#jeux_video

‘God of War: Ragnarok’ Shows How Games Can Get Black Hair Right
▻https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx534n/god-of-war-ragnarok-shows-how-games-can-get-black-hair-right

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God of War Ragnarok’s preview last week at the Playstation showcase ended with one of the most impressive examples of black hair in video games.

Mark Phillips sur Twitter : “How character customization be for black people on video games 😂💀🎮 ▻https://t.co/3pvMpI47PD” / Twitter
▻https://twitter.com/SupremeDreams_1/status/1433198621667827714

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #coiffure #mode #racisme_systémique #réussite #succès #jeu_vidéo_god_of_war_ragnarok

Rats named Carmack and Romero are playing Doom | PC Gamer
▻https://www.pcgamer.com/rats-named-carmack-and-romero-are-playing-doom

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Forget about the toasters, for there is a new frontier in Doom trivia: training up rodents to wander its mazes and blow away imps. Take a bow Viktor Tóth, a neuroengineer who has been puzzling over how to train rats to play Doom for the past year: and finally (kind of) did it.

Rats in Doom VR
▻https://medium.com/mindsoft/rats-in-doom-eb6c52c73aca

TL;DR I built a VR setup for rodents from scratch and trained three rats in an automated fashion, without manual intervention, to traverse a corridor rendered in the DOOM II engine.

Rats in Doom
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMNxkQXwykA

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #jeu_vidéo_doom_ii #viktor_tóth #science #réalité_virtuelle #vr #expérience

Report: Nintendo criticizes Activision’s actions in internal memo
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/report-nintendo-criticizes-activision-s-actions-in-internal-memo

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Activsion Blizzard has landed the game industry’s most embarrassing hat trick—Nintendo’s Doug Bowser has apparently joined Xbox and PlayStation bosses Phil Spencer and Jim Ryan in sending private memos to employees criticizing Activision Blizzard’s alleged culture of sexual harassment and discrimination.

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That means leadership for all three major platform holders that Activision Blizzard does business with have now criticized its handling of the situation in the week since an explosive Wall Street Journal report alleged that CEO Bobby Kotick was an active participant in said culture.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #nintendo #nintendo_of_america #bobby_kotick #doug_bowser #phil_spencer #jim_ryan #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #discrimination #bro_culture #ressources_humaines

Nintendo Issues Internal Response to Activision-Blizzard Reports
▻https://www.fanbyte.com/news/nintendo-issues-internal-response-to-activision-blizzard-reports

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An email sent by Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser sent on Friday, November 19 addresses the Activision-Blizzard report. The email went out to all levels of Nintendo of America, including internal development houses like Retro Studios and the newly-acquired Next-Level Games.

“Along with all of you, I’ve been following the latest developments with Activision Blizzard and the ongoing reports of sexual harassment and toxicity at the company,” Bowser begins. “I find these accounts distressing and disturbing. They run counter to my values as well as Nintendo’s beliefs, values and policies.”

Bowser goes on in the letter to explain that Nintendo is committed to having an open and inclusive workplace where all are welcome. He remarks the company holds itself to this standard and expects the same from the industry and their partners.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #nintendo #noa #nintendo_of_america #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #ressources_humaines #bro_culture #business #doug_bowser

Report: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Will ’Consider’ Quitting
▻https://kotaku.com/report-activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-will-consider-quitt-1848100036

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Besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who last week was the subject of staff walkouts and shareholder calls for his resignation, has reportedly said he will “consider leaving the company” if he can’t speedily address the harassment issues that have made headlines around the world this year.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #démission #scandale #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #ressources_humaines #bro_culture

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Tells Colleagues He Would Consider Leaving if He Can’t Quickly Fix Problems - WSJ
▻https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-tells-colleagues-he-would-consider-leaving

Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief Executive Bobby Kotick has told senior managers he would consider leaving the company if he can’t quickly fix the culture problems at the videogame giant, according to people familiar with his comments.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #démission #scandale #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #ressources_humaines #bro_culture

Activision Blizzard’s (ATVI) Board is Full of CEO Bobby Kotick’s Friends - Bloomberg
▻https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-11-19/activision-blizzard-s-atvi-board-is-full-of-ceo-bobby-kotick-s-friends

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More than 1,500 Activision Blizzard Inc. employees have signed a petition calling for Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick’s removal, but it’s a group of just 10 people who will ultimately decide the embattled leader’s fate.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #démission #ressources_humaines #actionnariat #gouvernance #scandale #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #bro_culture #succès #brian_kelly #peter_nolan #dawn_ostroff #casey_wasserman #barry_meyer #reveta_bowers #hendrik_hartong_iii

Meet The Activision Board Members Supporting Bobby Kotick
▻https://kotaku.com/lets-meet-the-board-members-supporting-besieged-activis-1848079283

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Kotick’s name appears in Jeffrey Epstein’s “Little Black Book”.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #scandale #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #little_black_book #jeffrey_epstein #ressources_humaines #casey_wasserman #peter_nolan #barry_meyer #brian_kelly #dawn_ostroff #robert_morgado #sec #securities_and_exchange_commission #robert_corti #hendrik_hartong_iii

Report: Activision Blizzard CEO Hid Sexual-Abuse Claims From Board
▻https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb88b/report-activision-blizzard-ceo-hid-sexual-abuse-claims-from-board

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According to the Journal, Kotick has personally settled multiple harassment cases out of court. One such case involved a former assistant who said that Kotick threatened to have her killed on a voicemail message in 2006.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #ressources_humaines #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #agressions_sexuelles #discrimination_salariale #mances #procès #justice #jen_oneal

Harcèlement : la pression monte autour d’Activision-Blizzard, le géant américain du jeu vidéo
▻https://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/harcelement-la-pression-monte-autour-d-activision-blizzard-le-geant-america

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Une enquête du Wall Street Journal affirme que le dirigeant Bobby Kotick était au courant d’affaires de viols et d’agressions sexuelles au sein des studios et n’en a pas informé son conseil d’administration.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #viol #harcèlement_sexuel #culture_toxique #blizzard #justice #procès #suicide #alcool #securities_and_exchange_commission #sec #bourse #j._allen_brack #mike_ybarra #jen_oneal #ressources_humaines

Group of Activision Blizzard shareholders joins call for CEO Bobby Kotick’s resignation - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/bobby-kotick-resignation-shareholders

“In contrast to past company statements, CEO Bobby Kotick was aware of many incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault and gender discrimination at Activision Blizzard, but failed either to ensure that the executives and managers responsible were terminated or to recognize and address the systematic nature of the company’s hostile workplace culture,” the shareholders, led by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC) Investment Group wrote in a joint letter addressed to the company’s board of directors and shared with The Washington Post.

Jason Schreier sur Twitter :
▻https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1460991941332582405

I’m seeing a lot of big reactions to this story, but some important context:
– This group, SOC, owns 4.8 million shares, or just 0.6% of Activision Blizzard
– SOC has been criticizing Kotick for a long time. This isn’t a turnaround or shift in view from them

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #actionnariat #bobby_kotick #harcèlement_sexuel #ressources_humaines #démission #brian_kelly #robert_morgado #procès #justice #scandale

Former Blizzard Co-Lead Jen Oneal Says She Was Offered Equal Contract Only After Resigning - IGN
▻https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-jen-oneal-mike-ybarra-equal-pay-after-resignation

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“When Mike and I were placed in the same co-lead role, we went into the role with our previous compensation, which was not equivalent. It remained that way for some time well after we made multiple rejected requests to change it to parity,” she wrote. It remains unclear as to why Activision Blizzard rejected those requests.

She continued, “While the company informed me before I tendered my resignation that they were working on a new proposal, we were made equivalent offers only after I tendered that resignation.” (Emphasis Oneal’s)

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #blizzard #activision #activision-blizzard #bobby_kotick #jennifer_oneal #mike_ybarra #égalité #discrimination #harcèlement_sexuel #démission #égalité_salariale #ressources_humaines

Blizzard Co-Head Jennifer Oneal Resigned Due To Discrimination
▻https://kotaku.com/blizzards-first-woman-co-head-resigned-due-to-being-tok-1848066667

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The email revealed that she had been sexually harassed at the company earlier in her career. It also revealed that she was allegedly being paid less than Ybarra. “I have been tokenized, marginalized, and discriminated against,” the WSJ says she wrote.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #blizzard #activision #activision-blizzard #bobby_kotick #jennifer_oneal #mike_ybarra #égalité #discrimination #harcèlement_sexuel #démission #égalité_salariale #ressources_humaines

Activision Blizzard ends forced arbitration as CEO takes a massive pay cut - The Verge
▻https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/28/22750450/activision-blizzard-ends-forced-arbitration-bobby-kotick-paycut

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Activision Blizzard is also committing to expanding the number of women and nonbinary people it employs by 50 percent.

Si l’effort est louable et bienvenu, on peut se demander comment cet objectif peut être atteint. On peut en effet craindre que le nombre d’employés ne changera pas, ce qui implique des départs. En outre, on peut légitimement se demander comment l’entreprise démarchera de nouvelles recrues dans une industrie essentiellement composée d’hommes.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #activision_blizzard #bobby_kotick #harcèlement #harcèlement_sexuel #diversité #justice #procès

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta promise a metaverse that video game companies are already building - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/29/facebook-meta-rebrand-metaverse-video-games
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In addition to announcing Facebook’s rebranding to Meta on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg delivered a number of lofty promises about the metaverse and its features. It was billed as the company’s vision for the “future.” But much of what Zuckerberg promised about the metaverse exists today in video games.

Sur les métavers existants que Meta/Facebook souhaite rattraper et dépasser.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #metavers #facebook #meta #metavers #roblox #mark_zuckerberg #meta_horizon #vrchat #minecraft #fortnite #netflix #horizon_home #steam #marne_levine #ubisoft #jeu_vidéo_assassin_s_creed #jeu_vidéo_assassin_s_creed_origins #jeu_vidéo_assassin_s_creed_odyssey #vishal_shah #epic_games #unreal_engine #andrew_bosworth #presence_platform

« Le PIB annuel de Second Life s’élève à 650 millions de dollars »
▻https://www.journaldunet.com/media/publishers/1506137-anya-kanevsky-vp-product-de-second-life

Alors que Facebook affiche sa volonté de se transformer en metaverse, que devient Second Life, le premier de ces univers sur le Web ? Sa responsable produit revient sur ses échecs... et ses succès.

Linden Lab rappelle que l’entreprise opère un metaverse depuis dix-huit ans.

#jeux_vidéo #jeu_vidéo #metaverse #jeu_vidéo_second_life #interview #entrevue #linden_lab #facebook #epic_games

Fortnite maker believes Facebook and Google broke the Internet. This is Epic’s plan to fix it. - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/09/28/epic-fortnite-metaverse-facebook

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and other executives detail their plan for the metaverse and how it differs from Facebook’s vision

Sur la vision d’un hypothétique « metaverse », qui fusionnerait réseaux sociaux, jeux vidéo et web, et pour lequel Epic serait le mieux placé pour le mettre en place.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #epic_games #metaverse #facebook #tim_sweeney #mark_zuckerberg #google #apple #unreal_engine

Hong Kong Blockchain Game Maker Animoca Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation Amid NFT Mania
►https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2021/10/21/hong-kong-blockchain-game-maker-animoca-hits-22-billion-valuation-amid-nft-m

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Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based blockchain game developer and investor in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has reached a valuation of $2.2 billion after pulling in fresh capital from investors including France’s Ubisoft Entertainment and Sequoia China.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #hong_kong #valorisation #licorne #business #nft #ubisoft #sequoia_china #investissement #animoca_brands #cryptomonnaie #jeu_vidéo_the_sandbox #jeu_vidéo_minecraft #yat_siu #blockchain #dapper_labs #jeu_vidéo_cryptokitties #succès #record

Minecraft Topped 141 Million Monthly Active Users in August
▻https://www.vgchartz.com

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[Minecraft] had over 141 million monthly active users in August 2021, which is above the previous record of nearly 140 million monthly active users earlier this year.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #jeu_vidéo_minecraft #record #succès #business #mojang #microsoft

Hong Kong Blockchain Game Maker Animoca Hits $2.2 Billion Valuation Amid NFT Mania
►https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2021/10/21/hong-kong-blockchain-game-maker-animoca-hits-22-billion-valuation-amid-nft-m

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Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based blockchain game developer and investor in non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has reached a valuation of $2.2 billion after pulling in fresh capital from investors including France’s Ubisoft Entertainment and Sequoia China.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #hong_kong #valorisation #licorne #business #nft #ubisoft #sequoia_china #investissement #animoca_brands #cryptomonnaie #jeu_vidéo_the_sandbox #jeu_vidéo_minecraft #yat_siu #blockchain #dapper_labs #jeu_vidéo_cryptokitties

You can now play Steam PC games on an Xbox with Nvidia’s GeForce Now - The Verge
▻https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/25/22738056/microsoft-xbox-pc-games-steam-nvidia-geforce-now-streaming

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Nvidia is unlocking access to its GeForce Now streaming service on Microsoft Edge today, allowing Xbox owners to play Steam PC games on their consoles. GeForce Now includes access to more than 1,000 PC games, and Nvidia has finally started supporting the Edge browser that now ships on Xbox in a beta update to GeForce Now today.

Grâce à GeForce Now de Nvidia, il est possible de jouer aux jeux PC disponibles sur Steam sur la console de jeux vidéo Xbox au travers du navigateur Microsoft Edge.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #nvidia #geforce_now #nvidia_geforce_now #console #xbox #steam #pc #phil_spencer #xbox_Cloudcgaming #xCloud #microsoft_edge

Valve bans blockchain games and NFTs on Steam, Epic will try to make it work - The Verge
▻https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22728425/valve-steam-blockchain-nft-crypto-ban-games-age-of-rust

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Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won’t be allowed on Steam, according to a rule added to Valve’s “What you shouldn’t publish on Steam” list.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #blockchain #nft #valve #steam #bannissement #epic_games_store #spacepirate #tim_sweeney #jeu_vidéo_evolved_apes #apple #modération #censure #opensea #coinbase

Epic says it’s ‘open’ to blockchain games after Steam bans them - The Verge
▻https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22729050/epic-game-store-open-to-blockchain-cryptocurrency-nft-games

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Epic tells The Verge that it’s “open to games that support cryptocurrency or blockchain-based assets” on its game store, unlike its competitor Valve which has banned games that feature blockchain technology or NFTs from Steam. When we asked about allowing games that featured NFTs, Epic told us there’d be some limitations, but that it’s willing to work with “early developers” in the “new field.”

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #blockchain #epic_games #epic_games_store #steam #valve #tim_sweeny #cryptomonnaies #nft #innovation #finance #apple

Epic Games store to « welcome » games that use blockchain tech
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-games-store-to-welcome-games-that-use-blockchain-tech

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has announced that Epic Games will “welcome” games that use blockchain technology on the Epic Games Store. This follows Valve’s quiet decision that took effect earlier this morning to remove games that make use of blockchain-generated cryptocurrency.

Le P-DG d’Epic Games annonce prudemment l’autorisation a priori de jeux à base de chaînes de blocs au sein de sa boutique Epic Store.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #epic_games #epic_games_store #valve #steam #tim_sweeney #blockchain #édition #nft #cryptomonnaies

Tweet2Doom sur Twitter : « ROOT node for Doom Shareware 1.9 Read the instructions in the images below. » / Twitter
▻https://twitter.com/tweet2doom/status/1444355917160534024

Bot Twitter permettant de jouer à Doom sur Twitter. Pour y jouer, il suffit d’indiquer la séquence de touches pressées, le bot génère une partie de Doom en conséquence, générant une vidéo de la partie en guise de réponse.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #twitter #jeu_vidéo_doom #bot