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As is often the way of things, the year appears to be ending much like it began
Read More »GAME OVER: December 2022
The EU has voted to make all handheld devices use the same charging cables by 2024
The European Union has voted to make companies use a single charger design for portable games consoles, smartphones, tablets, laptops and other computing peripherals by 2024
Read More »Bonnie Ross is leaving Xbox and Halo developer 343 Industries
Bonnie Ross, the corporate vice president of Xbox Game Studios and head of 343 Industries has announced that she will be leaving Microsoft
Read More »Sony head Jim Ryan has called the Xbox offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ‘inadequate’
PlayStation head Jim Ryan has responded negatively to Xbox head Phil Spencer’s assertion that Microsoft and Xbox would commit to keeping the Call of Duty series on PlayStation for “several more years”
Read More »Microsoft has announced a Game Pass Friends & Family plan
Microsoft have officially announced the Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family plan, a way for groups of up to five people to share Game Pass Ultimate benefits
Read More »PlayStation has been hit with a £5 billion lawsuit for “ripping people off” with it’s online store
PlayStation is being taken to court for issues related to the way games are sold on their digital storefront once again
Read More »Mojang says “integrations of NFTs with Minecraft are generally not something we will support or allow”
Mojang has released a statement stating that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and blockchain technologies will not be supported or allowed on the game going forward
Read More »Wolfenstein 3D: 30 Years On
As Wolfenstein 3D enters its 30s, Chris Wallace catches up with John Romero to get his take on the current state of the shooter
Read More »The majority of workers in the games industry would join unions, a report suggests
A new report from the UNI Global Union has suggested that the majority of workers in the games industry would join a union
Read More »Xbox, PlayStation and Intel expect hardware shortages to continue
Xbox CFO Tim Stuart has said that he expects supply chain issues to continue until at least 2023
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