A recently discovered feature in Pokémon GO suggests the game may introduce an in-game item capable of automatically catching Pokémon. The information comes from datamining efforts and has not been officially confirmed by Niantic or Scopely at this time. A group known...
Electronic Arts has announced its record-breaking $55 billion buyout, led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. But beneath the big numbers is a dangerous detail: EA will be saddled with $20 billion in new debt as part of the leveraged buyout. That financial burden has Mass Effect fans panicking — and with good reason.
Electronic Arts, better known as EA, has announced it will be sold for an eye-popping $55 billion in a private buyout led by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), alongside Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. Once the deal closes, EA will no longer be a publicly traded company — and the move is already being called one of the biggest private equity acquisitions in history.
Following its release, Henry Halfhead was revealed to have been developed in partnership with the deeply partisan Sweet Baby Inc., causing an uproar and calls to boycott from gamers.
Bowser will be leaving Nintendo to retire at the end of 2025. No, not that Bowser… Nintendo of America confirmed this week that Doug Bowser will retire as President at the end of 2025, closing out a six-year tenure marked by both stability and growing fan frustration.
The Wolverine game trailer was a highlight at the latest Sony State of Play, but concerns over the influence of Sweet Baby Inc. continue to hang over this Marvel game.
At the 2025 Game Devs of Color Expo, Sweet Baby Inc. team member Tristan J. Tarwater gave a talk called “Decolonizing Cozy Games.” What unfolded was a startling presentation where even farming, families, and the four seasons themselves were framed as symptoms of colonialism.
For nearly a week, extremist game developers have celebrated the murder of Charlie Kirk, and have been met with an uproar of gamers calling them out. Some have lost their jobs, some have flown under the radar, and others have flown under the radar. Now, a Steam curator list seeks to spotlight game studios whose devs have celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk.
After a solid week of silence, Sucker Punch Productions has finally broken its silence on the firing of longtime senior artist Drew Harrison, who was removed after making a disturbing social media post about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Ghost of Yotei, the at-one-time highly anticipated follow-up from Sucker Punch Productions, is facing an unprecedented backlash — not from one side of the political spectrum, but from both. What began as outrage from conservatives over a developer mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk has now spiraled into calls for a Ghost of Yotei boycott from left-wing activists angry at the studio for terminating that same employee.
The controversy swirling around Sucker Punch Productions, Sony, and the upcoming Ghost of Yotei continues to deepen. Now, accusations of censorship are being leveled at PlayStation after YouTuber YellowFlash claimed his heavily upvoted comment on the latest Ghost of Yotei trailer was hidden from public view.
After hours of blowback for skipping X, Sucker Punch Productions and PlayStation eventually pushed the new Ghost of Yotei: One Thousand Blades trailer to the platform. Whether that posting was always scheduled or a scramble response to criticism is unclear. What is clear: the audience reception was rough. The Ghost of Yotei trailer’s like/dislike ratio on YouTube swung hard negative, and the comment sections filled with references to Charlie Kirk and the studio’s silence over now former senior artist Drew Harrison’s celebratory posts about his assassination.
The controversy surrounding Sucker Punch Productions is not going away. Just days after reports surfaced that senior developer Drew Harrison was fired following her celebration of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the studio has dropped a brand-new trailer for Ghost of Yotei. But fans immediately noticed something unusual: while the Ghost of Yotei trailer has been posted to YouTube and Bluesky, it has not been shared on X, one of the largest gaming discussion hubs on the internet.