Data
Around 21% of European games professionals have been laid off in the past year
Most of those affected have secured new jobs, some outside the games industry
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News
Why the European Court of Justice's decision on cheats is not a milestone | Opinion
ADVANT Beiten's Dr Andreas Lober analyzes the impact of the Sony vs Datel case – and shows that operators of online games still have plenty of options to take action
News
Kingdom Come Deliverance has sold 8m units | News-in-brief
Warhorse Studios' title originally launched in 2018 (and March this year for the Switch version), sequel is expected in February 2025
News
Dozens of staff laid off at Inflexion as part of restructuring
Update: Sources claim over 50 people were made redundant
News
Square Enix to seemingly move away from platform exclusivity
"In the future, titles will be released simultaneously on each platform more and more," Naoki Yoshida said
News
Incredibuild acquires dev-ops pipeline acceleration firm Garden | News-in-brief
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, goal is to take "the pain out of long development cycles"
News
Nintendo lowers full-year forecast as H1 sales fall 34% to $3.4bn
First half suffers tough comparison with Tears of the Kingdom and Mario movie as Switch soldiers on through eighth year
News
PS5 Pro to launch with over 50 enhanced titles | News-in-brief
Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Horizon Forbidden West, God of War Ragnarok, Baldur's Gate 3, and Alan Wake 2 among games available at launch
News
Netflix's Mike Verdu reveals new role as VP of GenAI for Games
Former Facebook and EA executive handed over games leadership position earlier this year
News
Atari acquires Transport Tycoon IP
Chris Saywer's classic management game added to publisher's growing portfolio of retro brands
News
Radical Forge raises £2.6m
Investment to go towards team expansion, the release of Southfield, and more
News
Supercell acquires Space Ape
The Finnish mobile studio had already been a majority investor since 2017
News
Call of Duty flies, Concord falls | Microcast
Latest episode available to download now, also discusses most recent financials for EA, Ubisoft and more
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Pokémon TCG Pocket reportedly makes $12m in first four days
Japan accounts for almost half of all money spent on new card collecting mobile game
Feature
How accessible is being a gaming content creator?
Disabled content creators discuss what platforms like Twitch and YouTube must do to make content creation accessible
News
Bethesda to shut down The Elder Scrolls Legends
Servers for card game to be retired in January 2025, has also been delisted on Steam
News
Remedy revenue rises 129% during Q3 2024
Deal with Annapurna to finance 50% of Control 2 and €15 million loan from Tencent boosts profits
News
Phasmophobia has sold 20m copies | News-in-brief
The milestone was reached across all platforms, with Kinetic Games' title having launched on consoles this week and selling 250,000 units across PS5/PSVR 2 and Xbox Series X|S
News
Discord management platform Levellr raises $1.75m in funding round
Firm plans to use funds to support growth and demand for services
News
Baldur's Gate 3 surpasses 50m mod downloads | News-in-brief
Mod support for Larian's RPG was introduced on June 3, 2024
News
Respawn blocks Apex Legends on platforms using Linux including Steam Deck
Developer cites decision as part of anti-cheating efforts
News
Roblox bookings jump to $1.1bn in Q3
Revenue increased 29%, daily active user count reached 88.9 million
News
IWGB Game Workers launches first manifesto
Union for UK-based video game developers calls for equality, inclusion, and fair pay
Opinion
Black Ops 6 does the business for Microsoft | Opinion
Call of Duty's performance is exactly what Microsoft needed from the landmark franchise, and points the way to the future of its games business