General Gaming News

[Iceman]

Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 - IGN

Ubisoft has confirmed Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 is now in development at Massive Entertainment.

www.ign.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Unity Introduces New Pricing Model Following Developer Mutiny

Unity employees received death threats after the company said it was changing its royalty fees.

gizmodo.com

 

[Sithborg]

Hideki Kamiya to leave PlatinumGames

Hideki Kamiya will leave PlatinumGames on October 12, 2023, the studio announced.

www.gematsu.com

So Kamiya is out at Platinum Games. Reading between the lines, he was pushed out. I'm guessing that Project GG was not... going great. And considering the last game he directed that actually came out was Wonderful 101, it does not seem that huge of a loss. I think Bayonetta and Astral Chain will survive without his supervision.

 

[DeadlyWest]

Hideki Kamiya to leave PlatinumGames

Hideki Kamiya will leave PlatinumGames on October 12, 2023, the studio announced.

www.gematsu.com

So Kamiya is out at Platinum Games. Reading between the lines, he was pushed out. I'm guessing that Project GG was not... going great. And considering the last game he directed that actually came out was Wonderful 101, it does not seem that huge of a loss. I think Bayonetta and Astral Chain will survive without his supervision.

Judging by what happened to Devil May Cry....yeah, they should be fine

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

95% Of NFTs Are Worthless, And The Ones That Aren’t Have Plummeted In Value

A new study published by blockchain experts Dappgambl has cast an ugly light on the current state of the NFT marketplace.

www.cartoonbrew.com

 

[Sithborg]

Hollywood actors union eyes video game strike

If authorised, it would mean SAG members would be striking against TV, film and video game firms.

www.bbc.com

[Troy Baker slips away nervously]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

New Minimum Age Classifications for Gambling, Loot Box Content in Australia - IGN

Changes to Australia’s games ratings will commence September 2024.

www.ign.com

Should be the case everywhere in the world that 'loot box' gambling and other paid currency gambling be rated for adults.

The ESRB could have been rating real-world gambling mechanics in games automatically as M-rated for years but they instead do they bidding of the big publishers.

ESRB Says It Doesn't See 'Loot Boxes' As Gambling

Over the past few weeks, as randomized loot boxes have dominated the conversation surrounding this fall’s video games, there have been calls for the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to classify them as gambling in its back-of-the-box ratings. But the ESRB says that’s not going to...

kotaku.com

 

[Sithborg]

There are always issues when a group is set up by those it is supposed to oversee.

 

[Mani-Man]

95% Of NFTs Are Worthless, And The Ones That Aren’t Have Plummeted In Value

A new study published by blockchain experts Dappgambl has cast an ugly light on the current state of the NFT marketplace.

www.cartoonbrew.com

Too little but i take it...100% is the right number to me.
The worst of the worst tried to push NFT and now they are worthless...you love to see it.

 

[Iceman]

US actors' union members vote to authorise video game strike

The latest potential Hollywood strike relates to voice, motion capture and stunt work in video games.

www.bbc.co.uk

Edit: oh already above. Hopefully everyone gets what they’re due (pay and conditions) and protection against AI.

 

[Iceman]

Capcom president thinks "game prices are too low”

Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto reportedly discussed development costs and the need to raise wages, saying game prices are "too low."

www.trueachievements.com

 

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[Iceman]

Epic Games is laying off about 830 employees, divesting Bandcamp

"Fortnite" maker Epic Games is laying off about 830 employees, or 16% of its staff, and divesting online music platform Bandcamp, the company said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

 

[Mani-Man]

Epic Games is laying off about 830 employees, divesting Bandcamp

"Fortnite" maker Epic Games is laying off about 830 employees, or 16% of its staff, and divesting online music platform Bandcamp, the company said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

The Gaming Industry needs a strike 100%.
This is insane.
Didnt they not too long ago literally boast about the profit they made with Fortnite etc?
I think last year it was around 6 Billion or so.

Something is so insanely wrong here.
Making Billions, spending millions on games...but firing staff.

 

[Iceman]

The Gaming Industry needs a strike 100%.
This is insane.
Didnt they not too long ago literally boast about the profit they made with Fortnite etc?
I think last year it was around 6 Billion or so.

Something is so insanely wrong here.
Making Billions, spending millions on games...but firing staff.

Pay, conditions and job security for regular devs is terrible. I’m happy for no new games if enough of them had unions and could do this.

 

[Iceman]

Could be a big opportunity for Sony if they choose the right replacement. I wasn’t a fan of where things were going with Ryan.

 

[Gee]

The CEO is also leaving.

 

[Iceman]

The CEO is also leaving.

Damn, a whole bunch of job losses being announced amongst gaming companies recently.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Former Ubisoft executives reportedly arrested over sexual assault allegations

Police action comes years after allegations and a wave of company departures and firings.

arstechnica.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Unity backlash: Why gamers, developers united against the game engine | PCWorld


Can lead to a massive delisting of video games if Unity goes forward with these retroactive massive changes to the way they all do business, in a rug pull (you’re invited to stand on a rug and the inviter pulls it out from underneath you on purpose).

Unity boycott begins as devs switch off ads to force a Runtime Fee reversal - Mobilegamer.biz

Insert Credit - The death of unity (Op-Ed)

CEO and President John Riccitiello out at Unity.

Unity Announces Leadership Transition

Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitie

www.businesswire.com

Hopefully he doesn't take over for Jim Ryan at Sony.

 

[Iceman]

Unity CEO John Riccitiello retires following pricing controversy

Unity has announced that John Riccitiello is retiring "effective immediately" from his position as the company's CEO, president, and chairman.

www.trueachievements.com

Oh above. Good. Make stupid anti-dev, anti-gamer decisions and pay the price.

 

[Iceman]

Hopefully he doesn't take over for Jim Ryan at Sony.

Don’t!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Has Bob Iger Lost the Magic?

Disney’s legendary CEO came out of retirement to save the company—right in time for its 100th birthday. Nothing has gone his way.

www.bloomberg.com

Iger's deputies are pushing him to consider a bolder transformation of Disney from gaming licensee to gaming giant through, say, an acquisition of Electronic Arts. But, as with everything else, he's been noncommittal.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Hideki Kamiya launches YouTube channel; cannot work in games industry for one year

Hideki Kamiya has launched a YouTube channel following his planned leave from PlatinumGames today. In his first video, Kamiya discusses his leave and plans going forward.

www.gematsu.com