The prolonged legal battle between Epic Games and Apple has finally and unequivocally come to an end after the US Supreme Court dismissed both parties’ respective motions to appeal. The district court’s ruling on Epic’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple is now final and will be enforced to the full extent of the law. For those who haven’t been following the [...]
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History repeats seems to be repeating itself as GameStop is once again fading into irrelevance following a brief moment in the spotlight in January 2021 when its stock prices skyrocketed thanks to a pump-and-dump trading scheme organized through Reddit. The video game retail chain also dipped its toes in the cryptocurrency market with the opening of its NFT Marketplace in [...]
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CD Projekt Red is starting the new year with a brand-new project as it begins work on the sequel for Cyberpunk 2077 from its new Boston office. The sequel currently goes by the codename Orion and the developers are extremely optimistic about its future, saying that the original game was “just a warm-up.” While the optimism is understandable considering how [...]
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There seems to be no end to the layoffs happening in the video game and tech industries as Discord announces that it’s letting of 17% of its workforce on top of the 4% that were let go back in August. 170 employees are being dismissed in the VOIP platform’s latest round of layoffs as it works to sharpen its focus [...]
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Downsizing continues at Unity Technologies as the Unity Engine developer lays off an additional 1,800 of its employees. That translates to roughly 25% of its current workforce, in addition to those who were let go in three separate rounds of layoffs last year. “Unity has made the difficult decision to implement a workforce reduction, targeting approximately 25% of our total [...]
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Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner, a studio headed by former Hearthstone game director Ben Brode, has secured a sizable investment during its Series B funding round earlier this week to the tune of $100 million. The funding round was led by investment firm Griffin Gaming Partners who have now partnered with Second Dinner on future projects. The investment couldn’t have [...]
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Eleon Game Studios has partnered with Funcom to publish its co-op space survival sandbox game Empyrion. The indie studio tried but failed to raise funds for the game via Kickstarter in 2014, but surprisingly still managed to launch the game to positive reviews in August 2020. Now, its managed to secure support from the Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening developer. [...]
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In a South Korean Fair Trade Commission Report, Nexon revealed the top 10 spenders per year in the Korean version of MapleStory. This report covered randomness elements in the game, so the spending is strictly related to Cubing (rerolling bonuses on equipment). The top spender in 2022 spent a whopping $176,452. The top spender going from $27,463 in 2019 to [...]
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Valve is celebrationg the end of 2023 and the start of a new year with its annual Best of Steam list, showcasing the 100 most-played and top-selling games of the past year and categorized into Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze based on their standing. You can expect to see most of the regular top performers on the board, such as [...]
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December 29 has come and gone, marking the end of Bobby Kotick’s 32-year reign as CEO of Activision Blizzard. With Kotick now gone, current and former employees have taken to social media to speak out against his tyrannical rule and poor leadership over the controversial video game company. One employee recounted the time when Kotick threatened to have his female [...]
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