About this episode

The episode discusses Valve's lawsuit, Ubisoft's strike, CDPR's DMCA notice, and various industry trends revealed by a GDC study.

On our 91st episode, we talked about the following subject Why is Valve’s Steam facing a $900 million UK lawsuit over anti-competitive practices? One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals Ubisoft unions in France call for international strike CD Projekt issues DMCA notice against Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod | GamesIndustry.biz https://www.gamescensor.com/hideki-konno-leaves-nintendo-mario-kart-yoshis-island/ Roblox releases statement after player confirmed missing - Dexerto More than 50% of game developers say generative AI is harming the industry, the highest level to date | TechSpot United Video Games union writes to US Fed in protest of Saudi EA acquisition, attaching public petition | Eurogamer.net Fable Gameplay Teaser - Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Forza Horizon 6 - Gameplay Teaser Trailer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: High Ping Basterds

Topics covered

• Valve lawsuit
• Ubisoft strike
• CDPR DMCA
• video game industry layoffs
• generative AI impact
• GDC study
• Fable gameplay teaser

Keywords

• Valve
• Ubisoft
• CD Projekt
• video game layoffs
• generative AI
• GDC
• Fable
• Cyberpunk 2077

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Valve, Ubisoft, CD Projekt, Roblox, United Video Games, EA

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