Iraq bans PUBG, Fortnite
Country joins Nepal and some parts of India in forbidding Bluehole's shooter, citing impact on youth and addictive qualities
Articles by Brendan Sinclair
Brendan Sinclair, North American Editor
Brendan joined GamesIndustry International in 2012. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he was previously senior news editor at CBS-owned GameSpot in the US.
Recent articles by Brendan Sinclair
Ninja named to Time 100
Popular streamer represents gaming on magazine's annual list of influential people
Sony says #MeToo, streaming behind stricter limits on sex in games
Concerns over "legal and social action" against sexually explicit games have caused it to revamp guidelines on what it allows on its platforms
Jen MacLean joins Amazon Game Tech
Former IGDA executive director will join firm as global biz dev head for small and mid-sized studios
Capcom rolling out its own retro system
Capcom Home Arcade dual joystick set-up launches in October with 16 built-in games, €230 price tag
Next PlayStation will have discs, backward compatibility
System won't launch until 2020 at the earliest, will feature a solid-state hard drive, PSVR compatibility, 8K support
Microsoft overhauling HR complaint process
After employees trade harassment stories, CEO Satya Nadella promises consistent, transparent enforcement of company policy
"The bankers are actually much more metal than publishers"
Headbang Club's David Elahee talks about Double Kick Heroes' path from Ludum Dare prototype to multiplatform launch
Epic Games hires Jason West
Respawn and Infinity Ward co-founder returns to game development after six-year hiatus
Nepal bans PUBG
Battle royale shooter prohibited over concerns about violence, addiction, and distraction from school work
Dark Slope thinking bigger with warehouse-scale VR
Co-founder CJ Hervey says location-based VR solves a lot of challenges, but adds in new ones
YouTube creating interactive narratives
Video service establishes new unit to produce original Bandersnatch-style content
Activision Blizzard pays employees for health tracking
Company gives $1 a day in gift cards to employees using a pregnancy-tracking app that allows HR to monitor aggregated data
Google Play hosting inappropriate games with kid-friendly ratings
Free-to-play games featuring violent content and gambling hit the platform thanks to reliance on developers to rate their own titles
Black Desert franchise tops $1 billion in revenues
Pearl Abyss says multiplatform MMORPG franchise has reached milestone in less than four years
Gaming is not a meritocracy
Vlambeer's Rami Ismail pokes holes in the notion of cream rising to the top, explains why devs and platforms may believe in it anyway
Univision sells Gizmodo Media Group
Parent company of Kotaku and other former Gawker sites deals portfolio to private equity firm Great Hill Partners
What makes a good Kickstarter campaign?
Anya Combs talks about ideal video length, the right number of .gifs, and one mistake that will keep any project from being featured
Future recognizes staff union
Publisher voluntarily recognizes organized employees of PC Gamer, GamesRadar and nine other publications
Microsoft investigating more sexual harassment claims
Women say HR turned a blind eye to their reports of sexual extortion, belittling behavior from colleagues
BioWare admits workplace, production issues
"These problems are real and it's our top priority to continue working to solve them," says genreal manager Casey Hudson
Ten tips for pitching from the head of ID@Xbox
Chris Charla gives developers a crash course on the dos and don'ts of selling potential partners on game ideas
Borderlands 3 joins list of Epic Games store PC exclusives
2K says its goal is "to embrace new distribution platforms that will contribute to our effort to grow the audience" for Gearbox's shooter
GameStop posts $673m full-year loss
Specialty retailer acknowledges "the challenges facing our pre-owned video game business" and a need to change its business model
Making piracy and pre-owned games problems of the past
10 Years Ago This Month: Gaming execs kill two birds with one server-based stone, while Konami insists Six Days in Fallujah has no message
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