News - Aftermath (Page 18)

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Has Forced Trolls To Get Creative

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is not the sort of game in which somebody can team kill you, taunt you mid-fight, or snatch away an item that was rightfully yours. Other

By Nathan Grayson

/ 24 Apr 2024

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Has Forced Trolls To Get Creative

NYU Game Center Faculty Write Letter Of Support For Gaza Protestors

Student-led protests and encampments have been springing up on college campuses across the country since students at Columbia occupied an area of the school last week to protest the war

By Riley MacLeod

/ 24 Apr 2024

A Palestinian flag waves in front of flags for NYU

Embracer Group, That One Company That Owns Everything, Becomes Three Companies That Own Everything

Like getting gremlins wet, we now have more Embracer Groups–the company announced today that the one giant company is splitting into three companies–but also no Embracer Groups, since

By Riley MacLeod

/ 22 Apr 2024

Company With 'No Current Layoff Plans' Announces Layoffs

On February 8, 2024, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said after an earnings call that "We have no current plans for layoffs". Speaking in more detail with IGN, Zelnick

By Luke Plunkett

/ 16 Apr 2024

Prytania Media Saga Continues With Shutdown Of Possibility Space

Possibility Space, a Prytania Media-owned game studio, has shut down. This follows in the footsteps of Crop Circle Games, also owned by Prytania, which had layoffs and furloughs in February

By Riley MacLeod

/ 12 Apr 2024

Prytania Media Saga Continues With Shutdown Of Possibility Space

Helldivers 2’s Latest, Greatest Twist: Letting Players Experience Victory

Over the weekend, the unthinkable happened in Helldivers 2: players won. As part of a game-wide major order to wipe out the few remaining Automaton strongholds that millions of players

By Nathan Grayson

/ 8 Apr 2024

Helldivers 2’s Latest, Greatest Twist: Letting Players Experience Victory

Sega Workers Secure Union Contract, Despite Layoffs

When last we heard from the Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega (AEGIS), things were looking a little contentious. The union, then comprised of around 200 temporary and full-time Sega employees

By Nathan Grayson

/ 27 Mar 2024

Sega Workers Secure Union Contract, Despite Layoffs

Twitch Might Bring Back Artistic Nudity

Late last year, Twitch took a bold stride in a previously off-limits direction, permitting streams that featured drawn or painted artistic nudity, highlighted specific body parts, or included other types

By Nathan Grayson

/ 26 Mar 2024

Helldivers 2 Now Has Imposter Joels

For the past 24 or so hours, Helldivers 2 players have been buzzing about a purported in-game sighting of the game’s maniacally mysterious DM, Joel. He appeared, per a

By Nathan Grayson

/ 25 Mar 2024

Capcom Shouldn’t Be Selling Dragon’s Dogma 2 Items, But This Whole Thing Is Kinda Funny

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is out now. I have been playing it quite a lot, and really loving it. It is also currently being review-bombed on Steam, for general performance

By Chris Person

/ 22 Mar 2024

Capcom Shouldn’t Be Selling Dragon’s Dogma 2 Items, But This Whole Thing Is Kinda Funny

Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict

Jen Glennon, who took over as editor in chief of Kotaku in October, resigned Thursday. In a resignation letter seen by Aftermath, Glennon says that she made this choice due

By Riley MacLeod and Gita Jackson

/ 21 Mar 2024

Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict

Rockstar Employees Concerned About Crunch, Grand Theft Auto VI As Company Moves Forward With Return To Office

Late last month, Rockstar brass told employees that beginning on April 15, they’d have to work out of the office five days per week. It was a deeply unpopular

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Mar 2024

Rockstar Employees Concerned About Crunch, Grand Theft Auto VI As Company Moves Forward With Return To Office