Developer Vedinad has announced that the quirkily titled Megabonk has sold more than a million on Steam, proving that there's still a healthy appetite for rogue-like survival games in the mould of Vampire Survivors. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Redemption Road Games' upcoming title Kingmakers, which was set for release on October 8, 2025, has been indefinitely delayed. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Five years after the release of Sucker Punch Productions' Ghost of Tsushima, its sequel Ghost of Yõtei has arrived. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Social platform confirms an "unauthorised party" gained access to user data via a third-party customer service provider| GamesIndustry.biz
On 14th June, Tango Gameworks employees had a pizza party. It was the studio's final day following the announcement of …| GamesIndustry.biz
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Square Enix today warned investors that its next earnings report will include a significant hit due to a number of canc…| GamesIndustry.biz
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Talk of an impending consumer spending recession and its likely impact on games has been widespread for a few months no…| GamesIndustry.biz
The proliferation of free-to-play mobile titles at TGS reflected Japanese consumers' worries about spending| GamesIndustry.biz
Being a publicly listed company is generally not a good fit for games businesses. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The UK Best Places to Work Awards 2025 took place at the Royal Institution in London on October 2, with special awards going to Behaviour Interactive, NaturalMotion, Observer Interactive, Maverick Games, Rare, and Wushu Studios. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Epic Games has launched its Epic Web Shops service for PC and mobile. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
"We understand price increases are never fun for anybody," says firm's director of gaming and platform communications| GamesIndustry.biz
GLAAD, a nonprofit organization focused on celebrating positive LGBTQ+ representation in media, including games, is lau…| GamesIndustry.biz
Rock Band 4 is to be delisted on October 5, 2025, following the expiration of its 10-year-old song licenses. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
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Lucid Games is opening a new office in Liverpool, UK.| GamesIndustry.biz
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HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us has been renewed for season 3, ahead of its second season debut on Sunday, April 13.| GamesIndustry.biz
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"My involvement will stay at a very, very high level," says Naughty Dog exec| GamesIndustry.biz
Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann has announced he is stepping away from HBO's The Last of Us.| GamesIndustry.biz
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Following the success of Amazon Prime's Fallout series, daily active users were 225% higher for Fallout 3 and Fallout 4…| GamesIndustry.biz
Microsoft is laying off 3% of its employees worldwide.| GamesIndustry.biz
Starbreeze Entertainment has cancelled Project Baxter, its Dungeons & Dragons games-as-service title. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
"I think the workers at ZA/UM all agree that we have something unique at the studio that we want to preserve for years to come." Marketing manager Poppy Ingham handles social and communications for the studio behind politics-laden RPG Disco Elysium. Today, though, she's speaking on behalf of the ZA/UM Workers' Alliance – a new union set up to represent a subset of UK-based employees at the company. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Career accelerator firm Mastered has secured new county council funding contracts to support and upskill senior UK games talent. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
A man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to Epic Games. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Microsoft is raising the price of its subscription service Xbox Game Pass, with its most expensive tier, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, increasing from $19.99/£14.99 to $29.99/£22.99 per month. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
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Back in March, Ubisoft announced it would be creating a Tencent-backed subsidiary focused on its biggest franchises: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six. Today, on its first day of operation, the name of that subsidiary has been revealed: Vantage Studios. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Funcom, the Oslo-based studio behind the recently released Dune: Awakening, has announced it will be laying off staff. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
DevGamm Lisbon 2025 has announced its full speaker list, featuring developers from Sandfall Interactive, Warhorse Studios, and 11 Bit Studios. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Electronic Arts has addressed employee concerns regarding layoffs following its decision to go private in a $55 billion deal, clarifying that there will be no "immediate changes" to its workforce. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit takes place tomorrow (October 2), with more than 60 industry leaders and studios set to share their insights and advice on how to navigate a challenging period in the industry. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Update, Wednesday October 1, 2025: Roblox has responded to the open letter written by three game industry advocacy groups stating its new parental controls and content descriptor "impacts very few experiences on Roblox and gives parents the ability to make the best choices for their family." Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Capcom has warned it cannot "guarantee" its Monster Hunter games will run on Windows 10 from next month. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
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The announcement of a leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts by a private-equity consortium has sent shockwaves through the games industry over the past few days. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Avalanche Studios Group has announced it will close its Liverpool studio, as well as reduce the workforce at its Malmö and Stockholm studios. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Hades 2 surpassed 112,000 concurrent players on Steam over its launch weekend, breaking its early access peak. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Back in 2020, UK games industry veteran Tom Stone stepped down from his position as managing director at the Lego games maker TT Games. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Head of Disney Games Group Jay Ong will present one of the keynotes at this year's Infinity Festival, as part of its Gaming and Sports and Technology series. The event takes place on October 9–10 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and newly opened Sony Pictures Imageworks Mid-Wilshire campus. "As Infinity Festival continues to grow, we’re proud to expand our programming to reflect the innovation we’re seeing across gaming, sports, and technology,” said founder and CEO Mark Liebe...| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Safe in Our World, the mental health charity aiming to create and foster worldwide mental health awareness throughout the video game industry, is rolling out free mental health awareness workshops for community managers or any developer supporting the wellbeing of their communities. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
51% of Japanese developers use generative AI in game development. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Electronic Arts has confirmed it has entered into an agreement to be acquired for $55 billion by an investment consortium comprised of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Next Jump's Kevin McCoy and GameDataCore's Simon Sparks will be hosting a roundtable at this week's GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
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Brazil's president has signed a ban on the sale of loot boxes to players under 18 years old, as part of a larger online safety law. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
92.7% of gaming content creators operate independently without agency representation, with the large majority creating content alongside full-time employment or education. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
45% of single-player AAA games have been released between August and November since 2021, a recent report has found. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
IGN Entertainment has launched Imagine, an analytics platform that combines culture intelligence with cognitive AI to analyse and target specific audiences. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Update: Electronic Arts has confirmed it is entering an agreement to be acquired by group of investors comprised of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The decision by Costco to drop Xbox hardware from its stores may feel like a milestone, but the road on which that milestone is located is one we've been travelling for quite some time. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The founder of GDC, Chris Crawford, has suggested that the "gigantic costs" of the event, compared with the "microscopic costs" of interacting over the internet, mean GDC is "rapidly becoming a dinosaur." Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
A group of games industry veterans have launched a new publisher called Midnighters. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Niki Head, people and development director at Stellar Entertainment Software, and Chiara Santevecchi, the founder and CEO of Teem Camp, will be taking part in a panel about AI at the upcoming GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Microsoft has "ceased and disabled a set of services" to part of the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) following an ongoing review. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
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Nintendo has announced the retirement of current Nintendo of America president and COO Doug Bowser. He will be succeeded by VP of revenue, marketing, and consumer experience Devon Pritchard. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Developers are reporting delays in receiving payouts from itch.io, with some claiming they have waited for over 100 days without payment. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Starbreeze has admitted it "dropped the ball" after introducing a premium DLC subscription service for Payday 2 at the same time as increasing the price of its DLC bundle Infamous Collection without warning. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Splash Damage is now no longer owned by the Chinese video-game giant Tencent, having been acquired by private-equity investors. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Sarah Brewster, founder of people and culture consultancy Fresh Seed, is the latest speaker confirmed for the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit on October 2, 2025. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Cloud Imperium's much-delayed multiplayer space-trading title Star Citizen has been in development for well over a decade, but now it is seemingly nearing completion, after having raised more than $867 million through crowdfunding. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Hades 2 has become Metacritic's highest-rated PC game for 2025, surpassing Blue Prince, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Insomniac Games has revealed the launch window for Marvel's Wolverine, set for release in Fall 2026 on PlayStation 5. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Embracer CEO Phil Rogers has called for a "smart implementation of generative AI in ethical and sustainable ways." Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Krafton has filed two further legal documents after the founders and former leadership team of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds successfully blocked Krafton's request for a court-ordered protective order to force the founders to turn over their devices for a forensic inspection. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Larian Games studio head Tara Saunders is continuing as chair of the BAFTA Games committee, the arts charity has confirmed. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Within the game services space, there has been a huge deal of consolidation. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Starbreeze has launched a subscription service for Payday 2 on Steam as part of the franchise's 12th anniversary celebrations. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Gamers play a higher number of titles on Xbox in an average month compared to PlayStation or Steam, new data has found. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The Scottish Game Developers Association (SGDA) has opened applications for the country's first games accelerator programme. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Costco has quietly stopped selling Xbox consoles in the US and UK, in both its online and physical stores. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Code Coven has announced the first three studios to be featured in its Aurora Accelerator and Agency program. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The Nintendo Switch 2 picked up the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award (METI) at this year's Japan Game Awards. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The Nintendo Switch 2 port of Borderlands 4 has been indefinitely delayed, Gearbox Software has announced. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
A24's Death Stranding live-action film will tell "another story that you've never seen in this same universe," according to its director, Michael Sarnoski. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
"You kind of take what your parents do for granted when you're a kid," reflects Maya Rogers, president and CEO of The Tetris Company. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Skillfull's Gina Jackson and Amiqus business manager Liz Prince are confirmed to be hosting a session at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit next month. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Back in July, indie publisher Digital Bandidos and event organiser The MIX announced the launch of a new showcase championing indie developers. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Wisconsin-based Midwest Games has secured $2 million in investment to "redefine game publishing support" and "champion underrepresented developers." Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Johnny Gioeli's lawsuit against Sega over the rights to Sonic Adventure 2's Live & Learn theme song has been dismissed. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Storm Lancers developer ProbablyMonsters is the latest studio to fire an employee over comments made about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Roblox has appointed Vlad Loktev as chief creator ecosystem officer within its creator division. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
The Game Developer Conference is rebranding as GDC Festival of Gaming, with the next event taking place March 9-13, 2026, in San Francisco, California. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Xbox has made its "largest investment in Game Pass to date" in 2025, ID@Xbox boss Chris Charla has revealed. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Ready or Not developer, Void Interactive, has ended its "relationship" with the game's community manager, following comments they made about the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in the tactical FPS's official Discord server. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Borderlands 4 has amassed over 2.5 million players since its September 12 launch, amounting to revenues of over $150 million. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Video Games Europe and the European Games Developer Federation (EGDF) have launched the Pixels to Policy campaign, which aims to "explain the industry to people who aren't familiar with video games." Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Balatro publisher Playstack has published its interim results, revealing that its revenue more than doubled year-on-year (YoY) in the first half of 2025. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Nintendo has argued that mods should not count as "prior art" in its patent lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Lenovo has cancelled some pre-orders for the Legion Go Gen 2, explaining that demand for the gaming handheld has "substantially exceeded" expectations, resulting in delayed delivery times. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Microsoft has announced a second price increase for Xbox Series X|S consoles in the United States, rising from between $20 to $70 across its hardware range. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
In Trash Goblin, players chip away at mottled chunks of mud to uncover the knick-knacks buried within. Then they scrub them until they shine, before selling these trinkets to lovers of the offbeat and unusual. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Helldivers 2's launch on Xbox culminated in a "substantial uplift" in revenue according to Newzoo, ranking in fourth on the data firm's overall revenue chart for August. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
It is with a heavy heart and a note of regret that I inform you (those of you who have blessedly managed to avoid this knowledge thus far, at least) that Randy Pitchford is at it again. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
At the end of August, fans of Hollow Knight were stunned to discover that its long-awaited sequel would drop in a matter of weeks. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
US Congress has sent formal letters to the CEOs of Twitch, Steam, Reddit, and Discord, inviting them to testify at a committee hearing about the "radicalization of online forum users," following the assassination of Charlie Kirk earlier this month. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed
Valve is ceasing Steam support for systems running 32-bit versions of the Windows 10 operating system (OS) on January 1, 2026. Read more| GamesIndustry.biz Latest Articles Feed