The secretive company filling video game sites with gambling and AI
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The secretive company filling video game sites with gambling and AI
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We cannot and should not let generative AI take away these tiny, insignificant, but probably fun as hell jobs from artists
We're pleased to announce that Aftermath can now offer group subscription deals for schools, studios, businesses, whatever!
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I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
Battleborn released in 2016, got updates for around a year or so, and the servers ran until 2021.
Hey gang! Are there any Melbourne/Victoria-based 3D modellers looking for short contract work right now? Summerfall is currently on the lookout for contractors to do hard-surface environment work for a new prototype, like furniture and all that. π¨πͺ
Send through portfolios! π Cheers!
Are the games industry jobs in the room with us now Mark
I have a 2d Art/Animation student in need of a mentorship or work placement to finish her degree. She has anxiety and is trying to find a career. I would deeply appreciate it if anyone could help out T_T
Do I know anyone in the Australian games industry who can connect me with some of the folks who formerly worked at Blue Tongue on the seminal 2006 open-world party action game 'Barnyard'?
If there are any European/Australian gaming outlets that still have a budget and want coverage of the year's biggest gaming events in the US but *don't* want to expose their people to well... the US, my email is in my bio!
An update: Unfortunately Freeplay didnβt secure multi-year funding and is potentially looking at its last year of operation. Weβre exploring what comes next & want your input.
Read our full statement here: www.freeplay.net.au/survey2026
Help us decide our next step here: forms.gle/W4ZSns1bGCX1...
We traveled back up to Edinburgh to be there as Rockstar Games and its fired union members took their case to court:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnui...
Hi AU-based marketing and biz dev friends!
I'm still looking for $5k AUD to help make
@frostygamesfest.com events happen again this year. We have some sponsorship locked, but need to make up a shortfall π¦π°
If you'd like to chat pls email or DM me! amy at hellomisspotter dot com
We're two weeks from the Anthem shutdown. If you're a fan playing until the end, one who dropped off, or a developer who worked on the game and want to talk (anonymously) about these final days, the shutdown, or the game broadly for a Kotaku story, hit me up here or at kshepard@kotaku.com! RTs plz.
Why We're Boycotting Xbox:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...
Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"
βAn overwhelmingly negative and demoralizing forceβ: What itβs like working for a company thatβs forcing AI on its artists and developers:
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
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I got fucking GOT by them playing Suicide Mission and them brining out EDI (Tricia Helfer)
SURPRISE!!!! π₯πΆπ₯
Dogpile is OUT NOW!!
26 games, 30 minutes. Frosty Mini is TOMORROW! βοΈπ¦
Catch the showcase live on our YouTube and Twitch channels. Expect surprise reveals, announcements, and updates!
π΄ YouTube: youtu.be/Ji17SMaOtvg
π£ Twitch: twitch.tv/frostygamesf...
We're having a sale! Get your first month of Aftermath for just $1.
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Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
Anyone else noticed how Nazi rallies get the go-ahead fairly easily from state governments, then the horrified public reaction is weaponised to pass anti-protest laws, which are then used to quash anti-genocide dissent and justify police assaults on small brown women? You picking up on this, too??
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
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Despite the ravages of age and an internet steeped in misinformation, your eyes β in this one case β do not deceive you: Website different. Itβs taken an immense amount of time and effort, but welcome to Aftermath version 2.0:
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Proud and excited to share that the new Digital Foundry website is live - please do check it out at www.digitalfoundry.net. Read our opening post about what we're doing and why: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
I never thought I would say this .. but Dead Static Drive comes out in an hour
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Yeah, sick
Itβs true, hereβs our exciting news! Dead Static Drive is coming out on NOVEMBER 5TH! This year! Next week, even.
Yeeβand we cannot stress this enoughβhaw π€
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases