Leadership wanted to avoid US culture-war pile-on
Ubisoft canned a 19th-century Assassin’s Creed in 2024, set after the American Civil War because it would tackle issues like slavery, the rise of the KKK and racial prejudice which some US think is "talked up" too much.
EA goes private for $55 billion
Trump’s son-in-law helps steer publisher into private hands
Electronic Arts has decided the best time to cash in and go private is while everyone is excited about Battlefield.
EA close to $50bn buyout deal
Sharks circle the games giant
Electronic Arts could be yanked off the stock market in a $50 billion deal that would make it one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.
Intel waves Arrow Lake charts at gamers
Latest slides take aim at Ryzen 9000
Troubled Chipzilla has lined up its Arrow Lake desktop CPUs against AMD’s Ryzen 9000 and declared game on, complete with bar charts and brave talk.
PC gaming hardware surges to $44.5 billion in 2025
Record 35 per cent growth as Microsoft forces mass upgrades
The PC gaming hardware market will balloon by 35 per cent in 2025, hitting $44.5 billion in sales, according to number crunchers at Jon Peddie Research.