Nintendo has announced that Switch 2 pre-orders in the US will open next week, and the price of the console won't be changing as a result of previously-announced tariffs, although accessories are a…
April 18, 2025 | 09:34 EDT
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage developer Don't Nod has released its financial statement for the 2024-25 fiscal year, and things are looking a little gloomy for the…
April 17, 2025 | 08:14 EDT
Devolver Digital has released its financial information for the 2024-25 fiscal year, and the studio's revenue is up, largely driven by the success of back catalogue games like Cult of the Lamb.…
April 15, 2025 | 11:07 EDT
Ubisoft has released a free color blindness simulation tool to help developers understand how to make their games accessible to those with three major types of color blindness. The tool's name is…
April 15, 2025 | 08:54 EDT
Sony has announced that it's raising the prices of the PS5 in certain regions, although the price of the accompanying disc drive accessory is actually going down. In a PlayStation blog post, Sony…
April 14, 2025 | 09:44 EDT
Producer Teruyuki Toriyama, who worked on the likes of Bloodborne and 2020's Demon's Souls remake has opened up a brand new studio, and it sounds like he's going big right out of the gate. According…
April 10, 2025 | 08:20 EDT
Nintendo has delayed Switch 2 pre-orders in the US owing to President Donald Trump's impending economic tariffs, and the company hasn't yet announced a new date on which you'll be able to pre-order…
April 4, 2025 | 11:29 EDT
FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has gone on the record to put fans' fears to rest following the announcement of multiplayer Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods earlier this week. In a new…
April 4, 2025 | 09:58 EDT
Cult of the Lamb composer Narayana Johnson, who worked under the pseudonym River Boy, has passed away, leading developer Massive Monster to call for fans to give them "some space and some kindness…
April 4, 2025 | 09:19 EDT
Evil Empire has announced the date and time for this year's Triple-i Initiative presentation, which will showcase around 45 minutes of information about new and yet-to-be-revealed indie games. The…
March 26, 2025 | 12:05 EDT
The Communications Workers of America and the American Federation of Musicians have announced the United Videogame Workers Union, the first North American industry-wide union that any employee…
March 19, 2025 | 11:02 EDT
US analyst group Circana has released its sales data for February, and you'll never be able to guess which phenomenally popular action RPG managed to top the all-format charts. That's right:…
March 19, 2025 | 10:17 EDT
Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell, who's worked on some of the series' biggest games, is now heading up a new studio for PlayStation by the name of Dark Outlaw Games. This news was revealed in an…
March 18, 2025 | 09:18 EDT
Assassin's Creed studio Ubisoft is reportedly considering creating a new gaming-focused business entity that will include some of its core IP, including the aforementioned Assassin's Creed series.…
March 14, 2025 | 11:30 EDT
Mountaintop Studios has announced that its free-to-play first-person shooter Spectre Divide is to shut down soon, and that the studio itself will also be closing its doors. Per a news post on Steam…
March 13, 2025 | 10:04 EDT
Niantic has announced that it's sold off its gaming wing to the Saudi-funded mobile firm Scopely for the princely sum (no pun intended) of $3.5 billion. The deal, which was rumored to be happening…
March 12, 2025 | 09:51 EDT
Blizzard has announced the return of its BlizzCon gaming show, but there's a catch: the show isn't coming back until September 2026, which means it will have skipped two years in a row for the first…
March 11, 2025 | 12:25 EDT
Until Dawn remake developer Ballistic Moon has reportedly been "effectively closed", with only a handful of employees remaining at the studio. According to a report by Insider Gaming, which cites "…
March 6, 2025 | 08:44 EST
Skullgirls developer Hidden Variable has announced it will cease all work on the franchise owing to an ongoing legal dispute with publisher Autumn Games. In a post on Bluesky (spotted by ResetEra…
March 6, 2025 | 08:25 EST
Another PlayStation studio has reportedly been hit by layoffs, with support studio Visual Arts apparently in the Sony firing line this time around. According to Kotaku, Visual Arts was hit by…
March 5, 2025 | 08:12 EST
Famed 90s and 2000s publisher Acclaim is to make a return to the games industry, and it seems the studio is looking to "resurrect and revitalize" some of its classic IPs. Per Gematsu, Acclaim's…
March 4, 2025 | 09:30 EST
Industry legend Keiji Inafune left Level-5 last year, the Fantasy Life and Professor Layton developer has revealed. In a new entry on the Level-5 "Five-Star Workshop Devlog", Level-5 CEO Akihiro…
March 3, 2025 | 11:28 EST
Ex-Sumo Group publisher Secret Mode has announced that it will split from the group and go independent, having secured the backing of investment firm Emona Capital. As spotted by Game Developer,…
March 3, 2025 | 10:57 EST
Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida has seemingly been removed from Square Enix's list of its board of directors, suggesting that he's either been removed from the post or that he's voluntarily…
March 3, 2025 | 09:41 EST
Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar has announced that it will acquire Video Games Deluxe, the studio founded by former Team Bondi head and LA Noire director Brendan McNamara. In a press release,…
March 3, 2025 | 08:44 EST
Visions of Mana director Kenji Ozawa has announced that he's founded his own studio by the name of Studio Sasanqua. As spotted by Automaton Media, the website for Studio Sasanqua went live yesterday…
March 3, 2025 | 08:02 EST
Palworld developer Pocketpair has announced that it's giving most of its staff the day off on Friday, and while a concrete reason isn't stated, it's almost certainly because that's the day on which …
February 27, 2025 | 10:43 EST
Metro series developer 4A Ukraine has announced that it's changing its name, and that its next project will be a narrative-led first-person shooter based on an entirely original IP. Per a press…
February 27, 2025 | 10:00 EST
Konami has announced that a special Suikoden broadcast is set to air next week, bringing more news about the cult JRPG franchise. In a rather brief post on X, Konami says that the broadcast, which…
February 27, 2025 | 08:46 EST
Warner Bros. has released its financial summary for both the fourth quarter of 2024 and the year as a whole, and it probably won't surprise you to learn that it's been a pretty bad year for the media…
February 27, 2025 | 08:25 EST
GOG has announced that it's adding 2005 horror shooter F.E.A.R. to its Preservation Program ahead of schedule in order to "recognize" the contributions of shuttered developer Monolith. In a post on…
February 26, 2025 | 10:52 EST
Star Wars Eclipse and Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream has confirmed that it is safe from layoffs and project cancellations put into effect recently across NetEase-funded studios. In a…
February 26, 2025 | 09:12 EST
The Callisto Protocol developer Striking Distance Studios has apparently laid off the majority of its staff, at least according to two employees who were let go from the company. As spotted by…
February 25, 2025 | 10:41 EST
Wizards of the Coast has seemingly canceled AAA studio Skeleton Key's in-development project, although said project had yet to be announced to the public. This news comes via audio director Nassim…
February 25, 2025 | 08:51 EST
Silent Hill 2 remake developer Bloober Team has announced that it's working on another project alongside Konami, and that the game will be based on Konami's intellectual property. In a press release…
February 25, 2025 | 08:22 EST
Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread developer Bossa Studios has announced it will lay off an undisclosed number of employees, and that it will restructure its operations to focus on smaller projects.…
February 24, 2025 | 08:29 EST
Hades 2 developer Supergiant Games has released a statement responding to a voice actor's recent suggestion that they may be recast owing to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. Earlier this week, voice…
February 21, 2025 | 09:45 EST
Hasbro has announced that the Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 development team is currently working on an AAA game based on one of the tabletop giant's "tentpole" IPs. The news comes courtesy of an…
February 20, 2025 | 11:21 EST
Sony has responded to a lawsuit brought against it by ex-Bungie employee Christopher Barrett, whose employment was terminated by the Destiny 2 developer last year following allegations of misconduct…
February 20, 2025 | 09:39 EST
NetEase has revealed that Marvel Rivals has hit another major player count milestone, just a couple of days after the company closed the Seattle studio responsible for developing the hero shooter.…
February 20, 2025 | 08:28 EST
Konami has announced that it will raise base employee salaries in its home country of Japan for the fourth consecutive year. In a news post on its website (for which we're using machine translation…
February 19, 2025 | 09:27 EST
Oxenfree developer Night School has been hit by layoffs, although how many staff have been affected by the move is unclear at the moment. Per Game Developer, an "undisclosed number of employees"…
February 19, 2025 | 09:10 EST
Annapurna Interactive has announced that it will hold a new Showcase presentation next week, showing off some of its upcoming games as well as some extra "surprises". The studio, which has published…
February 19, 2025 | 08:42 EST
A new report has emerged which claims that Niantic, the developer behind hit games like Pokemon Go and Monster Hunter Now, is in talks to sell its gaming business to a company backed by the Saudi…
February 19, 2025 | 08:22 EST
Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Studios has released its yearly financial report for 2024, and things are looking pretty grim for a studio that was already arguably on the ropes at the end of the…
February 18, 2025 | 09:17 EST
Liquid Swords, the studio founded by Just Cause franchise creator Christofer Sundberg, has announced a round of layoffs, making it the latest NetEase studio to be hit by funding cuts or downsizing…
February 17, 2025 | 10:46 EST
The Epic Games Store Year in Review for 2024 is here, and according to Epic, PC gamers spent a pretty impressive amount of money in the store last year, although there could well be a very good…
February 14, 2025 | 11:44 EST
The Korean courts have ruled that Ironmace's dungeon-crawling PvPvE action RPG Dark and Darker did not infringe on Nexon's copyright, but that it did infringe on the company's trade secrets,…
February 14, 2025 | 10:48 EST