Stefano Corazza took in a recent GDC interview with Eurogamer about the company’s reputation for taking…
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FCC will vote on bringing back net neutrality regulations on April 25
The FCC has announced that it will vote on a proposal to restore net neutrality on April 25, a move that, if approved, it says will “bring back a national standard for broadband reliability, security, and consumer protection.” Back in 2017, we explained why net neutrality matters—and why we think PC gamers should support it—and…
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Netflix’s The Witcher finally adds Zoltan, and it’s Kramer’s angry friend from Seinfeld
The cast of Netflix’s The Witcher has grown a little larger with the announcement of a trio of new characters who will be joining the action in the upcoming season 4, including one who will be very familiar to fans of the game trilogy: The dwarf Zoltan Chivay, one of Geralt’s closest friends, who will…
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Content Warning patch adds a reporter mic, sound player, and ‘party poppers’
Just a day after promising they were working on it, the Content Warning team has released a patch that fixes a handful of bugs and adds three new items: reporter mics, party poppers, and a sound player. The patch announcement came via an in-game video clip that looks like it was done with minimal preparation—and…