News Take-Two boss doesn't think "advances in AI will make it easier to create hits" "Genius is the domain of human beings, and I believe will stay that way." May 21, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Indie dev Rusty Lake fights to secure its own username on Discord "Really wondering how they are rolling out this new feature..." May 20, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Crypt of the NecroDancer developer Brace Yourself Games lays off half its staff "This decision was not made lightly, as we deeply value our talented and dedicated employees." May 20, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Deviation Games reportedly lays off dozens following a "difficult situation" But there's been no formal word from the studio. May 14, 2023 Vikki Blake
Feature The games industry's response to AI? Reverence and rage "Now some f***ing website draws better pictures than me." May 3, 2023 Chris Tapsell
News Women in Games CEO warns "we are going backwards as an industry" "None of this is okay, none of this should be happening!" April 8, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Former Halo director Joseph Staten has now left Microsoft entirely "I thank my Xbox colleagues for all their understanding and support as I embark on a new adventure." April 8, 2023 Vikki Blake
News EGX Full-Ride Fund is raising money to enable low-income and marginalised game developers get to EGX 2023 "The games industry must be open to all." April 1, 2023 Vikki Blake
News GDC 2023 attendees were reportedly subjected to abuse, assault, and drink spiking UPDATE: GDC responds. March 28, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition was released to preserve the original game "It looked like it could become unplayable. So, a remaster project was set up." March 11, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Diablo 1 and 2 co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Beast to "redefine the action-RPG genre" "It fired up my imagination, and that’s why I wanted to come aboard." March 4, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Ubisoft is "working on a strategic reorganisation of its European business" "This process is ongoing and we don’t have any more detail to share at this stage." March 4, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Check out the World of Sanctuary in this new Diablo 4 BTS video series "The art style in Diablo 4 is shadowed and macabre, reminiscent of Diablo 2." Feb. 26, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Sega commits to a 30% pay rise for existing staff to "strengthen its global competitiveness" "We are reforming so that employees can maximise their potential in a comfortable environment." Feb. 19, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Tencent scales back VR hardware plans "Under the company's new strategy as a whole, it no longer quite fit in." Feb. 19, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Double Fine PsychOdyssey is a 20+ hour series documenting the development of Psychonauts 2 "The studio confronts overly ambitious designs, poor morale, technical challenges, and financial woes." Feb. 11, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Battle royale Deathverse: Let It Die dev to "temporarily suspend" the game just four months after launch "This was a difficult decision for us to make." Jan. 7, 2023 Vikki Blake
News NetEase has acquired Skybox Labs "We will also be able to accelerate our plans to pursue new creative opportunities." Jan. 7, 2023 Vikki Blake
News Meta's VR consulting CTO leaves the company, telling the firm to "make better decisions" and "give a damn" "We constantly self-sabotage and squander effort." Dec. 17, 2022 Vikki Blake
News Indie dev suggests players "don't buy" his game as the relationship with their publisher has "dissolved" UPDATE: Digerati has filed a lawsuit against the developer. Dec. 11, 2022 Vikki Blake
News Keywords Studios opens new Romanian studio It's "offering remote positions and contributing to the development of regions that have not been visible to most companies." Dec. 10, 2022 Vikki Blake
News Halo Infinite's multiplayer creative director parts ways with 343 Industries "I couldn't be more proud of my time at 343." Dec. 3, 2022 Vikki Blake
News Marvel's Midnight Suns contains "65,000 lines of voice dialogue" "...and, gosh, more branching choices than you could imagine." Nov. 27, 2022 Vikki Blake
News Guildford.Games Ltd wants to "bring the talent within Guildford to the attention of the world" "Guildford is a video-game-development hub that deserves to be celebrated." Nov. 26, 2022 Vikki Blake
News Bayonetta 3 was reportedly "scoped as a semi open-world game" But it "kept falling apart when it came to pacing". Nov. 5, 2022 Vikki Blake