EU’s Copyright Directive proposal has Second Life and Roblox players worried
A proposed law that's making its way through the European Union's legislative bodies has both players and studios worried that a wave of oppressive...
Glassdoor marks Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime as a great boss but says the studio’s salaries are too low
If you had to go work for a major corporation, what would factor into that decision? Having a great boss might be a consideration,...
The Daily Grind: How much dough have you dropped on Steam in its lifetime?
VentureBeat noticed this week that it's possible to figure out just how much money you've blown on video games, at least through Steam, by...
PSA: EVE Online is offering a 15% Omega discount through June 26
Devoid of further context, the phrase "Omega Discount" sounds vaguely threatening. It's the last discount? No, it's a discount on the price of picking...
Valve turns off lootboxes in the Netherlands for DOTA 2 and CounterStrike: Global Offensive
If you were in any way hoping that the Dutch Gaming Authority's ruling about lockboxes would lead to a worldwide shift, it seems that's...
Final Fantasy XIV could still arrive on Nintendo Switch if console companies decide to play nice
Naoki Yoshida of Final Fantasy XIV fame was at this year's E3, and that means interviews with the man himself. One of those interviews...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Funcom’s upcoming Mutant Year Zero
Apparently, GDC was good to Funcom, The Bearded Ladies, and Mutant: Year Zero. The teams had originally thought to skip E3 this year, but...
EVE Online sells a bundle of ‘Venture’ skins for 120 Plex, poking fun at Star Citizen
Someone at CCP Games is obviously having quite a lot of fun with the latest EVE Online skin bundle. The bundle of skins for...
Shroud of the Avatar suffers layoffs, saying ‘right-sizing’ is needed ahead of episode 2
It appears as if Portalarium is suffering some layoffs and downsizing in the wake of the launch of Shroud of the Avatar: The studio's...
The Flower of Knighthood Kickstarter has been cancelled
Launching a Kickstarter is always a nerve-wracking experience. (Believe us, we know about it.) But then there are times when you see evidence that...
Video game industry groups across the globe reject WHO’s ‘gaming disorder’ classification
As we noted yesterday, the World Health Organization has gone ahead with the inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the publication of its most recent...
Smed weighs in on Sony’s historical PlayStation crossplay hangups
Sony's managed to piss off a whole lotta gamers over its unwillingness to play ball on Fortnite. As we covered last week, the PlayStation...
More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends
At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information...
The Daily Grind: Do you prefer ‘work’ simulation MMOs to more fantastic game worlds?
In the comments of my piece on Raph Koster's book last week, a commenter brought up the idea that mimicking the real world in...
The World Health Organization advances its ‘gaming disorder’ classification in spite of heavy criticism
The World Health Organization has gone ahead with the inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the publication of its most recent edition of its disease...
PUBG admits to reusing assets but argues that doesn’t make it an asset flip
Tired of hearing the words "asset flip"? PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is too. Apparently at E3 last week, PUBG creator Brendan Greene gently joked that he...
Betawatch: Star Citizen and the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week (June 15, 2018)
Oh, boy, Star Citizen. It's been a week. First, the little boy who would never lose faith in you lost faith in you. In...
The Daily Grind: Does teaching toxic MMO gamers what they did wrong actually help?
As RPS reported this week, Valve has taken the relatively unusual step of making your Dota 2 and CSGO report cards semi-public - that is,...
E3 2018: Nintendo thinks lockboxes are unfairly maligned, help ‘drive engagement’
You know how sometimes, when nosy press asks you a question with no good answer, you're better off shutting up? And when they don't...
‘Magic through serendipity’: Raph Koster on the glorious mess that was Ultima Online
I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too.
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