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A Helldiver from Arrowhead's Helldivers 2 on one side and Alan Wake from Remedy's Alan Wake 2 on the other
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Helldivers 2 Developer Arrowhead Shows Off Adorable Gift from Alan Wake 2 Studio Remedy

Amidst the current industry doom and gloom, it's sometimes nice to see two studios just getting along with one another, and that's exactly what Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead and Alan Wake 2 studio…

March 29, 2024 | 10:52 EDT

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Cyberpunk 2077 Generated $752 Million in Revenue as CD Projekt Shares Update on its Future Games

Today Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher developer CD Projekt hosted its fiscal year 2023 earnings conference, and provided interesting information about its games and business. The livestreamed…

March 28, 2024 | 02:28 EDT

The Sega logo next to an Imperial Knight from the Relic Entertainment game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3
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Sega Sells Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment, Cuts Jobs

Sega has sold off Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Age of Empires IV developer Relic Entertainment, and a number of layoffs have also impacted other Sega studios. According to GamesIndustry.biz,…

March 28, 2024 | 08:51 EDT

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Grand Theft Auto Publisher Take-Two to Acquire Gearbox from Embracer, New Borderlands in Development

Today Take-Two Interactive Software announced that it has reached a deal with Embracer to acquire the developer of the Borderlands franchise Gearbox Entertainment.  The announcement made via press…

March 28, 2024 | 12:50 EDT

A character firing two pistols in the Smilegate game Lost Ark
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Crossfire and Lost Ark Developer Smilegate Shuts Down Barcelona Wing

The Barcelona wing of Lost Ark and Crossfire studio Smilegate is to close down and all of its employees are to be laid off, if the studio's world director is to be believed. In a post on his…

March 27, 2024 | 09:47 EDT

Cover art for TimeSplitters 2, a game worked on by Free Radical Design head Steve Ellis
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TimeSplitters Co-Creator Says He's Probably Done With the Franchise

Free Radical Design co-founder and TimeSplitters co-creator Steve Ellis has declared that the studio's recent closure is "probably the end" of his involvement with the legendary FPS franchise. In a…

March 26, 2024 | 09:56 EDT

A Helldiver in front of a Super Earth flag in Helldivers 2, the best-selling multi-platform game in February 2024 according to Circana
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Helldivers 2 Reigns Supreme in Circana February 2024 US Sales Data

US sales analyst group Circana has released its gaming industry sales data for February 2024, and I'll give you three guesses as to which game managed to come out on top. Given the fact that it…

March 21, 2024 | 09:46 EDT

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UK ASA Upholds Complaints Against Three Major Studios Over Lack of Loot Box Disclosure

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints against three major gaming studios over their failure to disclose the presence of loot boxes in ads for their games on social…

March 20, 2024 | 10:08 EDT

Jesse sitting behind a desk in the Remedy game Control
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Remedy Financials Show Declining Revenue After "Challenging Year"

Alan Wake 2 and Control studio Remedy Entertainment has released its financial statement for 2023, and things aren't looking too rosy for the studio right now, although there are reasons to stay…

March 20, 2024 | 09:46 EDT

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Rise of the Ronin Shows Off Painstaking Development Process in New Video

Team Ninja and Sony have released a brand new Rise of the Ronin deep dive video that goes into detail regarding the developer's painstaking process of bringing the game to life. In the video, game…

March 19, 2024 | 11:11 EDT

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Nvidia AI Demo Unwittingly Proves that Human Voice Actors, Artists, and Writers are Irreplaceable

Today, during the GTC AI conference, Nvidia presented Covert Protocol, a tech demo aiming to showcase the "power" of the Nvidia Ace technology applied to video game characters. The demo is created…

March 18, 2024 | 07:18 EDT

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Dark and Darker Appears on Epic Games Store In Spite of Legal Battle Against Nexon

Today Ironmace, the South Korean developer behind the PvPvE FPS game Dark and Darker, launched the Epic Game Store page for the game.  While the page doesn't yet have the game for sale, its launch…

March 17, 2024 | 03:57 EDT

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Islands of Insight Developer Looking for Work as "Current Income Cannot Feed the Whole Team"

Lunarch Studios of Islands of Insight fame has announced today that the team is looking for contract work and potential business partners. The announcement made by CEO Elyot Grant on the company's…

March 15, 2024 | 04:56 EDT

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Apex Legends Developer Respawn Hit by Layoffs Among Cuts at Electronic Arts

Today multiple Respawn Entertainment employees have reported layoffs at the studio, specifically within the team working on Apex Legends. We hear on X (formerly Twitter) from former Global Social…

March 14, 2024 | 04:00 EDT

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Embracer Group Sells Space Marine 2 Publisher Saber Interactive

Embracer Group has announced that it has sold Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Saber Interactive. This sale was rumored as early as last month, but the two studios have now confirmed it.…

March 14, 2024 | 09:22 EDT

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SNK Announces Deal With Arika to Revive Past Non-Fighting Game IPs

Osaka-based developer SNK and Tokyo-based developer Arika have announced a deal to collaborate in the reviving of SNK's older IPs. To be specific, the deal establishes that Arika will help SNK bring…

March 12, 2024 | 06:48 EDT

Cal holding a lightsaber with BD-1 sitting next to him in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a game directed by Giant Skull head Stig Asmussen
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Director Founds New AAA Studio Giant Skull

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and God of War 3 director Stig Asmussen has founded a brand new AAA studio by the name of Giant Skull. According to a press release (via GamesIndustry.biz), Asmussen and his…

March 12, 2024 | 11:04 EDT

Several heisters gathered in a vault in Payday 3, a Starbreeze game
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Starbreeze Studios CEO Steps Down Following Payday 3's Poor Performance

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Studios has announced that its CEO Tobias Sjögren will step down. An interim CEO has been appointed in his place, and the search for a permanent CEO is ongoing. In a…

March 12, 2024 | 10:19 EDT

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Apple to Reinstate Epic Games' iOS Developer Account Paving the Way for Fortnite's Return to iPhone

Today Epic Games announced that Apple will reverse its decision to ban its iOS account which made headlines a few days ago. According to the announcement, Apple not only told Epic that the account…

March 8, 2024 | 03:33 EST

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Adult Swim Games Titles Are Being Pulled From Digital Stores by Parent Company Warner Bros

Developers of games published by Adult Swim Games are being told by the publisher's parent company Warner Bros that their games will be delisted from digital storefronts soon.  As confirmed by…

March 8, 2024 | 10:44 EST

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson spoke at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, and provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's…

March 6, 2024 | 07:22 EST

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Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account, Takes Issue With Tim Sweeney's Tweets

Epic Games has announced today that Apple has terminated its developer account just a couple of weeks until it was enabled.  The account, held by Epic's Swedish subsidiary Epic Games Sweden, was…

March 6, 2024 | 04:53 EST

Luke with his fist raised up in the Capcom game Street Fighter 6
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Capcom To Raise New Graduate Salaries by 28%, Average Salary by 5% in Japan

Capcom has announced that it will raise the starting salary for new graduates by almost 30% in Japan in a move to attract "exceptional talent" to the studio. In a press release, Capcom revealed that…

March 6, 2024 | 08:57 EST

Harley from Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and flying on griffons in Hogwarts Legacy
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Warner Bros Executive Believes AAA Console Market is "Very Volatile," Eyes Mobile and Live Services

JB Perrette, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO for Global Streaming and Games spoke about the company's gaming business at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference. During the…

March 5, 2024 | 02:37 EST

Cortez firing his guns into a portal in artwork for TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
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Canceled TimeSplitters Game Footage Seemingly Posted by Ex-Free Radical Employee

An ex-Free Radical employee has uploaded what appears to be gameplay footage of the canceled TimeSplitters project that was in development before the studio was shuttered. In a post on LinkedIn, ex-…

March 5, 2024 | 08:28 EST

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Creators of Switch Emulator Yuzu Surrender to Nintendo's Demands and Settle Out of Court

Today we learn that Nintendo and Tropic Haze, the creators of the popular free Switch emulator Yuzu, have agreed to settle out of court following the recent lawsuit filed by the house of Mario and…

March 4, 2024 | 02:41 EST

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Steam Page to Promote Japanese Games Launched by Japan Government-Related Organization

For those who love Japanese games, a new feature page has been launched on Steam to promote games made in Japan. The "Made in Japan Games Market" page can already be found on Steam and features…

March 4, 2024 | 12:30 EST

Crash Bandicoot 4: it's About Time
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Crash Bandicoot Developer Toys for Bob Becoming Independent, Considering Partnership With Microsoft

Today Toys for Bob announced that it's going independent, spinning off from its former parent company Activision, which is now owned by Microsoft.  In a blog post, the company announced the new…

February 29, 2024 | 02:04 EST

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Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Developer Saber Interactive Reportedly Splitting from Embracer

In the midst of layoffs and studio closures, one large developer and some of its subsidiaries may be able to escape Embracer's clutches, and it's Saber Interactive. According to a report by…

February 29, 2024 | 01:00 EST

Artwork of Jesse Faden from the Remedy game Control
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Remedy Acquires Control Franchise Rights From Publisher 505 Games

Control developer Remedy says it's regained full rights to the franchise from now-former publisher 505 Games, suggesting that the publisher won't be involved in publishing future Control projects.…

February 29, 2024 | 08:51 EST

A soldier dressed in cold weather gear and wielding a scoped rifle in Call of Duty: Black Ops, on which David Vonderhaar worked
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Ex-Call of Duty Veteran Founds New "AAA Global Game Studio" Under NetEase

Call of Duty: Black Ops veteran David Vonderhaar has announced a brand new studio venture under the auspices of NetEase Games. BulletFarm is, according to an announcement post on its official…

February 28, 2024 | 08:55 EST

A close-up of Alex Chen (as played by Erika Mori) in Life Is Strange: True Colors, a Deck Nine game
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Life Is Strange and The Expanse Developer Deck Nine Games Hit by Layoffs

Life Is Strange: True Colors and The Expanse: A Telltale Series developer Deck Nine Games is the latest studio to be hit by the ongoing wave of industry layoffs. In a post on X (formerly Twitter),…

February 28, 2024 | 08:31 EST

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Nintendo Sues Creators of Switch Emulator Yuzu

Nintendo has filed a civil lawsuit against creators of the popular free Switch emulator Yuzu Tropic Haze with the US District Coury of Rhode Island in an attempt to shut down a major player in the…

February 27, 2024 | 05:54 EST

Erin looking concerned with Mark next to her in the Supermassive Games title The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
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Dark Pictures Developer Supermassive Games Hit by Layoffs as Part of “Reorganization”

The Quarry and The Dark Pictures Anthology developer Supermassive Games has announced that it will lay off several of its employees as part of a "reorganization" effort. Speaking on X (formerly…

February 26, 2024 | 10:15 EST

A side-on view of a city with a bridge in the foreground in Cities: Skylines 2
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Cities: Skylines 2 Developer Outlines Steps to "Fix" Game, Acknowledges "Mountain to Climb"

Colossal Order has shared another Cities: Skylines 2 Word of the Week column, and this one is all about what the studio is doing to "fix" the game. Previous columns have contained things like deep…

February 26, 2024 | 09:21 EST

A soldier from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 aiming a rifle alongside a sheep Pal from Palworld doing the same in an image representing Circana's January 2024 sales data
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Call of Duty and Palworld Reign Supreme According to Circana January 2024 US Sales Data

Sales analysis group Circana (formerly The NPD Group) has released its roundup of sales data for the gaming industry in January 2024, and the names topping the charts are fairly familiar ones. After…

February 23, 2024 | 10:16 EST

Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League and Hogwarts Legacy
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Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League's Sales Disappointed, Hogwarts Legacy Is a "Big Win"

Today Warner Bros Discovery presented its financial results for Q4 2024, and highlighted the continued strong performance of Hogwarts Legacy and the underperformance of Suicide Squad: Kill the…

February 23, 2024 | 10:03 EST

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Russia Appears To Be Using Its Army of Trolls To Peddle Its Version of Esports

Russia is about to host a big Esports and Sports competition named "Games of the Future" and it appears to be using its well-documented army of trolls to promote it.  The competition will be hosted…

February 20, 2024 | 10:58 EST

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A Small Mistranslation of PlayStation's Multiplatform Plans Causes Panic Among Sony Fans

Following Sony's financial conference call for investors and analysts that included several interesting statements about the PlayStation business, an official transcript published by the company…

February 20, 2024 | 03:29 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets New Deep Dive All About Its Insanely In-Depth Citizen Simulation

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has released a new dev diary in which the studio sheds light on its process for creating and simulating citizens. The latest Word of the Week column talks…

February 19, 2024 | 10:03 EST

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Nacon Connect Returns Next Week With Info on GreedFall 2, Terminator, and More

French publisher Nacon is to hold a new Nacon Connect presentation next week. It'll feature information about several upcoming Nacon projects, plus "a few surprises", according to the publisher. In…

February 19, 2024 | 08:59 EST

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Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM Confirms Game Cancellation and Layoffs

Today Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM officially confirmed the cancellation of a project in development and the resulting layoffs of part of its workforce. Initially reported as a rumor citing "…

February 16, 2024 | 02:10 EST

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Judge Delays Ruling on FTC's Attempt to Exclude Evidence in Microsoft's Favor in Activision Case

The endless saga of the legal battle between the FTC and Microsoft for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with the house of Xbox countering one of the regulator's latest moves and the…

February 16, 2024 | 01:23 EST

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PC Gamers Spent $950 Million on the Epic Games Store Last Year, Epic Reveals

Epic has revealed some statistics for the Epic Games Store throughout 2023, and it turns out that PC gamers sure did spend a lot of money on the store last year. According to Epic's stats, gamers…

February 16, 2024 | 10:24 EST

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Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Game of the Year at the D.I.C.E. Awards, Here Are All the Winners

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences just hosted the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and the winners for all categories have been announced. If you're not familiar with the awards, the…

February 16, 2024 | 01:07 EST

Jesse Rentier in the Flying Wild Hog game Evil West dishing out violence against some demons
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Evil West Developer Flying Wild Hog Unionizes Under Polish Gamedev Workers Union

Evil West and Shadow Warrior 3 developer Flying Wild Hog has unionized under the banner of the Polish Gamedev Workers Union. This news comes via a post on the union's official LinkedIn page, wherein…

February 15, 2024 | 10:06 EST

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Starbreeze Admits Payday 3 Performing at “Significantly Lower Levels” Than Desired

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Studios has admitted that the heist shooter is performing at "significantly lower levels" than desired. In an earnings report for 2023 released earlier today,…

February 15, 2024 | 08:57 EST

A woman suspended by wires in artwork for Homeworld 3 by Blackbird Interactive
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Homeworld 3 Developer Blackbird Interactive Hit by Layoffs

Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive is the latest studio to fall victim to the sweeping wave of layoffs currently hitting the gaming industry, a spokesperson has confirmed. Reports began to…

February 15, 2024 | 08:33 EST