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Raven Software workers in charge of quality assurance on Call of Duty: Warzone have formed a union dubbed the Game Workers Alliance which is part of the Communication Workers of America (CWA). Activision Blizzard employees have been threatening to unionize ever since they went on strike seven weeks ago, and of the Raven QA testers,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft’s decision to buy Activision Blizzard has raised questions regarding what kind of support Sony PlayStation customers can expect in the future. Microsoft’s treatment of Bethesda after it bought that studio doesn’t suggest great outcomes for current PlayStation 5 owners.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The smartphone wars were won by apps. That’s why we’re all using Android and iOS phones rather than Palm and BlackBerry. The number of apps on those platforms doesn’t matter as much these days — it’s more than enough. Now,

Acivision CEO Bobby Kotick has always had a soft spot for the Guitar Hero games and recently told VentureBeat he had ideas for a new entry in the franchise. In the interview, Kotick tells VentureBeat that he had a “really cool vision” for the next Guitar Hero game, but unfortunately, Activision didn’t have “the resouces”

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. This week AMD launched launched the first “budget friendly” RX 6000-series GPU with its RDNA2 technology, the RX 6500 XT. The launch was not without controversy however, as in order for AMD to hit its desired $199 price point it

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Amazon)In what is truly a sign of the dystopian times we are currently living in, a Japanese Amazon seller has begun offering “GPU Loot Boxes” for sale, offering some “lucky” buyers the chance at a wide range of both

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: AMD)Back at CES a few weeks ago, AMD invited people to “step up your game” with its upcoming Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card. It was marketed as the first “entry level” RDNA2 GPU from the company, and that

DICE is back from the holidays, and one of the first items on the agenda is adressing the XP earn problem in Battlefield 2042‘s Portal mode. Shortly after the launch of Battlefield 2042, some quickly started creating XP farming servers in the community-driven Portal experience. DICE quickly caught on, and decided to disable XP earn

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Sam Pak/Unsplash) As if Microsoft hasn’t made enough headlines this week, it’s marked a new occasion by reaching 25 million subscribers on its Game Pass subscription service.  The latest subscriber count was found buried in a Securities and Exchange

It seems Microsoft still plans to support Activision games on other platforms, according to comments made to Bloomberg. Regarding possible Xbox exclusivity for franchises such as Call of Duty, Xbox boss, and now CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer told Bloomberg that Microsoft doesn’t “intend” to fracture the community. “I’ll just say to players out

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Microsoft didn’t start out as a gaming company, but it’s been 20 years since it launched the first Xbox and it’s only becoming a bigger part of the industry. With its recent acquisition of ZeniMax complete, Microsoft is scooping up

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. At CES this year Nvidia dropped a “one more thing” teaser at the end of its keynote address, revealing a “monster” GPU, the RTX 3090 Ti. The unveiling didn’t offer much in the way of specs aside from its 40

It’s clear there’s a huge appetite for PlayStation exclusives on PC. You don’t need to look at numbers to come to this conclusion, but they do an excellent job of proving the point. After the successful launches of Horizon Zero Dawn, and Days Gone, there was little chance God of War – arguably the best

Respawn Entertainment creative director Mohammad Alavi announced on Twitter this week he has left the studio. Alavi started his career at Infinity Ward before moving to Respawn Entertainment where he worked for 11 years. The most recent project Alavi was attached to was a third game currently in the works at the studio, and despite

Techland plans to support Dying Light 2 for a long time after its initial drop on February 4. According to the developer, the plan is to expand the world for at least five years post launch with new stories, locations, in-game events and more. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who played the

Techland has released a new video for Dying Light 2 that goes over the reason why Aiden comes to The City as well as his motives. In the video, you are also introduced to some of the characters you will encounter, and there are also pieces of the story included. You will also get a

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Sony might be building a few more PlayStation 4 consoles to help with the ongoing shortage, but Microsoft has opted for a different tactic. The company has ceased manufacturing the Xbox One (technically the Xbox One S) and is focusing

Hitman 3 is entering year two, and today, IO Interactive provided information on what to expect out of it. One of the more interesting bits to expect out of Year 2 is a new mode with roguelike elements called Freelancer which introduces strategic planning and a customizable safehouse. Coming this spring, the mode features Agent

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Omid Armin/Unsplash) The PlayStation 4 has narrowly avoided the chopping block—for now.  The beloved last-gen console was originally planned to be quietly put to bed as the PlayStation 5 took over. But thanks to the global chip shortage and

Tickets for EGX Birmingham 2022, formerly EGX Rezzed, are now on sale. Returning to NEC Birmingham March 4-6, the UK’s three-day celebration of all things gaming will feature a host of hands-on games, panels and more. EGX Birmingham 2022 will feature an expanded Rezzed Zone, full of indie games that EGX Rezzed traditionally delivers. But,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. As expected, Nvidia is going ahead with the launch of a 12GB version of its vaunted RTX 3080 graphics card, which is 2GB more than the previous version. Nvidia mildly bumped up some other specs as well, so it’s not

LEGO has announced it will delay its Overwatch 2 Titan set as it currently reviewing the partnership it has with Activision Blizzard. Set to be released on February 1, LEGO Overwatch 2 Titan (76980) was revealed back in December, and Titan was to be the first of the series to launch this year. But, LEGO

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. For the third year in a row gamers and press from around the world will not be flocking to Los Angeles to check out the latest the gaming industry has to offer at the annual E3 gaming expo, due to

It’s been nearly seven years since Dying Light launched on the last generation of consoles, and in that time, this fledgling franchise has already made one hell of a name for itself. Despite stumbling out the gates at launch, the first game has gone on to be something of a cult classic – one that’s

Nintendo is currently developing a new Mario Kart game, according to an industry analyst. Matter of fact, it’s said the House of Mario will tease the game sometime this year. That’s according to Dr. Serkan Toto from consultancy firm Kantan Games which focuses on the Japanese industry. Speaking with GI.biz, Dr. Toto said that while

A new South Park title is in development at Question Games. Based in California and Virginia, Question is made up of ex-AAA developers whose past team credits include: Thief: Deadly Shadows, BioShock, BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite, Dishonored, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Outed via through a job

It looks like The Ascent is coming to PlayStation consoles. That’s according to an ESRB rating dug up by Gematsu which lists the game for PS4 and PS5. The same listing popped up in Taiwan back in December. The Ascent is an isometric shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk metropolis where mega-corporations rule a world,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. In a move that’s only mildly upsetting given the fact that GPU aficionados have grown accustomed to disappointment, Intel is seemingly pushing the launch of its all-new Arc graphics technology back a smidge. Just a few weeks ago Intel was

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: CbyberPowerPC)There’s a pretty broad swath of PC hardware shown off each year at CES, and for some reason the designs shown off by PC case manufacturers always seem to be some of the craziest. It’s an interesting engineering situation,

Respawn Entertainment has unveiled the newest Apex Legends Dark Depths Event which will begin January 11 and run through February 1. Dark Depths will feature a new Arenas map called Habitat, themed cosmetics that turn your Legends into terrors from the deep, and you can also enjoy weekly Flash Events. With the new Habitat map,