EA Already Planning Mass Layoffs

Gaming giant Electronic Arts has officially gone private, per its recent acquisition by the Consortium (a collective consisting of Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund known as PIF, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners investment firm, and Silver Lake). And it seems the changes are going to be immediate, with cuts of up t...

Chris Hansen gets banned from Roblox live on stage during online safety talk

To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen recently hosted a Roblox safety panel to inform players and parents about the risks of online gaming. He wasn't expecting his demonstration account to be banned from Roblox by moderators while live on stage. The presentation, which took place at CrimeCon 2026 in Las Vegas in late M...

Horrifying Pokemon LeafGreen Remake Footage Surfaces Online

There aren't many games more iconic than Pokemon Red and Blue. Those games were the beginnings of what has, over the last 30 years, evolved into the highest-grossing media franchise of all time. We've seen various remakes and re-releases of the pair over time, starting with FireRed and LeafGreen, released in 2004, and...

EA is now a private company, with stakeholders that include Saudi's PIF and Affinity Partners

In September 2025, EA confirmed that it was set to go private as part of a $55 billion (£41 billion) buyout. The deal - the second biggest in gaming history following Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard King - will see the company fall under the control of stakeholders that include Saudi Arabia's Public Inve...

Boruto Is Lining Up A Rare Uzumaki Ability For Naruto

Naruto Uzumaki is an icon synonymous with Masashi Kishimoto's greatest-ever manga. He is someone who can be recognized immediately by even non-anime fans; that's just how massive Naruto is as a character.

Baldur's Gate 3's Maggie Robertson Opens Up About Her Next D&D Role

Maggie Robertson—of Orin the Red and Lady Dimitrescu fame—is well-accustomed to playing cunning and dangerous women. This trend is set to continue with her role in Hasbro's upcoming Dungeons & Dragons game, Warlock.

A special weapon was forged to create Onimusha: Way of the Sword's brutal blade sound effects: "We wanted that very raw, kind of rough feel"

During my exclusive hands-on with Onimusha: Way of the Sword at Capcom's HQ in Osaka, I sat down with the game's audio director, Shunichi Suwa, to talk about how the music, environmental and character audio, as well as weapon sound effects were designed.And, for a game that has a huge focus on duelling with blades, I i...

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"If Quantic Dream wants to destroy jobs, it must pay": French union call strike as they demand extension to layoff negotiations with Star Wars Eclipse studio

The French Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV) union have called for an open-ended strike at Star Wars Eclipse developers Quantic Dream, as negotiations over the laying off of staff following the decision to end development of MOBA Spellcasters Chronicles rumble on. The union say around 115 workers...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Modder Announces New Skyrim-Style RP Servers

You’ve probably heard of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 co-op mod, an ambitious undertaking by fans to make the entire game playable with up to three friends. However, there’s an even more ambitious mod in the works by Reddit user F02K — roleplay servers.