Ryan Simpson

Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story | TechCrunch Mastercard seemingly denied playing a role in a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, while Valve says the pressure was indirect.

New story by TechCrunch just dropped

techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/m...

YouTube video by Battlefield Battlefield 6 Official Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFGE...
What a day today has been 😱

YouTube video by Voiced Gaming TOTK voice-controlled Proving Grounds 3 (Vehicles, Rotation, Flow)

TOTK voice-controlled Proving Grounds 3 (Vehicles, Rotation, Flow)

youtu.be/ij_ks5nxhRs

Demonstrating safe-ish strategies for beating another 3 combat shrines via voice commands in Tears Of The Kingdom, this time with no glitches

Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust A dating app that matches you with games rather than people. A deck-builder that profiles your gaming taste.

Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.

🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.

🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

#Battlefield6 July 24. Reveal Trailer. 🔔 https://youtu.be/pgNCgJG0vnY TikTok video by Battlefield

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I've been working on this for almost 2 years now. I joined criterion games at a huge time of change, and well it's been non stop ever since.

Something really fucked up for video game media just happened... BKinG, the "NoClip of China", got his YT channel deleted twice and gave up on YouTube.

His channel had dozens of documentaries on the development of all sorts of important Chinese & Taiwanese games - all posted with English subtitles.

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’ Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.

McDonald's uses an AI bot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456". www.wired.com/story/mcdona...

good luck dude, hope the recovery comes swiftly <3

Now on the menu 🫡 #willitflatwhite #barista #baristalife #edinburghbakery #edinburgh #flatwhite #caffeineaddict #smallbusinessowner #edinburghcoffee TikTok video by Babyfaced Baker

I mean I saw this: www.tiktok.com/@babyfacedba...
And my only thought was I had to try it... Coffee and Fizzy drinks seem to mix so well, even if it seems like a crime.

YES

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

Let’s. Fucking. Go.

Good day as any to delete Facebook, Instagram, and/or Threads if you have not already

The fact that Meta will not rule out using private photos on your camera roll to train AI is abominable, full stop

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CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃

EA CEO’s pay is up, as EA worker median income drops Behold, the tallest chart in Game File history. PLUS: EA execs were paid (a little) more for boosting generative AI

NEW: EA CEO Andrew Wilson was paid $30.5 million in cash and stock this past year, up about $5m from a year ago

Since the U.S. requires companies to compare CEO pay to employee pay, I made an EA pay chart

To make it work, I had to make it VERY TALL

Take a look: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-ceo-and...

After watching the difference between Israel bombing EVERY HOSPITAL in Gaza INTENTIONALLY for TWO YEARS STRAIGHT, and what seems like a Iranian stray missile hitting an Israeli hospital (which is bad, too!) - I'm done with Western media. This isn't journalism. It is complicity in genocide.

Almost three decades of Western and Israeli media peddling bullshit underground bunkers to justify massacring millions of Middle Eastern folks.

It works because it's impossible to disprove until you've massacred everyone - the secret bunker *might* just be under the next hospital or school, right?

very rapunzellian.

Ok. Game’s out soon. Long time followers know that that means only one thing: time for a very long thread of the fantastic people behind the cool thing you’re about to play.

I know this maybe feels pointed given current discourses, but I swear I’ve been doing it for over a decade.

We're so excited and honoured that Mythmatch is a finalist in the Develop Indie Showcase Competition!

I'll be at Develop along with @tinystorm.bsky.social and @ginaloughlin.com so come check out the game and chat with the team!

Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

If you want to chat pragmatic approaches to test automation for both small and big game teams, I'll be at @developconference.com!

I have a battle-hardened plan that takes devs from nothing to effective focused tests, _and_ the knowledge to maintain and extend them, in just a few days.

DM me!

If you're interested in how useful automated testing can be for gamedev, Andrew is well worth talking to:

YouTube video by Failbetter Games Mandrake || PC Gaming Show 2025 Announcement Trailer

Our thanks to @derek-lieu.com for this trailer, and the team at Reel Nice for coming to a campsite with us to film the talky parts. The voice of @tobias-weatherburn.co.uk is the cherry on top!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzN0...

Ubisoft

Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: 'I've seen some sordid files, but on this scale, never'
aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...

This is the one games-related story that we really can't let get buried by the worst guys you know fighting or summer geoff fest.

Sometimes there’s not enough vomit in the world.

a cartoon of spongebob looking out of a glass Alt: a cartoon of spongebob looking at a glass of ice cold water when he's parched saying he doesn't need it. Finally caving and saying he needs it

Yes...
No?
Maybe...
Oh god.

The switch 2 fomo is already kicking in.
But i havent played my switch for months at the moment.
I DONT NEED ONE >_<

thats great to hear :D
nothing beats being excited for the projects you're on.
Long may that last!!