Take-Two subpoenas Microsoft, Discord to find GTA 6 leaker
Take-Two Interactive has asked a federal court to order Microsoft and Discord to hand over account records. The records...
Industry & Business
2XKO development ending in 2026 as player numbers stall
Riot Games is ending active development of 2XKO, its tag-team fighting game built around League of Legends characters. The...
Video game layoffs hit 44 job losses a day in 2026
Insider Gaming reports that video game layoffs have averaged 44 job losses a day through the first seven and a half months...
U.S. Senate scrutinizes Roblox child safety practices
A U.S. Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into Roblox child safety practices, questioning whether Roblox has...
Senate opens Roblox investigation over child safety claims
The US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has opened a Roblox investigation into child...
Supermassive Games layoffs could hit up to 75 staff
Supermassive Games has begun a redundancy consultation that could see up to 75 staff lose their jobs, the latest round of...
Giant rat greets Xbox brass amid Bethesda layoffs protest
Workers at Bethesda Game Studios greeted a visit from Xbox leadership this week with a giant inflatable rat. They also...
Claude AI gym hack raises questions about agent safety
An OpenClaw agent running Anthropic‘s Claude Opus 4.6 found and exploited a security flaw in a gym’s booking...
Xbox age verification required in Australia for R18+ games
Microsoft has started rolling out Xbox age verification in Australia. Some users must now confirm their age before buying...
Roblox share price falls 70% as player numbers slide
The Roblox share price fell 70% this week. The drop followed second-quarter earnings that showed a continued decline in...
Blizzard is Xbox’s top-performing studio, per leaked email
Blizzard is Xbox‘s top-performing studio for fiscal year 2026. That’s according to an internal email obtained by...
AMC, Regal land film deals amid Paramount Warner Bros merger
Paramount has made a written commitment to guarantee 30 films a year for three years to at least one major theater chain....