It wasn't a matter of if, but when. Activision Blizzard has told its employees that the company intends to lay off some of its workforce, with Kotaku reporting that the total number of employees let go "could be in the hundreds."
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Epic Games unveiled the Epic Games Store, issuing a real challenge to Steam's throne. If Epic can leverage its considerable power and stay true to its word, Steam might have a legitimate competitor. That's good for everyone — except for Valve, of course.
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It's a common occurrence for Nintendo Switch owners. A popular multi-platform game is getting a Switch port, and finally, you can experience it for yourself on Nintendo's innovative hybrid console. Hooray!, you say. And then you see the price tag.
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The force is not strong with EA, it seems. According to reporting from Kotaku, the company has canceled its untitled open-world Star Wars game, which was announced in 2017 after EA shuttered Visceral Games, which was working on another now-canceled Star Wars game.
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The relationship between Bungie and Activision is coming to an end. Bungie announced on its blog today that the studio is working toward obtaining the full publishing rights for the Destiny franchise, ending its eight-year partnership with Activision, one of the largest game publishers in the world.
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The Epic Games Store is already starting to leave its mark. VentureBeat is reporting that Ubisoft's The Division 2 will be skipping a Steam release entirely, and will instead sell on Ubisoft's own Uplay Store and the Epic Games Store, which opened late last year.
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Fallout 76's troubled release made a lot of longtime fans lose faith in Bethesda in 2018. But things didn't go wrong overnight — the studio has a history of seedy business decisions dating all the way back to the days of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This is the shady side of Bethesda.
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Valve's Steam store is gaining yet another competitor very soon. Epic Games, the company behind the ridiculously famous Fortnite, has plans to launch its own shop, the Epic Games Store, sometime in the near future.
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Activision is all about pleasing its shareholders. And in order to keep that growth train chugging, the company has had to make some pretty seedy decisions. It's time you learn about them. This is the shady side of Activision.
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Epic Games, the studio behind Fortnite, is continuing what appears to be a never-ending crusade against cheaters. This time, the company has filed suit against two YouTube creators who advertised cheat tools in videos and sold them on a website.
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The Xbox first-party family might be getting another member. Microsoft might have its eyes on acquiring independent game studio Obsidian Entertainment, a move that would lend it some expertise in role-playing games.
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We don't know much about Jedi: Fallen Order, but there are plenty of rumors making their way around the internet. Below, we've compiled all the unconfirmed details we've heard about the game. As always, take them with a grain of salt.
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Changes are brewing behind the scenes at Epic Games. The studio doesn't want the Fortnite fad to fade, and it's doing everything it can to keep the madness going. That means adding new features and experimenting with the Fortnite formula. The future of Fortnite may blow you away. Here's why.
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Not even yet one year old, and still in early access, Fortnite: Battle Royale is already one of the biggest successes in the history of gaming. But it turns out, the game might finally be cresting its peak.
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Will Dead Island 2 ever arrive? According to Deep Silver, it will. For now, all we can do is track the long and winding road this zombie RPG sequel has faced.
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We've put together an entire list of reasons why you should never preorder the games you buy. Read it, soak it all in, and revel in the newfound power you have as a gamer and as a consumer.
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Through all that creative chaos, mistakes are going to happen — and sometimes they can cause some serious lasting damage to the game's development, or the studio's reputation. And then there are the big bombs, the jaw dropping screw-ups that somebody, somewhere, is going to have to pay for.
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Sometimes video game endings are different in Japan than they are anywhere else. And sometimes those endings are really, really weird.
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Those who buy consoles and games are right to be a little skeptical when it comes to what's promised by game companies. We've put together a list of several instances where the video game industry has cheated its fans, and by doing so, harmed the relationship between game companies and gamers.
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The truth is, for the large number of successes Shigeru Miyamoto has to his name, there are a number of business decisions he's made and games he's helped steer that haven't been nearly as well received. They're tough to track down, but they do exist, and below, we'll shine a light on some of them.
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Sometimes a game will debut that picks the player's pockets, and runs to the bank. These aren't just cases where the game wasn't very good: these are intentional steps to milk the consumer for every last penny, in exchange for…not much. Here are the games that rip off gamers...big time.
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Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo revolutionized the computer role-playing game genre. And the Hellfire expansion, Diablo II, the Lord of Destruction expansion, and Diablo III were all smash hits for the studio. So Diablo 4 should be just around the corner, right? Well...maybe not.
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How did Sega go from hardware-producing juggernaut to mid-sized software publisher? The answers all lead back to one specific platform: the Sega Saturn
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From "cutting-edge" hardware that went nowhere, to business decisions that screwed gamers over, here are some gaming trends that nobody asked for.
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In a series built on twists and unexpected reveals, it's not surprising that there's a lot in Metal Gear Solid's history that most players didn't know.
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