Xbox has announced a deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and many other major gaming franchises.| IGN
Sony Interactive Entertainment has purchased Destiny developer Bungie, but says the studio will be run as an independent subsidiary.| IGN
As its annual report reveals continued gaming growth amid a surge of pandemic-fueled social gaming, the ESA is trying to turn that growth into policy action.| IGN
Spider-Man 2, Starfield, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom all launched in 2023 but these blockbusters didn't stop Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch players from spending most of their time with older games like Grand Theft Auto 5 and Fortnite.| IGN
Merchants of Rosewall is a new shop-management simulator where climate problems impact the availability and price of resources.| Digital Trends
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I spoke to over 40 game developers whose companies had been impacted by layoffs in the last year. They shared with me the explanations companies gave them for what was causing the sudden loss of their livelihood, but they also told me why those explanations didn’t always seem to match reality.| IGN
Investments are down overall, too| Polygon