Dana Walden is set to take control of video game production at Disney as part of a broader corporate restructuring. On Wednesday, she assumes her new role as President and Chief Creative Officer of Disney Entertainment.
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Star Wars: Outlaws Sees Abysmal Player Count in First 24 Hours on Steam, Has Ubisoft Failed Again?
Star Wars: Outlaws debuted on Steam yesterday and many were wondering if the troubled Ubisoft title would finally find its audience on PC.
The Real Game Awards Will Feature Awards for Gaming Failures
Stuttering Craig’s The Real Game Awards will both celebrate positive achievements in gaming and shine a light on some of its most abysmal failures.
‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ $100 Deluxe Edition Now on Sale for Just $5, Sweet Baby Bomb Hits a New Low
The massive bomb Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which brought the antics of narrative design firm Sweet Baby Inc. into the light, has hit a new low, both in terms of failure and pricing. The Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Digital Deluxe Edition, originally priced at $100, is on currently on the Epic Games store for just five bucks.
Geoff Keighley Begs Gamers to Help in Plot to Trademark ‘The Game Awards’
If Keighley’s filing with the US patent office succeeds, he’ll effectively own the term “game awards.” This is an incredibly generic term used by many smaller award shows run by independent creators. Keighley is the largest voice in the gaming award show scene, with his suit and tie star-studded event taking place every year on YouTube, backed by the Triple A gaming industry.
The Game Awards Rejects “Woke” Titles With Official Nominations, Is Geoff Keighley Feeling Heat From Stuttering Craig’s The Real Game Awards?
Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards announced nominations today on a YouTube livestream and it wasn’t what the public expected.
Most assumed that the tenth iteration of Keighley’s annual event, which is typically driven by corporate interests and the legacy games journalism elites, would celebrate failed “woke” titles like Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Concord, Dustborn, and Star Wars: Outlaws. However, those games received very little attention while fan favorites like Black Myth Wukong and Astrobot ruled the day.
Geoff Keighley Tries to Trademark ‘The Game Awards’ – Might Cause Issues for Stuttering Craig’s ‘The Real Game Awards’ Show
Geoff Keighley has attempted to trademark “The Game Awards.” This move could cripple independent creators and other smaller outlets who run their own video game awards, like Stuttering Craig of Side Scrollers and his upcoming The Real Game Awards show.
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Will Have a Battle Pass System According to Ubisoft Leaks
Is there an Assassin's Creed Shadows Battle Pass on the horizon? Recent Ubisoft leaks would indicate as much. While Ubisoft has never done a battle pass system for the long running historical action-adventure series, leaked images surfaced this week...
BioWare Claims ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales Have Reached 1 Million Copies as Company Hunts Down Whistleblowers
Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales have reportedly reached 1 million copies, according to an internal memo from BioWare. However, this might not be good news for the once popular RPG studio. Since the Halloween release of Veilguard, there have been a striking...
Former Sweet Baby Inc. Client Square Enix Takes a $350 Million Hit in Value as Stock Plummets
Square Enix shareholders received a rude awakening Monday as the video game company behind Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts saw a 10-point dip in the Japanese market. This equates to a market capitalization loss that measures in the hundreds of millions.
Alyssa Mercante Bounces from Kotaku as Gaming Website She Led Is Decimated with Layoffs
While things are looking up professionally for Alyssa Mercante, the future doesn’t seem bright for the video game news site Kotaku. Recently, a series of layoffs hit the already bare bones outlet just as its senior editor left for new opportunities. These layoffs were sent down by Kotaku parent company G/O Media just a year almost to the day that the company made a series of cuts across the various outlets it owns.
Dragon Age The Veilguard Is Practically Worthless After Only A Week – Trade In Value PLUMMETS
Players are discovering that Dragon Age: The Veilguard's trade-in value has plummeted only a week after release. It's no secret that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been having a rough go of it since launching on Halloween. Not only did the game fail to reach...
Multiple Inside Sources Support Claims Of Abysmal ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales
Despite the pretty picture that the gaming access media has been trying to paint, Dragon Age: The Veilguard sales have reportedly been far below projections. This information was first reported by YouTuber Endymion, citing an inside source close to the EA...