Once a long time ago (2001 to be exact), Jason worked with Greg Kasavin and Amer Ajami at a different publication. That's ancient history, and now all three have departed that publication for different pastures. In the case of Greg and Amer, that pasture is the concrete jungle of Los Angeles, where they make real-time strategy games like Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 at EA LA.
So this week's podcast is a bit of a reunion tour, as Greg and Amer were back in the Bay Area to show off their latest software (Red Alert 3) as well as appear on the IGN podcast. And if you thought you'd never see the day that Greg K. would be at IGN, well, the times they are a changing.
Charles is on assignment in Tokyo, trying not to get lost on the Japanese train system while getting to the mammoth Tokyo Game Show, one of the biggest video game shows in the world. He's back next week, and there's going to be plenty to talk about. Gamers are entering the heart of release season, and Fallout 3 and other games are looming at the end of the month.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
