Loading Screen: The Human Price Of PlayStation's Live Service Cancellations
One-third of Bend Studio's staff have been laid off, as PlayStation's decisions of five years ago come back to bite the staff.

One-third of Bend Studio's staff have been laid off, as PlayStation's decisions of five years ago come back to bite the staff.
A newly discovered exploit might affect every game made in Unity since 2017, and that means a lot of finished, abandoned games are now at risk.
Blizzard Ent saw a mass exodus of some of its best and brightest; the early 2020s funding boom incentivised more and more to take the leap. "Ex-Blizzard talent" seemed a surefire path to success. We're starting to see the first wave of resultant projects in the wild. Success? Not so much...
As Amazon and Netflix try to reach new audiences with their games, they think Generative AI is the future. It seems bleak.
Tons of buttons removed. Interactions simplified. We're getting fantasy, but at a heavy cost. Blizzard are taking a gargantuan risk by changing WoW's foundations in Midnight. Here's where we're at right now.