12:46 Update PST: Employees are being evacuated safely outside the building and a heavy police presence is pending. Montreal police say “no threats have been identified,” while a group of people live on the roof of a building. 2:01 Update PST: According to the Journal de Montreal, the occupants of …
Read More »Google Stadia refrains from commenting on the creative director
On Thursday, Stadia distanced himself from tweets issued by the creative director of the Montreal studio, who said game streamers should pay the devs and publishers of the games they streamed. On Twitter, Said Alex Hutchins of Stadia, “Streamers [are] Worry about their content being pulled because they used unpaid …
Read More »Obituary: ZeniMax board member Robert Trump
Robert Trump, a longtime member of the board of directors of ZeniMax and brother of the current US President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71 following complications from an undiagnosed illness. In addition to his years in the real estate business and as president of Trump Management, …
Read More »Video game HUDs used to be great
Screenshot: Kotaku Video games look really good these days. I boot almost any PS4 game released in recent years and am impressed. But while the games may look prettier than ever before, we lost “display screens”, HUD, in the process. It was worth it? I’ve been playing a lot Assassin’s …
Read More »Respawn responds to the complaint of crisis and exhaustion published in Glassdoor
Respawn has responded to a negative review left on Glassdoor that complained of “exhaustion, stress and great anxiety in the Apex Legends draft.” Glassdoor is a review website where current and former employees can share their experiences working at companies around the world. Respawn’s review (also highlighted on Reddit) was …
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