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GamingPlayStation has canceled Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, its free-to-play mobile spin-off of the platforming series, a year after it entered soft launch.
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Back in September 2025, the launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong crashed the digital storefronts of Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, as players who had waited over eight years for a follow-up to 2017's Hollow Knight rushed to download the highly anticipated sequel.
Alex Avard is a project manager at Playing for the Planet, working with the alliance's 54 members across decarbonisation, storytelling, and more to facilitate collaborations on projects such as its Carbon Calculator, Sustainable Games Events Guide, and recent report on climate…
Bit Reactor furloughed "many of its workers" ahead of the release of the turn-based tactics game Star Wars Zero Company in August, before starting the process of returning furloughed staff to work in October. Now, it has emerged that an unspecified number of workers at the…
Game, the German Games Industry Association, has warned that the EU KIDS Act – which was unveiled in draft form in September and which is likely to have sweeping repercussions for game developers – could override well-established age-rating systems at the national level.
There is a perfectly logical way in which you can look at an election result – even a truly seismic election result – and say that it is largely irrelevant to the business decision-making of the games industry. Elections do not change your customer demographics; all of…
SAG-AFTRA has introduced a video game agreement for pre-funding pitches, allowing creators to use professional actors earlier in development.
It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.
Sega's second quarter results for 2026 have exceeded expectations, driven by a 331.6% surge in operating income for its pachislot and pachinko machines business.
Unity has delivered its "strongest ever" third quarter results, driven by a 126% year-on-year growth in its AI-powered ad network Vector.
Unity has reportedly engaged in acquisition talks with private equity firm Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), both of which acquired Electronic Arts for $55 billion earlier this year.
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GamesIndustry.biz hosted a panel during Game Republic's Investment Summit at MCM Comic Con in London on October 23, where editorial director Jon Hicks talked to Lirui Ding (principal at Transcend Fund), Nick Cavander (senior portfolio manager at Creative UK), and Cassia Curran…
Earlier this year, Denmu launched its debut fund with a $50 million target. The firm has now closed the oversubscribed fund, surpassing its initial goal.
Grand Theft Auto 6 is two weeks away, and the highly anticipated title has nearly reached eight million pre-orders, according to recent data.
You may have seen enthusiastic posts about Dressmaker doing the rounds on social media. It's yet another example of an indie game blowing up on Steam, seemingly out of nowhere: Video Game Insights estimates that Dressmaker has sold over 482,000 units since its release on…
IGN Entertainment, the parent company of GamesIndustry.biz, has appointed Alex Simmons as VP, Editorial and Group Editor-in-Chief, overseeing the firm’s entire portfolio of editorial brands.
Sony has raised its full-year forecast for its games segment after higher net sales and operating income in the second quarter.
Nintendo reported a 12.1% decrease in net sales for the six months ended September 30, 2026, primarily due to reduced hardware sales.
Tripwire Interactive's publishing division, Tripwire Presents, is expanding to offer publishing support to smaller independent developers.
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A French union representing workers at Arkane Lyon has accused Microsoft of sabotaging development of Marvel's Blade, claiming a 19-month hiring freeze caused the delays now being used to justify the studio's closure.
A new analysis of over 300 game studios acquired by big companies since 2000 shows one in three studios has since been shut down completely, half of which were shuttered within five years of the acquisition.
BAFTA has announced its annual list of Breakthroughs: 21 promising creatives in UK film, games, and television who will receive career guidance and access to industry networking events, as well as full BAFTA membership.
When Katsuhiro Harada announced his departure from Bandai Namco last December after more than three decades, fighting game fans were left dejected. Many feared the retirement of the driving force behind Tekken would deprive the genre of one its remaining greats, particularly so…
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned mobile ads from developers such as King and Scopely for misleading consumers with non-representative gameplay.
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Ubisoft is reportedly seeking to acquire Arkane Lyon following an extension of its consultation period with Xbox.