Sony’s PlayStation Store is a slightly tidier place this week. The company delisted around a thousand SKUs (which probably translates to a little over a hundred actual games) from a single developer in a single sweep – but it’s not clear whether this was an isolated case, or if perhaps it indicates a more rigorous attitude to shovelware from the platform holder.
PC giant Valve has said that developers will have "fewer constraints" when it comes to platform verification than the Steam Deck.
Amazon Games is shutting down New World: Aeternum, announcing that the MMO will go offline on January 31, 2027.
Julian Gerighty, face of The Division franchise at Massive Entertainment, has announced his departure from the Swedish developer in a social media post.
Korean games firm Krafton has said that it is still on the path to securing what it calls a "big franchise IP".
The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund is moving billions of dollars of stock in game companies to its own Savvy Games Group.
The managing director of PC platform GOG, Maciej Gołębiewski, has warned that developers and publishers might make fewer new games if they know they need to keep these titles online forever.
Amazon MGM Studios has greenlit a reality competition series inspired by Fallout on Prime Video.
The 26th annual Game Developer Choice Awards has announced its finalists, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receiving eight nominations across nine categories.
Scopely's Monopoly Go has topped $6 billion revenue, making it the fastest mobile game in history to do so.
The founders of Spry Fox, the developer behind mobile hits Alphabear and Triple Town, have confirmed their exit from Netflix and shared details on the studio's new structure and release plans for their next game Spirit Crossing.
Getting your video game funded has never exactly been easy, but it's become especially hard in the past few years, as publishers and investors reverse their COVID-era extravagance. Even small amounts of funding can be hard to secure – but looking for funding above $1 million is near-impossible.
Playtika will reduce its headcount by 15% as part of restructuring plans projected to cost between $12 million to $15 million.
Some of the evidence submitted by Rockstar to warrant the dismissal of 34 employees for gross misconduct has been revealed following a preliminary UK employment tribunal hearing.
The German games industry "grew strongly" between 2018 and 2024, resulting in the number of games companies increasing by 81%.
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) monetisation has become a "core revenue system," according to new data from Appcharge.
Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Microsoft continue to collaborate in a bid to "improve player safety across [all three] platforms," Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.
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