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Vampire Survivors' Poncle is expanding into Japan

16h ago·1 min read·27 words

PUBG creator announces studio "restructure," stating: "I have reached the limits of how far I can fund this journey"

18h ago·1 min read·53 words

"Nobody's making games for the retired people" – The growing yet underserved market for grey gamers

22h ago·1 min read·110 words

Cyberpunk 2077 and Blue Prince among winners of 2026 Apple Design Awards

23h ago·1 min read·34 words

ESA: 67% of Americans played video games for more than an hour in 2025

1d ago·1 min read·38 words

Sony's summer State of Play showcase was big on God of War, Wolverine, gore and GTA-dodging release dates

1d ago·1 min read·58 words

"The problem with online toxicity, that's something that we can solve today" – The AI system that promises to detect signs of grooming

1d ago·1 min read·29 words

PlayStation first-party sales see modest rebound after half-decade decline

1d ago·1 min read·34 words

Nordic Game attendance rises by 6% in 2026

2d ago·1 min read·27 words

European mobile games sector generates €7.53bn globally in 2025

2d ago·1 min read·32 words

Analyst: Call of Duty's withdrawal from last-gen consoles means it's selling into the smallest install base since 2017

2d ago·1 min read·90 words

New Zealand games sector hits $1bn revenue two years earlier than anticipated

2d ago·1 min read·33 words

The California State Assembly passes AB 1921, Stop Killing Games' Protect Our Games Act

2d ago·1 min read·37 words

Tekken 8 director Kohei Ikeda leaves Bandai Namco just months after Katsuhiro Harada's exit

2d ago·1 min read·29 words

"These sports games that were loved and revered... just went away" – How a group of ex-EA devs are launching a new NBA game

2d ago·1 min read·50 words

Atari acquires Crossy Road developer Hipster Whale

2d ago·1 min read·30 words

Rockstar vs. the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain: a timeline of events so far

3d ago·1 min read·40 words

Rockstar employees form union amid ongoing legal claims

3d ago·1 min read·34 words

CD Projekt begins "most intensive phase" of Witcher 4, expands team to over 500 devs

3d ago·1 min read·36 words

Fable delayed to February 2027

3d ago·1 min read·16 words

Nordic Game 2026 was full of smiles, but they hid a very tough reality | Opinion

5d ago·1 min read·126 words

Fandom and GameSpot owner set to buy Balatro publisher Playstack

5d ago·1 min read·56 words

The RAMageddon hits home | Opinion

5d ago·1 min read·99 words

TIGA appoints Elaine Green as chair

5d ago·1 min read·19 words

NetEase reports 6.9% increase in games revenue to $3.7bn during Q1

5d ago·1 min read·44 words

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is 2026's top new release by revenue to date | Newzoo charts

6d ago·1 min read·51 words

Witcher 3 surpasses 65m lifetime sales as CD Projekt announces third expansion

6d ago·1 min read·46 words

Xbox CEO says it's already seeing positive impacts following Game Pass price cuts

6d ago·1 min read·32 words

Arc Raiders wins Nordic Game of the Year at the Nordic Game Awards

6d ago·1 min read·43 words

FIFA announces new "Digital Football" vision, an ecosystem of games from multiple publishers and developers

6d ago·1 min read·51 words

BitSummit 2026 showed Japanese indies pursuing a new multimedia model, backed by major entertainment firms | Opinion

6d ago·1 min read·99 words

GDC Trends Report 2026: As use of generative AI rises, devs face "infrastructure problem"

May 28·1 min read·37 words

Fortnite's global iOS return reportedly reaches 3.4m downloads, marking an eight-year high

May 28·1 min read·31 words

Valve raises Steam Deck OLED prices by over 40%

May 28·1 min read·25 words

Wizards of the Coast writes to staff to explain "how union representation works" as studio prepares to vote to unionize

May 27·1 min read·62 words

Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 6 in new Rocket League teaser

May 27·1 min read·29 words

Leading charity calls for "consistent, enforceable standards" to make games accessible for visually impaired players

May 27·1 min read·41 words

"It has done something useful for the world": how Ubisoft uses its games to create content for museums and TV

May 27·1 min read·40 words

New Remedy CEO discusses prioritising own IP and learning from its mistakes

May 27·1 min read·39 words

Game Maker's Sketchbook announces selections for 2026 showcase

May 27·1 min read·23 words

Destruction AllStars delisted from PS Store, servers to shutdown in November 2026

May 27·1 min read·35 words

BitSummit 2026 attendance breaks records, increases 17% to 68,208

May 26·1 min read·32 words

Funding sources for UK studios in 2026: what's on offer, and the requirements developers need to be aware of

May 26·1 min read·42 words

HoYoverse to invest up to $14.6bn in AI for in-house tools

May 26·1 min read·32 words

Nintendo reportedly planning 20% production increase for Switch 2

May 26·1 min read·44 words

Microsoft agrees to pay $250m to settle lawsuit over Activision Blizzard deal

May 26·1 min read·45 words

The future of European publishing is diversity, not concentration | Opinion

May 22·1 min read·88 words

"People want MMOs, and the sales of New World proved it" – Cryptic Studios head Jack Emmert on why MMOs are ripe for reinvention

May 22·1 min read·55 words

Zelnick: Take-Two still believes its online shooter Project Ethos can be a "massive hit" despite high-profile failures

May 22·1 min read·61 words

NBA 2K, Zynga and GTA drove Take-Two net bookings up 19% for 2026 fiscal year

May 22·1 min read·40 words

Report: Bungie planning "significant" layoffs as Destiny 2 development ends

May 22·1 min read·33 words

Room 8 Group appoints Juanita Draude as CEO

May 21·1 min read·21 words

The big Strauss Zelnick interview: GTA, AI, Roblox and building the biggest entertainment company in the world

May 21·1 min read·140 words

Fortyseven Communications to open UK branch; sister agency Indigo Pearl joins the fold

May 21·1 min read·33 words

Former Housemarque game director launches Cosmic Division

May 21·1 min read·22 words

"Don't build a studio that requires a massive hit to survive" – Veteran BioWare devs form Studio Reset

May 21·1 min read·40 words

Quantic Dream cancels first multiplayer title Spellcasters Chronicles

May 21·1 min read·21 words

Ubisoft's full FY26 financial report shows a sharp decline in revenue and net bookings

May 20·1 min read·55 words

Xbox announces hire of veteran analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and AI and Amazon veteran as CTO

May 20·1 min read·89 words

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yōtei lead Develop:Star Awards 2026

May 20·1 min read·31 words

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream tops April US sales | US Monthly Charts

May 20·1 min read·37 words

Former Embracer CEO says Fellowship Entertainment spin-off is the "most effective long-term solution"

May 20·1 min read·37 words

Pokémon Go 2 isn't on the cards, but Niantic has big plans under new owner Scopely

May 20·1 min read·26 words

Embracer Group announces plans to spin-off Fellowship Entertainment

May 20·1 min read·35 words

Wizards of the Coast ends partnership with Giant Skull

May 20·1 min read·38 words

Valve overhauls tag system on Steam to improve game discoverability

May 19·1 min read·32 words

Fortnite returns to iOS worldwide, excluding Australia, as Epic prepares for "final battle" over App Store fees

May 19·1 min read·44 words

How Fireshine Games backed a winner with Far Far West

May 19·1 min read·66 words

Far Far West publisher says "We don't work with partners that are relying on generative AI"

May 19·1 min read·40 words

Gamecity Hamburg awards up to €80,000 to five games in latest Prototype Funding Round

May 19·1 min read·38 words

Original Doom soundtrack to be inducted into US National Recording Registry

May 19·1 min read·26 words

Sony announces PlayStation Plus price rises "due to ongoing market conditions"

May 18·1 min read·25 words

Sony won't be bringing any more single-player games to PC, says PlayStation Studios boss

May 18·1 min read·56 words

Meet Seed, the planet-sized society simulator

May 18·1 min read·34 words

"Hydra is polished and battle-tested" – Why Saber Interactive is opening up its live-ops tool all developers

May 18·1 min read·33 words

Nex Playground available for pre-order in UK and Ireland at £269

May 18·1 min read·25 words

The hangover kicks in after a decade of games-as-a-service obsession | Opinion

May 15·1 min read·72 words

Unity reveals winners for its 2026 Humanity Grant

May 15·1 min read·35 words

Advocating for Godot: A report from A Maze Berlin | Opinion

May 15·1 min read·39 words

Nexon Q1 net income rises 118% to $360.7m

May 15·1 min read·31 words

Square Enix FY26 operating income surges 34.9% despite net sales decline

May 15·1 min read·46 words

Mobile gaming has a new, and growing, measurement problem | Opinion

May 14·1 min read·76 words

Amazon reportedly cancels Lord of the Rings MMO

May 14·1 min read·27 words

BFI announces recipients of IBD awards, launches new funding stream for UK devs

May 14·1 min read·40 words

Nintendo clarifies hardware price rises were due to sustained component and market costs

May 14·1 min read·38 words

UK games industry fundamentally misunderstood, new report calls for unified research framework

May 14·1 min read·35 words

MercurySteam "initiates a workforce adjustment process"

May 13·1 min read·6 words

Night Street Games cuts jobs after Last Flag fails to "achieve the financial success we anticipated"

May 13·1 min read·16 words

Warner Bros. Discovery once again glosses over gaming business in Q1 2026 financials

May 13·1 min read·13 words

"The old school publishing model is dead" – Silver Lining Interactive joins the new wave of pick and mix publishers

May 13·1 min read·20 words

Bit Bot scales leadership team with AAA veteran Frank O'Connor as creative director

May 13·1 min read·13 words

Sensor Tower acquires AppMagic

May 13·1 min read·4 words

Former NetEase exec Simon Zhu secures $100m to launch GreaterThan Group

May 13·1 min read·11 words

Capcom secures ninth consecutive year of profit boosted by Resident Evil Requiem

May 13·1 min read·12 words

Indika dev Odd Meter raises $5m to fund next project

May 13·1 min read·10 words

SNK announces new studio lead by Tekken veteran Katsuhiro Harada

May 12·1 min read·10 words

Crimson Desert increases Pearl Abyss Q1 earnings more than fivefold to $220.6m

May 12·1 min read·12 words

Discord Nitro subscribers to receive "starter edition" of Xbox Game Pass through new partnership

May 12·1 min read·14 words

Jobs roundup: May 2026 | Two Point Studios appoints Jo Koehler as COO

May 12·1 min read·13 words

Sega reports $31.6m net loss during FY26, cancels 'Super Game' project amid strategic pivot

May 12·1 min read·14 words

Stellar Blade studio Shift Up breaks from publishing partner Sony for "high-quality self-publishing"

May 11·1 min read·13 words

Nintendo share value falls as president admits increased prices will "raise the barrier to purchase"

May 11·1 min read·15 words

Sony maps out how first-party PlayStation studios are utilising AI tools during development

May 11·1 min read·13 words

Why the founder of Kongregate believes that Roblox is its successor

May 11·1 min read·11 words

Industry veteran Arjan Brussee announces plans to build European-based games engine

May 11·1 min read·11 words

Double Fine Productions is the latest Microsoft subsidiary to unionise

May 11·1 min read·10 words

Industry veteran and YouTube musician launch new indie studio, Stupendium Softworks

May 11·1 min read·11 words

Atari acquires rights to first five Wizardry RPGs

May 11·1 min read·8 words

Indie games have built a thriving economy in territory traditional publishers abandoned or ignored | Opinion

May 8·1 min read·16 words

PlayStation records $765m impairment loss from Bungie as operating income falls 41.6% in Q4

May 8·1 min read·14 words

"I'm not going to fight the Chinese Communist Party" – Why Eve Online firm CCP Games rebranded to Fenris Creations

May 8·1 min read·20 words

Nintendo FY sales soar 98.6% to $14.6bn following launch of Switch 2

May 8·1 min read·12 words

Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices, revises console costs in Japan, US, Canada, and Europe

May 8·1 min read·14 words

2K lays off staff working on free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, while hinting at "new direction and focus"

May 7·1 min read·17 words

"These guys are really nice" – Why the developer of PlateUp has joined forces with Yogscast Games

May 7·1 min read·17 words

Unity Q1 revenue rises 17%, posts $347m loss following IronSource closure

May 7·1 min read·11 words

CCP Games rebrands as Fenris Creations following sale from Pearl Abyss

May 7·1 min read·11 words

Unity launches suite of AI tools to help creators accelerate game development

May 7·1 min read·12 words

Founders of Gearbox Quebec announce new studio to "create original, premium games on our own terms"

May 7·1 min read·16 words

Supercell acquires Metacore to add Merge Mansion to its "live games portfolio"

May 6·1 min read·12 words

EA closes FY26 with "record" performance thanks to Battlefield 6 and Apex Legends

May 6·1 min read·13 words

Griffin Gaming Partners launches $100m indie dev fund, led by Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender

May 6·1 min read·15 words

Rebellion has its fingers in all the pies

May 6·1 min read·8 words

Gamescom Latam attendance up by 17.5% in 2026

May 6·1 min read·8 words

Xbox announces leadership changes as it stops development of Gaming Copilot for console

May 6·1 min read·13 words

Build a Rocket Boy reportedly hit with more layoffs

May 6·1 min read·9 words

IGN Entertainment releases internal data as public report, developed by Kantar and UC Berkeley

May 5·1 min read·14 words

IGN Entertainment releases internal data as public report, developed by Kantar and UC Berkeley

May 5·1 min read·14 words

"It's a totally crazy market" – The seismic impact of the AI boom on video game hardware

May 5·1 min read·17 words

Pearl Abyss sells CCP back to its CEO for less than half what it paid, plus $20 million in crypto

May 5·1 min read·20 words

Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro miss deadline to voluntarily recognise workers' union

May 5·1 min read·13 words

Epic and Disney launch largest IP toolset to date, allowing creators to build Star Wars games in Fortnite

May 5·1 min read·18 words

Sony expected to pay US customers $7.8m in PlayStation Store settlement

May 5·1 min read·11 words

Remedy reports "stable" Q1 performance despite decreases in revenue and operating profit

May 5·1 min read·12 words

Valve’s hardware graduates from side-quest to full-blown ambition

May 4·1 min read·8 words

Podcast: iicon, Gamescom Latam, and Roblox financials

May 1·1 min read·7 words

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at the BIG Festival Awards at Gamescom Latam

May 1·1 min read·15 words

Gamescom Latam shows Brazil's dev scene has huge potential, but it's waiting for a spark | Opinion

May 1·1 min read·17 words

Roblox announces AI-driven upscaler, which it claims will convert Roblox titles to photorealistic graphics

May 1·1 min read·14 words

ESA's iicon was a promising start, but needs more commitment and more candour | Opinion

May 1·1 min read·15 words

Union claims Nacon's decision to shutter Spiders was a "premeditated and deliberate choice"

May 1·1 min read·13 words

Krafton Q1 revenue up 56.9% to $931m, driven by mobile content

May 1·1 min read·11 words

Roblox reports strong Q1 growth, revises full-year forecast due to new safety measures

May 1·1 min read·13 words

Epic Games Store launches on iPhone in Japan

May 1·1 min read·8 words

Sony confirms DRM policy on PS4 and PS5 is a "one-time check"

Apr 30·1 min read·12 words

Inkle's Jon Ingold on why self-publishing is where it's at

Apr 30·1 min read·10 words

Ustwo Games to consider hiring more contractors to reduce development costs

Apr 30·1 min read·11 words

Blue Prince and The Darkest Files win top prizes at German Computer Game Awards 2026

Apr 30·1 min read·15 words

Xbox hardware revenue drops 33% year-on-year during Q3

Apr 30·1 min read·8 words

Starbreeze to capitalize on Roblox success with second game

Apr 29·1 min read·9 words

Digital Bros. acquires Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP for $4.6m

Apr 29·1 min read·9 words

Greedfall developer Spiders set to close

Apr 29·1 min read·6 words

Housemarque to host session at Nordic Game 2026

Apr 29·1 min read·8 words

How Evil Empire makes one of the most effective indie showcase events – while juggling Castlevania, live ops, and building its own IP

Apr 29·1 min read·23 words

TIGA: 29% of UK games studios continue to face skill shortages

Apr 29·1 min read·11 words

Amazon pilots playable game demos on Twitch

Apr 29·1 min read·7 words

"There was that period in time, pre-Sonic, where it was, 'You're so lucky that Hollywood is even looking at you'"

Apr 28·1 min read·20 words

Magic: The Gathering Arena devs announce plans to unionise

Apr 28·1 min read·9 words

Capcom raises FY25 outlook following boost from Resident Evil: Requiem

Apr 28·1 min read·10 words

Landfall's Rebecca Lautner announced as speaker at Game Republic New Horizons 2026

Apr 28·1 min read·12 words

Into Games' IG50 program to support new devs from working-class backgrounds opens again next month

Apr 27·1 min read·15 words

Xbox boss warns "memory costs will impact pricing, will impact availability" when it comes to Project Helix

Apr 27·1 min read·17 words

Epic Games commits to "immediate self-service refunds" for D4vd cosmetics after murder charge, but not to removing them entirely

Apr 27·1 min read·19 words

Why publishers and investors are increasingly backing user-generated games over conventional ones

Apr 27·1 min read·12 words

Call of Duty was never the right fit for Game Pass | Opinion

Apr 27·1 min read·13 words

Benoit Richer, Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe game director, leaves Ubisoft

Apr 27·1 min read·10 words

Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly acquires Cooldown Games

Apr 27·1 min read·8 words

"More charities than ever are looking at games": Meet Cause+Select, the platform linking the games industry to top charities

Apr 26·1 min read·19 words

Podcast: Call of Duty, Game Pass, and the Mario movie

Apr 24·1 min read·10 words

Tools to tell if your game is broken

Apr 24·1 min read·8 words

Microsoft CEO sees Xbox as "critical audience and category" that's "really important to the company’s future" says Asha Sharma

Apr 24·1 min read·19 words

Atari acquires emulation studio Implicit Conversions

Apr 24·1 min read·6 words

Microsoft reportedly offers voluntary retirement program for 7% of US workforce

Apr 24·1 min read·11 words

Why Xbox took Call of Duty out of Game Pass

Apr 24·1 min read·10 words

Microsoft Gaming reverts to Xbox branding as part of new mission statement

Apr 24·1 min read·12 words

Meta reportedly cuts 10% of workforce affecting 8,000 employees

Apr 24·1 min read·9 words

Warner Bros. shareholders "overwhelmingly" back Paramount's $111bn acquisition

Apr 24·1 min read·8 words

German game industry employment drops 3%, marking second year of decline

Apr 23·1 min read·11 words

How have things been going at Rovio since it was bought by Sega?

Apr 23·1 min read·13 words

Gamescom Dev 2026 announces first speakers and sessions

Apr 23·1 min read·8 words

The Ivors Academy launches Ivors Composer Awards, video game music to be among categories

Apr 23·1 min read·14 words

Super Mario Galaxy Movie surpasses $755m globally, becomes highest-grossing film of 2026

Apr 23·1 min read·12 words

Gamers sue Nintendo over tariff refunds

Apr 22·1 min read·6 words

Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour Interactive confirms redundancies

Apr 22·1 min read·8 words

US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following strong Switch 2 performance | US Monthly Charts

Apr 22·1 min read·17 words

GamesIndustry.biz will once again head to Brazil to report on Gamescom Latam

Apr 22·1 min read·12 words

Ubisoft reportedly cancels life-simulator project Alterra

Apr 22·1 min read·6 words

"Not surprising at all" – analysts see Xbox Game Pass price cut as inevitable shift that will drive subscription growth in 2026

Apr 22·1 min read·22 words

Koei Tecmo revises FY26 results following success of Pokémon Pokopia and Nioh 3

Apr 22·1 min read·13 words

Firstpoint VC launches with €50m fund to invest in AI-driven games and entertainment startups

Apr 22·1 min read·14 words

Microsoft cuts Game Pass pricing and removes Call of Duty as day-one launch title in response to "a lot of feedback"

Apr 21·1 min read·21 words

"This is not a sustainable business model" – Why Google Cloud's Jack Buser thinks AI can save the games industry

Apr 21·1 min read·20 words

Union takes legal action against Build a Rocket Boy over alleged data privacy violations

Apr 21·1 min read·14 words

Sanrio establishes in-house gaming brand Sanrio Games

Apr 21·1 min read·7 words

Toei Company launches publishing label Toei Games

Apr 21·1 min read·7 words

Sony begins rolling out age verification for PlayStation in UK and Ireland

Apr 21·1 min read·12 words

BAFTA calls last-minute decision to pull indie trailer from 2026 BAFTA Games Awards "a compliance decision"

Apr 20·1 min read·16 words

Kotaku hires Rebekah Valentine as Senior Reporter as site expands under new ownership

Apr 20·1 min read·13 words

Nordic Game 2026 announces speakers for Masterclass Friday programme

Apr 20·1 min read·9 words

GamesIndustry.biz to host The Games Investment Panel at MCM Comic Con's Indie Game Summit

Apr 20·1 min read·14 words

Iron Galaxy Studios announces further layoffs, unknown number of staff affected

Apr 20·1 min read·11 words

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Dispatch lead at BAFTA Awards 2026

Apr 20·1 min read·11 words

Podcast: Roblox, Hollywood, and London Games Week

Apr 17·1 min read·7 words

Weak job security risks an industry brain drain | Opinion

Apr 17·1 min read·10 words

"You can't buy a BAFTA." Why commercial influence is a red line for the BAFTA Games Awards

Apr 17·1 min read·17 words

Roblox releases agentic AI tools for creators, promising ability to "build a game with a single prompt"

Apr 17·1 min read·17 words

Alternative app store Aptoide files antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleges "anticompetitive chokehold"

Apr 17·1 min read·12 words

Games and movies are rushing to jump into bed while they're still getting to know each other | Opinion

Apr 16·1 min read·19 words

44% of games industry professionals have considered leaving the industry as a result of redundancies

Apr 16·1 min read·15 words

Roblox to pay over $12m to state of Nevada in child safety settlement

Apr 16·1 min read·13 words

Jagex to expand RuneScape: Dragonwilds into Asia-Pacific region

Apr 16·1 min read·8 words

Xbox CCO details unified approach for next-gen Project Helix console

Apr 16·1 min read·10 words

PC rental company accused of "scamming" customers settles class-action lawsuit for $3.4m

Apr 15·1 min read·12 words

PS5 sales spike as players raced to beat global price rises

Apr 15·1 min read·11 words

"Be creative 99% of the time" – Glen Schofield on how creativity can help fix AAA industry woes

Apr 15·1 min read·18 words

Jobs Roundup: April 2026 | CodeDev appoints Andy Norman as COO

Apr 15·1 min read·11 words

Infinity Nikki and Love and Deepspace dev: "AI lacks the soul to replace human creators"

Apr 15·1 min read·15 words

Newzoo: More than half of PC revenue comes from games outside the Top 20

Apr 15·1 min read·14 words

How China came to dominate mobile games – and how Western companies can compete | Opinion

Apr 14·1 min read·16 words

UK government begins rollout of £30m Games Growth Package

Apr 14·1 min read·9 words

TIGA: PC and console continue to drive UK games development

Apr 14·1 min read·10 words

Bloober Team expands leadership, as studio steps up to seven horror titles in active development

Apr 14·1 min read·15 words

Xbox boss reportedly says Game Pass "has become too expensive for players"

Apr 14·1 min read·12 words

ESA's iicon conference expands speaker lineup, with EA's Andrew Wilson joining CEOs of Ubisoft, Take Two, Riot, Savvy Games and more

Apr 13·1 min read·21 words

Roblox launches new age-based accounts and expanded parental controls "to build age-appropriate experiences for all"

Apr 13·1 min read·15 words

Roblox unveils new subscription service Roblox Plus

Apr 13·1 min read·7 words

Epic Games is working on an Arc Raiders-like Disney extraction shooter slated to release by the end of the year

Apr 13·1 min read·20 words

Follow a game's rules, not its story: Exit 8 director Genki Kawamura on the secret to a successful movie adaptation

Apr 13·1 min read·20 words

Sara Veal's framework for a more sustainable and supportive games industry

Apr 13·1 min read·11 words

Amazon Luna to phase out support for third-party subscriptions and game stores

Apr 13·1 min read·12 words

UKIE: UK games market reaches £8.7bn in 2025

Apr 13·1 min read·8 words

Rockstar Games affected by data breach, "limited amount of non-material information" accessed

Apr 13·1 min read·12 words

Liquid Swords CEO Christofer Sundberg announced as speaker at Nordic Game 2026

Apr 13·1 min read·12 words

Devs aren't "lazy" and game updates aren't guaranteed | Opinion

Apr 10·1 min read·10 words

Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation finds new directors

Apr 10·1 min read·8 words

Google removes Doki Doki Literature Club from Play Store

Apr 10·1 min read·9 words

The First Berserker: Khazan studio Neople announces restructure of dev teams

Apr 10·1 min read·11 words

Off the Grid maker and Game Informer owner Gunzilla Games accused of missing staff salary payments

Apr 9·1 min read·16 words

Five studios form developer-led holding Nova Assembly

Apr 9·1 min read·7 words

Games London reveals Ensemble 2026 cohort

Apr 9·1 min read·6 words

Rockfish Games lands €8m grant as Germany boosts game industry support

Apr 9·1 min read·11 words

Papers, Please, Return of the Obra Dinn dev Lucas Pope won't talk about current game in case it "gets slurped up by AI"

Apr 8·1 min read·23 words

Evil Landfall is the latest publishing label from an indie developer

Apr 8·1 min read·11 words

BAFTA to honour Supercell CEO with fellowship

Apr 8·1 min read·7 words

Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes highest grossing debut of 2026 in the US

Apr 8·1 min read·13 words

New matchmaking platform Sail.game launches to combat "discovery fatigue" between developers and publishers

Apr 8·1 min read·13 words

Netflix launches dedicated app for kids games

Apr 8·1 min read·7 words

Sony to acquire AI and computer vision company Cinemersive Labs

Apr 7·1 min read·10 words

The rise, fall, and resurgence of Australian game development

Apr 7·1 min read·9 words

IGN Entertainment and Dentsu Gaming announce Women in Gaming UK event

Apr 7·1 min read·11 words

Raven Software co-founder Brian Raffel retires

Apr 7·1 min read·6 words

Take-Two Interactive reportedly lays off AI team

Apr 7·1 min read·7 words

Schrödinger's Switch 2: Is it failing or soaring? | Opinion

Apr 3·1 min read·10 words

Reddit posts can be more important than data, and other lessons from maintaining Candy Crush as a forever game

Apr 3·1 min read·19 words

A Game Pass for indie games: meet Indie Pass, a $6.99-a-month subscription launching with 70 titles

Apr 2·1 min read·16 words

Mobile-focused studio Coffee Stain Malmö shuts down

Apr 2·1 min read·7 words

MechWarrior dev Piranha Games reportedly affected by redundancies

Apr 2·1 min read·8 words

US Patent Office rejects Nintendo's 'summon subcharacter and let it fight' patent

Apr 2·1 min read·12 words

"There’s always work to be done": Limit Break's mentorship program for under-represented groups returns for 2026

Apr 2·1 min read·16 words

Tickets go on sale for consumer event IGN Live 2026, returning to LA on 6 June

Apr 1·1 min read·16 words

VR platform Rec Room to shut down in June 2026

Apr 1·1 min read·10 words

Ustwo Games to keynote Develop:Brighton 2026

Apr 1·1 min read·6 words

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio

Apr 1·1 min read·10 words

"We aren't just still going, we are growing." How The Division 2 has attracted more players than ever seven years on from release

Apr 1·1 min read·23 words

Build a Rocket Boy CEO responds to end of publishing agreement with IOI Partners

Apr 1·1 min read·14 words

ProbablyMonsters is betting on an Xbox 360-esque bonanza of single-player AA kookiness

Mar 31·1 min read·12 words

VR developer Polyarc Games facing layoffs, unspecified number of employees affected

Mar 31·1 min read·11 words

Eidos-Montréal announces 124 job cuts; studio head David Anfossi departs after 19 years at developer

Mar 31·1 min read·15 words

Ken Kutaragi announced as first keynote speaker at Game Republic New Horizons 2026

Mar 31·1 min read·13 words

Choices developer Pixelberry Studios lays off staff

Mar 30·1 min read·7 words

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 studio allegedly fires "obsolete" translator to replace them with AI

Mar 30·1 min read·14 words

Raiding like it's 1999: Why Daybreak thinks new players will try a 27-year-old MMO

Mar 30·1 min read·14 words

Krafton shutters free-to-play PUBG spin-off after two months, in line with policy of using Early Access to "quickly validate a game’s potential"

Mar 30·1 min read·22 words

The list of people hit by recent Epic layoffs has been turned into a dedicated portal for recruiters

Mar 30·1 min read·18 words

Unity sees growth in engine revenue, shuts down IronSource ad network in favour of Vector AI user-acquisition platform

Mar 30·1 min read·18 words

It turns out Fortnite isn't the forever game after all | Opinion

Mar 27·1 min read·12 words

Sony announces global price rises for PS5 consoles from April 2, 2026

Mar 27·1 min read·12 words

"We were there in the 80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier." John and Brenda Romero reflect on the industry crisis

Mar 27·1 min read·23 words

Meta reportedly lays off around 700 workers, Reality Labs division affected

Mar 27·1 min read·11 words

German games market rose 4% in 2025 to €9.4bn, driven by hardware sales

Mar 27·1 min read·13 words

Why Microsoft's PC-focused Project Helix could offer a level playing field for indies | Opinion

Mar 26·1 min read·15 words

Ziff Davis announces new IGN France partnership, as part of international licencing expansion

Mar 26·1 min read·13 words

Meta Quest usage reaches "all-time high" in 2025 despite studio closures and layoffs

Mar 26·1 min read·13 words

Nintendo Switch 2 digital games to cost less than physical versions in US

Mar 26·1 min read·13 words

Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss's share prices stabilize as sales top 3 million

Mar 25·1 min read·13 words

"Heavyweights ruined the industry... now we live on the indies" Nordic Game embraces smaller devs and games with soul

Mar 25·1 min read·19 words

Newly revealed Nordic Game speaker line-up to include Planet of Lana devs

Mar 25·1 min read·12 words

Reforged Studios acquires Super Meat Boy 3D publisher Headup Games

Mar 25·1 min read·10 words

"They wouldn't look at any game that was less than £50 million" Why Tencent's all-in strategy didn't suit Bulkhead

Mar 25·1 min read·19 words

Team17 parent company Everplay reports 10% profit increase in 2025

Mar 25·1 min read·10 words

Four Nacon subsidiaries file for insolvency

Mar 25·1 min read·6 words

Sony closes first-party studio Dark Outlaw Games

Mar 25·1 min read·7 words

Starbreeze's Payday-focused future starts with a co-developed VR game

Mar 24·1 min read·9 words

Epic Games lays off over 1,000 employees following "downturn in Fortnite engagement"

Mar 24·1 min read·12 words

Dead by Daylight maker Behaviour has bought the studio behind 7 Days to Die to create "a portfolio of horror IP"

Mar 24·1 min read·21 words

TIGA: UK games dev sector faces "most severe downturn on record"

Mar 24·1 min read·11 words

Capcom says it "will not implement any generative AI assets" into its games

Mar 24·1 min read·13 words

Nintendo reportedly adjusting Switch 2 production after weak holiday sales

Mar 24·1 min read·10 words

Jest Games Fund wants to support studios building games "for the RCS messaging ecosystem"

Mar 23·1 min read·14 words

Mojang partners with Merlin Entertainments for the world's first Minecraft theme park, Minecraft World

Mar 23·1 min read·14 words

Savvy Games acquires Mobile Legends developer Moonton for $6 billion

Mar 23·1 min read·10 words

Roblox insists plans to start charging creators for brand integrations "is not about revenue at all"

Mar 23·1 min read·16 words

Pearl Abyss to conduct "comprehensive audit" after AI-generated art found in Crimson Desert

Mar 23·1 min read·13 words

Nintendo reportedly planning revised Switch 2 model with replaceable battery in EU

Mar 23·1 min read·12 words

Resident Evil Requiem tops US February charts, launch sales 60% higher than Village | US Monthly Charts

Mar 23·1 min read·17 words

The DLSS 5 backlash is not going away | Opinion

Mar 20·1 min read·10 words

This mobile game has been made using AI for a year now – and no one noticed

Mar 20·1 min read·17 words

Unknown Worlds co-founders' lawyers accuse Krafton of "intentionally leaking" Subnautica 2 release date

Mar 20·1 min read·13 words

ESRB will not adopt PEGI age-rating changes in the US as it "could be confusing"

Mar 20·1 min read·15 words

Crimson Desert | Critical Consensus

Mar 20·1 min read·5 words

"We are looking to add companies that bring something new" – Head of Raw Fury and Combined Effect explains his plans

Mar 20·1 min read·21 words

The Big Debate: What role should AI have in video game narrative?

Mar 20·1 min read·12 words

CD Projekt sales rise 9% in 2025, driven by Cyberpunk franchise

Mar 20·1 min read·11 words

Nearly nine in ten games industry workers believe GenAI use should be disclosed on storefronts

Mar 19·1 min read·15 words

Hades 2 and Date Everything lead Gayming Awards 2026 nominations

Mar 19·1 min read·10 words

Ubisoft announces layoffs and the cease of game development at Red Storm Entertainment

Mar 19·1 min read·13 words

Balatro publisher Playstack boasts "hit ratio" of over 85%

Mar 19·1 min read·9 words

Remedy rolls out last FBC: Firebreak content update, affirms the game will be online "for years to come"

Mar 19·1 min read·18 words

Respawn, PlayStation Studios and EA Full Circle among first speakers for Develop:Brighton 2026

Mar 19·1 min read·13 words

Brand discoverability in the AI age: AIs are no longer a curiosity, but a key way players learn about games

Mar 19·1 min read·20 words

Take-Two boss Zelnick says it would be "unfair" to put ads in premium games

Mar 19·1 min read·14 words

Meta discontinues Horizon Worlds VR as it focuses on mobile

Mar 19·1 min read·10 words

Crystal Dynamics reduces workforce by 20 roles

Mar 19·1 min read·7 words

Sony appears to be auto-refunding Highguard players their microtransaction payments

Mar 18·1 min read·10 words

"The player base never disappeared; they just didn't have anything to play" – Echo Foundry on reviving the rhythm game genre

Mar 18·1 min read·21 words

"You cannot think of game development without thinking about AI" – Ex-NCSoft president Songyee Yoon on investing in the AI future

Mar 18·1 min read·21 words

Nvidia CEO says critics are "completely wrong" about DLSS 5 technology

Mar 18·1 min read·11 words

Generative AI in game development: Navigating IP, regulation, and reputation

Mar 18·1 min read·10 words

IO Interactive ends MindsEye publishing agreement with Build a Rocket Boy

Mar 18·1 min read·11 words

Ubisoft names general managers of Creative Houses 3 and 5, Creative Network

Mar 17·1 min read·12 words

"Our engineers are quite for it… Artists are much more emotive." When it comes to AI, HR is on the front line between management and employees

Mar 17·1 min read·26 words

Embark "mutually parts ways" with co-founder Rob Runesson following sexual misconduct allegations

Mar 17·1 min read·12 words

How useful is AI for coding?

Mar 17·1 min read·6 words

"Can we meaningfully predict how things go?" How AI could shape how publishers invest

Mar 17·1 min read·14 words

"We will support Dead by Daylight as long as we can" – How Behaviour evolved the horror hit into a live-service success

Mar 17·1 min read·22 words

Crown prince of Saudi Arabia's Electronic Gaming Development Company acquires 5% stake in Capcom

Mar 17·1 min read·14 words

Hasbro CEO thinks the video game industry needs to "think about things differently"

Mar 16·1 min read·13 words

Google Play launches "buy once, play anywhere" on select paid games

Mar 16·1 min read·11 words

Bombshell judgment demands Krafton immediately reinstate ousted CEO and return his authority over Subnautica 2

Mar 16·1 min read·15 words

Biting the silver bullet: AI in the games industry in 2026 and beyond | Opinion

Mar 16·1 min read·15 words

What place will AI have in game development?

Mar 16·1 min read·8 words

Welcome to AI Week

Mar 16·1 min read·4 words

Gaming Copilot coming to current-gen Xbox consoles in 2026

Mar 16·1 min read·9 words

GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 attendance drops 30% to 20,000 visitors

Mar 16·1 min read·11 words

Warner Bros Montréal reportedly hit with staff cuts

Mar 16·1 min read·8 words

Embark Studios head Patrick Söderlund explains how Arc Raiders was made on "a quarter of the budget" of a AAA title

Mar 13·1 min read·21 words

Will there actually be any such thing as a Project Helix "native" game? | Opinion

Mar 13·1 min read·15 words

Larry Hryb joins Commodore International Corporation as community development consultant

Mar 13·1 min read·10 words

Roblox and Minecraft players are less likely to play traditional AAA video games

Mar 13·1 min read·13 words

BAFTA Game Awards 2026 nominations revealed, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads in 12 categories

Mar 13·1 min read·14 words

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year at Game Developers Choice Awards 2026

Mar 13·1 min read·15 words

PEGI's loot box rule changes are welcome, but they should be retrospective | Opinion

Mar 12·1 min read·14 words

New research shows over 90% of gamers find playing with AI-powered NPCs to be "enjoyable and rewarding"

Mar 12·1 min read·17 words

PC will overtake console revenue by 2028, says Newzoo

Mar 12·1 min read·9 words

Epic Games increases Fortnite V-Bucks "to help pay the bills"

Mar 12·1 min read·10 words

Pokémon Pokopia surpasses 2.2m units in first four days

Mar 12·1 min read·9 words

Until Dawn remake dev Ballistic Moon has closed

Mar 12·1 min read·8 words

Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

Mar 12·1 min read·20 words

Xbox unveils first tech details of its next generation console, codenamed Project Helix

Mar 11·1 min read·13 words

Developer sues publisher after leaving Kickstarter backers waiting over two years for promised physical editions

Mar 11·1 min read·15 words

Valve responds to NY Attorney General lawsuit: "We have serious concerns with the alterations the NYAG claims are necessary to make to our games"

Mar 11·1 min read·24 words

SAG-AFTRA issues a Do Not Work Order against Capcom for "failing to initiate the signatory process"

Mar 11·1 min read·16 words

"I think people undervalue their own work" – ID@Xbox head Chris Charla on the tricky problem of indie game pricing

Mar 11·1 min read·20 words

Google unveils new AI cloud tools to support game development

Mar 11·1 min read·10 words

Sega responds to concerns after recording $200 million impairment write-down for Rovio

Mar 11·1 min read·12 words

Google's Genie 3 world models start to break down after around a minute

Mar 11·1 min read·13 words

Brazil-based dev Gameplan joins Remote Control Productions

Mar 11·1 min read·7 words

NCsoft acquires 70% stake in mobile developer JustPlay

Mar 11·1 min read·8 words

Original founders of Bossfight Entertainment re-launch studio as Bossfight

Mar 10·1 min read·9 words

Avalanche Studios reveals its Highlander-style, survival of the fittest R&D strategy

Mar 10·1 min read·11 words

Jobs Roundup: March 2026 | ProbablyMonsters expands its leadership team

Mar 10·1 min read·10 words

Hyper Light Drifter studio Heart Machine voluntarily recognises union

Mar 10·1 min read·9 words

Sumo partners with Arm to help test mobile game capabilities on new AI-powered chips

Mar 10·1 min read·14 words

Microsoft boss Nadella vows to "always" invest in video games following Xbox leadership change

Mar 10·1 min read·14 words

Outersloth reveals its game funding agreement with developers

Mar 10·1 min read·8 words

Shinji Mikami forms AAA studio Unbound

Mar 10·1 min read·6 words

Valve sued by The Performing Right Society for allegedly using its members' musical works "without permission"

Mar 9·1 min read·16 words

Roblox launches two new developer programs, Incubator and Jumpstart, to support "ambitious creators eager to build and scale"

Mar 9·1 min read·18 words

WarioWare director Goro Abe leaves Nintendo after 25+ years

Mar 9·1 min read·9 words

Sony is reportedly running a dynamic A/B pricing experiment on PlayStation Store

Mar 9·1 min read·12 words

GDC confirms return to San Francisco in 2027

Mar 9·1 min read·8 words

IGN Entertainment is exclusive media sponsor for Nite to Unite 2026

Mar 9·1 min read·11 words

Electronic Arts is laying off workers at the Battlefield 6 studios

Mar 9·1 min read·11 words

A guide to identifying cheating in online video games in 2026

Mar 9·1 min read·11 words

Slay the Spire 2 hits nearly 575,000 concurrent players, almost beating Silksong's record

Mar 9·1 min read·13 words

NetEase cuts funding to Gang of Dragon dev Nagoshi Studio

Mar 9·1 min read·10 words

Nintendo of America sues US government over tariffs

Mar 9·1 min read·8 words

Game Republic New Horizons establishes new advisory board

Mar 6·1 min read·8 words

The logic of platform exclusivity remains undefeated | Opinion

Mar 6·1 min read·9 words

Sales data indicates Sony's PS5 ports are increasingly losing audience share on PC, but only because of release timing

Mar 6·1 min read·19 words

GDC Awards 2026 to recognise Don Daglow and Rebecca Heineman

Mar 6·1 min read·10 words

How Steam changes and a China strategy helped TinyBuild's The King is Watching hit 500k sales

Mar 6·1 min read·16 words

Next-gen Xbox console, codenamed Project Helix, will play PC games

Mar 6·1 min read·10 words

Battlefield 6 takes home Game of the Year at UKIE Video Game Awards 2026

Mar 6·1 min read·14 words

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit dev Velan Studios opens office in Toronto

Mar 5·1 min read·12 words

New VR publisher launched to help devs innovate and survive until VR's "true breakout moment" arrives

Mar 5·1 min read·16 words

Cheer Games raises $4.5m in pre-seed funding

Mar 5·1 min read·7 words

Pitchify launches new service to connect developers and publishers

Mar 5·1 min read·9 words

nDreams announces restructuring with "significant" staff reduction, two studios closed

Mar 5·1 min read·10 words

Google resolves dispute with Epic Games, reduces app store fees to 20%

Mar 5·1 min read·12 words

Industry veteran launches indie-focused talent agency Rocket Game Talent

Mar 5·1 min read·9 words

Build a Rocket Boy confirms more layoffs amid further claims of "organized espionage and corporate sabotage"

Mar 4·1 min read·16 words

Former Blizzard CCO and Bonfire CEO Rob Pardo to present keynote address at GDC Festival of Gaming

Mar 4·1 min read·17 words

Turkish mobile developer Vento Games secures $4m in seed round funding

Mar 4·1 min read·11 words

Good Games Group has bought the Humble and Firestoke back catalogues. Now, newly renamed as Balor Games, it wants to invest in triple-I

Mar 4·1 min read·23 words

Sony reportedly scaling back PC ports for PlayStation exclusives

Mar 4·1 min read·9 words

Gamescom 2026: Registered exhibitors up 15%, more than 40 countries taking part

Mar 4·1 min read·12 words

Report: US government may compel Tencent to divest gaming investments

Mar 4·1 min read·10 words

Paramount makes no reference to game studios in first WB call to investors

Mar 4·1 min read·13 words

EA announces UGC marketplace for The Sims 4

Mar 4·1 min read·8 words

Resurrection of the Insomnia Gaming Festival cancelled due to lack of industry support

Mar 4·1 min read·13 words

"We now have a clear vision for how Sumo fits into the new world" - inside the slimmed-down Sumo Group

Mar 3·1 min read·20 words

Pokémon Pokopia | Critical Consensus

Mar 3·1 min read·5 words

Halfbrick cuts 41 jobs as it navigates "challenging period for the games industry"

Mar 3·1 min read·13 words

Killing Floor dev Tripwire Interactive lays off 23 employees

Mar 3·1 min read·9 words

Nacon postpones game showcase after filing for insolvency

Mar 3·1 min read·8 words

Warner Bros. Discovery is "rebuilding its video game pipeline" after a "significant" 2025

Mar 2·1 min read·13 words

Resident Evil Requiem Japanese players fight "immersion-breaking" censorship

Mar 2·1 min read·8 words

Netflix boss says Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros will result in "cuts in excess of $16 billion" within "18 months or so"

Mar 2·1 min read·22 words

Metacritic pulls Resident Evil Requiem review after reports it was generated by AI and attributed to a writer that doesn't exist

Mar 2·1 min read·21 words

Report: Fewer than 20 staff remain at Highguard dev Wildlight Entertainment

Mar 2·1 min read·11 words

Resident Evil: Requiem hits 334,214 concurrent players over launch weekend, breaking franchise record

Mar 2·1 min read·13 words

The Warner Bros. acquisition: a timeline of events so far

Feb 27·1 min read·10 words

Xbox's new boss could herald the changes the division needs | Opinion

Feb 27·1 min read·12 words

"He truly cared about games, about the industry, and about the people making them" – The industry on Phil Spencer

Feb 27·1 min read·20 words

Netflix backs out of Warner Bros deal, declines to match Paramount Skydance's raised offer

Feb 27·1 min read·14 words

Resident Evil: Requiem | Critical Consensus

Feb 26·1 min read·6 words

Splash Damage acquires Scum dev Gamepires from Jagex

Feb 26·1 min read·8 words

New York sues Valve over loot boxes, alleges gambling law violations

Feb 26·1 min read·11 words

Skate developer Full Circle impacted by layoffs

Feb 26·1 min read·7 words

Mobile revenue remained flat across 2025, but PC gaming "sees another record year" | Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2026

Feb 25·1 min read·20 words

How recent laws impact game design, from in-game chat to notifications

Feb 25·1 min read·11 words

Clint Hocking, Creative Director of the next Assassin's Creed, leaves Ubisoft following restructure

Feb 25·1 min read·13 words

Amazon Game Studios ends publishing agreement with Maverick Games

Feb 25·1 min read·9 words

Styx: Blades of Greed publisher Nacon files for insolvency

Feb 25·1 min read·9 words

Organiser of Reboot Develop issued with bankruptcy order, underlining fears over event's future

Feb 25·1 min read·13 words

Discord delays age verification rollout to second half of 2026 following backlash

Feb 25·1 min read·12 words

Xbox faces "no pressure from Microsoft" to use AI, says new leadership

Feb 25·1 min read·12 words

How Rainbow Six Siege lasted ten years and brought in 100m players

Feb 24·1 min read·12 words

Yves Guillemot: "Changes of this scale naturally raise questions and create tension"

Feb 24·1 min read·12 words

Amazon Games shuts down Glowmade's online multiplayer King of Meat

Feb 24·1 min read·10 words

Roblox responds to LA County lawsuit that alleges it is "failing to protect children from predatory behavior"

Feb 23·1 min read·17 words

Krafton appoints new chief AI officer to "further enhance its game AI R&D framework"

Feb 23·1 min read·14 words

Nexon appoints Patrick Söderlund as new executive chairman to "accelerate global strategy, transform creative direction, and lead the next phase"

Feb 23·1 min read·20 words

Ubisoft picks series veterans for new Assassin's Creed leadership team

Feb 23·1 min read·10 words

Meta "shifts focus" of Horizon Worlds platform from Quest VR to mobile

Feb 23·1 min read·12 words

Tencent reportedly closes TiMi Montréal studio

Feb 23·1 min read·6 words

Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma pledges "no bad AI" at Xbox

Feb 23·1 min read·11 words

Sarah Bond says it was "the right time" to step down as Xbox president

Feb 23·1 min read·14 words

US video game spending rose 3% in January, driven by $596m from subscription services | US Monthly Charts

Feb 23·1 min read·18 words

Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving Xbox

Feb 20·1 min read·7 words

"It needs to cooperate fairly, and it's clearly not." Why Valve is facing a £656m day in the UK courts

Feb 20·1 min read·20 words

A decade of gaming hardware stagnation? That might not be a bad thing | Opinion

Feb 20·1 min read·15 words

Night in the Woods publisher Finji accuses TikTok of creating "racist, sexist" and uneditable GenAI ads for its games

Feb 20·1 min read·19 words

Ubisoft Toronto hit by layoffs, 40 staff impacted

Feb 20·1 min read·8 words

Former Firaxis Games creative director announces closure of Midsummer Studios

Feb 20·1 min read·10 words

Remake specialist Bluepoint Games, co-developer of God of War Ragnarok, shut down by Sony

Feb 19·1 min read·14 words

Influencer-hosted Convergence indie showcase returns today, featuring 30 new games

Feb 19·1 min read·10 words

Who needs a publisher, anyway? "I mean, who does physical any more?"

Feb 19·1 min read·12 words

Still Wakes The Deep dev The Chinese Room signs with Lyrical Publishing for new title

Feb 19·1 min read·15 words

Scopely acquires Pixel Flow developer Loom Games

Feb 19·1 min read·7 words

Starbreeze revenue rises 19% to $24.5m in 2025

Feb 19·1 min read·8 words

Football commentator permits EA to use an AI version of his voice for EA Sports FC

Feb 18·1 min read·16 words

UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 commercial for "trivializing sexual violence"

Feb 18·1 min read·16 words

Devcat opens publishing arm to support "cozy and wholesome" projects

Feb 18·1 min read·10 words

Remote working down, mid-level contraction, and Eastern migration: the signals we're seeing in games job data

Feb 18·1 min read·16 words

Global game content sales rose 5.3% to $195.6bn in 2025

Feb 18·1 min read·10 words

Tencent's TiMi Studio Group reportedly funded Highguard dev Wildlight Entertainment

Feb 18·1 min read·10 words

Remote staffing platform Mellow launches new indie support program

Feb 18·1 min read·9 words

US video game consumer spending predicted to reach $62.8bn in 2026

Feb 17·1 min read·11 words

UK comms agency Bastion opens North American arm

Feb 17·1 min read·8 words

A practical guide to indie comms: How studios can build visibility without burning out

Feb 17·1 min read·14 words

Steam Deck OLED stock affected by component shortages

Feb 17·1 min read·8 words

Castlevania and Bloodstained developer Shutaro Īda has died aged 52

Feb 17·1 min read·10 words

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile servers to shut down in April 2026

Feb 17·1 min read·12 words

Anchor Point Studios set to break from NetEase and go independent

Feb 16·1 min read·11 words

Nintendo strikes more emulators with DMCA takedown notices

Feb 16·1 min read·8 words

Sega pays tribute to home console designer Hideki Sato: "His contributions had a significant and lasting impact on the entire gaming industry"

Feb 16·1 min read·22 words

Sony could delay PS6 release to 2028 or 2029 as AI-driven shortage sends consumer tech companies scrambling for memory chips

Feb 16·1 min read·20 words

Embracer sales decline 26% to $1.3bn during first nine months of fiscal year

Feb 16·1 min read·13 words

Why Hiro is bullish on UK and EU game dev funding after helping The Chinese Room and Bulkhead go independent

Feb 16·1 min read·20 words

NetEase revenue grows 6.9% to $16.1bn in 2025

Feb 16·1 min read·8 words

ByteDance reportedly in "advanced talks" to sell Mobile Legends dev Moonton Technology to Savvy Games for over $6bn

Feb 16·1 min read·18 words

Highguard's high-profile mistakes should be a lesson for other developers | Opinion

Feb 13·1 min read·12 words

Sega records $200m impairment write-down for Rovio during Q3

Feb 13·1 min read·9 words

Ubisoft Q3 net bookings rise 12% to €338m, primarily driven by Assassin's Creed franchise

Feb 13·1 min read·14 words

Clair Obscur wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2026

Feb 13·1 min read·11 words

Resident Evil Requiem shows how sequels can drive sales of previous releases

Feb 12·1 min read·12 words

Rogue Point aims to prove old school is the new cool with a back-to-basics shooter

Feb 12·1 min read·15 words

Nexon revenue rises 6.5% to $3.1bn in 2025, driven by ongoing success of Arc Raiders

Feb 12·1 min read·15 words

Industry leaders honour Vince Zampella at DICE Summit

Feb 12·1 min read·8 words

Highguard dev Wildlight Entertainment confirms layoffs, "most of the team" depart following troubled launch

Feb 12·1 min read·14 words

10 Chambers co-founder Hjalmar Vikström leaves after 10 years

Feb 11·1 min read·9 words

Unity reports Q4 and fiscal year 2025 financial results "comfortably exceed" guidance, led by "exceptional performance from Vector"

Feb 11·1 min read·18 words

Secret Mode busted out of the Tencent-owned Sumo Group last year. Now what?

Feb 11·1 min read·13 words

At least 1,200 Ubisoft workers strike in response to recent restructuring

Feb 11·1 min read·11 words

Microsoft withdraws DMCA claim against indie developer Unomelon

Feb 11·1 min read·8 words

Ironwood Studios raises $4m in seed funding round

Feb 11·1 min read·8 words

Mattel to acquire full ownership of Mattel163 from NetEase

Feb 11·1 min read·9 words

How the Employment Rights Act 2025 empowers unions and employees, and how the games business must prepare

Feb 10·1 min read·17 words

Jobs Roundup: February 2026 | Testronic appoints Mike Wallen as president and main board director

Feb 10·1 min read·15 words

Supercell revenue declines 4% to €2.65bn in 2025

Feb 10·1 min read·8 words

Riot Games downsizes 2XKO team, about 80 employees affected

Feb 10·1 min read·9 words

Remedy revenues continue to rise in 2025, reaching €59.5m

Feb 10·1 min read·9 words

Australian government calls for action from Roblox on "untenable" child safety concerns

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

Remedy appoints former EA VP Jean-Charles Gaudechon as new CEO

Feb 9·1 min read·10 words

Epic insists it gave Horses studio "context" following decision to ban controversial horror game

Feb 9·1 min read·14 words

Discord announces age verification will be required for all users from March

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

Can Build A Rocket Boy save itself?

Feb 9·1 min read·7 words

Krafton surpasses $2bn in revenue for the first time in its history

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

Meet Delphi Interactive, the publisher/developer behind the new FIFA game

Feb 9·1 min read·10 words

Square Enix revenues continue to decline over past nine months to $1.3bn

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

French government awards knighthoods to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs

Feb 9·1 min read·10 words

Consoles are still in good health, despite market fears | Opinion

Feb 6·1 min read·11 words

Nintendo working to "secure stable supplies of memory components" to avoid hardware price rises

Feb 6·1 min read·14 words

Ubisoft allegedly stops production on Assassin's Creed multiplayer

Feb 6·1 min read·8 words

Tightening immigration rules will impact the games industry in 2026

Feb 6·1 min read·10 words

Roblox reports significant growth for 2025, hitting $4.9bn in revenue

Feb 6·1 min read·10 words

Baldur's Gate to be adapted into HBO series

Feb 6·1 min read·8 words

MachineGames on being part of Microsoft, going back to the office, and Wolfenstein 3

Feb 5·1 min read·14 words

MachineGames asking more staff to move to full-time office work

Feb 5·1 min read·10 words

Ghost of Yōtei boosts Sony's Q3 results, "significantly contributed" to 6% rise in digital game revenue

Feb 5·1 min read·16 words

AppMagic data shows mobile games growth slowed down in 2025

Feb 5·1 min read·10 words

Neon Doctrine co-founders return with new developer services firm Goldpact Goblins

Feb 5·1 min read·11 words

Valve updates hardware launch timing due to component pricing

Feb 5·1 min read·9 words

UK co-development house Sumo Digital announces redundancies

Feb 5·1 min read·7 words

PS5 unit sales drop during holiday period, Q3 hardware revenue down 15% to $3.9bn

Feb 5·1 min read·14 words

Games for Change announces partnership with London Games Festival

Feb 5·1 min read·9 words