Video Games
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We Finally Know Why Overwatch 2 Never Got a Netflix Animated Series
Activision Blizzard‘s once-celebrated team-based hero shooter, Overwatch 2, has been failing to meet player expectations for quite some time. A…
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Interview: X-Men '97 Voice Actor Jennifer Hale on AI
Following in the footsteps of the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild strikes of 2023, video game voice actors are on strike…
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Former Riot Games employees leverage generative AI to power NPCs in new video game | TechCrunch
Jam & Tea Studios is the latest gaming startup implementing generative AI to transform the way players interact with non-playable…
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‘Crush House’ Is a Game For People Who Love Drama
Recently, while stuck inside sick with Covid-19’s new FLiRT variant, I honored its ridiculous name with a binge-watch of Love…
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How 'World of Warcraft' Devs Launched One of the Biggest Unions in Video Games
They started with fliers. The group of World of Warcraft developers at Activision Blizzard, determined to unionize, were testing the…
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Bungie employees say they were caught off-guard by 17% staff reduction | TechCrunch
Bungie, the gaming company that created sci-fi hits such as Halo, Destiny, and Marathon, has laid off 220 employees, roughly…
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Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
Actors in the video game industry are going on strike. On Thursday, the union representing voice and motion-capture performers announced…
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A Chaotic History of Clickolding, the Year’s Most Disturbing Game
The man in the mask wants you to click the tally counter. So begins Strange Scaffold’s short, yet highly distressing…
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Indian game firms want to distance themselves from fantasy sports | TechCrunch
For over a decade, real-money gaming companies and fantasy sports startups have marketed themselves as video game companies. But as…
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