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Report: Xbox Bracing For Another Mass Layoff
24.6.2025
Microsoft’s gaming business is seemingly in for another round of mass layoffs. The fresh cuts would be coming just as Xbox seems to be in full retreat from its long-standing console hardware business as it invests more in Windows gaming and bringing first-party exclusives to PlayStation 5. Read more
Every Big Summer Gaming Showcase Happening This Week And How To Watch
2.6.2025
June is officially here which means Geoff Keighley-palooza 2025 is just around the corner. E3 might be dead, but Summer Game Fest will be kicking off its fifth year running this week with a crowded field of other gaming showcases riding its coattails. Below you’ll find the schedule for each...
Former GTA Lead Designer Hopes You'll Build The Content For His New Game For Free
30.5.2025
MindsEye looks like a flashy but somewhat genericthird-person shooter techno thriller from the Xbox 360 era that recently escaped containment and is now coming out in just a few weeks. Two of the most notable things about it are its director, longtime Rockstar Games producer and Grand Theft Auto...
This Is One Of The Most Popular Games On The Planet Right Now
21.5.2025
It’s likely that you’ve never played or even heard of Grow a Garden, a new user-created experience in Roblox. But millions of people have. In fact, the very simple farming sim at one point had over 5 million active players, beating out games like Counter-Strike 2 and Marvel Rivals on Steam. It’s...
Roblox Has A Community Of Players Who Recreate School Shootings
22.4.2025
A new report has exposed a “true crime” community of Roblox players who reenact real-life murders. A part of this group is reportedly dedicated to digitally recreating and playing through famous school shootings within the extremely popular free-to-play game. Read more
Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: How To Watch And Everything Else You Need To Know
1.4.2025
Clip your overalls, put on your caps, and strap in: Nintendo’s big Switch 2 reveal is upon us. Below you can find out how to watch the Switch 2 Direct and everything else you should know about Nintendo’s plans for the new console this week. Read more
Netflix's Spirit Crossing Is A Gorgeous Cozy MMO With A Lot To Prove
21.3.2025
Spirit Crossing is the next life sim from the Netflix-owned studio Spry Fox, makers of the beloved Animal Crossing-like Cozy Grove. Netflix announced the ambitious social MMO this week alongside some other games and a renewed commitment to investing in gaming for years to come. Spirit Crossing will...
PlayStation Hit With More Layoffs Following Recent Game Cancellations
4.3.2025
The PlayStation-owned studio Visual Arts was hit with with fresh layoffs this week amid a further restructuring of Sony’s U.S. game development operations. While some of the cuts included staff who had contributed to recently canceled projects like an upcoming live-service game at Bend Studio,...
You Can Now Search 1500+ Old Game Magazines Online Using This Free Tool
30.1.2025
While the video game industry is huge and has been around for decades, studying its history is tricky due to a lack of tools and resources, as well as legal headaches. But the Video Game History Foundation has just launched a new, free to use website that will let you dig through decades of...
5 Big Takeaways From The Newest Developer Survey On The State Of Gaming
22.1.2025
Ahead of the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) in March, the organization behind the event released its latest annual survey of creators on the state of the industry. The feedback showed that gaming has been rocked by layoffs over the last 12 months, but also pointed to some silver linings for...
Could Pricing Grand Theft Auto 6 At $100 Help Save The Game Industry?
15.1.2025
Video games have never been more prevalent or elaborate, but the industry that creates them is currently facing unprecedented headwinds amid spiraling costs, intense competition, and a stagnating player-base. A new market analysis suggests that breaking the current $70 price barrier on games could...
How Trump's Tariffs Could Cost Gamers Billions
27.11.2024
In mid-2019, then-President Donald Trump threatened to extend existing tariffs on industrial components and other goods to popular consumer products like iPhones, laptops, and video game consoles. The big three—Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, long-time competitors in the gaming space—rallied...
Apple's Video Game Industry Satire Gets Season 4 Release Date And Spin-Off
14.11.2024
Mythic Quest season 4 finally has a release date. Apple TV’s workplace comedy starring Rob McElhenney and Charlotte Nicdao about a video game studio and its lovable but emotionally stunted staff returns for another raft of episodes in January. This time around, however, the show is also getting...
Roblox's New Child Safety Changes Reveal How Dangerous It's Been For Years
24.10.2024
Today’s news that Roblox is adding new child safety measures to the phenomenally popular game platform is certainly good to hear, but the nature of these scant changes reveals just how careless and callous the app has been for so many years, and how it continues to offer almost no protections...
Most Players Prefer Single-Player Games, New Study Claims
4.10.2024
For the last few years, the video game industry has seemed obsessed with building always-online live-service multiplayer experiences. And many of those live games, like Concord, have failed to find much success. Now a new survey reveals that might be because most folks prefer playing single-player...
Why Gamescom Dominates Where E3 Failed
3.9.2024
Gamescom is something of an anomaly. The annual event, in the German city of Cologne (or Köln to the locals), is the largest, most visited gaming exhibition in the world, dwarfing its nearest rivals, and has outlasted many alternative public and industry events. It adapted rapidly to covid,...
Everyone Is Playing This Girly Dress-Up Game For Kids
14.8.2024
Viral Roblox dress-up game Dress to Impress first hit my radar a few months ago via TikTok algorithm. Several gameplay videos showed off what looked like an ‘00s-era Bratz game: big-lipped, big-headed femme characters with bedroom eyes in a variety of skimpy outfits walking down a runway and posing...
Country Bans Roblox Due To Possibility Of Child Exploitation
8.8.2024
The popular online free-to-play game Roblox has been banned in Turkey due to concerns the country’s government has over possible child exploitation. Read more
Nintendo will not use generative AI to build game titles
4.7.2024
Nintendo’s president addresses the risks of intellectual property breaches with generative AI at a shareholder meeting
Geoff Keighley: Big Companies Have To Treat Their Developers Right
7.6.2024
The host of E3 replacement Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley, kicked off the showcase’s fourth year by doing wat many have called on the veteran industry insider to do for months: acknowledge the current state of mass layoffs, cuts, and cancellations at some of gaming’s biggest publishers...