This Week in Video Games
A weekly publication covering the past week in video games
Gears of War: E-Day Review
World of Warcraft: Forever Will Keep Vertical Progression Jumps “As Small As Possible”, Blizzard Dev Says
Rockstar HR Manager Cites Concerns About “Commercially Sensitive” Information in Employee Discord During Labour Tribunal
Showa American Story Cranks The Dial On Its Love Of Japanese Music
Nintendo Executive Says There Are “No Plans” to Move Away From Physical Games
Hello Games Announces No Man’s Sky iOS Port for Apple Devices
Double Fine Productions’ Withdrawn Union Efforts Reportedly Driven By Eligibility Confusion
Epic Mandates “No More Hand-Written Code” for Unannounced Star Wars and Marvel Shooter
Forza Horizon 6 Coming to PS5 in January 2027
Ultima Creator Says He Will Regain Rights to RPG Series
Rainbow Six Mobile to Shut Down Less Than a Year After Global Release
Battlefield 6 Season 5 Ups the Number of New Maps and Adds a Dead Space-Themed PvE Mode
The Enshittification of Browser-Based Girl Games is Letting Down a Generation
Google Reveals AI Game Development Tools Google Playground and Unity Spark
Capcom Plans RE Engine Overhaul, Aims to Integrate More AI Tools
GTA VI Leaker Resurfaces, Releases 24 Minutes of Footage
Meta Acquires Dozens of Extended Reality Patents From Sony, Raising PSVR 2 Questions
Xbox Announces New Entertainment Division, Leadership Appointments
Furloughed Staff From Star Wars Zero Company Developer Begin Returning to Work
Mixtape Wins Game of the Year at the 2026 Australian Game Developer Awards
Paramount and Warner Bros Combine Gaming Divisions Following Companies’ US $110 Billion Merger – Report
Story Scent Trails in Marvel’s Wolverine Are Now a Toggleable “Hint” Option
GameStop Raises the Price of Used PlayStation 5 Pros to $1,400
Gravity Well Confirms “Over 40” Developers Laid Off, Debut Game Yet to be Revealed
Jagex Apologises for Gen AI Use in Trailer Made by “Trusted External Partner”
Arc Raiders and The Finals to Get TV and Film Adaptations
Former PlayStation Boss Questions Sony’s Decision to Go Discless: “I Hope it Made Sense to Them”
Undead Labs Boss Explains Why Studio Became Independent and Employee-Owned After Xbox Divestment
NBA 2K25 Server Shutdown and Delisting Confirmed, Making Single-Player MyCareer Mode Unplayable
Xbox Reportedly Secures Grand Theft Auto VI Cloud Game Streaming Rights
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Freaky New Link
S&box Creator Says the UGC Game’s Launch “Burnt Bridges”
Ninja Theory Employees Confirm Redundancy Process is Underway
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Review
Jagex Announces New RuneScape MMO, Built in Unreal Engine
RuneScape to “Relaunch” with Reignited Update in December 2026
Devolver Digital Is a Private Company Again
Devolver Studio Nerial, Developer of Reigns, Shuts Down
Krafton Cancels PUBG Extraction Shooter Spinoff Black Budget
Sony Introduces AI Upscaling to PlayStation 5 With QSSR
Ubisoft’s New ‘Massive Entertainment’ Unit Will Oversee The Division, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, More
It’s Time for High Chair Bosses To Grow Up
Riot Games Co-Founder Discusses 2XKO Struggles, Admits “Riot Hasn’t Been Very Good at Acquisitions”
Steam Frontpage To Become More Algorithmic In 2027, Following Change To Discount Curation
Valve MOBA Deadlock Reaches Record Concurrent Players with New Update
Ace Combat 8 Steam Reviews Dragged Down by Pre-Order Bonus Complaints
The Witcher 3 Remaster Launches to Positive Critic Reviews, Performance Concerns
Grasshopper Manufacture Splits From NetEase Games, Goes Independent
Naughty Dog Discloses Two New Last of Us Projects, No Updates on Intergalactic Until 2027
Minecraft Reveals First New Dimension in 15 Years, Draws Comparisons to Popular Mod
Saber “Taking a Chance” With Gen-AI in Rideshare Stimulator, Has No Other “Super Secret” AI Projects
Wardogs Surpasses 3 Million Sales, Bulkhead CEO Says Studio “Overwhelmed” Fighting Cheaters and DDOS Attacks
Maddie Agne Wins ‘Journalism Impact’ Category at 2026 MCV/Develop Women in Games Awards
Meta Announces New Agentic AI Game Development Tools
MindsEye Developer Build A Rocket Boy Has Appointed Administrators
Trust and Loyalty: The Real Glue Behind Japanese Games
Game Developer Criminals, Exposed!
Dutch Consumer Group Files €100 Million Lawsuit Against Epic Games
Swedish Unions Withdraw Strike Notice at Candy Crush Developer King
Mega Man: Dual Override Kicked My Ass
Discord Launches Delayed Age Verification Measures
Control Resonant Review
Unsurprisingly, Dark Arisen Gives You More Dragon’s Dogma 2
Obsidian Entertainment Will Retain “Creative Identity,” Bethesda President Assures
27 Chaotic Minutes with Dwarf Fortress Creator Tarn Adams
New Bungie Leadership Acknowledges Faults, Resolves To “Reforge” Destiny
LGBTQ Content in Marvel’s Wolverine Appears Censored in Some Regions
Microsoft Applies For Patent That Can Insert “Promoted Content” in Gameplay Sessions
Take-Two Interactive CEO Says Company Was “Very Nearly Bankrupt” Under Previous Management
(Still) Made In Japan: The View From A Flourishing Games Industry
Kojima Shares Recollection of Physint Cancellation, Encourages “Scepticism” Over Bloomberg Report
Marvel Tōkon’s Apology Tour Continues, but ArcSys Is Playing the Long Game
World of Warcraft: Forever Beta Launches to Technical Issues, Long Queue Times
Showa American Story Understands America’s “Particular Fondness for Zombies”
This Women-Led Games Publisher Isn’t a Charity — It Wants to be “Very Profitable”
“Nearly Everyone” Laid Off at Hyper Light Drifter Developer Heart Machine
Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast Offers Physint Cast Announcement
Diablo V Director Says Level Scaling Is “A Key Thing We Want To Address”
The Case for Diablo V is Justified, Assures Blizzard
Wardogs Lead Says Crunch is “Going to Happen” at Bulkhead
Indie RPG Nighthawks Gets Accidental ‘Adult Only’ Rating Removed
Marathon Abandons Seasonal Content Model, Bungie ‘Evolving’ Game with PvE and TDM Modes
Netflix Announces Crazy Taxi, Stranger Than Heaven Live-Action Film Adaptations
Arkheron’s PvP Genre Mashup Raises Red Flags, but Feels Genuinely Novel
King Staff Threaten Strike Action if No Agreement is Reached With Candy Crush Maker
Apple Reportedly Developing iPhone Game Controllers
Sony Halts Releases of Unofficial Last of Us 2 Multiplayer Mod
Level-5 CEO Confirms AI Use in Games Showcase After Backlash
Moss Developer Polyarc Announces Shutdown
Ask Us Anything! – TWIV Mailbag Volume 3: The Gamescom Special
‘Forsaken Kingdom’ and Reviving the World of Warcraft III
Diablo V, New StarCraft Game, World of Warcraft: Forever, More Announced at BlizzCon 2026
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Is a Far Better Shooter Than I Anticipated
Saudi Arabia Considering Electronic Arts and Savvy Games Group Merger — Report
How “Serendipity” and a Trebuchet Ball Helped Inspire the Broken Sword Series
Kojima’s Physint Reportedly Dropped By PlayStation Over Budget, Exclusivity, Progress Concerns
Xbox to Publish ‘Physint’ in Deal With Kojima Productions, Following PlayStation Cancellation
Nintendo Announces “Customer Appreciation Sale” That’s “Made Possible in Part by Tariff-Related Refunds”
Marvel’s Wolverine Review
1666: Amsterdam Creator Isn’t Concerned About Assassin’s Creed Hexe – “My Witch is a Real Witch”
Blizzard Workers Ratify Union Contracts After Two Years of Bargaining
1001 Threads of Mizan Still Has Plenty of Convincing Left to Do
Onimusha: Way of the Sword Review
Steam Implements Age Verification For R18+ Games in Australia, Credit Card Required
Mixtape, Bits & Bops Lead Nominations for the 2026 Australian Game Developer Awards
Why Pac-Man, Sonic, and the NFL Want a Piece of This Tiny Games Console
Steam Achievement Data for Upcoming and Unannounced Games Leaks
Life is Strange Creator May Not Be Able to Operate Past January 2027
Nintendo Direct September 2026 – All the Trailers and Announcements
I Watched Dylan Faden Eat Some Mold in Control Resonant
“No One Else is Making This”: Exploring the Horrifying Experiments of Ontos
Tetris-Style US Border Wall Game Removed From White House Website Following Tetris Company Statement
Gears of War: E-Day Almost Lost Sight of What’s Important: Big Necks
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Gets 5 November Release Date
At Gamescom, Sega Firmly Put Itself Back on the Radar
The Dune: Awakening Team is Excited to be One of the “Last Physical Discs on PS5”
Art Surveillance and Dog Detectives: Six Great Indies From Gamescom 2026
Xbox Introduces Cloud Streaming Limits For Game Pass, Purchase Options For Ad-Hoc Use
Gamescom Apologises for Response to Indie Exhibitor Thefts, Pledges “Dedicated Review of Security”
Star Wars Zero Company Review
SteamDB Announces Acquisition By NexusMods Owner Chosen
Guild Wars 3 Charges Head-On Into Two Major MMO Challenges: Combat and Consoles
“Bring in the Moose!”: What to Expect in Valheim 1.0
Why the Developer of Wardogs Gave You 10 Reasons Not to Buy It
PlayStation State of Play September 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
PlayStation Warns Customers Against Employee Harassment In Japan
Aggro Crab Announces Publishing Arm To Fund “Intense” Games With “Attitude”
Are We Really Witnessing the “Downfall” of Arc Raiders?
It Takes Many “Sleepless Nights” to Make a Silent Hill Monster
CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group Steps Down
Rockstar Reveals Officially Backed GTA V Role-Playing Server, Nopixel V
Housemarque Co-Founder and Studio Head Departs After 31 Years
Star Wars Zero Company Developer Has Largely Been Furloughed – Report
Saber CCO Doesn’t Want an All-Digital Future, is “Quite Happy With What We Have Right Now”
European Commission Places Roblox Under Stricter Digital Safety Designation
The Duskbloods Lacks Bite In A Post-Marathon World
Beast of Reincarnation Review
Steam Data Exposure Sees 12 Terabytes of Pre-Release Game Builds Enter Public Circulation
Chicken’s Still On the Menu in Fable
GTA VI is “Still Very Much Grand Theft Auto,” Rockstar Co-Studio Head Tells Press
Xbox Announces Digital Entitlement Program For Physical Game Discs
Testing Geralt and Dandelion’s Relationship One Last Time in Songs of the Past
1047 Games Ends Development on Splitgate 2 and Empulse, Will Shift Away From Live Service FPS
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
‘Clutch’ To Be Published By Focus Entertainment After Being Dropped by Amazon
Thatgamecompany Launches Publishing Arm for “Emotionally Ambitious Games”
Rockstar Games Releases Statement Acknowledging “Heartbreaking” GTA VI Leaks
Public Libraries Can Offer Gaming Communities More Than Just Discs
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 – All the Trailers and Announcements
Rainbow Six Tactics Remembers XCOM: Chimera Squad Was Quite Good, Actually
PlayStation Store Implements Age Verification in Australia for R18+ Games
Compulsion Games CEO Confirms Studio Independence, IP and Publishing Rights
Geoff Keighley Explains Opening Night Live Trailer Selection, Confirms Some Appearing Titles
What Captain’s America’s Memetic Dong Really Shows Us
Take-Two Subpoenas Microsoft and Discord to Identify GTA VI Leaker
Stop Killing Games Denounces Actions of GTA VI Leakers, Despite Purported Motivations
Former Arkane Austin Studio Director Launches New Studio Focused on Immersive Sims
Riot Games To End Development on 2XKO, Less Than a Year After Release
Alleged GTA VI Footage Leakers Demand End To Anti-Consumer Practices
Tekken 8 Director Joins Other Former Tekken Leaders at SNK-owned VS Studio
US Senate Opens Investigation Into Roblox Child Safety
Horizon Hunters Gathering Reportedly Undergoing Major Overhaul
2026 Esports Nations Cup in Saudi Arabia Postponed a Year Due to “Wider Regional Situation”
Warren Spector Announces Retirement From Game Development
Fired Rockstar Games Staff Ask Players Not to Boycott GTA VI
Saber CEO Apologies For Inflammatory Remarks, AI Disclosure Added to ‘Rideshare’ Steam Page
I Tracked Down the Most Remote Gamer in the World
Kingdom Hearts IV Will “100%” Launch in 2027, Co-Director Promises
Saber CEO Apologises For Inflammatory Remarks, AI Disclosure Added to ‘Rideshare’ Steam Page
Mattel Reveals New Game Studio Developing Titles Based on “Portfolio of Iconic Brands”
Invincible VS Developer Reportedly Laid Off “Something Like 75%” of Staff
Game Industry Hardship Fund Bundle Raises Over US $250,000
2K Announces New Studio Small Axe, Building “Next Blockbuster Sports Franchise”
Big Walk is Pulling Families Apart
Halloween: The Game Officially Refused Classification in Australia, Prohibiting Sale and Import
Netflix Shuts Down Two Studios, Including Oxenfree Developer Night School
Saber Interactive Denies Replacing Lead Writer With ChatGPT, CEO Responds to Accusations
Twitch Says Generative AI Training Setting is Opt-Out Because “Nobody Would Opt In”
Kinetic Publishing Showcase Debuts Five New Titles, Including Sam Barlow’s Next Game
Sam Barlow’s ‘Project C’ Revealed as Precognition, Launches Spring 2028
Amazon Games To Stop Publishing Two MMOs in the West by Early 2027
Bethesda Workers Mark Asha Sharma Studio Visit With Giant Inflatable Rat
Crimson Desert Developer Exploring Multiplayer Modes, Switch 2 Port Slated for First Half of 2027
Supermassive Games To Lay Off Up To 75 Employees
Former Ubisoft Barcelona Staff Announce New Indie Studio
GTA VI Pre-Orders “Skewing” Towards $100 Ultimate Edition, Says Take-Two CEO
Remedy Made a “Conscious Decision” to Keep Control Resonant “Attractively” Priced
Australian Classification Board Suggests No Decision Has Been Made About Halloween: The Game
European Steam Hardware Customers’ Information “Likely Compromised” in Cyberattack
Xbox CEO Outlines Four-Year Growth Plan in Internal Memo
PlayStation Profits Boosted by US Tariff Refunds, PS5 Sales Reach 95.3 Million
Stronghold Has Endured for 25 Years, but Stronghold 4 Feels Like a Fresh Start
Sony Says Marathon Has “Maintained High User Retention” Despite Declining Steam Player Count
Sony Doesn’t See “Any Negative Impact” On Business By Ending Physical PS5 Disc Manufacturing
4J Studios is “Well Equipped” to Take On The Voxel Genre With Reforj
Xbox Business Didn’t Grow in FY2026 Despite “Over 200 Million New Players”
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Sequel Greenlit After Original Studio Disbanded and IP was Sold
Despite The “Massive Impact” Of Rising Tech Costs, SpecialEffect’s Accessibility Ethos Perserveres
$55 Billion EA Buyout Set to Close After Securing “All Regulatory Approvals”
Double Fine Lays Off 23 Developers Following Xbox Split
GTA Online Casino Gambling Minigames Become Restricted in Australia
Wizards of the Coast President to Step Down
Krafton Reports Record Half-Year Revenue and Profit Following Subnautica 2 Launch
UK Game Workers’ Union is “Very Confident” Ahead of Its Final Hearing Against Rockstar Games
AI Boyfriend Thriller Limerence Is Still a Human Story
Firefly is the Latest Developer to Turn to Publishing With New Label WuselFaktory
Despite Everything, The Sims Team Is Still Bullish on Diversity
007 First Light Made at Least One Nan Care About Videogames
Resident Evil Requiem Sales Pass 8 Million, Pragmata Passes 2.5 Million, Capcom Confirms
Xbox CTO Apologises for “Unacceptable” Downtime
Epic Games’ Former ‘Unreal Engine Evangelist’ is Making His Own Engine
Splatoon Raiders Review
Bethesda Union Accuses Fallout Developer of Violating Canadian Labour Laws
Week-Long PlayStation “Blackout” Planned to Protest End of Physical Disc Production
Ubisoft Highlights Black Flag Resynced, Downplays Physical Games During Earnings Call
Sega Still Values “Physical Culture” in Game Distribution, Says Company President
Amazon Luna’s Library of Over 100 Games to be Added to Prime Video
European Commission Approves $55 Billion EA Acquisition on Competition Grounds
Rockstar Games Workers Union Enters Into Negotiations With GTA VI Developer
Quit it, Pal
Bethesda Reportedly Cancelled An Unannounced PvP FPS Title
Xbox Announces PC Compatibility For Four Original Xbox Games
Xbox Begins Testing Ad-Supported Cloud Game Streaming
He Gave a Dinosaur a Sword. It Was the Best Decision He Ever Made
New Xbox VP of Engineering Leaves After Three Months
Game Pass Shortcomings in the Spotlight Following Comments From Former Xbox Creative Leaders
Alpha Dog Games Returns to Independent Ownership After Shutdown
Palworld Sales Cross 30 Million Following 1.0 Launch, Analyst Claims
Xbox Console Owner Sues Microsoft Over US Tariff Refunds
Wreckreation Sequel To Be Developed By New Independent Studio
Nintendo Says Consumers Got “Exactly What They Bargained and Paid For” In Price Hike Class Action
European Union to Approve Electronic Arts’ Private Acquisition — Report
Valve Steam Machine Engineers Say Component Cost Crisis Is “Still Getting Worse”
Disco Elysium Developer ZA/UM to Lay Off 32 Staff
Nacon-Owned Midgar Studio Shuts Down
GameStop CEO Says Console Makers Going Discless is “Totally Irrelevant” to Its Business
Nintendo’s Monster-Catching Patent Denied Again Days After Palworld 1.0 Launch
Doom: The Dark Ages Director Assures “id Tech is Alive and Well”
Videogames Are Rediscovering the Jump Cut
ZeniMax Online Studios To Work More “Closely” With Bethesda on The Elder Scrolls Franchise
Bethesda Confirms New Fallout Game From Obsidian, Remasters of Fallout 3 and New Vegas
Marathon Game Director Joe Ziegler Leaves Bungie
This Week in Videogames Marks Its First Anniversary
Videogames Are Rediscovering the Cut
The Quiet Cultural Significance of James Bond Videogame Songs
Star Fox Review
Dead Space Creator and Call of Duty Director Glen Schofield Retires From Game Development
Game Console Shipments to Decline 19.5% in 2026, Analyst Predicts
Epic Games Store Lead Departs Epic, Joins Saber Interactive
UK Trade Body Calls PlayStation’s Digital-Only Decision “Corporate Convenience Over Consumer Choice”
Games Done Quick Ends SNK Partnership Over Saudi Arabian Ownership
EA Removes New Microtransactions From College Football 27 After Backlash
If You Can’t Hold It, You Don’t Own It
A Werewolf of Great Consequence
Xbox CEO Appointed to US Federal Reserve’s ‘Productivity and Jobs’ Task Force
Former Marathon Director Added to Game’s Credits in Legal Agreement with Sony and Bungie
Obsidian to Begin Work on New Fallout Game Following Xbox Restructuring – Report
The Cult of Jason Blundell
Xbox Game Pass Subscribers Reportedly At 30 Million, Fewer Than In 2024
IO Interactive Regains Control of ‘Project Fantasy’, Closes Istanbul Studio
Ask Us Anything! – TWIV Mailbag Volume 2
Epic Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit Against Alleged Fortnite Leaker
Sony Assures Publishers Pre-2028 PlayStation Games Will Continue to Receive Physical Discs
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’ PC Version Seemingly Blocked in 130 Countries
Xbox CEO Pledges That No “Publicly Announced” First-Party Games Are Being Cancelled Despite Cuts
Call Of Duty Keeps Missing Its Real Villain
Sony Repurposing PlayStation Disc Production Plant in Austria
A Bittersweet Goodbye to Destiny
Former Call of Duty Modern Warfare Creative Strategist Announces New Studio
Former 2K President Appointed to Lead Ubisoft’s Creative House 2
Video Game History Foundation Says Entertainment Software Association Has Opposed Efforts to “Reform Digital Copy Protection Laws”
Xbox Reportedly Working on a Disc-To-Digital Feature for Physical Copies of Games
Unknown Worlds Staff to Receive Krafton Payout Bonus Worth $250 Million, CEO Steps Down
Playstation Store to Shut Down on All PS3 and PS Vita Devices by July 2027
PlayStation to Discontinue Physical Discs For New Games in January 2028
OtherSide Entertainment Lays Off 18 Thick as Thieves Team Members
US Supreme Court to Hear Apple Appeal In Epic Games Lawsuit
Rockstar Games Union Members Make Pay Disparity, Crunch Allegations
Ubisoft Barcelona Workers Go On Strike
Arkane Studios, Undead Labs Reportedly Consideration For Xbox Closures
CEO of Directive 8020 Developer Supermassive Games Steps Down
Is a £13 Home Decor Game a Necessary Distraction From the Housing Crisis?
Stop Killing Games Suffers Blow as Protect Our Games Act Fails to Pass California Senate Vote
Rockstar Games Workers Union Files for Voluntary Recognition
Lawsuit Accuses Major RAM Manufacturers of “Price-Fixing Conspiracy”
Sony Interactive Entertainment President Says Sony Wants to “Continue to Revitalize” the Live Service Market
PvPvE Shooter Wildgate To Receive Final Content Update Roughly One Year After Launch
Striking Staff at Quantic Dream Say They Are “Trying to Save” Star Wars: Eclipse
What’s Next for Toshihiro Nagoshi?
Sony Says Next-Gen PlayStation Platform Will be “Enjoyed Naturally Beyond the Living Room”
Xbox Consoles To Receive Global Price Hike, Memory and Storage Crisis To Blame
Bungie Co-Founder Seemingly Among Laid off Staff, Studio Head Reportedly ‘Steps Down’
Epic CEO Calls Steam’s Generative AI Disclosure Tag a “Scarlet Letter”
Micron CEO Says Memory Shortage Will “Improve Gradually” in 2028
Barbie Is The Only One That Can Stand Up to GTA VI in November
Over a Dozen Compulsion Games Employees Looking for Work on LinkedIn
Unreal Engine 6 Will “Bring Back Some of the Magic” of Earlier Engines, says Epic CEO
Warren Spector Is Proud Immersive Sims “Made A Difference”
Forza Horizon 6 Review
Magic: The Gathering Arena Developers Successfully Vote To Form Union
Take-Two Confirms $80 Price Tag for GTA VI
Tencent Reportedly Seeking Exits From Japanese Studio Investments
Valve Believes Steam Machine Is “Still Competitive With Similarly Specced Machines”
EA Reportedly Lays Off Employees in US and India
French Union Calls for National Strike in Support of Quantic Dream Workers
EA Executive Says AI Tools Have Resulted in “Faster Prototyping,” “Faster Creativity”
A Look At Indie Game Developer Officemates
Indie Hide-and-Seek Game Meccha Chameleon Sells 7 Million Copies
Ubisoft Co-Founder Dies in Plane Crash
Steam Machine Price Announced, Valve Says Original Plan “No Longer Viable”
Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies in Plane Crash
Embracer Publishes First Sustainability Report, Says AI Will Play “Even More Supportive Role” in Operations
Sony Business Report Features Updates to PlayStation Strategy, Including AI Additions
Destiny’s Story is Over, but Community Archivists Ensure the Lore Lives On
The Destiny Story is Over, but Community Archivists Ensure the Lore Lives On
Apparently, Cultural Vandalism is a Strategy
Thick as Thieves Developer Lays Off 17 Employees, Cancels Upcoming Project
UK Tribunal Rules Against Rockstar Games in Lead Up to Final Trial with British Workers’ Union
Vampire Survivors Developer “Reviewing” Fortnite Collaboration Following Epic’s AI Announcements
European Commission Refuses To Enact Legal Obligations Around ‘Destroying Videogames’
Xbox “Planned to Sunset or Split With” Ninja Theory Before Surprise Senua Reveal – Report
Entire Luna Abyss Development Team Laid Off
Unreal Engine 6 to Launch in Early Access at the End of 2027
Treyarch Studio Head Leaves Call of Duty Developer After 22 Years
The Blood of Dawnwalker Will “React” to Players’ Decisions and Make Them “Live With Those Choices”
Life is Strange Developer Could Run Out of Cash by November 2026
Life is Strange Creators Don’t Nod Could Run Out of Cash by November
How Dead by Daylight Survived A Decade (and How It’ll Survive Another)
Microsoft Considering Spinning Xbox Into its Own Subsidiary – Report
Blizzard Sues Another Private World of Warcraft Server Over Copyright Infringement
Head of Xbox Game Studios Craig Duncan Steps Down
EA Launches New Advertising Platform Allowing “Brands to Integrate Directly Into Gameplay”
‘Several’ Xbox Studios at Risk of Closure, Including Double Fine, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games
The Future of Games Is Expensive, Time To Embrace Low-Spec and Mobile
Xbox Developing Console Update in Response to Forza Horizon 6 Lost Save Progress Bug
Nintendo Japan Issues Switch 2 Purchase Conditions to Combat Scalpers
Meet the People Resurrecting Their Loved Ones in Tomodachi Life
Ubisoft Shuts Two More Studios, Lays Off 380 People – Report
The Telwynium Is a Passion Project for the Developers of The Drifter
Alien: Isolation 2’s Creative Director Wants Players to Talk About the Sequel “10 Years From Now”
Xbox’s Chief Strategy Officer Says It Must “Shore Up” Console Before Improving on PC and Mobile
A Brief Encounter With Stranger Than Heaven
Navigation Model Trained on Pokémon Go Data Reportedly Used by US Intelligence Contractor
Xbox Chief Strategy Officer Says It Must “Shore Up” Console Before Improving on PC and Mobile
Alien: Isolation 2 Team Has “Greater Awareness of Balancing” in Difficulty and Length
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve – The First Flight
Destiny 2’s Final Update Causes Steam Spike Larger Than Edge of Fate, Marathon’s Launch
Square Enix Accused of Using GenAI in Kingdom Hearts Collection Cover Art
Xbox “Shed Millions Of Subscribers” Following Game Pass Price Hike, Says Strategy Lead
That’s No Moon Has “No Choice but To Take a Risk” With Crossfire
Paramount Games Studio Won’t Be “IP Value Extractors” Despite Access to Major Franchises
Ninja Theory Cancels Horror Game Project Mara as Whole Studio Focuses on Senua
Nintendo Direct June 2026 — All the Announcements and Trailers
Nintendo of Europe Pays €35 Million Settlement Over Joy-Con Drift
For Fumito Ueda, the Creation of Gen Atlas Is Like “Writing a Haiku”
Valheim Will Hit 1.0 in September After Over Five Years in Early Access
Xbox Games Showcase 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
Xbox Says Its Multiplayer Games Will Be Multiplatform, Other Titles “Case by Case”
Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be Xbox Console Exclusives
God of War Laufey’s Director Is Up for a Challenge
“Subtlety is Overrated” — ‘Janet DeMornay’ and the Very Real Hell of Renting
Control Resonant Director Says “Things Are Turned Upside Down” in the Sequel
Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest 2026 Edition – All the Announcements and Trailers
Story-Rich Games Showcase 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
Wholesome Direct 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
Southeast Asian Games Showcase 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
Summer Game Fest 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
The ‘Bungie Civil War’ and Hope of a Revolution — How Destiny Players Are Trying To Save Their Series
Final Fantasy VII Revelation Revealed at Summer Game Fest, Launching Spring 2027
Blue Prince, Consume Me, Cyberpunk 2077 Win Apple Design Awards
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Developers Say Any AI Assets Were “Replaced or Refined by Humans”
Nintendo Confirms New EU Switch 2 Model to Comply With Battery Regulation
Amazon Says It Will Publish Future James Bond Games
Elden Ring Switch 2 Port Gets August 2026 Release Date
Steam Machine, Steam Frame To Launch Before September, Valve Suggests
Critically Acclaimed Mina the Hollower Has Sold Over 300,000 Copies
Embracer CEO Calls Company’s Recent Struggles a “Humbling Experience”
Krafton’s Baby Boom Could Teach Governments How To Approach the Fertility Slump
Maverick Games Reveals Debut Racing Game ‘Clutch’
Gabe Newell Reportedly Insisted “Customers Have Enormous Choice” During Steam Class Action Lawsuit
Team Behind Turtle WoW Making Its Own MMO as Moonwhisper Games
God of War Laufey Revealed During PlayStation State of Play
PlayStation State of Play June 2026 – All the Announcements and Trailers
“Protect Our Games Act” Advances in California in Boost for Stop Killing Games Movement
Balatro Publisher Playstack To Be Sold to Fandom and GameSpot Parent Company
Can BitSummit Afford To Get Any Bigger?
Minecraft Live Unveils New Biome and A Minecraft Movie Sequel Title
Xbox CEO Says Platform Transparency Decision for Xbox Games Showcase “Was a Miss”
Tekken 8 Director Leaves Bandai Namco After 20 Years
Nvidia Announces New RTX Spark Chip, Makes Big Promises for Laptop and PC Gaming
L.A. Noire’s Compelling Tale Sits at the Heart of a Make-Believe Los Angeles
CD Projekt Shares High-Level Details On The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past
‘Bowie Knife99’ Mania Shows Why Forza Horizon 6 Should Care More About its Characters
Xbox CEO Says Game Pass Price Drop Improved Acquisitions and Retention — Report
Rockstar Games Workers Form UK Union
Fable Delayed to February 2027
FIFA Reveals Name of New Netflix Football Game Ahead of 2026 World Cup
Take-Two CEO Says “Social Media Is So Noisy” When It Comes to GTA VI’s Critical Reception
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Revealed, Releasing 23 October
007 First Light Review
PS5 Exclusive Destruction AllStars Delisted, Servers Fully Shutting Down November 2026
No Man’s Sky is Pitting its Community Against a “Death Star-Like” Foe in New Update
The Death of Destiny 2 Makes Things Harder For Marathon, Not Easier
GTA VI Beta Scams Targeting Hopeful PC and Android Users
CD Projekt Announces Third Expansion for The Witcher 3, Coming in 2027
Steam Deck Gets Significant Price Hike, Increasing By Nearly 50%
Star Citizen Reaches Over $1 Billion in Lifetime Crowdfunding
Wizards of the Coast Reportedly Sends “Anti-Union” Letters to Unionising Employees
Resident Evil Requiem’s Hopecore Ending is Unearned
GTA 5 Multiplayer Modding Project Shutting Down After Take-Two Request
Epic Announces Unreal Engine 6, via Rocket League
“GTA for 8-Year-Olds”: A 20-Year Retrospective on Barnyard
I Regret Saying Battlefield Was Back
Take-Two CEO says GTA 6 Marketing Plan “Reflects Where Audiences and Attention is Today”
French Union Blames Spellcasters Chronicles Shutdown On “Catastrophic Project Management”
Quantic Dream MOBA ‘Spellcaster Chronicles’ To Shut Down After Four Months
Ubisoft Touts Future Far Cry, Ghost Recon Games Amid “Disappointing” Earnings Results
Trio of Ex-BioWare Developers Form New Indie Studio
Esports World Cup 2026 Moves From Riyadh to Paris
Xbox Leadership Changes Continue With Two New Appointments and One Promotion
Destiny 2 to Receive Final Major Content Update in June 2026
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Director Talks Revamped Combat and Fighting Game Inspirations
Take-Two Forecasts 20% Revenue Growth Due To On-Track GTA 6 Release
Embracer to Spin Off ‘Fellowship Entertainment’ As Distinct Company to Handle Tomb Raider and LotR
Mixtape Review
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Sega Cancels ‘Super Game’ Project, Pulls Back on Free-to-Play
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Italian Publisher Acquires Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP After Developer Reportedly Dissolves
Magic: The Gathering Arena Developers Are Seeking Unionisation
Capcom Revises Financial Forecast Following Strong Resident Evil Requiem Sales
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Australian Government Orders Steam, Fortnite, Minecraft, Roblox to Outline Child Grooming and Extremism Prevention Measures
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