Fifteen developers were honoured at the Playing for the Planet Awards and Green Games Summit last week for "demonstrating excellence in the field of sustainable game development and pro-environmental storytelling."
Cygames has settled its patent row with Konami Digital Entertainment over Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
Alex Josef, CEO of the newly resurrected Acclaim, has fond memories of the publisher from his youth. "I definitely was a fan of Acclaim," he says. "I think they did some great things – and they did some not so great things."
Ubisoft veteran Johannes Thimme has founded Quality Time Studio, a new developer based in Lower Saxony, Germany.
BioWare has reiterated that the next Mass Effect game is still in development, and that it and parent company Electronic Arts "remain committed to telling more stories in this universe."
Halo Studios has announced it will be delivering the last major update to Halo Infinite this month.
The games industry has been left reeling from the announcement that GTA 6 has been delayed yet again, with its release pushed back from May to November 19, 2026. The news was revealed as part of Take-Two Interactive's impressive second quarter financial results, and Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told GamesIndustry.biz that he was "not in the least" bit worried about the impact of the delay on his business.
The news that the head of the US Patent Office has ordered the agency to re-examine a patent awarded to Nintendo at the start of September is both highly unusual – it's more than a decade since the agency last took such a step – and very welcome.
The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) led protests outside the offices of Rockstar North and Take-Two Interactive in London and Edinburgh yesterday after accusations of union busting.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been delayed for a second time, and is now expected to launch "beyond early 2026."
Games industry veteran Alyssa Kollgaard has put together a tool called Publisher Pathfinder, which guides developers towards publishing partners and investors that match their game's needs.
Take-Two Interactive has published its second quarter financial results, reporting significant increases in revenue and net bookings.
Take Two released a strong set of financial results today, but with one big spoiler: GTA 6, the game that is expected to handily become one of the biggest-selling entertainment products of all time, has been delayed again.
Take Two Interactive has delayed GTA 6 for a second time, moving next year's biggest release back six months to November 19, 2026. The news was revealed in the company's earnings release, which said this was "giving the team some additional time to finish the game with the high level of polish players expect and deserve. Rockstar has our full support of course, and we are confident they will deliver an unrivalled blockbuster entertainment experience."
Square Enix is implementing a "fundamental restructuring", pulling resources away from "overseas" development studios and putting over 100 jobs at risk.
Terminator 2D: No Fate has been delayed to December 2025, with publisher Reef Entertainment stating it needs "some time" to "assemble the physical editions."
Atomhawk, a leading digital art and design studio that has worked across a range of games since it first opened doors in 2009, including Madden 26, has "closed the doors" of its Canadian studio.
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