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Developers at Avalanche Studios Group and CD Projekt Red have separately unionized in the latest wave of labor organization in video game development.

Over 100 developers at Avalanche Studios, creators of Just Cause and the upcoming Xbox-exclusive Contraband, have joined the Swedish trade union Unionen, according to a report from IGN. Of approximately 500 employees at Avalanche, over 100 are now part of Unionen.

In Sweden, workers can join a trade union at any time, without a union election in their workplace. According to Unionen (via IGN), roughly 70% of employed people in the country are part of a union. Because of these high numbers and the long history of union organization, local boards have the power to negotiate general working conditions. They also receive a vote on…

Fortnite’s Week 7 quests have been released, bringing a handful of new things to do on the island to earn some XP and additional cosmetic rewards from the battle pass. One of those fresh challenges asks you to light three campfires, which can slowly heal your health when standing near them. While you’ll find a slew of campfires across the map, we’ve got the most efficient route for you to knock this quest out quickly.

Where to light three bonfires in Fortnite

Again, you can certainly find plenty of campfires strewn across Fortnite’s massive map, but the quickest and most efficient way to knock the quest out is by landing at one of the campfires along the coast south of Frenzy Fields. This coastline has three campfires in a straight east-to-west line, meaning you can start …

When the Hatsune Miku voice software debuted back in 2007, few could have guessed the tremendous impact it would have. The concept of a virtual singer–one whose songs were almost entirely user-generated–was a bizarre and intriguing novelty. 15 years later, Miku and her friends have endured, solidifying their reputations as pioneers across music, the internet, and gaming cultures. Sega’s Hatsune Miku: Project Diva serves as a powerful testament to the aquamarine-haired songstress’ lasting legacy, and Project Diva Megamix+ is a phenomenal reminder of Miku’s musical significance.

Like previous games in the series, Project Diva Megamix+ is a rhythm game built around the popular Japanese “virtual singer” characters of Hatsune Miku, the Kagamine Rin and Len duo, Me…

Sleeping Dogs is an open-world crime game for busy people. It’s not an experience padded with multiple cities or the obligatory “slow living” town at the outskirts of the world map. Compared to recent game versions of Los Angeles in Grand Theft Auto V and Chicago in Watch Dogs, the dense depiction of Sleeping Dogs’ Hong Kong lends itself well to all-business efficiency, where it doesn’t take long to get anything done, whether it’s a story mission or a stress-relieving brawl that you pursue. As one of the better open world games of the last two years, this rerelease is not unexpected. Yet, as the second of Square Enix’s “Definitive Editions,” this enhanced version of Sleeping Dogs does not exhibit the same level of care as this year’s Tomb Raider re-release.

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Palworld, the game that has been nicknamed “Pokémon with guns,” has sold over one million copies in just eight hours since its release into early access, and its servers are struggling to keep up.

“We are blown away with the response to Palworld and we’re doing our best to respond to your issues,” developer Pocketpair said in a statement Come from Sports betting site VPbet . “Currently, our server provider is reporting that due to the large amount of concurrent players, the servers have become unstable and you may be experiencing issues connecting to servers.”

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Last month reportedly saw an aggregated drop in the number of patrons visiting casinos across the United States although this slump could be short-lived as the prevalence of the omicron variant of coronavirus continues to decline.

According to a Monday report from CDC Gaming Reports, foot traffic at American casinos in January was down by 2% when compared with the previous month and 33% lower than the comparable period in pre-pandemic 2019 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . However, David Katz from American brokerage Jefferies Financial Group Incorporated purportedly declared that he is adopting a ‘broader bullish stance’ and believes ‘a second leg of recovery for consumer demand’ is on the horizon.

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Simultaneously with a prospective acquisition of streaming platforms Disney and Netflix, global e-commerce giant Amazon is considering options to invest in sports content. As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports, Amazon is negotiating the respective move with the biggest regional sports programmer Diamond Sports Group (DSG).

Multiyear Partnership:

As reported by WSJ, the DSG portfolio including 40 major sports teams across the country may now be available for strategic investment from Amazon after the DSG filed for bankruptcy earlier in 2023.  The strategic collaboration would reportedly involve a multiyear partnership between the two companies. The closure of such an agreement would make Amazon’s Prime Video platform the streaming home for Diamond’s games, according t…

In Las Vegas and a consortium has reportedly purchased the long-stalled The Drew Las Vegas casino resort project in hopes of opening the 67-story venue as the new-look Fontainebleau Las Vegas by the end of 2023.

According to a Tuesday report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper, a range of local politicians and dignitaries gathered at a special ground-breaking ceremony yesterday to mark the official launch of work that will eventually see the 24.5-acre Las Vegas Strip site feature an around 3,700-room venue complete with over 500,000 sq ft of meeting and convention space as well as one of the city’s largest gaming floors.

Cardinal collapse:

Florida-based developer Jeffrey Soffer reportedly first floated the idea of bringing a large casino r…