Halo composer Marty O’Donnell has been removed from an upcoming SacAnime convention after staff members objected to political comments that were inaccurately portrayed as a call to persecute LGBTQ+ people.
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BioWare Allegedly Scrambles to Remove Gameplay Footage of Dragon Age Veilguard Virtue Cringe
Propaganda in our entertainment has become a real problem and it's one the video game industry is just beginning to suffer under fully. After the events of 2020, many major game companies committed to bringing on consultation companies that were supposed to help them...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Confirms ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Delay Is Costing The Company An Extra €20 Million
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that the company is spending an additional €20 million on Assassin's Creed Shadows by delaying the game to February. Ubisoft announced back in September that it would be delaying the game to February 14th. It wrote in a press...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Evades Question About Whether ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Sales Have Improved Since Launch
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot completely and utterly avoided a question about whether or not sales for Star Wars Outlaws have improved since launch. In the company's First-Half 2024-25 Earnings Figures report it revealed that Star Wars Outlaws "underperformed sales...
Ubisoft Announces ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ “Underperformed Sales Expectations” Despite Achieving “Solid Reviews”
Ubisoft announced in its first half 2024-25 Earnings Figures report that Star Wars Outlaws "underperformed sales expectations" despite achieving "solid reviews." The company revealed that its net bookings came in on the low end of of its revised expectations for the...
Former Games Journalist Denies That DEI Consultants Are For Adding Diversity
Emma Kent, a former games journalist at Eurogamer who now freelances as a mock reviewer for video game developers, attempted to deny that DEI consultants are forcing diversity. In a thread on X, Kent wrote, "Hello, game consultant here: The idea that consultants are...
EA CEO Andrew Wilson Claims ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Has “Breakout Potential” In Remarks That Sound Similar To Ubisoft CEO’s Regarding ‘Star Wars Outlaws’
Andrew Wilson, the CEO of EA, the parent company of BioWare, claimed that the developer's upcoming game Dragon Age: The Veilguard has "breakout potential." In the company's Q2 2025 Earnings Conference Call, Wilson shared his optimism that the game will perform well....
BioWare Accused Of “Astroturfing” Reviews For ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ By Refusing Codes to Reviewers Critical Of The Game
Former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern accused BioWare of "astroturfing" reviews for its upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard game by declining to send codes to reviewers that are already critical of the game. Kern's accusation comes in the wake of YouTuber...
Sony And PlayStation Shut Down ‘Concord’ Developer Firewalk Studios
Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Studios Head Herman Hulst announced that it has shut down Concord developer Firewalk Studios about a year after it purchased it from ProbablyMonsters. In a post to the Sony Interactive Entertainment website, Hulst wrote,...
Ubisoft Employee Union Declares “It Is Vital To Move Away From The Belief That Single People Are Essential To The Realization Of A Project”
The French video game union, Syndicat des Travailleurs·ses du Jeu Vidéo, that organized Ubisoft employees to strike earlier this month recently declared that "it is vital to move away from the belief that single people are essential to the realization of a project."...
‘Mass Effect 5’ Game Director Appears To Already Be Doing Damage Control After ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Backlash, Says Game Will Keep Photorealistic Art Style
Mass Effect 5 Game Director Michael Gamble appeared to already be doing some damage control in the wake of Dragon Age: The Veilguard being roundly lampooned by gamers for its art style. Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been lampooned for months for its art style and it...
Sweet Baby Inc. CEO & Co-Founder Admits Physical Attraction To Nintendo’s Bowser In Shocking Unearthed Interview
Sweet Baby Inc. co-founder and CEO Kim Belair, a name that has come to define controversy in the gaming space, has just become a lot more controversial. In a six year-old Podcast interview unearthed by YouTubers MasterOfTheTDS and WritingRaven who run the Gothic...
YouTuber Speculates BioWare Is Attempting To Manipulate Reviews By Not Handing Out Review Codes To Creators Critical Of Game During A Play Test
YouTuber Fextralife speculated that BioWare is attempting to manipulate reviews by only handing out review codes to individuals who will give overwhelmingly positive reviews of the game. In a recent video uploaded to YouTube, Fextralife noted that BioWare and its...