This Week in Video Games
A weekly publication covering the past week in video games
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
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
Cities: Skylines II Studio Leaves Project, Paradox Instates New Developer
Hypixel Studios Reacquires Hytale From Riot Games Following Cancellation
Krafton CEO Allegedly Used ChatGPT to “Brainstorm Ways to Avoid Paying the Earnout” to Unknown Worlds Co-Founders
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
We Spoke to Valve About Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller
Valve Announces New Steam Machine, A Console-Like PC Gaming Device For TVs
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
EA Outlines Risks of Saudi Arabian Acquisition
US Patent Office Will Reexamine Nintendo Character Summoning Patent
Square Enix, Bandai Namco Ask OpenAI To Stop Training On Their Content
Helldivers 2 Has Started to “Break at the Seams” Due to Technical Issues, Says Game Director
Gamescom Asia’s Glow-Up Is a Win for the Region
Saudi-Owned SNK Puts Up Another Excessive $4.1 Million Prize Pool for 2026 Tournament
Arc Raiders Playerbase Continues to Rise After Strong Launch
Former NetEase MMO Developer Fantastic Pixel Castle Will Shut Down
Rockstar Co-Founder Says Open World Is Why Cancelled ‘Agent’ Didn’t Work
Rockstar Games Fires Dozens of Workers, Accused of “Blatant” Union Busting
Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Streamer Who Told the Company “I Run The Streets”
New Fortnite Cosmetic Has to be Purchased Every Time its Appearance is Customized
Arc Raiders Will Prioritise Visual Identity Over Novelty Cosmetics, Says Embark
Fellowship (Early Access) Review
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO Has Been Cancelled, Ex-Developer Suggests
Nintendo Denied Japanese Patent For “Monster Capture” Mechanic in Palworld Dispute
Take-Two CEO Says AI Will “Increase Employment” But Not “Create Genius”
RuneScape Holds Player Vote to Eliminate its Most “Egregious” Microtransactions
Don’t Nod Announces Netflix Partnership For New Narrative Game
Xbox Hardware Drops 29% As Microsoft Shifts to “Higher Margin Businesses” In Gaming
Sims 4 Content Creators Leave EA Creator Network Over Buyout and AI
Capcom Profits Surge in H1 FY2026 Report, Citing Anticipation for Resident Evil Requiem
Interim Remedy CEO Wants to Raise “Sense of Urgency” After Revenue Dip
Microsoft Wants to Rethink Consoles and PCs Being Two Different Things, Says CEO
Amazon Game Studios Lays Off ‘Significant’ Number of Developers in Company Cuts
Stop Killing Games Has Verified Almost Half of Its EU Signatures
EA Pushes Employees to Use AI For “Just About Everything” — Report
Valve Doesn’t Get Enough Criticism for Gambling Mechanics, Says DayZ Creator
Fable Creator Peter Molyneux No Longer Stands by ‘Flawed’ Blockchain Game
Why Japan’s Most Secretive Warriors Are Everywhere You Look in 2025
Keeper Review
Game Jam Project ‘RV There Yet?’ Explodes With 1.2 Million Sales In Under A Week
Netflix Closes Another Internal Game Studio, Developers Of ‘Squid Game: Unleashed’
Capcom Cites Sustainability As Rationale for Pay-per-View Street Fighter Finals
Battlefield 6 – Multiplayer Review
Embark Studios Thought Arc Raiders Had “Missed the Boat” on Extraction Shooters
Halo Campaign Remake Announced for 2026, Will Release on PlayStation 5
Clair Obscur Works Because It’s A “Complete Package” Says FF7 Rebirth Director
Xbox Head Phil Spencer Suggests He Leaves AI Use Up To Creative Teams
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Sold 5.8 Million Copies in its First Week
EA Partners With Stability AI, Wants to Make AI a “Trusted Ally”
Ubisoft Studio Massive Entertainment Restructures To Focus on The Division
Battlefield 6 – Campaign Review
Counter-Strike 2 Skin Market Loses $1.7 Billion After Valve Update
Microsoft Demands 30% Profit Margin From Xbox — Report
PUBG and Subnautica 2 Publisher Krafton is Becoming an “AI-First” Company
Everyone Else Is Wrong, Tales of the Shire Is Fun
Xbox Suggests Next-Gen Console Will Be “Very Premium, Very High-End”
Arc Raiders Playtest Exhibits Impressive Reception Ahead of Full Release
Arc Raiders Visual Downgrade Was a ‘Side Effect’ of Low-Spec Optimization, Says Embark
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala Steps Down, Effective Immediately
PalWorld Developer Pocketpair Doesn’t Want To Publish Games Made With GenAI
‘Trials’ Developer Ubisoft RedLynx Could Lay Off 60 Employees in Restructuring
Xbox President Reasserts Commitment to Next-Gen Hardware Development
Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity Isn’t Making A Huge Splash, But That Might Be Okay
Assaulted Streamer Calls Twitch Response a “Blatant Lie”
Former Battlefield 6 Campaign Lead “Disappointed” at Studio Not Being Credited
EA Is Sunsetting The Sims Mobile As New Projects Spin Up
26% of the European Games Industry Was Laid Off in the Past Year
Where Do Game Developers Get Their Ideas?
Little Nightmares 3 Review
Popular Online Games Made Unplayable Due to Amazon Web Services Outage
Parody Game ‘Escape From Duckov’ Explodes in Popularity on Steam
Apex Legends Boss Takes Over 2K Subsidiary 31st Union on Project Ethos
Quantic Dream’s Star Wars: Eclipse is Still in Development, Says David Cage
Former Assassin’s Creed Boss Says He Did Not Choose to Leave Ubisoft
Ex-Call of Duty Director Worries “Immensely” About Microsoft Owning Franchise
Ubisoft Introduces The Crew 2 Offline Mode, Following Preservation Outcry
Videogame Workers Union Asks “Who Will Be Spared?” in EA Acquisition
Assassin’s Creed Lead Leaves Ubisoft Amid Tencent-Backed Restructure
Battlefield 6 Passes 7 Million Units Sold Days After Release — Report
Tomonobu Itagaki, Dead or Alive Creator and Former Team Ninja Lead, Dies at 58
Sony Calls Tencent’s Horizon Lawsuit Dismissal “Nonsense”
Nintendo Responds to Crimson Collective Hack
Battlefield 6 Passes 7 Million Units Sold Days After Release
Blizzard’s Platform and Technology Workers Have Unionised
Helldivers 2 Pushing Back Content To Address Technical Performance
Bluepoint Games Working on Third-Person Action Title, Job Listing Suggests
Vendor Involved in Discord Breach Says It Was “Not Hacked”
Ghost of Yotei is Sony’s Best-Selling Title in Europe Since Spider-Man 2
Active Destiny 2 Players Reach Historical Low, New Data Suggests
Ghost of Yotei Review
Why Has PC Become the Dominant New Game Discovery Platform?
Remedy Lowers Financial Outlook After Poor FBC: Firebreak Sales
Gregg Mayles, Sea of Thieves Director and Rare Veteran, Confirms Departure
Battlefield 6 Sees Strong Opening Weekend, but Not Without Hitches
Microsoft Denies Target and Walmart Are Stopping Sale of Xbox Products
Baby Steps Review
Only 36% of US Players Buy More Than Four Games a Year, Says Study
Sega Enters Licensing Deal With International Olympic Committee
MindsEye Devs Call Out Build A Rocket Boy For Mismanagement
Halo Art Director Abruptly Leaves Franchise After 17 Years
NetEase Pulls Backing From MMO Developer Fantastic Pixel Castle
Hades II Review
Xbox Co-Founder Says Microsoft “Threw Away One of Their Last Advantages”
Former ZeniMax Developers Form Sackbird Studios
The Drifter Wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2025
Ubisoft Cancelled Assassin’s Creed Game Due to US Political Climate – Report
Microsoft Pauses Xbox Game Pass Price Hikes for Select Regions and Users
Xbox Reportedly Lost US $300 Million Putting Call of Duty on Game Pass
Discord Hack Compromises Government IDs
Bungie Resurfaces Marathon To Host Closed Technical Test
Nintendo Sues Reddit Moderator for Pirating Switch Titles
Funcom Closes ‘Metal: Hellsinger’ Developer, The Outsiders
Spare Some Apathy For EA
Is Tokyo Game Show Ready For The Big Time?
Xbox-Aligned Media Voice Concerns Over Game Pass Ultimate Price Hike
Workers at Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM Have Unionised
GLAAD Announces Queer Developer Mentorship Initiative
Starbreeze Lays Off Staff, Cancels D&D Project
Dune: Awakening Studio Laying Off Staff After “Biggest Release” in Developer History
Bloober’s ‘Cronos’ Team Already on New Project, Separate From Silent Hill 1 Remake
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Cost Increased by 50% in Subscription Shakeup
Ubisoft Launches New Subsidiary Vantage Studios
EA Workers Face “No Immediate Changes” to Jobs After Acquisition, Company Says
EA CEO Assures Values Will “Remain Unchanged” Following Buyout Involving Saudi PIF
New EA Investors Will Reportedly Look to AI for Cost-Cutting, Profit Boosts
Capcom Pay-per-View Model for Street Fighter 6 Tournaments Proves Unpopular
EA Announces Private Acquisition Worth US $55 Billion
Silent Hill f Review
Microsoft Pulls Azure Services from Israeli Military
Payday 2 Developer Apologies for Price Hike Prior to Subscription Announcement
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser Retires
Report: EA Nearing US $50 Billion Deal To Go Private With Saudi Arabia Involvement
Brazil Bans Loot Boxes for Under 18s
We Talked to YACHT To Try and Understand ‘Blippo+’
PlayStation State of Play September 2025 – All The Announcements
Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2025 Broadcast – All The Announcements
Google Is Taking Its Epic Games Case to the Supreme Court
Annapurna Interactive Debuts Three New Games in TGS Showcase
Borderlands 4 Indefinitely Delayed on Switch 2, Nine Days Ahead of Release
In Cairn, the Mountain is Both “A Person and an Adversary”
Borderlands 4 Review
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Announced At RGG Summit 2025
Consume Me Review
The Pokémon Company “Not Involved” in Homeland Security Video Using Its Imagery
Krafton Alleges Former Subnautica 2 Leaders Copied “Blueprint” for Game
Kojima Showcases ‘OD’, Teases ‘Physint,’ Announces Niantic AR Project
Fortnite Proximity Chat Mode ‘Delulu’ Results In “Thousands” of Bans
Ownership Lawsuit Over Sonic Theme Dismissed
Sucker Punch CEO Condemns “Making Light” of Murder, Following Artist Dismissal
Subnautica 2 Readiness No Longer a Factor in Leadership Termination, Suggests Report
Why Do Developers Dodge Certain Game Releases?
Greta Sees Ghosts? I Sure Do
Silksong’s Difficulty Is Informed by Its Freedom and Hero, Says Team Cherry
Fortnite Creators To Be Allowed to Sell In-Game Items
Making Comedy Games Is No Laughing Matter
Microsoft Announces Second Price Hike for Xbox Consoles in US
Discord, Steam, Reddit, and Twitch CEOs Called to Testify Before Congress
Paradox Reverses Actions on Bloodlines 2 DLC Following Vocal Backlash
Ousted Subnautica 2 Leaders Reportedly Block Krafton Forensic Inspection
Tencent Files to Dismiss Sony’s Horizon Clone Lawsuit
EA’s Skate Reboot Releases To Overwhelming Demand, Disappointed Sentiment
Arkheron Is Yet Another Promising Challenger in a Crowded Genre
UK Games Industry Is Falling Behind Global Competitors, Says Trade Body
Physical Games Just 3% of PlayStation Sales, as Focus on Live-Service Engagement Continues
Borderlands 4’s PC Performance Is Improving, but Randy Pitchford’s Comments Aren’t
‘The Lift’ Is Immersive Sim Meets Cosy Sim
Are In-Person Events Still Good for Game Discovery?
Silksong Release Date Surprise Was “A Little Callous,” Says Hell Is Us Lead
Tomb Raider Remastered Developer Accused of Non-Consensual AI Use
Borderlands 4 PC Performance Woes Muddy Otherwise Positive Reception
Nintendo Direct September 2025 – All The Announcements
Nintendo Obtains US Patents For Pokémon-like Character Summoning, Riding
The Big Difference Between 007 First Light and Hitman? Bond Has Friends
Cronos: The New Dawn Review
Adult Game Developers Flag New Issues in Releasing on Steam Early Access
The Japanese Indie Publisher Bringing “Bedtime” Games West
Blizzard Enlists Overwatch GM To Oversee Live Service, Mobile
Nintendo Settles Lawsuit with Genki Regarding CES Switch 2 Mockup Stunt
Hollow Knight: Silksong Saw 5 Million Players in 3 Days, Suggests Data Firm
Star Wars: Outlaws Port Highlights Speed Limitation of Switch 2 Cartridges
Criticism Grows For Hollow Knight: Silksong Chinese Translation
Lost Soul Aside Review
Japanese Games Are Stronger than Ever, but the Asian Wave Is Far Larger
Hollow Knight: Silksong Devs Wanted to Avoid Linear Metroidvania Progression
Hollow Knight: Silksong Crashes Storefronts, Sets Records
I’m from the American South, and ‘Road Kings’ Just Gets It
Hell Is Us Review
Saudi Firm Becomes Co-Owner of Fighting Game Tournament Event, Evo
Call of Duty Film Deal Struck By Paramount and Activision
Take-Two Deal To Save “Perfect Dark” Fell Through – Report
Are Vampires Real? The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Creative Director Won’t Tell Me
EA’s Skate Reboot Is Disappointingly Corporate (but the Skating Is Great)
NetEase Shuts Down US Studio Led By MMO Veterans
Hollow Knight Continues to Reach New Highs Ahead of Silksong Release
Weathering The Silksong Storm
Steam Enables Credit Card-Based Age Assurance Protocols For UK Users
Shakespeare Fans Will Be “Pissed Off” – Suda51 Talks Romeo is a Dead Man
Crystal Dynamics Lays Off “A Number” Of Developers
Former Black Panther Devs from Shuttered EA Studio Join Wizards of the Coast
Final Fantasy XIV May Soon Hit PS4 Limits, Warns Naoki Yoshida
Atari Acquires Ubisoft IP, Including Child of Eden, Grow Home, Cold Fear
Candy Crush Developer Severance Proposals “Weren’t Legal,” Claims Report
The Endless Deluge of Clone Games
PlayStation Needs To “Fail Early and Cheaply,” Says Studios CEO
Nintendo Encouraging Switch 1 Development Amid Lack of Switch 2 Dev Kits – Report
Even More Indie Games Evade Sudden Silksong Release Date
Blood of Dawnwalker Creative Director Cites Fallout 1 and 2 as Key Inspirations
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Review
Indie Metroidvania Developers Evade Sudden Silksong Release Date
Bungie CEO Pete Parsons Steps Down
Hollow Knight: Silksong “Was Never Stuck” Say Devs, Releases 4 September
40 Minutes with Valor Mortis, The First-Person Soulslike
Bioshock Developer Cloud Chamber Lays Off Over 80 Workers
PlayStation 5 Consoles Get Price Hike in US
Keeper “Could Never Get Signed With A Publisher,” Suggests Double Fine
Subnautica Developer Unknown Worlds Sues Former Leaders Over Alleged File Theft
GamesCom Opening Night Live 2025 – Over 35 Trailers, Silksong Mentioned
GamesCom Opening Night Live 2025 – Over 40 Trailers, Silksong Mentioned
30 Minutes With Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Non-Consensual GenAI Likeness Used in ‘First Descendant’ Ads, Nexon Responds
Roblox Sued By US State, “Flood of Lawsuits” Incoming, Regarding Child Abuse
Sword of the Sea Review
Former Diablo Boss Takes Over Bioshock Franchise
Do Steam Wishlists Actually Matter?
Develop: Brighton and the Games Conference Accessibility Problem
“They Saved Us, Basically” – Giant Squid on PlayStation’s Support for Sword of the Sea
PayPal Removed From Steam in Several Countries Regarding Content Concerns, Says Valve
Stripe Issues Apology Regarding “Totally Wrong” Claims On LGBTQ+ Content Ban
Blackbird Interactive Reacquires Hardspace: Shipbreaker Ownership
Arkane Studios Workers Demand Microsoft Withdraw From Israel
Blizzard’s Story Development Team Has Voted to Unionise
The Drifter Review
Dear me, I was… Review
PS Plus Game Catalogue Staggered Rollout Trial Stretches Across Two Months
Arkane Studios Workers Demand Microsoft Withdraw Support Of Israeli Government
One Hour with Hell Is Us
Embracer Calls AI “Increasingly Supportive,” Reports Significant Declines in Sales
Fortnite to Return to iOS in Australia Following Partial Court Victory
Battlefield 6 Has Already Sold 605k Copies on Steam, Suggests Data Firm
Subnautica 2 Leaders “Haven’t Earned” Payout, States Krafton Legal Response
Mafia: The Old Country Review
Battlefield 6 Open Beta Surges With PC Players, Cheaters
Dungeon & Fighter Developers Enter Indefinite Strike Over Bonuses
Civilization 7’s “Slow Start” Is In-Line With Expectations, Says Take-Two CEO
Remedy Reports High Revenue, Unsatisfying FBC: Firebreak Launch
Xbox Game Pass Subscribers Don’t Really Play More Games, Says Analytics Firm
Diablo Boss Rod Fergusson Resigns From Blizzard
The Significance of ‘Computer Entertainer’, According to The VGHF
Take-Two Earnings Outperform, GTA “Exceeded Our Expectations”
Grounded 2 (Early Access) Review
Take-Two CEO on Bioshock Troubles – “It Has Not Been Seamless”
‘Contraband’ Development Has Stopped, Confirms Avalanche Studios
Nintendo Indie World Showcase Led by Cozy (and Cozy Horror) Games
Indie Publisher Firestoke is Shutting Down
Sony on Marathon, Live-Service Strategy: “It’s Not Entirely Going Smoothly”
Sony Expects Marathon to Launch Before the End of March 2026
Sony Plans To Integrate Bungie Into PlayStation Studios
PlayStation 5 Console Shipments Reach 80.2 Million Units
PlayStation Sees Sharp Increase in Q1 Profits, Notes Impact From Marathon Delay
Genshin Impact Ending PS4 Support Due to “Hardware Performance” Limitations
Cities: Skylines Designer Launches New Studio, Day Off Interactive
Broad Payment Rules Put More Games At Risk, Says Storefront ZOOM Platform
New Indie Label ‘Umbrella Gaming’ Launched by Australian Film Distributor
Call of Duty Studio Raven Software Secures First Union Contract
