News Jobs Roundup: April 2024 | Ubisoft names Cécile Russeil as executive VP Update: Josh West becomes editor-in-chief at GamesRadar, King alum David Telenius joins Metacore April 26, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News ArcheAge to go offline in North America and Europe this June The XL Games MMO sunsets after nine years due to declining active players April 26, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Capcom revises earnings forecast following "favorable" Dragon’s Dogma 2 sales Combined with the performance of Street Fighter 6 firm says "This has led us to expect earnings for this business to exceed our plan" April 26, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News FCC reinstates net neutrality Commission Anna Gomez says "Broadband access to the internet is a critical conduit that is essential for modern life" April 26, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Thunderful selling Nordic Game Supply to distributor's acting CEO Group has been evaluating how to deal with business' struggles with profitability in recent years April 26, 2024 James Batchelor
News Before Your Eyes devs form new studio Nice Dream Games Developer's debut title will be face-tracking narrative adventure Goodnight Universe, published by Skybound April 26, 2024 James Batchelor
News Call of Duty and Diablo boost Microsoft's gaming revenues, but Xbox sales continue to fall Total games revenues up 52% year-on-year, but hardware revenue saw steepest drop since X|S launch April 26, 2024 James Batchelor
News Arkadium unveils third-party dev program Game makers can submit their titles to the browser and receive a 75% revenue share April 25, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News No Blizzcon in 2024 Fan festival will take a break this year; Blizzard hopes to bring it back in the future April 25, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Meta loses another $3.8 billion on VR/AR Overall company's revenues and profits surge, but stock dips on plans to increase AI spending April 25, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Garry's Mod removing all Nintendo content after takedown notice Developers say there is 20 years worth of user creations to clear, ask players to delete their own Nintendo content April 25, 2024 James Batchelor
News Frostpunk has sold 5m copies since launch | News-in-brief 11 Bit Studios' title is turning six, with Frostpunk 2 due to release in July 2024 and currently sitting at over two million wishlists, the developer said April 25, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Steam refund policy updated to include pre-release playtime Change will impact titles in Early Access and/or games providing access prior to release, but not those in beta testing April 25, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Biden signs bill to ban TikTok National security package includes a requirement for ByteDance to sell the platform in 270 days or have the app banned in the US April 24, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News Second Life developer sells off payments business Tilia The deal with Thunes will include a five-year partnership for payment processing and payouts to Linden Lab April 24, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News Fallout games gather 5m players in one day | News-in-brief This follows the successful release of the Fallout TV show, with Fallout 76 in particular seeing a surge of one million players in one day April 24, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Gloomhaven studio Flaming Fowl lays off over 20 staff Developer also puts newly announced project Ironmarked on hold due to lack of funding April 24, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News FTC bans non-compete clauses Commission votes 3-2 to nullify contractual clauses impacting an estimated 18% of US workers April 23, 2024 Brendan Sinclair
News As Twitch shuts down in South Korea, AfreecaTV and CHZZK lead streaming services in Q1 The live-streaming platforms are both poised to release global betas in 2024 April 23, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau
News IGN details its answer to E3's cancellation IGN Live is aimed at consumers and takes place June 7 – 9 April 23, 2024 Christopher Dring
News Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism" Group owner defends teams and their leaders, says he still believes in the company's mission April 23, 2024 James Batchelor
News EGX and MCM come together for 2024 The two events will co-locate to create ‘the biggest pop culture weekend in the UK’ April 23, 2024 Christopher Dring
News Atari relaunches Infogrames, acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service New publishing label to focus on acquiring IP April 23, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Krafton takes minority stake in Far From Home South Korean firm to support the ongoing development of Early Access title Forever Skies April 23, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Strange Scaffold's El Paso Elsewhere feature adaptation in the works Actor LaKeith Standfield in talks for leading role and to join on as a producer April 22, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau