Richard Lewis Leaves Full-Time Hosting Job At Eleague
Esports journalist and commentator Richard Lewis announced today that he would no longer be the full-time host for…
Revisiting Michael Pachter's 2013 Predictions For 2016
On December 27, 2013, Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo told us to bookmark a post and check back three years later. So we did.…
Video Game Actors Once Again Threaten To Strike [UPDATE]
Members of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) are threatening to…
This Week In The Business: Caveats In 4K
QUOTE | “I think there are a lot of caveats [Sony’s] giving customers right now around 4K.” – Albert Penello, senior…
This Week In The Business: Layoff Season
QUOTE | “London Studio have done a great job in leading the way in VR development…” - A Sony representative announcing…
This Week In The Business: It's Not Looking Good For The Xbox One
QUOTE | “Really this could be a final nail in the coffin for Xbox One now that Microsoft has told consumers to wait…
This Week In The Business: Conventional Wis-dumb
QUOTE | “The reality of doing business in the games industry is much more nuanced than prevailing industry opinions…
This Week In The Business: Backtracking, Flip-Flopping, And Other Changing Plans
QUOTE | “What’s changed is that there is proof in the market that people want it…” - EA Studios executive VP Patrick…
This Week In The Business: Pokemon Stop!
QUOTE | “Nobody gets sleep anymore. How is this acceptable? ... They hang out on our lawns, trample landscaping, look…
This Week In The Business: Requiem For A Premium
QUOTE | “Premium is dead. That’s a fact, so let’s deal with it.” - Valiant Hearts director and Digixart head Yoan…
This Week In The Business: "We Need To Make Money"
QUOTE | “We need to make money. That’s the motivation. Computer games make money.” - Seaman designer Yoot Saito,…
This Week In The Business: The Big Three Revenue Review
STAT | $3.2 billion - Sony’s gaming revenue for the quarter ended June 30, up 15% year-over-year as its software sales…
This Week In The Business: Don't Worry
QUOTE | “Worry is the gun to your head. It changes how you make decisions.” - Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus…
This Week In The Business: Too Sexual
QUOTE | “What’s too gay for them, what’s too sexual for them?” - Developer Robert Yang talking about his sexual-themed…
This Week In The Business: The Perfect Shitstorm
QUOTE | “The DLC shitstorm hit full force and washed away people’s enthusiasm, dragging us further and further from…
This Week In The Business: Sounds About Right
QUOTE | “We’ve all gone online and had our asses kicked by obnoxious 12 year olds.” - EA chief competition officer…
This Week In The Business: Kids And Their Cash
QUOTE | “It’s six figures of big money showered upon teenage boys, what can possibly go wrong?” - Peter Moore, head of…
This Week in the Business: Expectations Manager 2016
QUOTE | “Me and my son have an Xbox One, and we wanted to play Battlefield 1 or Titanfall 2, and we didn’t get that…
This Week In The Business: Or Your Money Back
QUOTE | “It is indeed a safety net for gamers, but it’s not perceived as some type of time-limited demo they can make…
This Week In The Business: Incredibly Disappointing
QUOTE | “[I]ncredibly disappointing” - Mad Catz CEO Karen McGinnis sums up the company’s involvement with Rock Band 4.