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Ubisoft survey reveals that 25 percent of employees have seen or experienced workplace misconduct

October 3, 2020
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has published the results of an employee survey undertaken by the company over the summer following allegations of endemic harassment and toxicity, and the results are eye-opening. In the anonymous survey of nearly 14,000 employees, one in four respondents said that they had either witnessed or experienced workplace misconduct themselves in the past two years, and one in…
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Bowser arrested and charged for selling Nintendo Switch hacks

October 3, 2020
Two members of a console hacking and piracy organization known as Team Xecuter have been arrested and charged with fraud, one of whom is named Gary Bowser. French national Max Louarn and Bowser, originally from Canada but arrested in the Dominican Republic, allegedly led the…
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Crash Bandicoot 4 is a charming, challenging throwback

October 2, 2020
The Crash Bandicoot series has always occupied a strange place in the pantheon of platform games. It doesn’t offer the sheer joy of movement and discovery that has propelled the Super Mario games, nor the technical spectacle that drives each new Ratchet and Clank title. Even still, there’s something distinct about Crash: the over-the-shoulder perspective, the bouncy movement, the oh-so-’90s…
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Roblox’s user-generated game platform could go public at $8 billion valuation

October 2, 2020
User-generated game platform Roblox has seen its users go through the roof in recent years, and the company is reportedly planning to go public early next year at a valuation that could hit $8 billion, according to a report in CNBC. CNBC said Roblox is working with investment banks to prepare for going public on the U.S. stock market. The company most recently raised $150 million in venture…
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GOG will sell Epic Games Store titles through its Galaxy app

October 2, 2020
When CD Projekt started testing GOG Galaxy 2.0 last year, it said its goal was to create a launcher where you could have all your PC games in one place. The company is taking a significant step toward fulfilling that promise with a new beta feature that allows its users to…
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The Xbox Series X controller is great so far (especially the D-pad)

October 2, 2020
Along with the Xbox Series X, Microsoft sent GamesBeat the new Xbox controller. This gamepad comes with the next-gen hardware, but you can, of course, also purchase it separately for $60. And you are probably thinking that this controller looks a lot like the last one, and you’re right. Xbox’s designers kept the same general look, but that doesn’t mean it kept the same feel. Microsoft made a…
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