business
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John Carmack Fires Back At Zenimax, Sues For $22 Million
17John Carmack, co-founder of id Software and one of the key designers involved in the Oculus Rift, is taking his former employer Zenimax to court for “more than $US22.5 ($30) million”, reports Dallas News.
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This Week In The Business: Poor Esportsmanship
Image via WorldStarHipHop “We would like to address an expectation of ours that was not met by our newest champion, Chris ‘Dubby’ McFarland.” That’s EA announcing that the Madden Bowl winner was fined $US3,000 ($3,914) for inappropriate posts he made on social media, even after the publisher warned him.
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This Week In The Business: A Tough Year For Hardware
“I’m tired of shooting people for no reason other than not getting killed.” — Martin Greip, art director of Eat, Create, Sleep, talking about games that lack meaning and how big budget games are “estranged from the real world.”
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This Week In The Business: The End Of Esports’ Innocence
“Apparel is an essential part of running an esports team. That side of the business has to work for the rest to work.” — Erik Londré, head of events and influencers for esports team Fnatic, which just opened its own pop-up retail store in Shoreditch to sell merchandise and host events.