game industry
For science: New UK study finds that video games improve the mental health, reading, and writing skills of kids
So this one's fun. The results of a study performed in the UK between November and December of 2019 have just been released. The...
The summer of no E3 seems to be treating publishers and developers just fine in terms of buzz
This is the year of no E3, the year with no big summer convention in which everyone packs together in a building to see...
Sony is considering purchasing the Chinese firm Leyou
You probably don't think a whole lot about Leyou at this point, but you probably should; the holding company owns most of Digital Extremes...
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds studio raises an additional $10 million in funding
We still know nothing about what the first project out of Raph Koster's new studio, Playable Worlds, will actually look like. But we do...
PEGI adds lockbox warnings to rating labels
That sure didn't take long. Earlier this week, we found out that the ESRB would be adding a specific content warning to games in...
E3 won’t be happening in a digital format this year
The cancellation of E3 2020 was significant; even if the trade show has been generally diminished in importance over the past several years, it's...
Steam adds in a new interactive recommendation feature
There are a lot of games on Steam. What the heck do you want to play? Valve is hoping to solve that particular problem...
Google Stadia apparently has offered insufficient incentives for devs on the platform
So why exactly is Stadia - a major platform launched pushed by Google of all the companies in the world - floundering so badly? The...
The Daily Grind: How much do you see COVID-19 impacting the MMO sphere?
It's not really surprising that COVID-19 is having an impact on gaming. No, the disease is not rampaging through the world with a horribly...
The IRS deleted guidelines citing Fortnite’s Vbucks as virtual currency like Bitcoin
Every so often you just get to see a news story and think to yourself that this is going to turn into a major issue...
Vague Patch Notes: How to read games industry investor reports as a player
The old adage goes that diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock. By extension, marketing is the...
Nexon agrees to a wage increase after negotiations with its labor union
Well, this is a nice surprise for anyone who had been rooting for the labor unions. After lengthy negotiations following a year of big...
Rumor has it that Electronic Arts is doing something with Knights of the Old Republic
Attention all hands; this is not a drill. Or maybe it is because, well... rumors are what they are. But the current rumor is...
UK NHS director calls out lootboxes as ‘under the radar’ gambling
As much as the developers who make lockboxes would probably like for the random packs of items to start slipping back under the radar,...
ESA responds to Sony’s skipping of E3 2020, saying the show will be ‘high-energy’
So if you missed the news due to it generally being shrug-worthy, it turns out that Sony has decided to skip out on E3...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio would you like to see make another MMO?
Every MMO studio has its own particular style and flavor. You can argue that the game itself matters more than its point of origin,...
EA Spouse was 15 years ago, and not much has changed in games development
When it arrived back in 2004, EA Spouse felt like a wakeup call. But now it's easy to mark how long it has been...
Nexon Korea employees stage a protest to stop restructuring and call for job security
In late August, we reported on plans for Nexon's union members to protest against efforts to restructure the company and demand assurances that their...
Pearl Abyss takes over for Nexon and NCsoft as the biggest exhibitor at South Korea’s G-star
It's really unusual that neither NCsoft nor Nexon will be exhibiting this year at South Korea's G-Star conference in November. This prompted some nervousness...
Hi-Rez Studios announces the launch of UK-based Red Beard Games
It looks like Hi-Rez Studios is making sure the plural in its name is relevant. The company announced the launch of Red Beard Games...
