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Electronic Arts lays off 400 in latest blow to beleaguered gaming industry
Electronic Arts (EA) is reducing its global workforce by 3%, or about 400 jobs, and shutting down BioWare, the 31-year-old studio behind the Mass Effect series. The cuts, announced yesterday, are the first major changes at EA since the gaming giant…
Video Game Industry Responds to BioWare Shutting Down
Electronic Arts revealed on Wednesday that the legendary RPG studio BioWare is no more. The sudden shuttering wasn't exactly a surprise to onlookers — recent BioWare releases received mixed reviews and middling sales numbers — but…
Game industry legend Warren Spector blows up over BioWare's closure: 'it's utter bulls**t
Maybe all of the people who participated—the folks in suits (real or virtual) should lose their damn jobs. I ask them to ponder this: What do you contribute to gaming? What price do you pay for failure? Immersive sim legend Warren Spector…
Kapil Dev On Golf's Future: Asian Games Gold A Game Changer
Kapil Dev, PGTI president and cricket legend, asserts that Pranavi Urs' historic Asian Games gold medal will propel golf's popularity in India, aiming to cultivate future stars akin to cricket's icons. PGTI president Kapil Dev believes individual…
Ipswich vs Nottingham Forest predictions: Chris Sutton on Premier League game
This game is a tough one to call. It is going to be very tight. Nottingham Forest can't score. That's their issue, and they have only managed five goals in their first seven league games. It did make me laugh when I read that Forest boss Oliver…
Retro gaming is being overrun with AI
A rise in AI-powered decomps, recomps, and ports has thrust the community into chaos. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Reverse-engineered games: All the news on video game decomps, recomps, VR and web and 3D ports Andrew Webster is an entertainment…
Americans warned ahead of travel to Paris for NFL game
Americans in Paris have been warned to 'exercise caution and be aware of their surroundings' ahead of an NFL game on Sunday amid violent protests across France. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints will play the NFL's first game in Paris…
Inside the unlikely coalition taking on prediction markets
A fight over who can regulate prediction markets and whether they constitute gambling is creating strange bedfellows, as the two sides dig in for a protracted legal battle with millions of dollars at stake. The commercial gaming industry finds…
Shigeru Miyamoto named first video game-related recipient of Japan's Order of Culture
Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary figure behind Nintendo franchises such as Mario and The Legend of Zelda, has been named the first-ever video game-related recipient of Japan's Order of Culture. On Friday, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports…
Wrong anthems played at Asian Para Games after mishap-marred Asian Games
Wrong national anthems were played three times at the Asian Para Games in Japan's Nagoya this week, prompting the mayor to apologise just days after the city hosted the mishap-plagued Asian Games. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Asian Para…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review - a thrilling airport novel of a game
And so we return perhaps one final time to Call of Duty's Modern Warfare strand, with stories, “ripped from the newspaper headlines”, featuring shady terror organisations, nefarious rogue states and the brutally capable, monosyllabic…
Best slots on Grand Ivy - 8 games ranked for UK players
Grand Ivy Casino is an online slots site that provides thousands of games for its users, and we recommend Big Bass Bonanza, Big Bass Splash, Twin Spin, Book of Dead, Fire Joker, Starburst, Gonzo's Quest and Mega Moolah as the best slots on Grand…
Best slots on William Hill - 8 games ranked for UK players
William Hill Vegas is one of the most popular UK slot sites on the market, and we have recommended Big Bass Bonanza, Big Bass Splash, Sweet Bonanza, Book of Dead, Fishin' Frenzy, Starburst, Gonzo's Quest and Mega Moolah as the best slots on William…
Connelly previews Week 8: SEC elimination games, tests for top 2 and more
What does a mountain climber do after scaling Everest? How does an entertainer set goals after achieving the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony wins)? Where does college football take us after one of the most amazing Saturdays on record? Last week, we…
Not Just Game Discs: Sony's Killing Its Blu-Ray Players, Too
Sony is exiting yet another market it used to dominate: Blu-ray players. You're likely having flashbacks to PlayStation's big announcement that it was killing off game disc production in 2028. The thing is, this move has more subtle ramifications…
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