photo: Mark Wilson (Getty Images) A group of seven lawmakers is sending a letter to the world’s largest video game companies tomorrow asking each of them what steps they are taking to combat “harassment and extremism” in online video games. As axios reportsThe seven Democratic representatives — including Lori Trahan (Massachusetts), Katie Porter (California) and ...
“Everybody’s talking about drip tonight Geoff, it’s amazing.”screenshot: The Game Awards / Kotaku Two days ago, in the days leading up to The Game Awards 2022, I wrote about how the The highly contradictory fashion at the event was a reference to the industry’s identity crisis. Things quickly got out of control. The discourse machine ...
photo: Zac Goodwin – PA Pictures (Getty Images) Streamer, YouTuber and all-round internet star IShowSpeed recently helped one of Europe’s biggest TV networks, Sky Sports, to broadcast English Premier League matches. That was reportedly up to the network’s executives found out about a video that went viral in April. 03:51 The new multiplayer maps in ...
Last week, nearly $32 billion worth of crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy, and its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, went from being the crypto space’s only ethical genius to a dude like the rest of us if also one of the customers and investors alike lost a fortune. He was even a Normie at League of ...
picture: BySoftware elden ring wasn’t just a hit with fans of FromSoftware’s notoriously difficult action RPGs. Today, Tencent Holdings and Sony announced that they have acquired 30% of the shares souls-Developer shares split in favor of Tencent. FromSoftware is expected to gain $260 million from the agreement. Today’s Announcement by Kadokawa, FromSoft’s parent company announced ...
photo: Josh Lefkowitz (Getty Images) League of Legends The manufacturer Riot Games is back in the office as of this week and not everyone is happy about it, according to reports a new report from waypoint. Following local guidelinesthe LA-based company has dropped its vaccination and mask mandates even as Covid-19 continues to spread, leading ...
Immediately after announcing plans to take a slightly different direction over the next five years, Riot Games expanded its Queue Dodge buyout program — typically available to new hires in their first six months of employment — to include all employees. In other words, employees who choose to leave the company immediately – because they ...
image: Riot games In her current (and great) reveal trailer, Neon, the newest agent to be introduced to Riot’s team-based tactical shooter, AppreciationShe breaks the cardinal rule of the sweaty, persistent, head-clicking tac shooter genre – she can actually move fluidly. This is not a shot Appreciation‘s movement, which I really enjoy, but a way ...
Screenshot: Respawn entertainment / EA Daniel Klein, a senior game designer at Apex legendsHe was recently fired from his job at Respawn Entertainment after Screenshots surfaced from old blog posts and public conversations showing the developer makes both sexist and racist comments. These pictures, what came to light last month, contain derogatory remarks about women ...
Battlerite developer Stunlock Studios is deepening its ties with Tencentpicture: Stunlock Studios Yesterday, Kotaku reported that Tencent wants to buy the British game maker Sumo Group for a staggering $ 1.3 billion. Today we report that the Chinese conglomerate has acquired a majority stake in Stunlock Studios. Sweden-based Stunlock Studios is best known for free-to-play ...
