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2024-02-09
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says the company has “no current plans” for layoffs, despite the announcement of a “significant cost reduction program”. A similar announcement this time last year resulted in layoffs across a number of divisions. https://vgc.news/... [image]
2024-02-09 View on X
VentureBeat

Take-Two reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.34B, net revenue down 3% YoY to $1.37B, and plans cost reductions “more robust” than in 2023; TTWO drops 9%+

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :

2023-08-18
Analysis: More than 220 digital games will disappear when the Xbox 360 Store closes next year. We list the games that don't have disc versions and aren't backwards compatible on Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S, meaning they'll no longer be avilable to buy. https://vgc.news/... [image]
2023-08-18 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft plans to close its Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace on July 29, 2024, meaning users will no longer be able to buy games, DLC, avatars, and more

Backwards Compatibility titles can still be purchased via Xbox One and Series.  —  https://news.xbox.com/...  [image] X: Chris Scullion / @scully1888 : Yer man's been busy this aft...

2023-01-21
75% of game developers responding to a new industry survey have said they believe harassment and toxic behaviour from players is a serious issue. https://www.vgc.news/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-01-21 View on X
VentureBeat

A survey of 2,300+ game developers: 45% say the metaverse won't deliver on its promise, 53% back unionization, 91% say player harassment is an issue, and more

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :

2023-01-20
75% of game developers responding to a new industry survey have said they believe harassment and toxic behaviour from players is a serious issue. https://www.vgc.news/... https://twitter.com/...
2023-01-20 View on X
VentureBeat

A survey of 2,300+ game developers: 45% don't buy the promise of the metaverse, 53% support unionization, 91% say harassment by players is an issue, and more

Game developers are more skeptical of metaverse and blockchain projects, according to a new survey by the Game Developers Conference.

2022-01-29
A Ubisoft executive has said the company will proceed with its NFTS plans, claiming players just “don't get it”. https://www.vgc.news/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-01-29 View on X
Finder

Q&A with two Ubisoft executives, one of whom says NFTs are a paradigm shift in gaming and gamers “don't get what a digital secondary market can bring to them”

yet they somehow “misunderstand” NFTs Bradly Shankar / MobileSyrup : Ubisoft saying you 'don't get' NFTs proves just how out of touch gaming companies can be Jason Faulkner / GameR...

2021-10-07
UPDATE: One anonymous company source told VGC that the leaked Twitch data is legitimate, including the source code. Internally, Twitch is aware of the breach, the source said, and it's believed that the data was obtained as recently as Monday.
2021-10-07 View on X
Twitch Blog

Twitch says a server configuration change left data exposed on the internet and let a third-party access its data

Out of an abundance of caution, we have reset all stream keys.  You can get your new stream key here: https://dashboard.twitch.tv/settings/ stream.

UPDATE: One anonymous company source told VGC that the leaked Twitch data is legitimate, including the source code. Internally, Twitch is aware of the breach, the source said, and it's believed that the data was obtained as recently as Monday.
2021-10-07 View on X
Video Games Chronicle

Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more

The entire code based leaked online.  Now what? Alex Calvin / PC Games Insider : Twitch confirms it has been the victim of a massive hack Nathan Grayson / Washington Post : Massive...

2021-10-06
UPDATE: One anonymous company source told VGC that the leaked Twitch data is legitimate, including the source code. Internally, Twitch is aware of the breach, the source said, and it's believed that the data was obtained as recently as Monday.
2021-10-06 View on X
Video Games Chronicle

Twitch acknowledges a “breach” after a 4chan user leaks its source code, creator payouts from 2019-2021, proprietary SDKs, internal AWS services, and more

SOURCE CODES AND USER PAYOUTS AMONG THE DATA RELEASED IN A 128GB TORRENT  —  An anonymous hacker claims to have leaked … Source: @twitch .

2021-04-23
Jim Ryan says Sony is devising a cloud strategy that will be ‘unique and only on PlayStation’, after licensing Microsoft's Azure tech. “We're still having conversations with [Microsoft] about exchanging ideas.” https://www.vgc.news/... https://twitter.com/...
2021-04-23 View on X
VGC

Sony confirms it is testing PlayStation Plus Video Pass, which lets PS Plus subscribers access over 20 movie and TV shows from Sony Pictures, in Poland

Andy Robinson / VGC :