Capitalism demands the pursuit of shareholders’ interests, which is usually but not always just money. So if 5% of their shareholders are an extension of the Chinese regime, that does make a difference.

Its not apathy.....gamers would rather downvote a Reddit thread or review bomb a game than ever lift a finger in the political world where the action is required.

Man, this leftier-than-thou stuff is really toxic. Here are some people saying that a) a guy did a good thing and he shouldn’t be punished for it, and b) the company that’s doing the punishing should suffer. Those are both good things, and I really don’t see how it’s helpful to attack them. They’re on your side! But…

You apathy and cynicism is inspiring.  You’re so cool and rad.  

Reminder that Tencent (the Chinese state-controlled video game/media giant) owns 5% of Activision.

Suddenly I’m very happy not to have to use Bnet to play Destiny 2.

RetrospecTuaL, the Reddit user quoted in the article, really said it all.

I also love how their official statement on their website has comments disabled. Was the only post I could find where they actually disabled it.

This is a comment that shows understanding of the fundamental differences between eastern and western languages.

The thing is, given the limited character count of a tweet, it might not always be possible to actually impart the same nuance as the native language version, even if you were able to completely accurately translate it. Two characters in Japanese could require 30 characters to accurately convey in English. You could,…

Honestly I think this is just internet people being overly salty and sensitive, as usual.

He wanted more time though.  Konami refused to give it to him.

As a response to Konami taking his name off the marketing materials. I thought it was a splendid, albeit petty, final middle finger to Konami.

MGSV said it at the start of every mission.  So around 50 times.

Didnt all the MGS games say "A Hideo Kojima game" or a variation of it in their opening credits? People have been commenting about that poster over the weekend, but it really seems like par for the course.

I’d honestly love to see an ex-pilot character with a wall run ability.

I look forward to the reveal where they announce the Hero that lets us all know that Titanfall 3 is in development.

Not going to lie, felt a bit uncomfortable during the Hulk sequence when he smashes two guys together who are begging “no, no, no no no no!” and when he ragdoll flopped a dude into a crater on the ground.

I think it’s almost an uncanny valley thing. Most of them look kind of like their MCU counterparts(especially Banner) while also remaining legally distinct since they didn’t get likeness rights. It’s just enough to be jarring. After more than a decade of Marvel movies we know what those characters are supposed to look…

I have learned to harness the very tethers that bind us.