Teenager pleads guilty to sending Epic staff death threats: ‘I intended for the messages to be viewed as a threat’

A teenager from South Dakota has changed his plea to guilty over threatening messages sent to developers at Epic Games in relation to Fortnite (thanks, Gamespot). Jayden Griffin, who is 19 years of age, was indicted by a grand jury in December 2024 over electronic communications sent to Epic Games staff between October 24, 2024,…

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Swery/Suda51 collab Hotel Barcelona sheepishly apologises for AI content, promises ‘We are opposed to any professional GenAI use’ that kills the planet, steals jobs, or is otherwise ‘Unethical’

A confession: the only Suda51 game I’ve ever played is Flower, Sun, and Rain on the Nintendo DS, which I enjoyed despite having no clue what was happening at any given time (I think it had something to do with The Silver Case?). A second confession: I love—non-ironically—Deadly Premonition, Swery’s 2010 opus that does a…

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As World of Warcraft winds down its combat AddOn support, director Ion Hazzikostas is all composure about rule-breakers because ‘Frankly, this is far from the first time’

World of Warcraft: Midnight will be doing something very dramatic—slowly, steadily, but dramatic nonetheless. After 20 years of working in complete concert, Blizzard will be removing most of its AddOn creator’s access to its combat API, meaning AddOns like WeakAuras will no longer function. In place of that, it’ll be adding its own increasingly-comprehensive suite…

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World of Warcraft: Midnight deep dive reveals a continent-hopping questline as part of its main campaign, a cosy ‘Arcantina’ hub, and the release date of player housing’s early access

World of Warcraft: Midnight just received a massive deep dive on its official channels. It’s mostly an assemblage of information already out there, such as the new Demon Hunter Spec, the game’s new zones, the transmog updates, and the upcoming Prey feature—which as a difficulty sicko with precious few mates that have raid-accessible schedules? I’m…

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Dune Awakening was ‘the biggest release’ in Funcom’s 32-year history, so you can probably guess what comes next in this rotten world: layoffs

In the latest proof that ‘job security’ is simply not a thing in the videogame industry, Funcom says the survival MMO Dune: Awakening, which launched to great success earlier this year, is “the biggest release we’ve had in our 32-year long history of making great games.” And so now it’s laying off employees. “[Dune] has…

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Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Gumball in Treat-Or-Treat Land With Adam Lewis Graf,

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Gumball in Treat-Or-Treat Land developer Adam Lewis Graf, who details the retro adventure game and more About Gumball in Trick-Or-Treat Land: Prepare to chew your way through an irresistible 8-bit adventure in a charming tribute to the Game Boy Color era. Retro-focused publisher Mega Cat Studios and Exquisite Laundry…

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