Activision blames a Call of Duty tax for muted coverage
Activision believes a “Call of Duty tax” now shapes how games media covers its flagship shooter. Chief marketing...
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Funcom layoffs hit Dune: Awakening team as CEO steps down
Funcom is cutting jobs as it moves Dune: Awakening out of full production and into long-term live operations. The Funcom...
Steam concurrent players record climbs past 43.5 million
The Steam concurrent players record has a new high. According to Valve‘s public Steam statistics, the platform peaked...
EU in-game virtual currency crackdown hits Riot and Ubisoft
European consumer regulators are taking action against ten game companies over how they price in-game virtual currency. The...
Star Wars Zero Company studio brings furloughed staff back
Bit Reactor, the studio behind Star Wars Zero Company, has started bringing back developers it furloughed without pay ahead...
Google Playground turns text prompts into browser games
Google has opened up Playground, a browser-based tool that builds simple games from text prompts. Google Playground went...
Xbox growth is back after all-time low, Sharma tells staff
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told employees at a recent Microsoft townhall that Xbox growth has returned after what she called an...
Xbox denies report of exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
Xbox has denied a report that it secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights for the game’s launch. Matthew Ball, chief...
Capcom RE Engine will get six AI tools under project REX
Capcom plans to turn its in-house RE Engine into what it calls an "AI-generation game engine". Programmer Satoshi Ishida...
AI models get cheaper as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 lands
Anthropic and OpenAI released new AI models this week, and both companies are cutting prices along with the upgrades. Claude...
Xbox layoffs hit 268 as Obsidian merges into Bethesda
Xbox has cut 268 more jobs across Halo Studios, other first-party teams, and its central management layer. It is the latest...
Typhoon forces Tokyo Game Show 2026 to end a day early
Typhoon Dujuan is cutting Tokyo Game Show 2026 a day short. Organizers are canceling what would have been the first five-day...