Riot's Two-Step Plan To Success: 1. Fire Staff. 2. Add Gacha!
Riot just laid off the most impactful artists on the League of Legends team. Less than 24 hours later they dropped some of the most egregious gacha mechanics into LoL yet.
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Epic Mandates "AI-First" Development
Resurrecting James Earl Jones from the dead to spout profanities in Fortnite was just the beginning. Tim Sweeney now wants end-to-end game development with AI tools first, humans second. ARC Raiders by way of Marvel x Star Wars? That's just the start!
Loading Screen: "When You Pay For A Game, You Should Own It" - US Congress Rep
We just saw the biggest move on game ownership rights yet at the US House of Representatives.
Somehow, Bobby Kotick Returned
After XBOX bought Activision Blizzard, we all hoped that was the last we'd seen of Bobby Kotick. The Ellisons have made sure that the games industry isn't done with him after all!
Loading Screen: Linux To Get Industry-Wide Anti-Cheat Support
System level anti-cheat was the one thing holding Linux back from hosting the world's biggest games. No longer.