Valve admits Steam Machine is "more expensive" than it hoped
Games giant Valve has admitted that its Steam Machine hardware has a higher cost than it would have liked.
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Mobygames announces new suite of pro tools for users to maintain their career profile, find jobs and see industry insights
Atari-owned industry database MobyGames has launched a new suite of tools for industry professionals, including rich profiles for people to record and share their career progress and achievements, and access to "personalized Job postings, insights and industry tracking." The service launches today as a free beta, with certain features to be paywalled at final launch.
Bungie devs reportedly pitched Destiny dating game
Staff at Bungie apparently pitched the idea of making a dating game based on its smash hit sci-fi shooter Destiny.
EA: AI is delivering "faster prototyping" and a "real rise in creativity" in its studios
Report: Tencent plans to exit investments in Japanese studios like Story of Seasons developer Marvelous
"This is going to be a niche device" – Analysts react to the $1,000+ Steam Machine price reveal
Yesterday, Valve finally revealed the launch price for its hotly anticipated Steam Machine console/PC hybrid. Prices will start at $1,049 for a 515GB without a controller, and go up to $1,428 for a 2TB machine with a controller.
EA is reportedly laying off recruitment, customer support, safety, and IT staff
Electronic Arts (EA) is allegedly initiating another round of cuts, primarily impacting recruitment, customer support, trust and safety, and IT teams.
Volunteer-led RTS BAR signs publishing deal with Hooded Horse
Beyond All Reason (BAR), the volunteer-led "epic scale RTS" game, has signed a publishing deal with Hooded Horse.
Obsidian sued in class action lawsuit over alleged "systematic pattern of wage and hour violations"
Fallout: New Vegas and The Outer Worlds developer Obsidian Entertainment is being sued in a class action lawsuit that accuses the studio of "a systematic pattern of wage and hour violations under the California Labor Code and Industrial Welfare Commission ('IWC') Wage Orders."
Valve's Steam Machine price starts at $1049 / £879; original pricing "no longer viable" due to hardware supply issues
Steam has announced pricing and extremely limited availability for the Steam Machine, the desktop/living room sibling of the successful Steam Deck. It will be available in 512GB and 2TB versions, priced at $1,049 USD / £879 GBP and $1,349 USD / £1,149 GBP, and availability will be determined by a lottery system that opens today.
"You just look at the number and go, 'What happened?'" – The developers of RV There Yet? on their surprise, multi-million selling success
When Nuggets Entertainment set out to build RV There Yet? from a game jam project to full release, co-founder and CEO Tim Badylak thought it "might sell 20,000 or so units in a year." That estimate turned out to be spectacularly conservative: the cooperative recreational vehicle adventure actually sold two million units in eight days.
Marvel Contest of Champions studio Kabam lays off unknown number of staff in LA office consolidation
The developer of Marvel Contest of Champions, Kabam, has laid off an unknown number of employees as part of a consolidation of its office in Los Angeles, California.
CD Projekt joint-CEO says it's "fair" that the studio "lost the faith" of some of its audience after Cyberpunk 2077 launch
One of the joint-CEOs at Polish giant CD Projekt, Michał Nowakowski, has admitted that the company lost the trust of some of its audience due to the messy launch of Cyberpunk 2077.
Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash
One of the co-founders of French games giant, Ubisoft, Claude Guillemot, has been killed in a plane crash.
As AI costs rise, there’s little evidence of major utility in game development | Opinion
It’s been almost impossible to avoid the conversation about Generative AI in the games industry over the past couple of years. No matter which side you fall on personally – from starry-eyed evangelists, via the cautiously interested and the ethically concerned, all the way to the hard-bitten harbingers of dystopia – the discussion itself has never been off the agenda.
European Commission aims to facilitate code of conduct for managing "end of life" for games following Stop Killing Games petition
The European Commission has responded to the Stop Killing Games petition, saying that it is unable to "propose a legal obligation" to keep games playable after they are no longer available commercially.
Roblox details how much creators will pay for brand integrations
Games platform Roblox has finally announced how large a cut it will take from brand integrations.
Report: PlayStation changed first-party single-player PC strategy due to lack of revenue
Platform holder PlayStation reportedly has changed its strategy regarding first-party titles on PC, partly due to the fact that they weren't generating enough revenue.
Newzoo: Global games market made over $200bn in 2025
Research from data firm Newzoo shows that the games market generated over $200 billion in revenue during 2025.
"We're not trying to replace it. This is very much a love letter": Why Crystal Dynamics is remaking the original Tomb Raider (again)
The future of Tomb Raider begins with a return to its past. Crystal Dynamics announced a brand new Tomb Raider in 2022 alongside a publishing deal with Amazon, promising a new single-player narrative-driven title built in Unreal Engine 5. This was subsequently revealed to be Tomb Raider Catalyst, a game set at the furthest point in the franchise timeline that attempts to unify all of the different versions of Tomb Raider we've had so far. That's currently set to release in 2027.
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