Nintendo Stars, formerly known as Warpstar, will work to maximise the success of Nintendo's growing movie portfolio. | Continue reading
Valve has rolled out a new age assurance policy to comply with the UK Online Safety Act. | Continue reading
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NetEase' overseas investments continue to shrink. | Continue reading
Also in the news: lessons from the 'Friendslop' genre, Atari buys Ubisoft properties, and more. | Continue reading
Developers, artists, designers, engineers, and support staff on the Diablo franchise have assembled 'one of the largest wall-to-wall unions' at Blizzard Entertainment. | Continue reading
Multiple developers have mentioned Team Cherry's upcoming September release as the reason to delay their own projects. | Continue reading
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This is the third round of layoffs at the Embracer-owned studio since 2023. | Continue reading
The tool uses AI to analyze data from user playtests, and the information is then sent to QA analysts. The companies claim this will lead to 'more testers and more playtest hours' at the 'same or lower cost' than traditional playtests. | Continue reading
AI adoption is reportedly 'very low apart from ChatGPT,' and King leadership is generally 'quite AI skeptic.' | Continue reading
While an event of this scale inevitably encompasses countless news stories and themes, a number of key topics stood out to the Omdia analyst team at this year's show. | Continue reading
Small games can win big in major showcases by telling their story and searching for 'surprise.' | Continue reading
Rec Room calls the job cuts a 'business necessity based on the financial trajectory of the company.' | Continue reading
Yves Guillemot has been called to appear before the Bobigny District Court on October 1. | Continue reading
Who gets to make games for the Nintendo Switch 2? | Continue reading
This week on the Game Developer Podcast, System Era Softworks design director Liz England joins us to look back on her famous 2014 blog post 'The Door Problem.' | Continue reading
Developers at Arkane wrote a letter protesting parent company Microsoft's maintaining contracts with the Israel Defense Forces as it prosecutes its invasion of Gaza. | Continue reading
Wherein our intrepid news editor reports from Gamescom and the EIC steps in as a guest columnist. | Continue reading
The Rogue Prince of Persia developer feels the early access slalom is riskier than ever. | Continue reading
VISVISE is billed as an end-to-end AI game creation suite that will massively accelerate workflows with 'human oversight.' | Continue reading
Releasing on September 4, over 300,000 people gathered to watch the announcement on developer Team Cherry's YouTube channel. | Continue reading
The real-time strategy title currently has fewer concurrent players at launch than it did during early access. | Continue reading
"We aim to create greater synergies with the other Gamescom formats." | Continue reading
Microsoft will 'start experimenting' with these AI-powered features on the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally X device. | Continue reading
After filing a lawsuit against Krafton, Charlie Cleveland, Max McGuire, and Ted Gill are now being sued by their former employer for purportedly making off with reams of confidential information including business records, intellectual property, and more. | Continue reading
SIE global marketing VP Isabelle Tomatis notes that PlayStation is, like many other companies with a global presence, making difficult decisions amid ongoing economic challenges relating to the United States. | Continue reading
2K president David Ismailer shared the news in a memo to staff, while former Diablo boss Rod Fergusson is now head of the studio. | Continue reading
Microsoft won't comment. Xbox staff aren't allowed. | Continue reading
Schiefer was a producer on the Destroy All Humans! remakes, and worked at Black Forest for seven years. | Continue reading
According to Starbreeze, its focus on the Payday franchise, organizational changes, and emphasis on growth 'have started bearing fruit.' | Continue reading
Shared storytelling doesn't have to be about voting on choices. | Continue reading
Valve said the change will better reflect the unique experiences of users around the globe. | Continue reading
Felix Falk has suggested 'miscommunication' might have led to the scathing open letter sent to Gamescom Latam organizers by developers in Brazil | Continue reading
A new lawsuit has accused Roblox of knowingly enabling the 'systemic sexual exploitation and abuse of children across the United States.' | Continue reading
'We don't want the atmosphere to be worse because we squeeze in too many people.' | Continue reading
Plus: Embracer indicates more divestments are inbound and Stripe denies banning LGBTQ+ content. | Continue reading
The community helped Fateless to raise funds of $6M during the initial startup phase, and was a 'major contributor' to the latest round. | Continue reading
'In this case, one of PayPal's acquiring banks decided to stop processing any Steam transactions.' | Continue reading
The news comes a year after the studio announced a 'realignment plan' that has involved layoffs and leadership changes. | Continue reading
Layoff and divestment mogul Embracer Group has explained how it intends to build for the future. | Continue reading
How are unions working to fix the industry's issue with credits? | Continue reading
Leadership changes continue after the company reported a net sales decrease from $59.1 million to $17.3 million in FY2024 | Continue reading
The studio intends to build on the success of the boxing franchise. | Continue reading
Sidekick Publishing is spearheaded by industry veterans Jasmin Oestreicher and Melvin Frank. | Continue reading
Krafton claims Unknown Worlds' former leaders chose to prioritize their own 'monetary interests' over the best interests of the Subnautica franchise. | Continue reading
'With a union, we're able to preserve what makes this place special.' | Continue reading
The company plans to invest $1 million over the next 12-18 months to deepen 'market penetration across APAC.' | Continue reading