This Week in Video Games
A weekly publication covering the past week in video games
The Games Industry’s Worst Enemy Is Itself
New Don’t Starve Game, 1000xRESIST Follow-Up Headline the Triple-I Initiative 2026
Of 500 AI Tools Tested by Keywords Studios, There’s “Half a Dozen” That “Complement Development”
Five Indie Studios “Join Forces” in New Alliance, Nova Assembly
Phantom Blade Zero Studio Says No “AI Visual Tech” Has Been Used During Development
Google Pulls Doki Doki Literature Club From Play Store Over “Sensitive Themes”
Peak Developer Reveals New Publishing Arm and Indie Investment Fund, Evil Landfall
The First Berserker: Khazan Developers Reassigned After Poor Commercial Performance — Report
Gunzilla Games Reportedly Fails to Pay Employees For Months
Supercell CEO to Receive BAFTA Fellowship Award
Split Fiction Developer Sells 50 Million Copies Across Three Titles
Bungie Affirms “Zero-Tolerance Policy” After Reports of Cheating in Marathon
007 First Light Hit With Switch 2 Delay, Now Arriving “Summer” 2026
Take-Two Reportedly Lays off “Entire” AI Team
Saudi Arabia’s Electronic Gaming Development Company Ups Its Capcom Stake
PlayStation Reveals New Initiative That Adds Fans’ Likenesses Into First-Party Games
Epic Responds to Apple’s Motion to Stay in Ongoing Court Battle, Says It Would Cause “Considerable Harm”
This Week in Videogames Wins ‘Best Gaming Coverage’, ‘Best Independent Media’ at Journalism Awards
How Does a Game Showcase Work?
The Fantasy of Cosy Games is Socialism
Stormgate Ending Online Support, Server Partner Acquired by AI Company
Nexon CEO Assures New AI Initiative “Doesn’t Replace Creative People”
Sony Acquires AI “Computer Vision” Company Cinemersive Labs
Coffee Stain Closes Mobile-Focused Malmö Studio
Are Indie Games Developing a Gambling Problem?
Stellar Blade Developer Shift Up Acquires Shinji Mikami Studio, Unbound
Moss Developer Polyarc Lays Off 30 Staff
New MindsEye Content Will Feature “Evidence” of Alleged “Sabotage,” Says BARB CEO
French Consumer Group Sues Ubisoft Over The Crew Shutdown
US Patent Office Revokes Nintendo’s Character-Summoning Patent
Jason Blundell Reveals His Third New Studio, Magic Fractal
Eidos Montréal Lays Off 124 Workers, Studio Head Departs
Meta Reportedly Lays Off 700 Employees, Reality Labs Impacted
UGC Game Rec Room Shutting Down, Some Assets Being Acquired by Snap
Dispatch Has Now Sold 4 Million Copies, AdHoc Studio Co-Founder Confirms
Owlcat Games Using Generative AI “On a Technical Level” In The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
Dave the Diver’s AI Translations “Go Through Substantial Internal Review”
Dave the Diver Generative AI Translations “Go Through Substantial Internal Review”
Crimson Desert Story and Characters Changed Significantly During Development, Says Lead Actor
AI-Generated Art in Crimson Desert Replaced in Patch
Asha Sharma Reportedly Nixed “This Is an Xbox” Because It “Didn’t Feel Like Xbox”
Wanderstop Developer Ivy Road Closing Its Doors
Tencent Passed $10 Billion in International Games Revenue in 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Translator Fired, Replaced With AI — Report
Behind Saudi Arabia’s Big Bets on the Videogame Industry
Sony Increases PlayStation 5 Console Prices for Second Time in 12 Months
Crimson Desert Developers Researching Switch 2 Port, Acknowledge Story Disappointment
The Sims Creator Still Working On AI Memory-Mapping Title Ten Years Later
Dark Outlaw Games’ Cancelled Sony Project Was Not a Live Service Game
Sony and Honda Have Scrapped Their PlayStation Remote Play-Infused Car
Seven New Games Announced During Xbox Partner Preview
Sony Interactive Reportedly Closes PlayStation Studio, Dark Outlaw Games
Cairn Review
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Ordered “This Is An Xbox” Erasure – Report
Marathon Has Sold 1.2 Million Copies, Generating an Estimated $55 Million
7 Days to Die Developer Acquired by Behaviour Interactive
Valve Writer Says a “Small Group” of Developers Are “Messing Around” With AI Tools
Nintendo Lowers Pricepoint For Digital Versions of Switch 2 Games
Marathon Has Sold 1.2 Million Copies, Analyst Estimates
Capcom Tells Shareholders It Won’t Use AI Generated Material in Its Games
Nintendo Cutting Back Switch 2 Production Due to Weaker Than Expected US Sales – Report
UK Game Development Industry “Facing Its Most Severe Downturn on Record”
Sony Accused of Creating a “Near Monopoly” On The PlayStation Store
Splitgate Developer Is Making a New, Titanfall-Inspired “Movement Shooter”
Epic Games Laying Off 1,000 Employees Due to a “Downturn in Fortnite Engagement”
Trio of Nacon-Owned Studios File For Insolvency
Square Enix Announces AI Assistant for Dragon Quest X, Powered by Google Gemini
Crimson Desert Developer Admits To Undisclosed Generative AI Assets, Will Conduct Audit
Minecraft Live Reveals Theme Park, New Biome, and Minecraft Dungeons II
Did Japanese Developers Skip GDC This Year?
New Switch 2 Console With Replaceable Battery Coming to Europe — Report
Resident Evil Requiem is 2026’s Best-Selling Game in the US So Far
Two More Xbox Veterans Leave Microsoft
Nvidia Fails To Assuage Concerns About Controversial DLSS 5 Technology, Despite Clarifications
Unknown Worlds Leaders’ Lawyers Say Krafton “Self-Servingly Announced” Subnautica 2 Early Access
CD Projekt Announces “Entirely New IP,” Offers Witcher 4 Updates
GTA Wiki Leaves Fandom Over Ads, AI, and Censorship
With AI Helpers, Games Companies Are Facilitating the Death of Their Own Communities
Free Epic Games Store Titles Attract 8 Million New Users Per Year, Company Suggests
Meta Shuts Down VR Component of Horizon Worlds Metaverse App
IOI Partners Ends Publishing Deal with MindsEye Developer Build a Rocket Boy
Indie Studio Speculative Agency Returns Xbox Funding in No Games For Genocide Boycott
Ubisoft Lays Off 105 Staff From Tom Clancy Studio Red Storm — Report
Until Dawn Remake Developer Dissolves
BAFTA Games Awards 2026 – Expedition 33 Leads With 12 Nominations
Ubisoft Appoints Leader For Live Service and Casual Games Divisions
NetEase Invests in Chinese Startup Amid Western Funding Cuts
Pragmata Preview
Saudi Arabian Electronic Gaming Development Company Acquires 5% Stake in Capcom
Pokémon Go Data Used to Train Pinpoint GPS Model for Niantic Spatial
Arc Raiders Replaced Some Generative AI Voices Post-Launch, Says Embark CEO
Ousted Subnautica 2 Leaders Earn Court Victory, CEO Reinstated and $250 Million Bonus Period Extended
European Age Ratings To Classify Loot Boxes As PEGI 16 By Default
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins Game of the Year at the 2026 GDC Awards
SAG-AFTRA Issues Do Not Work Order Against Mega Man: Dual Override
Xbox Outlines Technical Ambitions for Project Helix Console
“This Is an Xbox” Marketing Campaign Retroactively Erased by Microsoft
Titanium Court Takes Out Grand Prize at The Independent Game Festival Awards 2026
Ashes of Creation Creator Gets Restraining Order Against Board of His Former Company
Founders of Former Netflix Subsidiary Boss Fight Entertainment Relaunch Studio
Resident Evil Creator Shinji Mikami’s New Studio is Unbound Games
EA Lays Off Unknown Number of Battlefield 6 Developers
PlayStation Store Trialing Dynamic Pricing In All Regions Except Japan
Nintendo Sues US Government Over Tariffs
Valve Sued By UK Performing Right Society For Using Members’ Work “Without Permission”
Workers at Hyper Light Drifter Developer Heart Machine Have Unionised
Valve Reaffirms Steam Hardware Launches For 2026, Following Confusion
‘Marathon’ Opening Weekend Sees Rapid Response to Monetisation Criticism
Life is Strange, Episodic Games, and Nostalgia for Communal Media
NetEase To Cut Funding For ‘Gang of Dragon’ Studio, Founded by Yakuza Creator
Helldivers 2 Charity Challenge Ends In Death Threats
Epic Sues Former Contractor Over Fortnite Leaks
Ubisoft Outlines Assassin’s Creed Updates, Black Flag Resynced, Competitive Multiplayer Title
Australia To Require Age Verification To Play Online Videogames Rated R18+
‘Project Helix’ Codename for Next-Gen Xbox Console Disclosed
Crimson Desert Developer Defends Against Accusations of Hiding Console Footage
Resident Evil Requiem Review
US Government Will Debate Tencent Investments in Epic Games, Riot as “National Security Risk” – Report
PlayStation Reportedly Cancelling PC Ports
Microsoft Has Obtained a Patent For AI Game Helpers
Koei Tecmo Partners With AI Startup For “IP-Specific” LLM
Former Highguard Developer Says The Game “Leaned Too Far Into The Competitive Scene”
Marathon Server Slam Sees Passionate Reactions, But Unclear Future
Netflix Co-CEO Says Paramount Will Make $16 Billion In Cuts At Warner Bros.
Highguard To Shut Down, Six Weeks After Release
Nintendo Indie World Showcase Delivers Co-Ops, Roguelikes, and Blue Prince
Bluepoint Pitched Bloodborne Remake, FromSoftware “Didn’t Want It To Happen” – Report
Will Phil Spencer’s Exit Reset Xbox’s Progress In Japan?
Square Enix Shuts Down Final Fantasy 14 Blog Over Staff Harassment
Fruit Ninja Creator Halfbrick Reportedly Cut 41 Staff
A Brief History of Asha Sharma, The New Xbox CEO
Former Highguard Developers Say “Hubris” Caused The Game’s Failure
Resident Evil Requiem Launches to Widespread Praise, Record Player Activity
Pokemon’s 10th Generation Title Set for 2027 Release With Wind and Waves
Clint Hocking, Creative Director on Assassin’s Creed Hexe, Leaves Ubisoft – Report
New York is Suing Valve Over Loot Boxes and “Quintessential Gambling”
Nexon Names Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund As Executive Chairman
Xbox Is “Committed to Being a First-Party Games Publisher,” Insists New Leaders
Blizzard Wants To “Show Up on Every Screen Imaginable,” Says President
Amazon Ends Publishing Agreement with Maverick Games, Led by Former Forza Horizon Devs
Nacon Files For Insolvency Days After Announcing Next Showcase
Unions Say Ubisoft Didn’t Contact Them After Strikes, Despite CEO Prioritising “Transparency and Open Dialogue”
Discord Delays Controversial Age Verification Rollout
Ubisoft Announces New Assassin’s Creed Leadership Team
“The Internet is The Internet” Says Roblox Head of Parental Advocacy
Krafton Appoints First “Chief AI Officer” Following AI-First Push and Voluntary Resignations
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Director is Leaving Game Development
Grappling with Gaming’s Environmental Sustainability Issues
Evo Fighting Tournament Gets Full Saudi Ownership
Roblox Sued By Los Angeles County Over Child Safety
Tencent Shuts Down TiMi Montréal
Former XCOM Designer Closes New Studio Working on GenAI Game
Ubisoft Toronto Lays Off 40 Employees
Xbox Leadership Shakeup – CEO Phil Spencer Retires, President Sarah Bond Resigns
EA Uses AI to Replicate EA Sports FC Commentator’s Voice For Over 20,000 Player Names
Sony Shuts Down Bluepoint Games, Regarded Remake Developers
Quarantine Zone Review
NetEase Posts Revenue Boosts, Doubles Down on AI
ROG Xbox Ally X Price Hike Hits Australia, Now $1800 AUD
Sony Could Push Next-Gen PlayStation Due to Memory Shortages Caused by AI – Report
Valve Acknowledges Steam Deck Shortages Due to Global Memory and Storage Issues
Saudi Arabia Nearing $6 Billion Mobile Developer Acquisition
Highguard Developer Was Secretly Backed by Tencent – Report
Embracer Reports Sales Dip Alongside Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Success
NetEase’s Anchor Point Studios Goes Independent
Capcom Slashes Unpopular Pay-per-View Prices for Street Fighter Tournaments, One Month Out
How Do Game Devs Come Up With Their Music?
Overwatch Playerbase Triples On Steam Following Major Game Refresh
Sega Reports Income Losses, $200 Million Impairment Write-Down for Rovio
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast Shut Down G.I. Joe Developer, Atomic Arcade
“Father of Sega Hardware” Hideki Sato Dies Age 77
Ubisoft Strike Ends With No Word From Management: “They Cannot Hide Their Head in The Sand”
Nexon Hits Record-High Revenue, Sells 14 Million Copies of Arc Raiders
“Innovation Is On Life Support” – Former Highguard Developer Laments Launch
PlayStation State of Play Headlined by God of War Trilogy Remake Announcement
Clair Obscur Wins Five DICE Awards, Including Game of the Year
Red Dead Redemption 2, Westworld, And The Hunt For The Final Easter Egg
Ubisoft Expects Operating Loss of €1 Billion in FY2026, Following Prince of Persia Cancellation, Other Delays
Remedy Posts 46% Quarterly Revenue Spike But Full-Year Loss After FBC: Firebreak
1,200 French Ubisoft Workers Join International Strike
Riot Games Lays Off 80 Workers From 2XKO Team, Weeks After Console Launch
Yakuza Kiwami 3 Director Defends Contentious Recasting, As Reviews Highlight The Issue
New StarCraft Project in the Works at Korean Developer Nexon
Australian Government To Test Roblox Safety Over “Disturbing” Child Grooming Reports
I Owe Hytale a Formal Apology
Game Developers On Google’s Project Genie: “A Deeply Unpleasant and Messy Abomination”
MindsEye Developers Criticise Leadership For Issues As CEOs Chase “Saboteurs” – Report
Discord To Roll Out “Teen-By-Default” Settings, Require Age Verification
Overwatch 2 Sees Player Resurgence on Steam Following Rebrand Announcement
‘Horses’ Developer and Epic Game Store Contest Events Leading To Game’s Ban
‘Trails beyond the Horizon’ Remains Unreleased and Unclassified in Australia After Demo Complications
Bandai Namco Hits Record High Net Sales Revenue
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developers Given French Knighthood
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Delivers Anime, Resident Evil and Todd Howard
Ubisoft Town Hall Fails to Reassure About the Company’s Future — Report
Roblox Debuts AI-Generation Tool, Hit With Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Plagiarism Accusations
Ubisoft Reportedly Cancelled A Co-op Multiplayer Assassin’s Creed Title
Steam Machine Pricing and Release Affected by Memory and Storage Price Hikes, Says Valve
PlayStation 5 Consoles Sales Hit 92.1 Million, Though Holiday Sales Decreased in 2025
EA Posts Significant Third Quarter Profit Dip, Despite Revenue Boost
Nintendo CEO Says Memory Price Hikes May “Put Pressure on Profitability” for Switch 2
Sony Has Secured Memory To Meet PS5 Demand for 2026, May Be “Some Impact”
Sony “Very Confident” In Marathon After Playtest Changes
GOG “Not Planning on Making Absolute Statements” About Generative AI Use
GOG Employees Confirm AI-Generated Art Use in Sale Banner
Take-Two Says Google Genie is “Not A Game Engine,” and “Not Even in the Same Ballpark”
Increased In-Game Spending During End of 2025 Significantly Boosts Take-Two Revenue
Next-Gen Xbox To Launch in 2027, Suggests AMD CEO
Development on Borderlands 4 for Switch 2 on “Pause,” Following Indefinite Delay
Ubisoft CEO “Should Move On” Following Controversial Company Restructure, Says Union
Metroid Prime 4 Has Sold Over One Million Copies On Switch 1 and 2 Combined, Reportedly
Epic Games Store Posts Record-Breaking 2025, Doubles Down on Fortnite Promotions
Switch Becomes Best Selling Nintendo Console in History, Switch 2 Sales Reach 17.37 Million
Blizzard QA Workers “Overwhelmingly” Vote to Ratify Union Contract
Sony Has Patented an AI-Generated Podcast Voiced by PlayStation Characters
Ubisoft Veteran Fired After Criticising Return-to-Office Mandate
Google Rolls Out AI World Generator, Sparking Copyright and Investment Concerns
GameStop CEO Wants to Acquire a Public Company: “Going to be Genius or Totally Foolish”
Wildlight CEO Says “Toxicity” Around Highguard is “Challenging”
Highguard Reviews Improve To “Mixed” After One Week, Thanks To 5v5 Mode
Nintendo Restricts Image Sharing in Tomodachi Life: “Out-of-Context Scenes May be Misunderstood”
Meta’s Reality Labs Posts Major Operating Losses, Maintains “Optimism in The Future of VR”
GDC Acknowledges US Travel Stress, But Notes Little Impact One Month Out
52% of Game Developers Say Generative AI Is Having Negative Impact On Industry
French Unions Call for “Massive International Strike” For Ubisoft Employees
Geralt of Rivia Would Do Well on Tinder, Thank You Very Much
Valve Facing $897.7 Million Lawsuit Over Developer Commissions
Xbox Content, Services, and Hardware Revenue Declined During End of 2025
Resident Evil Requiem Preview
Highguard Developers Share Thoughts On Tepid Reveal, Confidence In Game’s Future
Highguard Launch Day Sees Significant Player Numbers, Mostly Negative Sentiments
Capcom Reports Big Financial Boosts Across Segments
Ubisoft Proposes Up To 200 Voluntary Redundancies at Paris Office
UK Court Rules Stealing Runescape Gold is Actually Criminal Theft
UK Games Industry Has “All The Talent But None of The Support,” Says UK Video Games Council
Pokémon is the Ultimate Universal Language
Xbox Developer Direct 2026 Plays Host To Pottery Game Announcement
Ask Us Anything! – TWIV Mailbag Volume 1
US Democrats Urge “Thorough Investigation” Into EA Acquisition
French Union Responds to Ubisoft Reorganisation: “It Is Out of The Question To Let a Boss Run Wild”
Ubisoft Shares Drop 39% In One Day After Announcing Reorganisation
Marathon Art Director Joseph Cross Discusses Departure From Bungie
Bungie Flaunts Over 30 Notable Voice Actors For Marathon Cast
Hytale Developer Has “No Regrets” About Saving the Game
Ubisoft Cancels Six Games, Delays Seven More in Major Company “Reset”
Netflix Games is Pushing Its “Cloud-First Strategy” in 2026
Nintendo Switch 2 is Still Japan’s Fastest-Selling Console
Former Assassin’s Creed Boss Sues Ubisoft, Alleging Forced Resignation
Valve Redefines Generative AI Disclosure Policy for Steam
Emergency Services Respond to Reported Explosion at Rockstar North
Fortnite Blocks Paid Prize Wheels After Gambling Controversy
Italian Competition Authority Investigates In-Game Purchase Practices in Diablo Immortal, Call of Duty Mobile
Sony and Bungie Set Marathon Release Date for 5 March 2026, With US $40 Price Point
Emergency Services Respond to Explosion at Rockstar North
Can You Algorithmically Define the Best New Steam Game of 2025?
Elden Ring Nightreign is Friendslop
Please, Stop Using Gen Z To Rationalise AI Slop
Clair Obscur Leads Nominations for Game Developers Choice Awards 2026
Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft Release Joint Statement on Player Safety
Amazon’s ‘New World: Aeternum’ Delisted, Headed for Shutdown in 2027
The Division Creative Director Leaves Ubisoft, Moves To Battlefield Studios
Report on Rockstar Court Hearing Shares Evidence, Discussion Of 32-Player Mode for GTA 6
Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb Laid Off From Unity
No Gen AI Art in ‘Divinity’, says Larian in Reddit AMA
Former Activision CEO Involves Embracer, Unions in Harassment and Acquisition Lawsuit
Warhammer Maker Discloses Strict Policy Against AI Generated Content and Designs
Hytale Launches to Huge Player, Streaming Numbers
In the Market for Gaming Hardware? You Should Probably Act Now
GameStop Announces US $35 Billion Incentive for CEO As Hundreds of Stores Close
Fortnite In-Island Transactions Result in Gambling and Pricey Bundles
GOG Has “Huge Opportunities” Following Acquisition By Its Original Co-Founder
Meta to Shut Three In-House VR Game Development Studios
Clair Obscur and Ghost of Yōtei Lead Nominations For 2026 DICE Awards
The Sims Team Says Its Values Are “Unchanged” After Saudi Buyout
Ubisoft Halifax Closes Weeks After Unionising
Finalists for the 2026 Independent Game Festival Awards Led by Baby Steps
Fired Rockstar Staff Denied Interim Pay at Employment Tribunal Hearing
Two Major Rainbow Six Siege Hacks Have Been Resolved
Victoria Tran’s Top 5 “Hear Me Out” Video Game Characters of 2025
Edmond Tran’s Top 5 Games of 2025
Daniel Robson’s Top 5 Indie Events in Asia 2025
Patrick Dane’s Top 5 Games of the Year
Patrick Dane, This Week in Videogames News Editor, Dies
Stu Kimball’s Top 3 Memory-Making Games of 2025
Maddie Agne’s Top 3 Games of 2025
Austin Bolliger’s Top 4 Games of 2025
How the Cost and Effort of Human Voice Actors Compares to Generative AI
We’re on Holiday Break! See You in 2026
The Insatiable Appetite for RAM is Threatening to Consume the Gaming Market
Ubisoft Halifax Workers Form First Ubisoft Union in North America
EA Shareholders Approve Saudi Arabia-Backed Acquisition
Skate Story Review
Clair Obsur: Expedition 33 Has Indie Game Awards Revoked Due To Generative AI Use
Blizzard Aims to Launch “at Least One to Two” Major Releases Each Year, says President
Arkane Austin’s Closure Was “A Shock” For Former Studio Director
AI Can’t “Sit Down and Make Games,” Says CD Projekt Joint CEO
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developer Doesn’t Expect to Scale Up For Next Game
Vince Zampella, Call of Duty Co-Creator and Battlefield Head, Dies
Marathon Art Director Joseph Cross Leaves Bungie
Naughty Dog Mandates Developer Overtime for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Demo — Report
Larian to Host Divinity AMA After Generative AI Backlash
Riot Games Working on Major League of Legends Overhaul Set for 2027
Perfect Dark Actor Had “Done Entire Chapters of This Universe” Before Cancellation
Routine Review
Studio Head James Ohlen Leaves Exodus Developer Archetype Entertainment
Over 19,000 Games Were Released on Steam in 2025
Sony and Tencent Horizon Lawsuit Ends In Confidential Settlement
Horses Sells Over 18,000 Copies, Repays Loans Despite Steam Ban
Xbox Consoles Saw 20% Less Game Launches in 2025
Xbox Consoles Saw 20% Fewer Game Launches in 2025
Videogame Hardware Sales in the US Hit Thirty Year Low
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
Sucker Punch Productions Co-Founder Brian Fleming Leaves Company
Battle Royale Supervive Will Sunset Early Next Year Due To Unsustainable Playerbase
Disney Doesn’t Think Roblox is Safe Enough to Collaborate With – Report
Bungie Sets ‘Marathon’ Release Window for March 2026
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sees Sales Spike Following Game Awards Success
Video Game History Foundation Recovers Lost Sega Channel Games
Dead Island 3 Production Confirmed, Aiming For 2028 Launch
Divinity Is “Going To Be Us Unleashed,” Says Larian Studios CEO
Ranking the New Steam Game ‘Playtime Winners’ of 2025
Divinity Trailer Was Not About Shock But Treating Audiences With Respect, Says Larian
“I wish I had the Katamari Damacy IP” Says Series Creator
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Will Launch Before 2030, Says Game Director
French President Praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Game of the Year Win
Ubisoft Acquires Amazon Games Team Led By Former R6 Siege Creative Director
The Game Awards 2025 – All The Winners and Finalists
The Game Awards 2025 – All the Announcements and Trailers
Control Resonant Is “Not a Safe Sequel,” and “Not a Soulslike,” Says Remedy
Game Workers Union Calls Out Rockstar for “Falsehoods and Disinformation” in Recent Statement
Workers at Doom Developer Have Formed a Wall-to-Wall Union
Kirby Air Riders Development Team Will Soon Disband With Game Considered Complete
Xbox Head Says He’s “Proud” of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Team: “It’s Not Just About Launch”
The Ban of Horses Has a Lot To Do With “American Values,” Says Santa Ragione
Quantic Dream’s MOBA Works In Theory — But First It Needs To Work Technically
Kirby Air Riders Development Team Will Soon Disband, Game Considered Complete
Xbox Studios Head Says He’s “Proud” of Black Ops 7 Team, “Not Just About Launch”
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Review
Fortnite is Back on the US Google Play Store
A Remake of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II Was in Development — Report
Netflix CEOs Say Warner Bros Games Attributed No Value To Acquisition Deal
Call of Duty Won’t Go “Back-To-Back” with Black Ops or Modern Warfare Again, Says Activision
Fallout: New Vegas Writer Says There’s “No Credit… No Residuals” for Fallout Show’s Second Season
UK Prime Minister Calls Rockstar Firings “Deeply Concerning”
New Saudi Arabian Gaming Conference Will Host 500 Studios And Developers in 2026
The Game Awards Doesn’t Always Get It Right When Representing the Industry, Says Geoff Keighley
Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition 2025 – All the Announcements
Fallout: New Vegas Writer Says There’s “No Credit… No Residuals” for Show’s Second Season
Former Perfect Dark Leads To Establish New 2K Games Studio
Major Square Enix Investor Criticises Company For “Significant Deterioration in Earning Power”
Frosty Mini 2025 – All the Announcements and Trailers From the ANZ Games Showcase
Wholesome Snack 2025 – All the Announcements
Capcom To Expand Mega Man, Devil May Cry and Ace Attorney With “New Releases”
Fallout Creator Tim Cain Returns to Obsidian
Hideo Kojima Doesn’t Know If OD “Will Work” But Says Physint Is “Fun And Easy To Make”
iam8bit Sues Skybound Games For Fraud — Report
Katsuhiro Harada Leaving Bandai Namco and Tekken Franchise After 30 Years
Horses Developer Says Ban Publicity “Does Not Compare” to Lost Steam Audience
Xbox Hardware Outsold by Motion Controlled Nex Playground During Black Friday
Fallout Creator Tim Cain Returns to Obsidian Entertainment
Dispatch Review
Wreckreation Developer Puts Studio on Redundancy Notices
Splitgate 2 Rebrands to Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, Launches For Second Time December 17
Netflix Agrees To Acquire Warner Bros, Including Its Game Division
Sega Says It’s “Leveraging AI” in Future Game Development
Path of Exile 2’s Full Release Likely Won’t Make March 2026 Target
‘Horses’ Relisted On Humble Store, Following Temporary Removal and Re-review
Roblox Banned in Russia Over “LGBT Propaganda”
PlayStation Partners With Bad Robot For New Game From Left 4 Dead Creator
Clair Obscur Cast Calls for TGA to Add More Performance Awards
Destiny 2: Renegades Launch Performance Falls Behind Previous Releases
Clair Obscur Cast Calls for The Game Awards to Add More Performance Categories
‘Marathon’ Plagiarism Incident Resolved, Says Artist
I Don’t Know How Much Trouble Bungie Is In, And That’s Worrying
Clair Obscur is Xbox’s Biggest Third-Party Launch This Year
Former Nexon CEO is “Sick of Hearing About AI”
Tencent Agrees Not to Promote Light of Motiram in Sony Lawsuit
Helldivers 2 Reduces PC Size By 85% With “Slim Version” Now in Testing
Netflix Games Splits With Cozy Game Developer Spry Fox
Tencent Agrees Not to Promote Light of Motiram in Horizon Lawsuit with Sony
Helldivers 2 Reduces PC Install Size By 85% With “Slim Version” Now in Testing
Megabonk Has Been Renominated at The Game Awards
Shovel Knight Developer Says Next Game is “Make or Break”
Former Splinter Cell Remake Director Returns to Game
Battlefield Studios Claims 98% of Battlefield 6 Matches Are Cheater-Free
Saudi Arabia To Own 93.4% of Electronic Arts Following Buyout – Report
‘Horses’ Refused Distribution on Epic Games Store Hours Before Release
What Escalating Japan-China Tensions Could Mean For Videogames
Hollow Knight: Silksong Release Date Was Decided Last Minute, Says Team Cherry
The Next Witcher Trilogy Will Release Over Six Years, Suggests CD Projekt
Rockstar Games Co-Founder Dan Houser Says Generative AI Will “Eat Itself”
Fortnite Live Event Draws Over 10 Million Players, But Falls Behind Previous Peaks
IO Interactive Says “There’s Going To Be a Next Hitman” After 007 First Light
Hollow Knight: Silksong Developers “Happy” With Difficulty, But Say It’s “Totally Fine” to Mod
Capcom Talks Resident Evil Requiem
Destiny 2 Director Admits The Edge of Fate Expansion “Didn’t Work”
‘Control Resonant’ Trademark Filed in Europe
Tekken Producer Clarifies Statements on Pay-Per-View Tournaments, Saying It’s “Unlikely”
Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney Says Steam’s AI Disclosure “Doesn’t Make Sense”
Nintendo Acquires Bandai Namco Studios Singapore to Strengthen Development Structure
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Publisher Takes $37 Million Write-Down
Fortnite is Premiering a Lost Kill Bill Scene
Rue Valley Review
Kirby Air Riders Review
Embracer Group Divests From Arc Games and Cryptic Studios, Four Years After Acquisition
Splitgate 2 Will Be Relaunched In December, Five Months After Being Unlaunched
Ubisoft AI Developer Says It’s “A Super Cool Tool, but It Can Do Bad Stuff”
Baldur’s Gate 3 Performance Director Calls For Motion Capture Awards Category
Saturnalia Developer’s Upcoming Horror Game Banned From Steam
The Blood of Dawnwalker Director Doesn’t Think Games Made With AI “Will Have Soul”
Rockstar Co-Founder Says AI Can be “Amazing” But is Hyped Up to Sell Stock
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund “is Running Low” After EA Acquisition, Says Report
What’s With All the Indie Game Crossover Collaborations?
Rockstar Allegedly Fired Union Employees Over Slack Policy Change Communications, Suggests Report
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launch Sales 63% Lower Than Battlefield 6’s in Europe
Actor Udo Keir Dies Aged 81, Hideo Kojima Pays Tribute to OD Actor
Clair Obscur Wins Game of the Year at 2025 Golden Joystick Awards
Valve Says No Chance Of New Game Bundled With Steam Machine
Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It’s Working Towards Support
Steam Machine Price Will Be Close to PC of Similar Performance, Says Valve
Videogames Are a “Natural Goldmine” in Film Industry’s Hunt for the Next Great IP
IO Interactive CEO Says “We’re Onto Something With Single Player Game-as-a-Service”
Ubisoft CEO Calls Generative AI “As Big a Revolution” As 3D in Games
Ubisoft Reports H1 FY2026 Earnings After Delay Due to Accounting Error
Vampire Crawlers and Raji: Kaliyuga Amongst 16 Games Showcased At Xbox Partner Preview
New Document in Krafton, Unknown Worlds Trial Calls Korea “The Joe Pesci of Countries”
Over 60% of US Game Workers Support Unionisation, Says GDC Report
Bungie Settles Copyright Lawsuit With Writer Over Alleged Destiny 2 Infringements
Take-Two CEO Says Industry “Moving Towards PC,” But Consoles “Never Going Away”
Marathon Cinematic Short Was “Not AI” Says Director
Unity and Epic Games Announce Partnership Bringing Unity Titles to Fortnite
Speedrunning Nostalgia in Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined
Clair Obscur Leads Finalist Nominations For The Game Awards 2025
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Xbox President Reiterates “Hardware is Absolutely Core” to Xbox
Helldivers 2 Studio CEO Posits Middle Ground on AI Debate
How Come So Many Great-Reviewed Games Don’t Sell?
Activision Addresses Generative AI Art Suspicions in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launch Performance Falls Significantly Short of Black Ops 6
Sony Allegedly Targets Concord Revival Servers Run By Community
ROG Xbox Ally X “Exceeding Expectations,” ASUS Plans To Ramp Up Production
Crystal Dynamics Lays Off 30 More Workers, Following Cuts in August and March
Football Manager 26 and When User Experience Goes Wrong
British Workers Union Stages Second Rockstar Games Protest, Calling Out “Culture of Fear”
Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Says Company Nearly Purchased Minecraft
Bethesda is “Investigating Issues” Following Criticism of Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition
Forestrike Review
The Outer Worlds 2 Review
Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity Review
Ubisoft Requests Suspension in Trading and Delays Its Half-Year Financial Report
Krafton Offering Voluntary Resignation For All Employees Amid AI Push
Xbox’s Phil Spencer Welcomes Valve’s Steam Machine
Rockstar Games Accused of Firing Union Employees to Avoid Statutory Recognition
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Valve Announces Steam Frame, A Standalone VR Headset
British Workers Union Brings Legal Claims Against Rockstar Games
Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Competition is Over, Says Former Nintendo of America President
Nexon CEO Says “It’s Important to Assume That Every Game Company is Now Using AI”
Sega is Raising Salaries for New and Existing Hires in Japan
The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Still “A Long Way Off,” Says Todd Howard
Destiny 2 Hasn’t Reached Sony’s Expectations For Bungie Acquisition, Says CFO
PS5 Console Sales Top 84.1 Million, Ghost of Yotei Sells 3.3 Million in One Month
Sony Reports Profit Hit Worth US $204 Million Due To Bungie “Impairment Loss”
Sony CFO on Bungie’s Marathon: “We Will Make Corrections”
Sony CFO on Bungie’s Marathon: “As Needed, We Will Make Corrections”
PlayStation State of Play Japan – All Announcements and Trailers
Texas Sues Roblox for Child Grooming and Exploitation
Arc Raiders Surpasses Battlefield 6 in Concurrent Steam Players During Second Weekend
‘Halo Infinite’ Comes to Finite End in November 2025
Take-Two CEO Rejects Using AI As “Excuse” To Reduce Headcount
Hey Microsoft, TikTok Is Not an Xbox
The Game Awards Future Class Program Criticised By Alumni After Continued Absence
Blizzard Faces Backlash Against Premium Currency Plan for World of Warcraft
Bad Brain Game Studios, Another Former NetEase Studio, Announces Closure
Rockstar Games Says Fired Workers Were “Distributing” Confidential Information
Grand Theft Auto 6 Delayed For Second Time To November 2026
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra From Uncharted Creator Delayed Beyond Early 2026
The Simpsons Fornite Season Causes Surge of New and Returning Players, Says Epic
Meta’s Reality Labs Continues To Lose Billions in Quarterly Operating Costs
Ubisoft Presented Video Detailing How It Dealt With Assassin’s Creed Shadows “Hate”
Nintendo Will Now Shift Primarily To Switch 2 Game Development, Says President
Football Manager 26 Receives Mostly Negative Reviews Despite Taking a Year Off
Former NetEase Developer T-Minus Zero Entertainment Relaunches After Closure
Nintendo Sells 10 Million Switch 2 Consoles in Four Months, Raises Annual Forecast
Vampire Survivors Spin-Off Warhammer Survivors Announced by Poncle and Auroch Digital
