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Biden signs bill to ban TikTok
National security package includes a requirement for ByteDance to sell the platform in 270 days or have the app banned in the US
Brendan Sinclair
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Brendan is managing editor at GamesIndustry.biz and first joined the site in 2012. Prior to that, he was senior news editor at GameSpot, and served as features editor for the short-lived Polygon Magazine. His work has also appeared in USgamer and Kotaku.
Brendan started his career in game journalism with a round-up of the Sega Dreamcast launch in September of 1999 for the student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin, and has been writing about games at least part-time ever since. He also spent a couple years working a variety of beats at community newspapers in Illinois and Oklahoma.
He is based out of Toronto and can be found on Mastodon and BlueSky.
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Amazon, Google threaten to take over the living room | 10 Years Ago This Month
First details on Fire TV and Android TV fail to impress despite industry's long-simmering anxiety over tech giants' designs on gaming
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FTC bans non-compete clauses
Commission votes 3-2 to nullify contractual clauses impacting an estimated 18% of US workers
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Meta opens up Quest's OS for third-party hardware
Levono and ASUS to make their own headsets using Horizon OS; Meta wants Google Play on Quest
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A double-take on Take-Two's layoffs | This Week in Business
How is the publisher's third cost-cutting plan in 14 months different from the first two, and why don't we talk more about the mobile half of its business?
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For Schell Games, VR is the technology of the present (possibly the future, too)
CEO Jesse Schell talks about not betting the studio on any one thing, why VR works for now, and what he thinks the future of the tech looks like
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Take-Two laying off 5% of staff
In addition to approximately 580 jobs cut, publisher's latest cost reduction program also involves cancelling projects, streamlining organizational structure
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Nintendo skipping Gamescom
Switch maker will not show at this year's event, but promises to hold other events throughout Germany
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Possibility Space shuts down
Prytania Media studio's staff laid off weeks after sibling studio Crop Circle officially shut down
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Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business
Industry leadership likes to pay lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions too often suggest otherwise
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IGDA calls for action on layoffs
Developer group gives studio leaders six points to follow for a more sustainable industry that stops driving away talent
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Star Wars: Outlaws set for August 30 | News-in-brief
Ubisoft offering limited editions that let customers play as early as August 27
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ProbablyMonsters unveils Hidden Grove
Harold Ryan talks about company's expansion with a new team headed up by former Destiny design lead Chris Opdahl
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A decade in Tamriel: Takeaways as Elder Scrolls Online turns ten
Creative director Matt Firor talks about MMOs, the metaverse trend, and what keeps him working on ESO 17 years after he started
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Deck Nine devs describe toxicity at Life is Strange studio
A dozen current and former employees criticize management's handling of hate symbols in the game, problem employees, and crunch
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AI's biggest triumphs are not AI | This Week in Business
Among Us VR and Candy Crush Saga are billed as success stories for the latest trend, but they don't necessarily belong under the AI umbrella
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"Guess I'll just piss on the floor": Baldur's Gate 3's top TikTok tips
Larian creative content manager Ben Maltz-Jones on running your TikTok like a fan account and other takeaways for the social media platform
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FTC denies facial age estimation as verification tactic
ESRB, SuperAwesome, and Yoti joint application to OK the technology under COPPA laws is denied for now, may be re-filed at a later date
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Helldivers 2 tops US-UK revenue charts for February | Newzoo Charts
Sony's PC and PS5 co-op shooter posts the 12th highest monthly active user total in its debut month
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VR hype soars as Facebook buys Oculus | 10 Years Ago This Month
Sony and Facebook throw their wallets into the ring and virtual reality dominates the discussion at GDC 2014
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Nintendo makes cuts to US QA contractors
Switch maker confirms layoffs, says "a significant number" of contractors are being converted to full-time roles
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Amy Hennig's new Marvel game leads off Epic's State of Unreal | GDC 2024
Lego, Fall Guys, and Rocket Racing additions to UEFN announced alongside new features for core engine
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Lego, dog-fooding, and physics: Epic's plans for UEFN | GDC 2024
Fortnite ecosystem executive Saxs Persson talks about what the company has in store for Unreal Editor for Fortnite
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2024 game spending down 2% is Circana analyst's "most optimistic" outlook
Mat Piscatella talks about unprecedented uncertainty in the year ahead and why we'll need more overachievers like Helldivers 2 and Palworld
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600 more Activision QA workers unionize
Latest CODE-CWA group is the first to form under Microsoft's labor neutrality agreement