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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Embracer announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023/24, related to the period between October and December 2023. As mentioned in the documentation produced by the…
February 15, 2024 | 03:38 EST
Bandai Namco announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between October and December 2023. According to the documents provided by the Tokyo-based…
February 14, 2024 | 07:37 EST
During Sony's quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts, CFO and COO Hiroki Totoki talked about the PlayStation Business and announced a revision to the PS5 sales prediction for…
February 14, 2024 | 02:37 EST
Sony just released its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between October and December 2023, alongside an update on PS5 shipments. The financial…
February 14, 2024 | 01:20 EST
LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD has released its inaugural State of LGBTQ Inclusion in Video Games report, collecting data on LGBTQ+ gamers and representation within the medium. According to GLAAD, the…
February 13, 2024 | 10:18 EST
3D optimization tool Simplygon is discontinuing its free service, meaning that any smaller developer or company relying on that service will now have to pay a significant amount to access the…
February 12, 2024 | 11:46 EST
RuneScape and Scum developer Jagex has been acquired by two private equity firms for an undisclosed sum. In a press release, investment companies CVC Capital Partners and Haveli Investments announce…
February 9, 2024 | 10:03 EST
Today Sega published its financial results for the 9 months that ended on December 31, 2023, and at least part of them wasn't really great. Sales for the overall company were 349,924 million yen (…
February 8, 2024 | 11:45 EST
During Take-Two Interactive Software's financial conference call, CEO Strauss Zelnick and CFO Lainie Goldstein talked about Grand Theft Auto 6, but also about a much more ominous topic. Speaking of…
February 8, 2024 | 06:02 EST
Take-Two Interactive Software announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between October 2023 and December 2023, on top of an update to sales…
February 8, 2024 | 04:24 EST
Today, during the quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot commented on Grand Theft Auto 6, the future of Xbox, and Skull and Bones. Guillemot was…
February 8, 2024 | 01:52 EST
Ubisoft just announced its financial results for the first nine months and Q3 of the fiscal year 2023-2024, related to the period between April and December. Net bookings for the quarter were €626.2…
February 8, 2024 | 12:55 EST
Microsoft's legal counsel has responded to the accusations leveled yesterday by the FTC within the legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The regulator is appealing against a…
February 8, 2024 | 12:00 EST
Kadokawa, the parent company of Elden Ring and Armored Core 6 developer FromSoftware, has announced that it has "acquired" (ahem) Octopath Traveler co-development studio Acquire. In an earnings…
February 8, 2024 | 08:57 EST
Today The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games announced an agreement for the creation of a persistent universe connected to the developer's ultra-popular game Fortnite. The experience, which is…
February 7, 2024 | 05:04 EST
Both the FTC and the lawyers behind the so-called "Gamers' lawsuit" against Microsoft over the acquisition $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard have denounced the recent wave of layoffs…
February 7, 2024 | 12:25 EST