Industry leaders honour Vince Zampella at DICE Summit
Games industry execs and developers paid tribute to Vince Zampella at this week’s DICE Summit in Las Vegas.
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Highguard dev Wildlight Entertainment confirms layoffs, "most of the team" depart following troubled launch
Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has laid off an unspecified number of staff.​
10 Chambers co-founder Hjalmar Vikström leaves after 10 years
Hjalmar Vikström, chief development officer of 10 Chambers, has left the studio he co-founded almost 11 years ago.
Overwatch's new "story-driven era" launch doubles release day concurrent record on Steam | News-in-Brief
Unity reports Q4 and fiscal year 2025 financial results "comfortably exceed" guidance, led by "exceptional performance from Vector"
Unity reports fourth-quarter results that "comfortably exceeded" its high-end guidance, including a boost in its Create Solutions and Grow Solutions revenue by 8% and 11%, respectively.
Secret Mode busted out of the Tencent-owned Sumo Group last year. Now what?
Back in February 2025, the UK-based Sumo Group – which has been owned by Tencent since 2021 – announced it would be focusing "exclusively on development services for partners." In other words, it would be doubling down on things like co-development, and would no longer be making its own games (the group's previous titles include Crackdown 3 and Sackboy: A Big Adventure).
At least 1,200 Ubisoft workers strike in response to recent restructuring
Update, February 12, 2026: Ubisoft has responded to the strike, saying that 538 staff had reported themselves as being on strike. It also issued a statement.
Microsoft withdraws DMCA claim against indie developer Unomelon
Pacific Drive developer Ironwood Studios raises $4m in seed funding round
Pacific Drive developer Ironwood Studios has secured $4 million in a seed funding round led by Lifelike Capital.
Mattel to acquire full ownership of Mattel163 from NetEase
How the Employment Rights Act 2025 empowers unions and employees, and how the games business must prepare
The much debated, often criticised, and sometimes championed Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) is now (finally) law. This package of new UK laws represents substantial reform that will change how employment relationships are managed for many years to come.
Jobs Roundup: February 2026 | UK games publisher PQube appoints Dominic Wheatley as chairman
It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.
Supercell revenue declines 4% to €2.65bn in 2025
Supercell has published its financial results for 2025, reporting a 4% drop in revenue to €2.65 billion.
Riot Games downsizes 2XKO team, about 80 employees affected
Riot Games has announced it is reducing the size of its 2XKO development team, resulting in layoffs impacting approximately 80 workers.
Remedy revenues continue to rise in 2025, reaching €59.5m
Remedy has published its latest financial results, reporting a significant spike in revenue for Q4 driven by increases in royalties and game sales from Alan Wake 2 and Control.
Australian government calls for action from Roblox on "untenable" child safety concerns
Update, February 11: Roblox has responded to the Australian government's comments, stating it works closely with Australian law enforcement to "support their investigations," and has "filters designed to block the sharing of personal information."
Remedy appoints former EA VP Jean-Charles Gaudechon as new CEO
Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has appointed former EA executive Jean-Charles "JC" Gaudechon as its new CEO.
PlayStation announces new State of Play presentation for February 12 | News-in-Brief
Epic insists it gave Horses studio "context" following decision to ban controversial horror game
Epic Games has disputed it made "provably incorrect statements" to Horses developer Santa Ragione, insisting feedback was provided when it concluded the horror game breached the Epic Game Store's content guidelines and could not be listed for sale.
Discord announces age verification will be required for all users from March
Update, February 11 2026: Following a negative reaction to the announcement, the company subsequently updated it to state that "for most adults, age verification won’t be required" as the platform would be able to infer their age from "account information such as account tenure, device and activity data, and aggregated, high-level patterns across Discord communities." The company said it would not use private messages or any message content in this process.
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