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Loading Screen: Video Game Voice Actors Are On Strike
Voice Actors in the Video Game Industry are on strike! What does this mean for you? Do you need to stop playing your favourite titles? Today we go through all that and more.
Loading Screen: 500 Warcraft Devs Unionise While Paradox Posts A 90% Profit Loss
The future seems safer for nearly 500 World of Warcraft Developers today as they secure a union vote win - while for Paradox, they've not fully lost - but 90% of their profits were wiped out by cancelling Life By You.
Loading Screen: Activision Accused Of Selling AI Skins and Another Indie Publisher Gutted
Activision have been alleged to sell Generative AI Based Skins in Call of Duty, while Huimble Bundle's parent company just shut down their publishing arm to save money. It's just another day in the games industry.
Loading Screen: Helldivers New Plan, Capcom Stick With Physical Games and Voice Actor Strike Threats
Helldivers 2's newest plan is to just tell the Audience what's coming - we'll see if it pays off. Elsewhere Capcom are sticking with Physical Games even as they represent only 10% of sales and the Video Game Voice Actors union is getting ready to strike against the biggest companies in gaming.
Loading Screen: A Truly Bizarre Take on Live Service, Xbox Rebuke The FTC and Bethesda's Developers Unionise
We're curious about why Warframe developer Digital Extremes have seemingly forgotten their history of live service development, our take on Xbox's rebuke of the FTC and we check out what's next now Bethesda Game Studios is a full union shop.
The FTC Warned Us About Xbox
A viral survey suggests 82% of gamers spend money on MTX in F2P games, but that's not the *whole* story. Over in the world of anti-trust, the FTC are taking their chance to say "I told you so" in the wake of Game Pass's price rises.
Loading Screen: Hasbro's New Leader For $1Bn Gaming Bet and Sega's Takedown Of Abusive Fans
Hasbro's billion dollar bet on the future of their company is video games, so they're putting that money in a pair of safe (and familiar) hands. Meanwhile Sega aren't taking harassment of their devs lying down - they've had the lawyers take on abusive fans.
Loading Screen: Generous Developers, Surprise Sequels and Debunking Halo Rumours
Warhorse Studios are rewarding the biggest backers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance ahead of the sequel, Space Marine 2's leak isn't as bad as we thought, Nintendo revived a 35 year old series and Halo *probably* isn't being outsourced.
Loading Screen: Space Marine 2's Catastrophic Leak, Splitgate Returns and Fallout London Updates!
Space Marine 2 has leaked in the most catastrophic way for Saber Interactive, Splitgate is returning to try to recapture it's lightning and there's good news for Fallout London Fans on Steam and GOG, but bad news for those on the EGS.
Loading Screen: Valve Really Are That Successful
Leaked documents show the *true* success of Valve, we go through one of the busiest weeks for new games so far this year - and we bring you the best reading from this weekend.
Loading Screen: The Esports Tournament Where You Literally Crush Your Opponent's Trophies
The Esports World Cup is on, but the bizarre trophies are drawing more attention than the actual gameplay. Elsewhere, a surge in new game engine tools for new devs following Unity's collapse - and we give you the weekend recommend.
Loading Screen: Once Human's Data Harvesting Accusations, MultiVersus Killed A Game and Palworld Copies Pokemon
Are the accusations that Once Human is stealing people's personal data true? We don't think so. But it does look like Multiversus might have killed an entire other game by existing - and the Palworld team are getting into the media empire game, so they're copying Pokemon in that respect at least.