Category: Industry News – Page 144
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Opinion: Here’s Why The Narrative About Microtransactions Helping Compensate For Expensive Games Fails
In this day and age where publishers and developers are proud to announce loot-boxes and microtransactions in their paid games, there's a wave of people support
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Journalists Erroneously Spread Star Wars Battlefront 2 Death Threat Hoax
A bunch of journalists failed to check the facts and have been erroneously defending a hoaxer who claimed that he had received lots of harassment and more than
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Polygon And Vox Implore Reddit To Ban Kotaku In Action
Vox Media’s subsidiaries, Polygon and Vox.com, have both made articles in recent times imploring Reddit’s administrators to have the sub-Reddit Kotaku In Action
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Blizzard Bans Overwatch Player For Only Playing One Main Character
Blizzard has summarily banned a player going by the handle of Fuey500 for only having one main character: Torbjörn. PCGamesN is reporting that the player was r
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IGN Apologizes To Female Staff Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
IGN was recently forced to address an elephant in the room when one of their former writing staff and anti-#GamerGate critic, Vincent Ingenito, was accused of s
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E-Sport’s Low Revenue Could Be Buoyed By Sports Betting, Says Analyst
E-sports revenue is in the gutter. Viewership is constantly on the rise but revenue isn't on an incline the way viewership is. Monetization has always been a pr
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Vincent Ingenito, Anti-#GamerGate Critic And Ex-IGN Writer Addresses Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Another game journalist has been called out for sexual misconduct, this time it was former IGN writer and anti-#GamerGate critic, Vincent Ingenito, being put un
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Nintendo Planning To Ship 30 Million Switch Units In Time For Pokemon
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo plans on shipping anywhere between 25 and 30 million during fiscal 2019, which stretches from April, 2018 to
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EA Buys Respawn Entertainment; Gamers Fear For Titanfall 3’s Future
The big news circulating the gaming industry at the moment is that Electronic Arts has recently purchased Respawn Entertainment. The news was made public via a
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Nexon’s MapleStory 2 Coming To China In Q4 While EA Partnership Is Extended
Nexon's third-quarter financials have been made available to the press, and revenue is up. They accrued 60.4 billion yen during Q3, 2017, which is a 36% YOY inc
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Nutaku Launches Platform For Devs To Hire, Recruit For 18+ Games
Nutaku has launched the Kimochi Classifieds, a network platform that allows developers, artists, designers, and freelancers to post up ads and resumes in order
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SyFy Promotes GaymerX For Being Inclusive Despite GaymerX’s Exclusionary Practices
SyFy published a hit-piece against #GamerGate in an aim to promote the latest LGBTQIA convention held by the organization GaymerX. The piece was published on No
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Francisco Van Jole, Editor-In-Chief Of Anti-GamerGate News Site Apologizes For Attempted Rape
[Correction: The headline has been updated to better reflect the accuracy of the story, as the original headline stated that Francisco van Jole apologized for r