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Krafton has reached a settlement in its legal dispute with the former executives of Unknown Worlds, the developers behind Subnautica 2, agreeing to disburse the contested $250 million bonus.

Ubisoft has named Christoph Hartmann as General Manager of Creative House 2, the division responsible for the Splinter Cell, The Division, and Ghost Recon series. Hartmann brings extensive industry experience, having established and led the 2K Games label at Take-Two before departing in 2017 to oversee Amazon's struggling games segment. He exited Amazon in January.

The French video game crisis, like that in the rest of the world, is systemic in nature but comes with a number of local characteristics. Today, we will delve into the causes in detail—from the fatal mistakes of major companies and management's irresponsibility to issues with government subsidies and the role of unions

Beginning in January 2028, Sony will cease the production of physical discs for new games launched on PlayStation consoles

The end of the era of physical game editions is drawing closer. Sony announced that starting from January 2028, it will no longer release discs for new titles on PlayStation consoles.

In the spring of 2024, the studio Fenris Creations, which was then called CCP Games, promised to release the source code of its Carbon engine to the public. Two years later, they fulfilled that promise

Koelnmesse and Game - The German Games Industry Association, the organizers of Gamescom, have reached a new collaboration with IGN for the "gamescom awesome indies show." This expands their existing longstanding relationship where IGN has acted as the production partner for the official Gamescom consumer broadcast. IGN Entertainment, the parent company of GamesIndustry.biz, owns IGN

The end of the era of physical game editions is drawing nearer. Sony announced that starting in January 2028, it will no longer release discs for new titles on PlayStation consoles.

Troubles continue in French studios. Now Supamonks—one of the teams that contributed to the beat 'em up roguelike Absolum—has come under fire

Spill Games is a young studio from India that develops casual mobile games. Recently, it received investments as part of a seed funding round

Employees of Rockstar in the United Kingdom have sought voluntary recognition of their union from the company to tackle issues such as pay transparency, flexible working arrangements, and overtime.

Google is facing another accusation of monopoly. This time it is being challenged by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC).

Xbox has withdrawn from an agreement to finance and distribute IO Interactive's online fantasy role-playing game, known by the codename Project Fantasy. This decision could potentially result in job cuts.

Slitherine Software, known for its expertise in wargame and strategy games, has obtained the license, publishing rights, and back catalog for the Blood Bowl franchise, which is based on Warhammer, from Nacon after Nacon filed for insolvency. Under this agreement, Slitherine will also be responsible for publishing the upcoming Warhammer Blood Bowl.

Rokky, a prominent key distribution platform, has introduced a complimentary browser plugin aimed at helping publishers and developers track the usage of distributed Steam keys. The company outlined that the tool serves as an aid for "partner reconciliation and sales forecasting" as well as providing "safe post-bundle verification"

The Godot team decided to tighten the rules for pull requests to the engine's source code. They announced that they will no longer consider proposals generated by artificial intelligence.

BR-DGE successfully closed a funding round of 10 million pounds. The new investor in the platform is the American company Bettor Capital. Existing investors of the company also participated in the round

In the American state of California, the bill AB 1921 (also known as the Protect Our Games Act), aimed at preserving online games, has been under consideration for several months. Recently, another stage in this process took place, and it did not conclude in favor of the initiative's authors

How many people will leave the studio is unknown

TinyBuild, the publisher of Hello Neighbor, Potion Craft, The King is Watching, and many other games, has gained a new shareholder. That shareholder is the venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners.

Veteran of id Software Sandy Petersen really dislikes gamers who pirate games. Recently, he wrote a post on X in which he criticized those individuals, stating that without pirates, id Software would have faced a completely different fate

Last May, Patrick O'Luanaigh left the VR studio nDreams, which he founded, after serving as CEO for 19 years. Now he's decided to get back into game development.

Recently, Comcast Corporation announced plans to spin off NBCUniversal into a separate publicly-traded company. In light of this, rumors have emerged that after the business split, NBCUniversal might begin to develop new strategic directions—including potentially entering the video game market.

Employees at Ubisoft's Barcelona studio are initiating a strike in response to proposed layoffs, which may result in 51 workers being dismissed.

Griffin Gaming Partners, a venture capital firm, has acquired a 3.24% equity stake in the developer and publisher TinyBuild.

Quest Director of Cyberpunk 2077, Paweł Sasko, shared this on the social network X (formerly known as Twitter).

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union has expressed its backing for members working at Xbox amid ongoing reports suggesting impending mass layoffs.

The Japanese company DeNA, one of the developers of the hit mobile game Pokémon TCG Pocket, recently secured government support. It was granted 1.5 billion yen ($9.25 million) in subsidies under the IP360 program

Patrick O'Luanaigh, who established VR studio nDreams, has unveiled a new venture named Atmospheric. This studio is positioned as "a new independent entertainment company creating original intellectual property across games and music." O'Luanaigh departed from his role as CEO of nDreams in May 2025, after leading the company for 19 years and 18 months following its acquisition by Aonic. Before launching nDreams, he held senior positions at SCi, Eidos, and Codemasters

Robert Henrysson will no longer be leading the studio Supermassive Games. He has decided to leave the team after two and a half years of working with them.

The Polysights platform received significant investment during the pre-seed funding round, securing $1.5 million in funding.

It has been reported that another studio may cease to exist as a result of the upcoming restructuring of XBOX. According to the portal GamesBeat, this is Undead Labs — the team behind the State of Decay series

TinyBuild, the publisher of Hello Neighbor, Potion Craft, The King is Watching, and many other games, now has a new shareholder. That would be the venture firm Griffin Gaming Partners.

Sony PlayStation has notified users that StudioCanal films they previously bought will be removed from their libraries starting September 1

We continue our weekly series of YouTube interviews. The guest of the new episode is Anastasia Smirnova, a narrative designer with many years of experience. She has worked on games such as Mystery Manor, Paradise Island 2, Familyscapes, and Wildscapes: New Acres

Every week, we post interviews on YouTube with gaming experts discussing various aspects of their work. Additionally, we will now be releasing separate written blitz interviews with our speakers, but these will be "locked." For instance, today on YouTube, a one-hour conversation was published with Anastasia Smirnova on the topic "How to Create a Good Narrative for a Casual Game?" The accompanying material to this is an article where we talked with Anastasia about the challenges narrative professionals face today

It’s possible that Microsoft hasn’t been signing contracts with third-party developers who wish to add games to the Game Pass subscription for some time. At least, that’s what claims Fernando Rizo, former sales director at Raw Fury and now a partner at Caboodle Games.

The steampunk PvP action game featuring walking fortresses, SAND: Raiders of Sophie, had a strong launch. It took exactly one week to reach the milestone of 200,000 copies sold

A class action lawsuit has been filed against major chipmakers SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron, accusing them of "concerted anticompetitive behavior" within the DRAM market.

TASS reports this with reference to the head of the Agency of Creative Industries (ACI), Gulnara Agamova

CD Projekt, the Polish gaming company, has decided to rename itself CD Projekt Red

It is possible that Microsoft hasn't been signing contracts with third-party developers who want to add their games to the Game Pass subscription for some time. At least, that's what Fernando Rizo claims—a former sales director at Raw Fury and now a partner at Caboodle Games

Hideaki Nishino, the CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, expressed his intention to "revitalize" live-service projects by integrating both first-party and third-party content.

The corporation did not specify how many times console owners pre-ordered the game

A total of 11 companies were fined, including Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Riot Games, and Ubisoft

Member of the European Parliament from Malta, Peter Agius, stated at recent hearings that a ban on online gambling advertising in the EU could foster the development of the black market. According to him, such measures would only weaken consumer protection rather than strengthen it.

A year and a half ago, the Russian-speaking team Studio Rassvet announced their debut game, "No Small Change," about a night kiosk vendor who engages in philosophical conversations with customers on New Year's Eve. Since then, the project has managed to make its way into several hundred wishlists on Steam

Employees of Quantic Dream and Ubisoft Barcelona announced a strike, Sony revealed plans to continue working on live service games, and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth hit a new record number of online players on Steam — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend

According to Circana, sales of the PlayStation 5 in the United States declined by 58% in May compared to the same month last year, marking the smallest number of units sold in May since 2000. Conversely, Xbox sales experienced a 12% year-on-year decrease, resulting in the lowest May sales figures ever recorded for the console.

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella continues to share data on the U.S. gaming market. He published detailed statistics for May, which include information on revenue and top blockbusters.