What the hell is up with this Essential device? – TechCrunch

What the hell is up with this Essential device? – TechCrunch

Essential CEO Andy Rubin has been pretty silent over the past year for, well, lots of reasons — both business and otherwise. The company has struggled to sell devices, reportedly shipping only 88,000 handsets in its first year. On a far more serious note, Rubin has been plagued by reports of inappropriate behavior during his…

Blizzard’s Company Values Don’t Mean Much Today – Kotaku

Blizzard’s Company Values Don’t Mean Much Today – Kotaku

Photo: Anthony Kwan (Getty)Blizzard has a set of core values literally enshrined on the ground of their corporate HQ. Today, two of those—“Think Globally” and “Every Voice Matters”—were covered up by employees in the wake of Blizzard’s contentious decision to suspend a Hearthstone pro over his views on Hong Kong.While the values are listed on…

Epic Games settles with 14-year-old over selling Fortnite cheats – CNET

Epic Games settles with 14-year-old over selling Fortnite cheats – CNET

Epic settled with a minor who was accused of creating cheat codes for Fortnite. Epic Games Epic Games has reached a settlement with a minor who was accused of creating and selling cheats for the video game Fortnite, as reported earlier Tuesday by the BBC. The terms of the settlement, reached Sept. 27, are unknown. Fortnite,…

Lawsuit accuses Fortnite maker of designing game to be addictive – CNET

Lawsuit accuses Fortnite maker of designing game to be addictive – CNET

Fortnite is specifically designed to be addictive, a lawsuit charges. Epic Games The makers of Fortnite have been accused in a lawsuit of designing the online video game to be addictive. The Canadian lawsuit, which seeks class action status, reportedly likens the game play to taking cocaine.A legal notice was filed Friday in Quebec Superior…