Game Developer News Headlines

06-11-26 (20:27)   SAG-AFTRA introduces new process for hiring union actors in game pitches
06-11-26 (19:12)   Report: Silver Lake and the Saudi Arabia PIF hold talks with Unity to explore acquisition
06-11-26 (16:41)   Sony insists its next-generation console plans are still on schedule
05-11-26 (18:41)   Nintendo confident in memory supply in new financial report
04-11-26 (20:58)   Tripwire Interactive expands publishing business to focus on smaller developers and games
04-11-26 (19:58)   Ubisoft among the bidders for Arkane as Xbox looks to sell the studio
04-11-26 (17:58)   Valve warns of slower Steam approvals, possibly due to AI game surge
03-11-26 (20:58)   Half of Control Resonant's players were 'new' to the franchise
03-11-26 (19:41)   Former Xbox COO Helen Chiang pushes back on characterizations of her departure
03-11-26 (18:41)   What Rami Ismail learned with his return to game development
03-11-26 (17:41)   South of Midnight director was 'always worried' about 'Rome burning' at Xbox
02-11-26 (20:27)   Toshihiro Nagoshi's post-Sega game studio, Nagoshi Studio, shuts down after NetEase funding cuts
02-11-26 (19:41)   The number of game pages doubles on Itch.io as AI games flood the store
02-11-26 (17:41)   Zelda producer: Ocarina of Time remake helps junior staff learn classic insights
30-10-26 (22:12)   Anthropic orders AI tool Claude to stop remaking video games
30-10-26 (19:41)   Roblox growth slumps, but the company is betting big on AI to compensate
30-10-26 (17:41)   John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher amidst an overall scope change
30-10-26 (17:12)   GDC Side Quest - An anti-cheat primer with Lucia Suarez
30-10-26 (16:27)   Report: EA shut down BioWare in favor of Star Wars: Battlefront sequel after previously decrying licensed games
29-10-26 (19:58)   Donald Glover to direct, star in Netflix adaptation of PUBG Battlegrounds
29-10-26 (18:41)   Xbox CEO says console demand is outstripping supply—but sales continue to drop
28-10-26 (19:58)   Epic VP says AI code tools have stomped out decade-old 'non-deterministic cooking bugs' in Unreal Engine
28-10-26 (19:12)   Valve weighs in on Next Fest AI cloning phenomenon
28-10-26 (16:58)   Roblox confirms no adult content used in AI training after scraping Open3DLab data
27-10-26 (20:41)   Rockstar Games workers to vote on unionization right as Grand Theft Auto VI launches
27-10-26 (20:27)   Warhorse Studios hit by an undetailed cybersecurity incident
27-10-26 (19:58)   Crossy Road creator Matt Hall named Atari's EVP of Mobile
27-10-26 (18:58)   Epic is updating its EULA to allow AI training on outputs from Unreal Engine and MetaHuman
27-10-26 (15:58)   Changing acquired studios' core identity consistently leads to doom, says Nightdive Studios CEO
27-10-26 (15:58)   Sucker Punch lays off 24 to align with 'current market', 'next project needs'
26-10-26 (19:58)   Xbox reportedly turned down a $500 million deal from Netflix to adapt its video game properties
26-10-26 (18:41)   Obituary: Voice actor Eric Bauza has passed away at 46
26-10-26 (17:27)   Xbox's first-ever COO is out after just three months
23-10-26 (20:12)   GameMaker's GMRT runtime will soon be free for all developers
23-10-26 (04:41)   Opinion: Why words matter when we prioritize 'core teams' in game development
22-10-26 (17:27)   VR pioneer Owlchemy Labs jumps to XR for its next release
21-10-26 (20:58)   EA closes Mass Effect, Dragon Age creator BioWare after 30 years of game development
20-10-26 (20:41)   Fuse Games CEO breaks down codev framework for Star Wars: Galactic Racer
20-10-26 (18:12)   Innersloth co-founder warns devs: 'there are some very bad deals out there'
20-10-26 (17:12)   Griffin Gaming Partners, Entertainment 360 jointly unveil production company Hitpoint Entertainment
19-10-26 (22:58)   RocketWerkz' C# framework 'BRUTAL' is now available to all developers
19-10-26 (19:58)   Moonlighter developer delays public playtest of next game over concerns of AI cloning
16-10-26 (16:41)   Busting myths in game writing ft. Bruno Dias, Aysha Farah, & Andrea Saravia Perez
15-10-26 (16:12)   Caves of Qud: Diaspora breaks new ground by being the first early access DLC release on Steam
15-10-26 (00:41)   Ubisoft to close Trials studio RedLynx, downsize Ubisoft Singapore
14-10-26 (22:41)   No more hand-written code? Epic's Disney project reportedly shifts to 'AI-First' development
13-10-26 (15:27)   Owlchemy CEO: VR is still an emerging market because it hasn't passed the 'cafe test'
09-10-26 (19:12)   Ubisoft to sunset Rainbow Six Mobile just seven months after launch
09-10-26 (17:58)   Report: Double Fine's union drive collapsed due to miscommunication and culture clash
08-10-26 (20:12)   Trump administration suspends Microsoft's ability to apply for green cards, alleging fraud
08-10-26 (19:41)   Xbox CEO unveils 'new Xbox division' for game-adjacent ventures named 'XP'
08-10-26 (17:27)   Denuvo attempts to subpoena Discord, Valve, and Reddit in effort to identify hacker
07-10-26 (20:58)   Unity unveils Unity Spark, an prompt-based tool for Google's AI game platform
07-10-26 (20:12)   Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor brings back 'over half' of furloughed staff
07-10-26 (19:58)   Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick named to the board of post-merger Skydance
07-10-26 (17:27)   Electronic Arts' leveraged buyout faces a bondholder battle
07-10-26 (14:27)   Google debuts new 'experimental' AI game platform named Google Playground
07-10-26 (14:27)   Undead Labs studio head says they were 'irresponsibly transparent' in preparing staff for layoffs
06-10-26 (21:12)   GameStop, other retailers to sell used PlayStation 5 Pro units for 66 percent over MSRP
06-10-26 (17:12)   Co-dev case study: How Blackbird Interactive and Secret Mode helped Escape the Backrooms ride the Backrooms hype wave
05-10-26 (20:41)   Arc Raiders and The Finals set for TV and film adaptations from Backrooms co-producer
05-10-26 (18:58)   Report: Ninja Theory lays off workers after failing to spin off from Xbox
05-10-26 (18:12)   Why it's still worth making immersive sims ft. Harvey Smith & Ben Horne
02-10-26 (23:41)   Reigns developer Nerial enters 'hibernation mode,' lays off staff
01-10-26 (20:58)   'Xbox is not for sale,' CEO Asha Sharma says
30-09-26 (22:41)   Suda 51's Grasshopper Manufacture splits from NetEase
30-09-26 (19:58)   Ubisoft Montreal employees launch collective action to preserve hybrid work schedule
29-09-26 (23:41)   Steam's discounts and events tab will soon be fully algorithm-driven
29-09-26 (22:12)   Former Dying Light franchise lead joins Bloober Team horror imprint Broken Mirror Games
29-09-26 (20:41)   Naughty Dog is working on new The Last Of Us 'projects'
29-09-26 (19:12)   Control Resonant director lays out case for avoiding excessive 'yellow paint'
29-09-26 (16:12)   'We were constantly overshooting our capacity:' Arc Raiders exec says success resulted in burnout
28-09-26 (14:58)   Microsoft CEO says Xbox is simply 'streamlining' after cutting over 5,750 jobs in three years
25-09-26 (20:41)   GDC Side Quest - Exploring co-development opportunities with Sam Carlisle
25-09-26 (11:58)   'This shows the power that comes from employees joining forces:' King signs collective bargaining agreement with union workers
24-09-26 (21:12)   Meta announces new VR glasses that weigh about 100 grams and cost $1,300
24-09-26 (19:41)   Former Avalanche Studios chief Natalie Francis joins Massive Entertainment as managing director
24-09-26 (13:27)   Irish Game Fund expands with additional funding pathways
23-09-26 (20:41)   Discord re-introduces age verification policy based on 'account signal' methodology
23-09-26 (19:12)   Report: Bethesda president tells Obsidian staff it won't lose 'creative identity' after merge
23-09-26 (13:41)   Undead Labs makes 'significant' layoffs after splitting from Xbox
22-09-26 (19:58)   Escape From Tarkov dev wants to bet on 'risky' games with its new publishing arm
22-09-26 (17:27)   'We want to keep it very simple:' How Nex Playground is beating expectations during a hardware crisis
22-09-26 (16:41)   Xbox continues 'reset' with Halo Studios layoffs and Undead Labs divestment
22-09-26 (14:58)   'Do not': Rockstar outlines modding rules before GTA VI touches down
21-09-26 (22:41)   Bungie declares it's 'not done with Destiny' as it lays out studio's future
21-09-26 (21:12)   Sony appears to censor LGBTQ content in Marvel's Wolverine for some regions
21-09-26 (18:27)   Kojima Productions' survival story may sound strikingly familiar to struggling devs
21-09-26 (17:12)   French publisher Dear Villagers confirms layoffs
19-09-26 (03:41)   D.I.C.E. Summit
18-09-26 (17:27)   MiHoYo awarded $112,000 by Chinese court after AI voice service dupes Genshin Impact characters
18-09-26 (16:41)   How toolmakers like ARM work with devs, ft. Peter Hodges
18-09-26 (14:27)   King workers call strike after collective agreement negotiations stall
18-09-26 (02:41)   Game Conference MX (GCMX)
18-09-26 (02:12)   gamescom
18-09-26 (02:12)   SLICE
18-09-26 (02:12)   Unreal Fest
18-09-26 (01:58)   Tokyo Game Show (TGS)
18-09-26 (00:41)   PAX East
17-09-26 (19:58)   Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says GTA VI needs to be 'marketed aggressively' despite global brand awareness