
WOTC Talked to Press, Not Its Own Union Workers
Wizards of the Coast found time to issue a statement to the press about its new union. It didn't find time to actually talk to the union.
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Wizards of the Coast found time to issue a statement to the press about its new union. It didn't find time to actually talk to the union.

Embark Studios' regional pricing update for Arc Raiders is live, and depending on where you live, you're either celebrating or wincing.

Remedy's art director deliberately kept the Control Resonant team away from other AAA games during visual development, warning that the industry is heading toward an 'aesthetic singularity' where nobody takes risks.

Tim Cain, co-creator of Fallout and The Outer Worlds, argues that influencer culture has shifted from recommending games to outright telling players what to think.

Pearl Abyss has rolled out Crimson Desert's biggest patch yet, adding rematch and re-blockade systems after players complained the open world ran out of things to fight.

Randy Pitchford shared an AI-generated image for fun. Within 24 hours, he was spelling out Gearbox's entire stance on generative AI in game development.

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Valve's Steam Controller sold out in roughly 30 minutes on May 4, and eBay scalpers wasted no time listing units for up to four times the retail price.

Over 30,000 fans signed a petition. A super-majority of MTG Arena developers backed the effort. Wizards of the Coast still said no, and now the union heads to a formal NLRB vote.

Six years after Warcraft 3: Reforged effectively held the original game hostage, Blizzard has quietly made the pre-Reforged client available on Battle.net again.

Valve's new Steam Controller went on sale today and was listed as out of stock within about 30 minutes. Server errors, payment failures, and frantic refreshing followed.

Japanese solo developer Daikichi has been blocked from releasing a demo on Steam because Valve flagged a board game asset as third-party IP. The board game is also made by Daikichi.

Street Fighter 6 at EVO Japan 2026 shattered the Guinness World Record for the largest single-game fighting tournament with 7,168 registered competitors, topping the previous record SF6 itself set in Las Vegas.

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Preview coverage for IO Interactive's 007: First Light is largely positive, but one recurring criticism keeps surfacing: Patrick Gibson's Bond might not feel like Bond yet.

Capcom treated Selena Corey as disposable zombie filler and didn't even tell the voice actor the character's name. Players turned her into Resident Evil Requiem's biggest star anyway.

A leaker claims Activision is playtesting Modern Warfare 4 on the PlayStation 4, a console that launched in 2013. If it ships there, every version of the game pays the price.

Bandai Namco revealed Kunimitsu's full gameplay trailer at Evo Japan 2026, confirming the fan-favorite ninja arrives May 27 with a fire-breathing move that rewrites her kit.

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Unfrozen's Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era broke even on its entire development budget within 16 hours of launching into early access, then crossed 500,000 sales in under three days.

Outbound moved to dodge Subnautica 2. That pushed it onto Farm to Table's date. Now the solo dev behind that game has moved too.