Tag: Industry News – Page 124
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Editorial: Insomniac’s Spider-Man IS political – but the media was too dumb to see it
[Editor's note: This is a guest editorial from Ebicentre] Earlier in September, 2018, the mainstream media attacked Insomniac’s PS4-exclusive Spider-Man, accu
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PS Vita Production In Japan Ends In 2019, No New Portable Planned
The PlayStation Vita was a dead handheld walking for the last couple of years. It was given about as much attention from Sony in the last couple of years as Hol
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Nintendo Dominated July Software Sales, But Ties With PS4, Xbox In August Hardware Revenue
The top selling video games of July were dominated by Nintendo and Ubisoft. Out of the ten best selling games of July, 2018 five of those games were Nintendo Sw
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SJWs Try To Make Sesame Street’s Bert And Ernie Gay, But Frank Oz Isn’t Having It
Sesame Street writer Mark Saltzman told Queerty in an interview published on September 16th, 2018 that Bert and Ernie were gay. After joining the TV show produc
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The Verge Takes Down Erroneous PC Building Video, Calls Criticism “Harassment”
On September 14th, 2018 The Verge posted up a near 10 minute video teaching people how to build a high-end gaming PC. The video was filled with inaccuracies and
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16 International Gambling Regulators Declare Concerns Over Loot Boxes Using Gambling Mechanisms
A total of 16 international gambling regulators, including the Washington State Gambling Commission and the Jersey Gambling Commission from the U.S., the French
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Scholars Challenge CSTAN Letter Accusing APA Of Getting Kids Hooked On Video Games
The Children's Screen Time Action Network put together an open letter to the American Psychological Association accusing the organization of supporting video ga
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Editorial: Agenda-Driven Game Journalists Are Ruining Gaming
[Editor's note: This is a guest editorial from a longtime gamer, Tristan B.] I don’t know where to start. I’ve been thinking about writing something like th
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Finnish Police Reportedly Investigating Loot Boxes As Gambling Mechanisms
The debate over whether or not loot boxes classify as gambling has ended in several regions, with regions like the U.K., and the U.S., mostly hand-waving them a
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Japanese Broadcasting Org Receives Complaint About People Complaining About Late Night Anime
A concerned otaku wrote in to the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, an NGO that covers ethics in television and media broadcasting, in
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South Korean Politician Wants To Make Sexual Harassment In Online Gaming Illegal
“Get back in the kitchen and make me a sandwich!”... “Don't forget to put your hair up before you go down!”... “Tits or GTFO!” are common phrases us
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Christian Group Goes On Attack Against Steam’s New Adult Filters, Sexy Visual Novels
The National Center On Sexual Exploitation has had Valve in their sights since last year when the organization came across House Party . The organization led a
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Stuck In A Web: How Game Journalism Lost Its Originality
On September 7th, a thread was posted on Twitter with criticisms that the recent PS4 release of Marvel's Spider-Man had turned the titular character into a su