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Interior Night studio head Charu Desodt appointed chair of BAFTA Games Committee
Interior Night studio head Charu Desodt has been appointed chair of the BAFTA Games Committee.
Gamescom Asia touts new records for international attendance and showfloor size
No event has come back more strongly from its pandemic-enforced hiatus than Gamescom. The German event posted record attendance this year, driven in part by business attendance boosted by the demise of E3; its two-year-old South American spinoff Gamescom LatAm claimed an audience of 175,000, up...
Warhorse Studios hit by cyberattack, company systems and data affected
Warhorse Studios has experienced a cyberattack resulting in unauthorised access to both company systems and data.
"Developers need to treat Early Access like a real launch, because players do" – Early Access games are on the rise, but so are player expectations
The number of games released through Steam's Early Access program has risen significantly in recent years. According to SteamDB , 2,924 Early Access games launched on Valve's platform in 2026 (as of mid-October), an 18% increase from 2025 and a 60% increase from 2020.
UKIE calls on government to modernise Video Games Expenditure Credit ahead of Autumn Budget
Ahead of this week's Autumn Budget, UKIE is urging the UK government to modernise the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC).
TiMi Studio Group's Pokémon Unite to shut down on March 23, 2027
The Pokémon Company has announced that Pokémon Unite will be taken offline on March 23, 2027.
Sucker Punch Productions reportedly lays off 24 employees following launch of Ghost of Yōtei: Complete Edition
Ghost of Yōtei developer Sucker Punch Productions has reportedly been hit with layoffs, affecting 24 employees.
Xbox staff among up to 60,000 Microsoft employees offered voluntary exit
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit to employees.
Epic Games CEO calls Steam's AI disclosure policies "a political act"
CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, has once again slammed Steam's AI disclosure policy, calling the company's position on AI disclosure "a political act".
Auroch Digital lays off a quarter of its staff
Auroch Digital has laid off approximately a quarter of its staff.
223,000+ people sign petition to "save Mass Effect"
Over 223,000 people have signed a petition asking EA to "save Mass Effect."
Paris Games Biz showcased a guarded optimism in the face of turmoil, both locally and in the industry at large | Opinion
The games industry has spent several years persisting in the face of commercial and financial turmoil; to that it has now added civil unrest as a small group of publishers, investors, and developers gathered for the third Paris Game Biz in a city still undergoing widespread public protests . The...
Side expands presence in China, opens new studio and acquires art outsourcing provider Roboto Entertainment
Services provider Side has expanded its presence in China by opening a new studio and acquiring art outsourcing provider Roboto Entertainment.
"It was a pretty harrowing three months" – Undead Labs head Philip Holt on what happened after Xbox cut the studio loose
Back in July, Xbox announced plans to divest five studios . Among them was State of Decay maker Undead Labs, which Microsoft had acquired back in 2018.
Netflix reportedly offered $500m to Microsoft to license Xbox IP for seven years
Netflix reportedly offered Microsoft $500 million over seven years to license Xbox IP for film and television adaptations.
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Microsoft extends consultation period for Arkane Lyon as it continues development on Marvel's Blade
Microsoft has extended the consultation period by one month to seek a new buyer for Arkane Lyon, while development on Marvel's Blade continues.
Shogun 2 – Complete Edition was "not a Creative Assembly developed game," says Total War VP after it was pulled amid generative AI concerns
Creative Assembly has issued a statement regarding the use of generative AI in Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition, which led to the game's removal from sale last week .
BioWare's end is a tragically familiar tale | Opinion
After the past five years of seemingly endless closures, cancellations, and restructures, after the tens of thousands of layoffs that the industry has endured like a relentless drumbeat, you'd think that we'd all have grown some pretty thick skin. How much can one more bad news story really hurt?
GameMaker to make its "next-generation runtime" GMRT free for commercial use in January 2027
2D-centric engine GameMaker is making its "next-generation runtime" GMRT free for commercial use from January 1, 2027.
Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto to receive Japan's Order of Culture award
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto will be the first game developer to receive Japan's Order of Culture award.
Nintendo eShop Highlights – 22/10/2026
This week's new Nintendo eShop games are here!
Capcom affected by data breach, over 11.7m Capcom ID accounts compromised
Capcom has been hit by a data breach that affected over 11.7 million Capcom ID accounts.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 | Critical Consensus
Activision has a lot riding on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Last year's entry, Black Ops 7, was poorly received by critics and players, and third-party tracking data suggested the game significantly underperformed compared to other entries in the series.
Podcast: Landfall's Rebecca Lautner on Peak's 23 million sales and looking past friendslop
A new episode of the still-somewhat-irregular GamesIndustry.biz podcast features a fireside chat with Rebecca Lautner, CBO at Landfall Games, recorded at Game Republic New Horizons . In conversation with features editor Lewis Packwood, Lautner says that even though Peak has now sold more than 23...
"It was crushing how hard it was" – The chaotic development of Dispatch, and what AdHoc Studio plans next
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the release of the first episode of Dispatch from AdHoc Studio, which went on to become one of the biggest surprise successes of 2025. Last November, the studio said Dispatch was on track to beat its three-year sales target after just three months .