News Devcom Developer Conference 2024 is its biggest yet, attendance up 45% from 2023 Conference featured more than 350 speakers across 210+ sessions Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Ubisoft acknowledges Ubisoft+ issue on Xbox The company says it is "investigating" and will share an update as soon as possible Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Nintendo to close down free-to-play mobile Animal Crossing Pocket Camp A premium edition, however, is on the way Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Why developers create huge expansions over standalone games, and other questions | Podcast Latest episode available to download now, answers reader questions about the state of the games industry Aug. 22, 2024 James Batchelor
News Xbox reveals four new accessibility options for disabled players The company has even redesigned its packaging with accessibility in mind, too Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake
News UK Competitions and Market Authority is shutting down its Apple investigation The organisation says it was closing it down "on the grounds of administrative priority" Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake
News New Key Fact report says 75% of video game players in Europe are adults, and average age is 31 And the overall workforce in Europe is up by 6.7% to nearly 115,000 Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Circana reports 10% uplift in US game spending but admits "this will continue to be a difficult year" But a "significant rebound is expected in 2025" Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Behind the reveals of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 | Podcast Latest episode to download now Aug. 21, 2024 James Batchelor
News Xbox confirms Game Pass tiers Standard will wait "up to 12 months+" for first-party games Up until now, it was not been clear how long Standard subscribers would have to wait Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Publisher Headup establishes new independent studio Goon Squad Both Headup and Goon Squad remain fully owned parts of Microcuts Holding Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country bookend Gamescom Opening Night Live announcements Other highlights include Peter Molyneux's Masters of Albion, new Dying Light game, Amazon & Glowmade's King of Meat, plus release date and PS5 version of Indiana Jones Aug. 21, 2024 James Batchelor
News Virtuos acquires British indie game developer Third Kind Games Virtuos says the acquisition will enhance its "AAA co-development capabilities" Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Space Ape shuts down its nine-year-old RTS Rival Kingdoms "All games have a life cycle, and Rival Kingdoms is no exception," the developer said Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Tencent wins Gamescom's 2024 sustainability award The award celebrates organisations that demonstrate public commitments to sustainable values Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Atsuko Tanaka – the Japanese voice of Chun-Li and Bayonetta – has died Tanaka's extensive credits also include Nier Replicant's Kaine Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Black Myth: Wukong breaks single-player Steam records on day one with 2m concurrent users Chinese action game has surpassed performance by Cyberpunk 2077, but falls behind PUBG's 3.3 million Aug. 20, 2024 James Batchelor
News The biggest challenges for indie developers, with Jason Della Rocca | Podcast Episode available to download now, part of our Devcom and Gamescom daily podcasts Aug. 20, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Hunt: Showdown hits new concurrent peak 5 years after release | News-in-brief New update brings curious players flooding back Aug. 20, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Gamescom scraps Best Nintendo Game Award due to "too few submissions" This is the first time since 2011 there will be no Best Nintendo Switch award Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Epic Games' free game giveaways have been "magical" for user acquisition But some of its exclusivity deals were "not good investments" Aug. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Kwalee launches Arabic-language edition of Hitseeker The UK publisher says it will support Arabic-speaking devs "with tools, resources, and expert support" Aug. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Black Myth: Wukong demands influencers don't mention "feminist propaganda" in coverage Players are also forbidden to discuss "China's game industry policies" Aug. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Climax opens new studio in Scotland Developer is offering new roles in engineering and programming to support expansion Aug. 19, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Epic's mobile marketplace and The Plucky Squire's brave launch | GI Microcast Latest episode is available to download now Aug. 19, 2024 James Batchelor