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Playnance Launches Secure Non-Custodial Gaming Platform for 30+ Studios
7.2.2026
Playnance, a Web2‑to‑ Web3 gaming infrastructure whose model separates gameplay from value custody, ensuring all balances are secured in audited smart contracts rather than studio servers. Decoupling Gameplay from Value Custody In the rapidly evolving world of Web3 gaming, the term non-custodial...
Former 2K Boss Leaves Amazon Game Studios As It Pivots To Party Slop
28.1.2026
Christoph Hartmann was a key hire back in 2018
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Ubisoft Shares Tumble To Awful Lows Following Yesterday’s Cancellation Announcements
22.1.2026
The latest attempt to restructure studios on the Titanic doesn't look to have won over shareholders
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Rust Exec Reacts To Amazon Killing New World: ‘Games Should Never Die’
16.1.2026
The once popular MMO is going offline a year from now
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Stellar Blade Dev Believes ‘One Person Can Perform The Work Of 100 People’ With AI
13.1.2026
Shift Up's CEO thinks its the only way to compete with studios from China
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Multiple Meta-Owned Game Studios Hit With Layoffs
13.1.2026
Twisted Pixel and Sanzaru Games have been gutted according to laid off employees
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Addresses Missing Switch 2 Port: ‘It’s Wasn’t Our Decision’
9.1.2026
Larian says it ‘would have loved to’ bring the RPG to Nintendo’s console
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Maker Says Next RPG Could Have Gen AI Assets As Long As They’re Created With ‘Data We Own’
9.1.2026
The Divinity maker elaborated on controversial comments about gen AI from last year
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Metroid Prime 4 Devs Explain How They Got Stuck With An Open-World Hub
26.12.2025
Despite realizing that fans were souring on open-world design, Retro was apparently unable to reset again
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Larian’s AI Use Has Even Baldur’s Gate 3 Diehards Speaking Out
16.12.2025
Fans and ex-Larian devs are not thrilled to hear the Divinity dev is implementing AI into its workflow
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The Head Of Larian Responds To Gen AI Backlash, Says It’s ‘Not A Replacement’ For ‘Skill Or Craft’
16.12.2025
The Baldur's Gate 3 studio promises its not using AI to cut corners
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Larian Studios Leaning Into Generative AI Despite Internal Pushback: ‘Everyone At The Company Is More Or Less OK With The Way We’re Using It’
16.12.2025
The RPG powerhouse promises no genAI in the finished game
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Larian Boss Confirms Divinity Is A Turn-Based RPG, Thinks It’ll Be ‘Way Better’ Than Baldur’s Gate 3
16.12.2025
Swen Vincke isn't shying away from big promises
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Dead Island 3 Is In Development, Seeking Our Brains In 2028
16.12.2025
Dambuster Studios' latest financial report declares the zombie game's been in the works for a year already
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Everything We Know About Divinity, Larian’s Most Ambitious RPG Yet
12.12.2025
Larian's next RPG threatens to be its biggest yet
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The Maker Of Baldur’s Gate 3 Reveals Its Next RPG And This One’s ‘Even Larger’
12.12.2025
Larian Studios teased a new game set in the Divinity franchise
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Halo Infinite Is Four Years Old Today And It’s Bumming Me Out
8.12.2025
Remember what Halo Infinite was supposed to be? I do
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Arc Raiders’ Stair Slides Might Be The Greatest Thing In Gaming History
3.12.2025
There is nothing more rewarding in all the world
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The Slow Collapse Of Embracer Continues As It Sells More Studios
26.11.2025
Also: Nintendo Classics gets some great new retro games, Black Ops 7's best mode is improved, and NBA Jam's announcer reveals what he was paid
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What Dispatch’s Devs Hope The Industry Learns (And Doesn’t Learn) From Its Success
24.11.2025
AdHoc proved people still want narrative adventure games, so what notes does it have for other developers?
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