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Turkish government proposes legislation that would throttle Steam and other gaming platforms into unusability if they don't comply with demands for company data and content removal
News Companies that fail to deliver their information within five days would face escalating fines and up to 90% bandwidth restriction.
Adobe changes the status of Adobe Animate to 'maintenance mode' after previously announcing its discontinuation (updated)
news Professional animators were fuming over the announcement that the Flash animation software would no longer be accessible; Adobe has walked it back.
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney voices support for $900 million Steam lawsuit: 'Valve is the only major store still holding onto the payments tie and 30% junk fee'
news Sweeney says Valve's DLC purchase requirements are like "a car dealership demanding 30% of gas purchases."
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
news The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
Nearly one-third of non-US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the country because of immigration and gender identity policies
news GDC's 2026 State of the Game Industry survey says that number jumps to nearly half among LGBTQ+ devs.
One third of US games industry workers were laid off in the last 2 years, GDC survey says
News Almost half of laid-off respondents say they've been unable to find new work.
The Linux community now has a succession plan for when Linus Torvalds checks out, after an apparently uplifting discussion about 'our eventual march toward death'
News "In the absence of an agreed-upon process, the community would find itself playing Calvinball at an awkward time."
The call goes out for a 'massive international strike' at Ubisoft: 'We are treated like children who need to be supervised, while our management gets away with lies and breaking the law'
news Five separate unions in France are ratcheting up the pressure as Ubisoft looks to close studios and cut workers.
