Studios, licensing, funding, hiring and events.
Remedy Entertainment says Control Resonant sold over one million units in three weeks, with about half of buyers new to the series. The figures come from the studio's third-quarter results for fiscal year 2026.
gamedeveloper.com4h ago2 min read
Remedy's third-quarter revenue rose 226% after Control Resonant launched on September 24. The game has since passed one million units sold, making it the studio's fastest-selling title.
gamesindustry.biz10h ago2 min read
In an Ask the Developer Q&A, Eiji Aonuma explained why Nintendo is remaking The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2. He links it to the series' 40th anniversary and to what the current team can learn from the original.
80.lv10h ago2 min read
Toshihiro Nagoshi's Tokyo studio was formally dissolved on October 31, according to a Japanese government gazette notice. The studio had revealed its first game, Gang of Dragon, at the 2025 Game Awards.
80.lv10h ago2 min read
CI Games signed a $32 million syndicated credit facility to complete and launch Lords of the Fallen II, which is now planned for Q1 2027. The studio is self-publishing after ending its PC publishing deal with Epic Games.
gamesindustry.biz1d ago2 min read
Simulation publisher Astragon Entertainment is closing its German studio Astragon Development, which employed more than 40 people. The closure follows other cutbacks at the publisher this year.
gamesindustry.biz1d ago2 min read
Nagoshi Studio, founded by ex-Sega executive Toshihiro Nagoshi, has been dissolved, according to Game Developer's reading of a Japanese government gazette report. The studio was making Gang of Dragon with NetEase funding.
gamedeveloper.com1d ago2 min read
Pittsburgh VR studio Schell Games has announced a second round of layoffs in 2026, following cuts in August. The studio did not say how many employees are affected.
gamesindustry.biz1d ago2 min read
Bloomberg reports that Electronic Arts shut down BioWare after choosing to fund a new Star Wars Battlefront game rather than Mass Effect: Universe. Game Developer relays the report, which ties the decision to debt from EA's leveraged buy-out.
gamedeveloper.com4d ago2 min read
The Pokémon Company has announced that the Nintendo Switch and mobile versions of Pokémon UNITE will go offline on March 23, 2027. Aeos Crown 2027 qualifiers will still run before the shutdown.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster explained how Star Wars: Galactic Racer was built across a core studio and three kinds of outside partner. The breakdown gives production teams a clear vocabulary for splitting work between studios.
gamedeveloper.com6d ago2 min read
A Vivrato report based on 101 interviews finds nearly all studio leaders in Europe and North America have used AI in some form during development. Most rate their pipeline integration at three out of ten or lower.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago3 min read
Fortune reports that Xbox's next-gen console, Project Helix, is aimed at the 2028 holiday season with a projected price of $1,200 to $1,800. The figures come from unnamed sources and have not been confirmed by Microsoft in the material we have.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Sensor Tower data shows indies and new IP made up a larger share of the biggest PC and console launches in the year to August 2026. AAA and AA hit counts were flat.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago3 min read
BioWare announced it is closing, and early development on the next Mass Effect project is ending. Bloomberg reports EA is cutting about 400 jobs overall, around 50 of them at BioWare, and reshuffling other projects.
gamedeveloper.com6d ago2 min read
CD Projekt Red's free Update 2.5 for Cyberpunk 2077 is set to launch October 22, according to 80 Level. It adds dual-wielding, Mod.io-powered mod support across platforms and a round of rendering upgrades.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Electronic Arts has set out which franchises it will back after laying off about 400 people and closing BioWare. A new Fight Night is in pre-production, and early Mass Effect development has been discontinued.
80.lv6d ago3 min read
Xbox has revealed launch pricing for cloud playtime packs, which add hours on top of the new monthly cloud gaming limits on Game Pass. Players who stream a lot will pay more once the limits apply.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Fortnite is back on iOS in Australia after the Federal Court of Australia found Apple restricted alternative app stores and payment methods. Further App Store changes are due in March 2027, and Apple says it will seek a stay and appeal.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
A Fortune report, relayed by 80 Level, says Xbox is planning Project Helix hardware, a tiered Game Pass and further job cuts. None of this is confirmed by Microsoft in the source material.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
EA executives said Respawn and DICE will work together on a project. Variety's sources reportedly identify it as Star Wars: Battlefront 3, which EA has not confirmed in the material we have.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Google-owned Owlchemy Labs has announced Hyper Visor, an XR arcade blaster for the Google Play Store, timed as a launch title for HTC's XREAL Aura. It is a sign of a VR-focused studio targeting a sunglasses-style device.
gamedeveloper.com6d ago2 min read
Cyberpunk 2 Associate Game Director Paweł Sasko said during an October 21 livestream that about half of CD PROJEKT RED's quest team used to be modders. He called modding a gateway into game development.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced Serious Sam: The Third Encounter, a new entry that continues directly from 2002's The Second Encounter. The game is in early development and has a Steam page and a teaser.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Capcom says an unauthorised third party accessed customer information on October 19, affecting more than 11.7 million Capcom ID accounts. The publisher says its investigation into the scope of impact is complete and credit card data was not affected.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
A GamesIndustry.biz opinion piece says the newly private-equity-owned Electronic Arts has shut BioWare, cancelling its Mass Effect project as part of 400 cuts across EA. The author argues the closure caps a long run of management decisions.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Valve says the Personal Calendar has graduated from Steam Labs and is now a full feature of the Steam Store. New developer documentation and a video explain how the calendar surfaces games.
steamcommunity.com6d ago2 min read
In an interview excerpt shared on r/gamedev, Shigeru Miyamoto said AI follows earlier tool shifts and gives people a reason to think harder about what creating means. He also warned against mistaking the satisfaction of doing the work for making something good.
reddit.com6d ago2 min read
Total War VP Roger Collum says the delisted Shogun 2 – Complete Edition was not a Creative Assembly developed game and skipped its internal reviews and QA. The studio says the generative AI concerns are being investigated.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Microsoft has pushed back the end of its French consultation process over Arkane Lyon by a month while it looks for a new owner. Development on Marvel's Blade continues in the meantime.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Undead Labs, maker of State of Decay, has become employee-owned after Xbox moved to divest it, according to CEO Philip Holt. He told GamesIndustry.biz the studio will finish State of Decay 3 with publisher funding and no outside investors.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago3 min read
Puck reports that Netflix offered Microsoft $500 million over seven years for Xbox film and TV rights, and that Xbox asked for $800 million. Neither company has confirmed the figures, and the deal has reportedly been withdrawn.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has again criticized Valve's AI disclosure requirements for Steam games. His latest comments, made in replies on social media, frame the policy as partisan, and the source reports no change to the policy itself.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Bristol-based Auroch Digital, developer of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!, has started a redundancy consultation covering around a quarter of its roles. The studio says market conditions are behind the restructuring.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
A Change.org petition asking for the Mass Effect IP to be licensed to another studio has passed 210,000 signatures, according to 80 Level. It follows EA's announced plan to shut down BioWare permanently.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Microsoft has opened a time-limited Voluntary Exit Offer to eligible staff in the US, UK, Canada and India, with Xbox among the participating teams. The Verge reports up to 60,000 employees could be eligible.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Microsoft has launched a time-limited Voluntary Exit Offer for eligible employees, including those in Xbox and Windows + Devices. Reuters, citing an anonymous source, reports that about 60,000 people are eligible.
80.lv6d ago2 min read
Sucker Punch Productions, developer of Ghost of Yōtei, has reportedly cut staff, with a former employee putting the number at 24. The report rests on an internal email obtained by Aftermath, and Sony has not yet confirmed it.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Warhorse Studios, developer of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, says a cyberattack gave an unauthorised party access to company systems and data. The studio is investigating with cybersecurity experts and is not giving interviews.
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch has laid off 24 employees. The studio's email to staff cites market challenges and the needs of its next project.
gamedeveloper.com6d ago2 min read
The IWGB says Rockstar Games employees will vote on recognizing the IWGB Rockstar Game Workers Union from November 12 to November 26, 2026. The vote lands close to the November 19 release of Grand Theft Auto VI.
gamedeveloper.com6d ago2 min read
Warhorse Studios, the developer of the Kingdom Come: Deliverance games, says a cyberattack gave unauthorized access to its systems and data. The studio is still working out the full extent of the breach.
gamedeveloper.com7d ago2 min read
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney said on X that Epic is working to remove the EULA restriction on training AI with output from Unreal Engine and MetaHuman. Individual games can still allow or restrict AI training under their developers' own terms.
gamedeveloper.com7d ago2 min read
Swedish studio Liquid Swords, maker of Samson, is in bankruptcy and its administrator is taking bids for its IP and development assets. All 27 employees are being dismissed.
gamesindustry.biz14d ago2 min read
Members of Activision Quality Assurance United-CWA have authorised a strike if necessary, saying Activision has not bargained in good faith. Activision disputes that and says it has made meaningful progress.
gamesindustry.biz14d ago2 min read
PEGI is moving existing digital-only games that include paid random items, such as loot boxes, up to a PEGI 16 rating if they currently sit at PEGI 3, 7 or 12. Publishers with affected titles should expect rating changes through October.
gamesindustry.biz14d ago2 min read
Wizards of the Coast has declined to voluntarily recognize a union drive by its Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X teams. Staff will vote in a National Labor Relations Board election instead.
gamesindustry.biz14d ago2 min read
The Japan Actors Union has published guidelines on unauthorised generative AI replication of voice work, centred on consent and extra pay. It also says it wants the rules adopted industry-wide and backed by legislation.
gamesindustry.biz14d ago2 min read
Sega and Creative Assembly are temporarily withdrawing the Shogun 2 remaster days after launch, following heavily negative Steam reviews over AI upscaling and performance. The case shows how quickly player reaction to AI-processed assets can force a remaster off the shelves.
gamesindustry.biz18d ago2 min read
German developer Fishlabs has cut jobs in its development and support teams, according to GamesIndustry.biz. The studio has not said how many people are affected.
gamesindustry.biz18d ago2 min read
Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster says Star Wars: Galactic Racer was made by a core team that stayed small, with outside studios scaling capacity in three tiers. He warns the model has to be built into a studio from the start.
gamesindustry.biz18d ago3 min read
CD Projekt Red says it has a coherent world vision for Project Hadar, its first fully original IP. The team is prototyping gameplay, but the project has not entered pre-production, so a release is still years away.
80.lv19d ago2 min read
Ubisoft has begun talks with its Works Council on a proposed voluntary departure plan across its Düsseldorf, Berlin and Mainz studios. The cuts would be about 100 roles and extend the company's ongoing cost-reduction effort.
gamesindustry.biz19d ago2 min read
Epic Games says it is reworking Easy Anti-Cheat to give Linux protection closer to Windows, and that Fortnite will follow on Linux. Other developers are meant to get the same improvements, which could matter for multiplayer games that skip Linux and Steam Deck.
80.lv19d ago2 min read
Bloomberg reports that Epic Games has delayed its Star Wars and Marvel shooter as the project shifts to an "AI-first" model. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed a company-wide AI pivot but did not address the Disney game.
gamedeveloper.com19d ago2 min read
Rockstar Games has published the launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI about 35 days before its November 19, 2026 release. It is a 90-second spot captured on PlayStation 5, and PC remains unannounced.
80.lv19d ago2 min read
Valve has updated Steam's achievement system with Achievement Sets, archiving, and a new Steamworks editor with bulk tools. Developers can use them now on new and existing games without updating the game or the Steamworks SDK.
steamcommunity.com19d ago3 min read
Rockstar Games leadership told Bloomberg that the engine, tools and team built for Grand Theft Auto 6 will let it ship future games faster. Headcount has roughly doubled since Red Dead Redemption 2 launched in 2018.
gamesindustry.biz20d ago2 min read
Facepunch Studios plans to make s&box free-to-play toward the end of the year and shift from hosting as many games as possible to promoting the best and most popular. The Play Fund is now an approval system, and the platform is moving toward the Steam Workshop.
gamesindustry.biz20d ago3 min read
Ubisoft plans to shut down Finnish studio RedLynx, maker of the Trials games, and reduce staff at Ubisoft Singapore. Together the moves affect more than 120 jobs and extend the company's ongoing restructuring.
gamedeveloper.com20d ago2 min read
Richard 'Levelord' Gray, the level designer behind Duke Nukem 3D and a co-founder of Ritual Entertainment, has died aged 68. Apogee Entertainment announced his death, and developers across the industry have paid tribute.
gamesindustry.biz20d ago2 min read
Ludeon Studios announced RimWorld 1.7, which replaces Unity with its own Waylith Engine. The studio reports 2-4x better performance in its tests, and the update is available now on the unstable beta branch.
gamefromscratch.com20d ago2 min read
Subscription prices, indie tiers and revenue thresholds change more often than budgets do. Maya 2027's pricing is a good example.
cgchannel.com29d ago3 min read
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