Bethesda workers vote to become first Microsoft game studio to fully unionise
Bethesda Game Studios has become the first Microsoft video game studio to fully unionise under the Communication Workers of America.
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The CrowdStrike IT outage is pretty grim but let's hope it's not as bad as the infamous Dyn DDoS attack, Facebook mega-crash, and Rogers network disaster
With millions of people around the world affected by the apparent bug in CrowdStrike's Falcon software—bringing down IT systems in media, hospitals, and airports around the world—there's a good chance it will go down in the annals of tech history as being the worst outage ever, putting it ahead of the likes of 2016 Dyn DDoS cyberattack, Facebook's server woes in 2021, and Canada's biggest IT failure ever in 2022.
Netflix will drop a new multiplayer game when Squid Game season 2 premieres this year
Netflix is expanding its games roster with an intriguing (and probably gruesome) new tie-in. During the company's quarterly earnings announcement, Netflix shared that it plans to launch a multiplayer game inspired by Squid Game. Its release date will be timed to coincide with the second season of the South Korean TV sensation. We have no other information about what style of game it will be, but we can guess that it will echo the children's games contestants play for survival on the series.
Xbox Is Giving Away Butt-Shaped Controllers & Series X For Deadpool & Wolverine Release
To celebrate the release of the upcoming movie, Xbox has revealed a custom Xbox Series X console, along with two very unique «cheeky» controllers. The new movie sees Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reprising their roles as the titular mutants as they go on a multiverse-spanning adventure that brings them into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
BioShock Team Ramps Up Recruitment with 30 Job Offers
It's been four years and a half since 2K announced that a new studio called Cloud Chamber had been established specifically to produce new games in the beloved BioShock franchise.
Canadian Retailer Lists AMD Ryzen 7 9700X For $516 CAD & Ryzen 5 9600X For $400 CAD, Plentiful CPU Stock Incoming For Launch Day
AMD's Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs have been listed by Canadian retailer, PC-Canada, along with preliminary prices.
This League of Legends character (along with his fluffy pals) is coming to 2XKO
Riot Games announced a new character coming to its League of Legends-themed fighting game 2XKO, and he’s bringing some cute mascots along with him.
Multiple governments around the world have secretly agreed to restrict the export of quantum computers
It seems that «secret international discussions» have led to an export ban for quantum computers of a certain level of power, despite scientists around the world being unable to actually explain why.