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Gamescom 2026 Exhibition Area Fully Booked for the First Time
Gamescom 2026 has already reached a major milestone before the doors even open, with the exhibition area fully…
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EA’s Laura Miele Says AI Is Boosting Creativity and Speed in Game Dev
Electronic Arts is once again putting AI at the center of its development strategy, with Laura Miele saying th…
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Housemarque Veteran Harry Krueger Talks Cosmic Division, Lean Studio & AI
Harry Krueger’s new studio, Cosmic Division, is already saying a lot with very little: small team, big ambitio…
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Sonic Producer: Indie Devs Teach AAA Studios How to Survive
Takashi Iizuka’s latest comments tap into a growing truth across the games business: while AAA studios still d…
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Marvel’s Blade Reportedly Not Cancelled, Despite Jeff Grubb Rumors
Marvel fans can probably exhale for now: despite online chatter suggesting Arkane Lyon’s Blade project might b…
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Embracer Splits Into Two: Tomb Raider & Metro Join Fellowship Entertainment
Embracer Group is heading for another major shake-up, this time with a full split into two publicly listed com…
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Sunday Papers: Amazon’s AI Game Cancelled, Crimson Desert Birdwatching & More
This week in gaming culture, the conversation swings wildly between corporate AI ambitions, delightfully whole…
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Digital Bros Acquires Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP for €4M After 1M Sales
Digital Bros has moved to fully own the future of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, acquiring the IP for around €4 mil…
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Blue Prince Wins Best International Game at German Computer Game Awards 2026
Blue Prince has taken home Best International Game at the German Computer Game Awards 2026, highlighting a nig…
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Valve: Steam Controller Launch Amid RAM Shortages, Steam Machine Delays
Valve is forging ahead with its latest Steam Controller even as global RAM shortages squeeze the broader PC ha…
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Xbox First-Party Studios Team Up for Project Helix, Blizzard Assists Fable
Xbox is doubling down on collaboration with Project Helix, a unified push that brings first-party studios clos…
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Take-Two's Zelnick: Premium Games Should Be Ad-Free, 'Stunned' by Project Genie
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has doubled down on a stance many players will cheer: premium games shouldn’t be …
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MindsEye's 'Blacklist' Mission to Expose Alleged Sabotage as UK/US Probe Opens
MindsEye is gearing up for one of its boldest updates yet: a new story mission called Blacklist that, accordin…
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Gunzilla Games Accused of Leaving Staff Unpaid for Months Amid Payroll Chaos
Multiple current and former Gunzilla Games staff have publicly alleged months-long salary delays, missed contr…
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Ben Diskin Barred From Mega Man: Dual Override by SAG-AFTRA Order
Summary: SAG-AFTRA has issued a Do Not Work Order on Mega Man: Dual Override, preventing union members from pa…
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Intel Joins Elon Musk's Terafab: Could PC CPU Shortages and Price Hikes Follow?
Summary: Intel’s collaboration with Elon Musk’s Terafab aims to supercharge AI chip production, and that could…
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Crystal Dynamics cuts 20 more roles amid ongoing Tomb Raider layoffs
Crystal Dynamics has confirmed another round of job cuts, eliminating 20 roles across development and operatio…
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Epic Games layoffs: Fortnite modes sunset, Horizon Chase pulled from stores
Epic Games is reshaping its slate in the wake of major layoffs, sunsetting three Fortnite modes on a tight tim…
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Valve's Erik Wolpaw: AI Won't Replace Game Writers (But Could Aid NPCs)
Summary: Valve veteran Erik Wolpaw believes AI won’t dethrone human game writers anytime soon, but he does see…
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‘Never send an email on a Friday’: Clyde Grossman, ISM Co-Founder, Dies
Clyde Grossman, co-founder of Interactive Studio Management (ISM) and a quiet giant of developer relations, ha…
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NCsoft Buys 70% of JustPlay for $202M to Fuel Casual Mobile Expansion
NCsoft is acquiring a 70% stake in Berlin-based mobile studio JustPlay for $202 million, with the deal expecte…
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Todd Howard's Vision Will Make Starfield Legendary, Composer Says
Summary: Starfield’s composer believes the game’s long-term legacy will outshine its early reception, creditin…
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Ubisoft Names Tencent/2K Vet Julien Bares, Thomas Andrén to Lead Creative Units
Ubisoft has tapped industry veterans Julien Bares and Thomas Andrén to power its next phase: Bares steps in to…
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Delayed PC Ports Blamed for Sony's Shrinking First-Party PC Share
Sony’s shrinking slice of the PC pie isn’t just about demand, it’s about timing. New analysis making the round…
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Nacon Files for Insolvency, Vows to Protect Jobs While Renegotiating Debt
Nacon has entered court-supervised insolvency proceedings in France after a financing shock tied to majority s…
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King of Meat Shuts Down April 9 After Six Months; Refunds Coming
Summary: Co-op platformer and creator-driven dungeon runner King of Meat will go offline on April 9, 2026, jus…
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Highguard Shutdown Confirmed: Servers Offline After March 12, 2026
Highguard, Wildlight Entertainment’s ambitious multiplayer shooter, will go offline after March 12, 2026. The …
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Ubisoft Confirms New Assassin's Creed and Far Cry Games, Appoints Son Co-CEO
Ubisoft’s leadership says more Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry are officially on the way alongside brand-new proj…
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GAME Faces Collapse as Frasers Files Notice to Appoint Administrators
UK retailer GAME is reportedly moving to appoint administrators, a step that typically grants a short protecti…
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Roblox Unveils Text-to-3D Beta as Google's Genie Roils Game Stocks
Roblox just rolled out a text-to-3D beta that lets creators and even players spin up interactive objects from …
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Discord Age Verification Update: Most Adults Won't Need ID Checks
Summary: Discord is rolling out platform-wide age verification, but after community pushback the company clari…
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Ex-Xbox Exec Larry Hryb Joins Fractional, Consulting Firm for Game Studios
Ex-Xbox veteran Larry Hryb has joined Fractional, a new consulting collective built to help game studios tap s…
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Ubisoft Fires Assassin's Creed Lead Over Return-to-Office Criticism
Ubisoft has reportedly let go of an Assassin’s Creed team lead after he publicly criticized the publisher’s re…
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GDC 2026 Survey: 52% Say Gen AI Harms Games, Unreal Beats Unity as Top Engine
The latest State of the Game Industry survey from the newly rebranded GDC Festival of Gaming paints a complex …
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Nexon Courts Western Studios After 12.4M Arc Raiders Success
Nexon is turning a massive win into momentum. After Arc Raiders surged past 12.4 million copies sold since its…
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Valve Updates Steam AI Policy: Developers Must Disclose Generated Content
Valve has refreshed its Steam AI policy, tightening the focus on transparency around AI-generated content. Dev…
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Ubisoft Announces 55 Layoffs at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm
Ubisoft plans to reduce headcount by roughly 55 roles across its Swedish studios, Massive Entertainment in Mal…
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Co-founder Michal Kicinski Buys Back GOG, Pledges DRM-Free, Independent Future
Summary: GOG has a new but familiar owner, co-founder Michal Kicinski has bought the platform back from CD Pro…
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Xbox Dev Kits Now $2,000: Microsoft Raises Series X/S XDK Price 33%
Microsoft has reportedly increased the price of Xbox Series X/S development kits from $1,500 to $2,000, a 33% …
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Instinct3 launches Sidekick Publishing to back indies, Deadly Days at Gamescom
Instinct3, the Berlin-based creative agency, has unveiled Sidekick Publishing, a new label built to help indie…
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Koelnmesse CEO: Investing in Expansion to Secure Exhibitors' Economic Success
Koelnmesse’s leadership is doubling down on expansion and infrastructure to strengthen the economic outcomes f…
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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Summoned to Court Over Harassment Convictions
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has been called to appear before a French court in connection with a case that alre…
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New Bioshock in Trouble: Cloud Chamber Reshuffle Sparks Layoff Fears
Rumors, reports, and a studio reshuffle have put the next Bioshock under a harsh spotlight, with sources sugge…
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Tencent Quietly Edits Light of Motiram Steam Art After Sony Copyright Suit
Tencent has quietly updated the Steam page for Light of Motiram in the days following a lawsuit from Sony that…