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News

Multiplatform Microsoft and a very different future for consoles | This Week in Business

Get the bingo card ready because we're talking about unsustainable AAA development, "consoles are doomed" predictions, retro handhelds, and the 3DO

Feb. 16, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

News

Baldur's Gate 3, Spider-Man 2 sweep DICE Awards 2024

Larian's RPG won Game of the Year, but Insomniac's superhero blockbuster took home the most prizes

Feb. 16, 2024 James Batchelor

News

French Ubisoft workers on strike over salary

Update: Almost 700 workers joined the picket line following failed annual negotiations on wages, union STJV says

Feb. 16, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Bandai Namco's Q3 revenue rose 3.9% to $5.1bn

Publisher attributed drop in profits to comparison with Elden Ring launch, confirmed five titles have been cancelled

Feb. 16, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

Opinion

For Sony and Microsoft, revenue growth is more important than any "console war" | Opinion

The framing of the "console war" seems less and less relevant as both companies chase bigger fish

Feb. 16, 2024 Rob Fahey

News

Payday 3 returns Starbreeze to profitability despite "significantly lower" than expected sales

CEO Tobias Sjögren remains optimistic about turnaround as game's development team focuses on improvements

Feb. 16, 2024 James Batchelor

News

Embracer CEO says layoffs are "something that everyone needs to get through"

Lars Wingefors also addressed the company's contribution to overinvestment that led to this situation

Feb. 16, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

ZA/UM reportedly preparing to lay off devs

An alleged expansion to Disco Elysium is also said to have been cancelled

Feb. 16, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Alan Wake 2 sells 1.3m units | News-in-brief

The long-awaited sequel is Remedy's fastest-selling game to date, sold 50% more copies in two months than Control did in four

Feb. 16, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Microsoft bringing four games to other consoles

Phil Spencer says bringing older releases to rival consoles is "not a change to our fundamental exclusive strategy"; slate does not include Starfield or Indiana Jones

Feb. 15, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

News

Daybreak confirms "less than 15" layoffs

MMO specialist denies report of larger cuts, attributes decision to "overall assessment and recalibration of our business"

Feb. 15, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

News

Sony seeking growth by bringing more first-party games to other platforms

President and COO says it could help improve PlayStation's operating profit

Feb. 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

Feature

The power in granting access to the gaming industry | Black Voices Progress Report

Writer and narrative designer Adanna Nedd didn't know writing for games was a real job – now she's helping the next generation of Black game developers

Feb. 15, 2024 Malindy Hetfeld