News Epic aiming for 50 third-party titles and free games program on mobile store by 2025 Fortnite firm also planning to introduce self-publishing tools in early 2025 Oct. 7, 2024 James Batchelor
News 343 rebrands as Halo Studios, working on multiple Unreal Engine 5 games Developer hails changes as "a new dawn for Halo" as it restructures around multiple projects Oct. 7, 2024 James Batchelor
News Tencent and Guillemot family reportedly planning Ubisoft buyout Update: Ubisoft responds to reports, says it "regularly reviews all its strategic options" Oct. 7, 2024 James Batchelor
News 53% of gamers prefer single-player games Almost three quarters of those aged 55+ prefer to play solo Oct. 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
Opinion Is the Star Wars franchise in crisis? | Opinion Ubisoft is in a tailspin over poor sales of Star Wars Outlaws – but for all the publisher's woes, the real problem here may be Disney's management of the IP Oct. 4, 2024 Rob Fahey
News FromSoftware to increase average basic salary pay by around 11.8% Starting salary for new graduates will also increase from ¥260,000 to ¥300,000 Oct. 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News 11 Bit Studios delays The Alters to 2025 | News-in-brief Frostpunk 2 dev delays its next game to focus on "quality" Oct. 3, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Mario + Rabbids and Red Dead Redemption creators form new studio: Day 4 Night The new team has received its first round of funding from Krafton and 1Up Veterans Oct. 3, 2024 Christopher Dring
News French publisher RIVRS raises €4m to "professionalise and industrialise" UGC "Our proven model puts us in pole position to capture the global UGC market," said co-founder Oct. 3, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Esports Wales receives up to £125,000 in funding Investment will support the extension of its academy program Oct. 3, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
Feature Don't Nod's journey from Life Is Strange to Lost Records: Bloom and Rage We talk to Don't Nod Montréal about the lessons learned from its most popular series, and how its new IP continues the studio's narrative-driven focus Oct. 3, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Fallout series reaches 100m viewers worldwide | News-in-brief Amazon's adaptation of the post-apocalyptic franchise premiered on April 10, 2024 Oct. 3, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Steam will no longer sell games in Germany without age rating | News-in-brief Move follows request from regulator BZKJ, developers must use USK rating agency or Steam's built-in rating process Oct. 3, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Antstream Arcade makes "small number" of layoffs Retro games streaming firm attributed job cuts to a "strategic shift in focus" Oct. 3, 2024 James Batchelor
News Amazon hires Xbox co-founder J Allard Allard will be working in Devices and Services team, previously returned to games for Intellivision role Oct. 3, 2024 James Batchelor
News Indie Studio Black Flag shuts down following "communication breakdown" with publisher "We appear to be another casualty of the current downturn in the video game industry," Black Flag says Oct. 2, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Future shutters PlayStation-focused Play magazine A spiritual successor to the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine, it ran for 29 years Oct. 2, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Awesomenauts devs reclaim their unfinished game as new studio Rangatang Co-founder Olivier Thijssen and Glowfish Interactive's Emiel De Paepe discuss the co-dev deal supporting the startup Oct. 2, 2024 James Batchelor
Academy Six ways to create safer spaces to play Rovio's chief sustainability officer Heini Kaihu shares the basics to combat bullying and harassment in games Oct. 2, 2024 Heini Kaihu
News Krafton bringing Palworld to mobile | News-in-brief Krafton has secured Palworld IP license in deal with Pocketpair, project will be handled by development team of PUBG Studios Oct. 2, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Report: Nintendo further cracks down on emulation Ryujinx reportedly shut down, while YouTuber issued copyright strike Oct. 2, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
News Epic Games CEO says company is now "financially sound" Tim Sweeney said Epic had "spent the last year rebuilding and executing solidly on all fronts" Oct. 2, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Epic Games bolsters Fortnite and UEFN parental controls to monitor playtime and set time limits Epic says the time limit controls work across all linked devices Oct. 1, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Epic lowers Unreal Engine royalty fee for games released simultaneously on Epic Games Store Prioritise an Epic Games Store release, and your royalties could drop from 5% to 3.5% Oct. 1, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Hi-Rez Studios to cut an unspecified number of jobs in "difficult but necessary change" The cuts follow "internal reorganisation and reprioritisation," CEO says Oct. 1, 2024 Vikki Blake