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For close to two years, SAG-AFTRA has been in talks with major video game companies on a new contract agreement that would cover voice and performance capture workers on titles from Disney Character Voices, Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros.Games, Insomniac Games, and more, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Now, at an impasse over artificial intelligence concerns, the union’s chief
Two weeks ago, Apple modified their App Store guidelines to allow retro game emulators in the App Store. This week, Delta, a multi-system emulator that was previously available via the AltStore, was released on the App Store, OatmealDome reported. Since these events happened, we’ve been asked many times if we will submit DolphiniOS (our fork of Dolphin) to the App
Epic Games wrote: We recently announced that Apple approved our Epic Games Sweden AB developer account. We intended to use that account to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe thanks to the Digital Markets Act (DMA). To our surprise, Apple has terminated that account and now we cannot develop the Epic Games Store for
Blizzard Entertainment posted an email that was delivered to Blizzard employees by Johanna Faries, the new President of Blizzard Entertainment. “Dear Blizzard, Though my official first day with you all is February 5, I want to let you know immediately that it is an honor to join you next week in this new capacity. I do so humbly and in
Game Developers are overwhelmingly concerned about the ethics of using AI. The organizers of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) have released their annual State of the Game Industry Survey, in which 84 percent of the 3,000-plus respondents said they were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI, The Verge reported. The survey’s results elaborated on why
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down officially December 29th, The Verge reported. Microsoft has not appointed a direct replacement and instead has rolled the suite of Activision Blizzard executives - including Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, Activision Publishing Rob Kostich, and Activision Blizzard vice chair Thomas Tippl - under Microsoft’s game content and studios president Matt Booty. Kotick’s departure
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, is officially dead, Engadget reported. “After more than two decades of E3, each one bigger than the last, the time has come to say goodbye. Thanks for the memories,” the Entertainment Software Association, E3’s organizer, wrote on X. The industry trade group closed the statement with “GGWP” or “good game, well played.”