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2022 is already the biggest year for the games industry since 2014. Not since GamerGate has the industry been forced to witness such a seismic shift. Although this time the shift is both cultural and financial. In January of this year…

As with any year in the world's biggest and youngest entertainment industry 2021 was a mess. With soaring highs, crushing lows and creamy middles the state of the video games industry this year held surprises, both positive and negative,…

Every month brings with it a new controversy in the games industry. Whether it's cheating at E-Sports events, a lack of oversight on a remaster of a classic or rampant abuse the likes of which hasn't been seen since #MeToo the games…

White phosphorous burns at 2,760 degrees Celsius. That's 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt titanium. Imagine then what it does to flesh and bone. Unsurprisingly it's been illegally used as a weapon against civilians in…

Figures in the gaming community are often seen as living in their own bubble. They are stereotyped as hoodie-wearing shut-ins, hunched over their consoles, mashing away on their controllers and keyboards and somewhat alienated from the real…

EA took over as custodians of the Star Wars video game franchise over five years ago now; depending on the exact wording of the agreement, their ten-year deal either started with the release of the Star Wars Battlefront in 2015 or with the…

“While our financial results for 2018 were the best in our history, we didn’t realize our full potential.” Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick uttered these instantly famous words at yesterday's earnings call. All told in this quarter…