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Helldivers 2 is ostensibly a co-op game about (managed) democracy-loving humans versus robots and bug monsters, but that’s a surface-level reading of drama that’s growing more multifaceted by
Nintendo, a lawsuit-filing company that occasionally dabbles in hit video games, is pursuing the creators of Yuzu, an emulator that can play Switch games on a PC and phones.
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PlayStation announced Tuesday that it’s laying off about 900 people, or 8% of its workforce. The cuts will impact “employees across the globe, including our studios.”
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Ubisoft workers in France aren’t satisfied with their pay, and this week, they did something about it. According to Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo (STJV), a
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