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6 votes
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Activision Blizzard settles with federal employment agency for $18 Million
14 votes -
10-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi is America's newest Chess Master
4 votes -
Employees of Activision Blizzard file Unfair Labor Practice charge against the gaming company
8 votes -
Curt Schilling’s failed game studio finally sends last paychecks
7 votes -
Blizzard turned game developers into rock stars. Misbehavior followed
11 votes -
Activision Blizzard are being sued by their investors now
9 votes -
How the founder’s toxic culture tore apart Fullbright, the studio behind Gone Home
11 votes -
Valve argues anti-Steam suit lacks “the most basic elements” of antitrust case
13 votes -
Activision Blizzard employees are walking out in protest
16 votes -
Inside Blizzard developers’ infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’
15 votes -
Activision Blizzard sued by California over ‘frat boy’ culture
36 votes -
Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine
7 votes -
Abhimanyu Mishra, 12, becomes youngest Grandmaster in chess history
10 votes -
Five Nights At Freddy's creator, Scott Cawthon, announces his retirement
12 votes -
Meet America's newest Chess Master, 10-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi
3 votes -
Humble Bundle creator brings antitrust lawsuit against Valve over Steam
19 votes -
Gearbox threatens to leave Texas over anti-trans bill
27 votes -
24-year-old prototype of Samurai Shodown 64 for Hyper Neo Geo 64 discovered outside in a field in California, where it was left for twenty years
9 votes -
Star Citizen developers fed up after being expected to work during devastating Texas snowstorm
14 votes -
Illinois rep. wants to ban ‘all violent video games’ to curb violence
14 votes -
The man who invented more than eight hundred iconic toys and games
6 votes -
The Game Awards 2020
9 votes -
US Rep. Ocasio-Cortez raises $200K after battling NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in hit video game Among Us
17 votes -
The video game creator who became Barry Bonds
5 votes -
The Game Awards 2020 nominee list
9 votes -
Stadia offering a free Premiere Edition bundle for US YouTube Premium members
7 votes -
The Xbox Series S will launch for $299 USD on November 10
17 votes -
Joe Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs
8 votes -
Magnus Carlsen fought back from the verge of defeat as the world champion clinched his seven-day, 38-game match against Hikaru Nakamura by four sets to three
9 votes -
Deus Ex at twenty: The oral history of a pivotal PC game
11 votes -
The Grandmaster who got Twitch hooked on chess: Hikaru Nakamura is the top-ranked blitz chess player in the world—and his channel has seen a meteoric rise as he coaches streamers in the ancient game
14 votes -
From homeless refugee to chess prodigy, nine-year-old dreams of becoming youngest Grandmaster
6 votes -
Boston authorities shut down GameStop and stores close statewide
8 votes -
Washington state proposes legislation aimed at preventing class-action lawsuits against video game companies: would change the legal definition of "illegal gambling games" to exclude video games
6 votes -
The Game Awards - Megathread
The Game Awards start tonight at 5:30 PM Pacific time (Dec 13, 02:30 UTC). There are a lot of announcements, sales, and events going on associated with it though, so I thought I'd try to collect a...
The Game Awards start tonight at 5:30 PM Pacific time (Dec 13, 02:30 UTC). There are a lot of announcements, sales, and events going on associated with it though, so I thought I'd try to collect a bunch of it here, and then we can discuss and post the actual winners in here later as well.
Sales
Announcements/Releases
- Sayonara Wild Hearts released on PC (20% off)
Events
- "The Game Festival" - 13 first-look demos of indie games available on Steam for 48 hours (announcement post)
Edit after the show: Article on CNET that lists all the winners of awards, as well as having embedded copies of most of the trailers/announcements/etc. that were shown
My original lists (incomplete)
Winners
- Best Community Support: Destiny 2
- Best Score & Music: Death Stranding
- Best Fighting Game: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Best Narrative: Disco Elysium
- Best Audio Design: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Best Strategy Game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Best Art Direction: Control
- Best Action Game: Devil May Cry 5
- Games for Impact: Gris
- Best Family Game: Luigi's Mansion 3
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Best Mobile Game: Call of Duty: Mobile
- Best Multiplayer Game: Apex Legends
- Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite
Edit: I'm not going to keep updating the winners, I'm sure there are a ton of lists out there - I'll edit in a link at the end
- Best Esports Coach: Zonic
- Best Esports Event: League of Legends World Championship 2019
- Best Esports Host: Sjokz
- Best Esports Team: G2 Esports
- Best Esports Player: Bugha
- Content Creator of the Year: Shroud
New trailers/announcements
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: X-Men Rise of the Phoenix DLC 2
- Man Eater - Gameplay Trailer
- Humankind - Official "Your Story" Gameplay Trailer
- No More Heroes 3 - The Return
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Cloud Strife Trailer
- Xbox Series X - World Premiere - releasing holiday 2020
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – The Game Awards 2019 – Announce Trailer (in-engine)
- Godfall - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer
- Bravely Default II – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch
- Warframe Empyrean - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer
- Magic: The Gathering - Theros Beyond Death Official Trailer
- prologue - Reveal Trailer
- Sons of the Forest Trailer
- Ruined King: A League of Legends Story - Official Teaser Trailer
- Cyberpunk 2077 - Behind the Music
- Dungeons & Dragons - Dark Alliance Announcement Trailer
- Weird West - Reveal Trailer
- Magic: Legends - Cinematic Teaser Trailer
- Ghost of Tsushima - Gameplay Trailer
- Gears Tactics World Premiere Trailer
- Naraka: Bladepoint - Official Announcement Trailer
Edit: dear god how long is this show? I'll edit in a link to a good summary later, I'm not going to keep watching.
Italicized links probably need a better source
16 votes -
Veteran MMORPG developer Brad McQuaid has passed away
11 votes -
The Game Awards 2019 nominees
8 votes -
Composer Jeremy Soule accused of rape
23 votes -
Waterskiing and running for my life with Joel Jewett, founder of Neversoft and the guy behind Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
2 votes -
The Veterans Affairs is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect
4 votes -
NYPD confirm the death of YouTuber Desmond Amofah, aka Etika
@nypdnews: We regret to inform that Desmond Amofah aka Etika has been found deceased. https://t.co/sedwZZxglw
9 votes -
The state of California is investigating Riot Games for gender discrimination
12 votes -
Trump’s tariffs could ruin the American board game industry
22 votes -
The real life landscapes of Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout: New Vegas
6 votes -
A US Senator is introducing legislation to ban loot boxes and pay-to-win microtransations in "games played by minors"
18 votes -
Niantic is tweaking Pokémon Go to settle a US lawsuit with angry homeowners
12 votes -
An open letter to game developers from America's largest labor organization
10 votes -
Video Game Awards 2018
Winners recap here VODs: here
10 votes -
Magnus Carlsen beats Fabiano Caruana in tie-breakers to retain World Chess crown
11 votes