Earlier, we shared that Riot Games employees were planning to stage a walkout in early May. Yesterday (May 7), it actually happened. Kotaku reported that over 150 employees at the League of Legends developer walked out of their Los Angeles office to protest the company’s stance on forced arbitration and ...
In a stunningly predictable turn of events, Riot Games are once again making controversial headlines. Waypoint reports that employees at the infamous League of Legends developer have been planning a walkout since before they were barred from taking legal action against the company. Riot employees have been facing a ...
Video game documentaries are frustratingly rare, so it’s frankly amazing that something like Playing Hard even exists at all. The 91-minute feature goes behind-the-scenes of Ubisoft’s For Honor and, following plenty of positive buzz at select screenings, is now viewable on Netflix. The exciting thing about Playing Hard is ...
Sony has dropped a huge sneak peek at the PS4’s successor, finally detailing their plans for the next generation of consoles. In an interview with WIRED, Mark Cerny revealed some rather tantalising information on the next generation of Sony’s console hardware. Cerny acts as lead system architect for this ...
As the Western world looks to battle royale, Tencent is hedging more bets on MOBA via Arena of Valor (Honor of Kings in China). Among the many announcements at the UP 2019 Tencent Neo-Culture Creativity Conference in Beijing, China, last Sunday (Mar 24) were a few related to gaming, ...
Taking a new leaf from Nintendo, Sony PlayStation have kicked off their own pre-recorded livestream series titled State of Play. Their first 20-minute episode aired this morning with nothing but trailers, including one shiny new announcement featuring Tony Stark’s shiny new suit. Here are some highlights. New Game: Marvel’s ...
Fancy another e-wallet in your life? Razer Pay is entering a limited beta phase in Singapore and they’ve put out an open call for testers. Interested users may head over to the sign-up page, login with their free Razer ID, and ensure that a local mobile number is pegged ...
Bungie has moved away from Activision while keeping Destiny 2 thanks to the support of a $100m investment from NetEase. NetEase is the chinese gaming company that developed Rules of Survival and is now also infamously known for developing the mobile game Diablo: Immortal. With the $100m investment, the ...
After some prolific developments in recent years, Razer has decided to shift their burrow to a more upscale lair right in Singapore’s tech and innovation hub. The new Southeast Asia headquarters opens in 2020 and will serve to support the company’s growth in the region, though it’s an artist’s ...
We’re seeing a serious threat against the reign of Steam as the dominant digital storefront for video games. Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite and game development software Unreal Engine, is launching Epic Games Store, a platform that promises to only take 12% off the profits of developers. At ...