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GTA 6 makers have 10 working days to voluntarily recognise Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union or it may go to a government tribunal
The newly-formed Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union are pushing for official recognition by Rockstar ahead of GTA 6’s console release this November. Although the union publicly announced themselves at the end of May, they still aren’t officially recognised by Rockstar Games. Until they are acknowledged by Rockstar, the union won’t have the formal channels to…
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Generative AI is a “virulent plague” and even using it to eliminate “drudgery” has downsides, reckons long-time Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider
Former Dragon Age wordsmith David Gaider isn’t keen on the use of generative AI in game development, at least in the tech’s current form. In the veteran developer’s view, even if it can be used as a means to speed up the handling of more mundane tasks – which is the way many execs have…
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No more selling PlayStation hardware at “significant” loss, says Sony, as everyone braces for a PS6 console that costs over $1,000
Sony has seemingly begun setting expectations for how it plans to handle pricing of its PlayStation hardware going forward. The platform holder has revealed that it does not intend on taking significant hits to profits to absorb some of the ballooning costs of manufacturing hardware. Read more
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“We’re talking about at least half a decade of horror”: former Exodus lead explains why he wasn’t keen on doing a Baldur’s Gate 4 despite Hasbro offering the chance
Nah. Nope. I’m good, thanks. None of those are exactly what former Archetype Entertainment studio head and BioWare veteran James Ohlen said when Hasbro asked him if he fancied making a Baldur’s Gate 4, but they essentially capture the jist. Despite having worked on the RPG series before, the former boss behind upcoming sci-fi RPG…
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State of Decay studio Undead Labs potentially up for closure, sources claim, with Bethesda and Blizzard also facing layoffs
Microsoft may close State of Decay developers Undead Labs as part of Xbox’s imminent hewing back of projects and livelihoods, with Elder Scrolls studio Bethesda and World of Warcraft creators Blizzard also facing significant layoffs in the course of what an anonymous insider has called “the biggest single cut series for Xbox”. To put that…
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Valve dropped that Steam Machine Companion Cube case down the legal incinerator after its makers neglected to get their permission
Steam Machine stock may be in short supply, but hey, at least it hasn’t been taken off sale and scoured from the Internet, never to be seen again. That’s just the fate of Dbrand’s unofficial Steam Machine Companion Cube case, a smartly made (if overpriced and kind of pointless) Portal-themed accessory that it turns out…
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“Everybody got the rug pulled out from under them”: Xbox are putting third-party Game Pass deals “on pause”, claims publishing veteran
Microsoft are easing off on third-party game deals for the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, according to one fairly seasoned industry figure, while they “figure out” what to do with their gaming business in general. Read more
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Tech firms are blaming AI for mega device and console price rises
Xbox consoles, Nintendo’s new Switch 2 and Valve’s Steam Deck are just some of the gadgets seeing price hikes in recent months.
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Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost
Apple said it had “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly”.