A US judge rules that Apple violated a 2021 court order to open the App Store to third-party payment options, and refers the case for a criminal investigation
Gonzalez Rogers also referred the case to federal prosecutors to investigate whether Apple committed criminal contempt of court for flouting her 2021 ruling.
Tim Sweeney says Epic plans to submit Fortnite to the US iOS App Store next week and “puts forth a peace proposal” to end all litigation over App Store policies
Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney has announced that the company will submit Fortnite to the iOS App Store in the U.S. next week.
SAG-AFTRA asks members to stop work on League of Legends, filing an NLRB complaint against producer Formosa Interactive and others for refusing “fair AI terms”
The union charges one of the multiplayer game's producers, Formosa Interactive, with attempting to work around …
SAG-AFTRA asks members to stop work on League of Legends, filing an NLRB complaint against producer Formosa Interactive and others for refusing “fair AI terms”
The union charges one of the multiplayer game's producers, Formosa Interactive, with attempting to work around …
All 25 staff of Annapurna's gaming division resigned in September after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks with President Nathan Gary to spin off the unit
Megan Ellison-led firm sees staffers quit after spinoff talks fail. — The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive …
All 25 staff of Annapurna's gaming division resigned in September after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks with President Nathan Gary to spin off the unit
Megan Ellison-led firm sees staffers quit after spinoff talks fail. — The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive …
A US jury finds that Phoenix Digital, which owns the cheat mod site AimJunkies, is guilty of violating Bungie copyrights when it created cheats for Destiny 2
and whether accessing and using those to create cheats is copyright infringement. https://www.polygon.com/... Stephen Totilo / @stephentotilo : NEW: What just might be the first-ev...
A US jury finds that Phoenix Digital, which owns the cheat mod site AimJunkies, is guilty of violating Bungie copyrights when it created cheats for Destiny 2
The landmark decision may be the first time a jury has agreed that a cheat creator violated a gaming company's copyrights.
About 600 Activision QA workers form a union with help from the CWA, becoming the largest video game union in the US; Microsoft voluntarily recognized the union
Around 600 workers in Activision Publishing's quality assurance department have formed a union.
EA plans to cut 5% of its workforce, part of a plan that includes reducing office space and sunsetting some games; EA employed 13,400 workers as of March 2023
EA plans to cut 5% of its workforce, part of a plan that includes reducing office space and sunsetting some games; EA employed 13,400 workers as of March 2023
- EA announced Wednesday that it will cut 5% of its workforce. — The video game company employed 13,400 workers as of the end …
PitchBook: in 2021, 223 male-founded video game startups raised $4.1B, five women-founded startups raised $1.2M, and 62 mixed-gender startups raised $400.9M
and even worse for studios led by marginalized devs. Even at a peak in 2021, $4.1B in VC funding went to 223 companies led by men, while $1.2M went to 5 companies led by women. htt...
PitchBook: in 2021, 223 male-founded video game startups raised $4.1B, five women-founded startups raised $1.2M, and 62 mixed-gender startups raised $400.9M
and even worse for studios led by marginalized devs. Even at a peak in 2021, $4.1B in VC funding went to 223 companies led by men, while $1.2M went to 5 companies led by women. htt...
A look at Starfield, a game by Microsoft's Bethesda with 1,000 explorable planets, set for September 6 after a 10-month delay, as Microsoft needs an Xbox hit
Alright everybody, strap yourselves in. This is gonna be a bumpy ride. Jordan Middler / Video Games Chronicle : Review: Starfield is the ultimate Bethesda game Matt Miller / Game ...
Niantic lays off 230 employees, closes its Los Angeles studio, and moves away from in-house game development, saying its expenses grew faster than its revenue
Video game illustrators in China say AI image generators are causing them to lose their jobs, as some employers encourage use of AI tools to boost productivity
“AI is developing at a speed way beyond our imagination. Two people could potentially do the work that used to be done by 10."
EA plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce and cut its office space, incurring $170M to $200M in restructuring charges; EA had nearly 13,000 employees in mid-2022
Publisher of ‘Madden NFL’ and other videogame series is also making office-space reductions — White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers
The NLRB rules that 21 QA employees at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software unit are allowed to have a union election; they have until May 20 to submit ballots
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The NLRB rules that 21 QA employees at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software unit are allowed to have a union election; they have until May 20 to submit ballots
The employees have until May 20th to submit their ballots — Twenty-one Raven Software QA employees have until May 20th …
A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status
Microsoft Corp.'s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will come with an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome addition: a small group of unionized workers.