Saudi Arabia's PIF will own over 93.4% of EA if the deal completes
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will allegedly own more than 93.4% of Electronic Arts if its acquisition of the company is successful.
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Pikmin Bloom has topped $100 million in lifetime player spend since launch
Pikmin Bloom has topped $100 million in lifetime player spend since it launched four years ago.
British retro gaming journalist Nick Thorpe has died unexpectedly aged 38
Tencent halts Light of Motiram testing and marketing as Horizon copyright lawsuit date set for January
Tencent has agreed to halt all promotion and testing of Light of Motiram as it prepares for a major court case next year.
EA makes eight new accessibility patents free to all
Electronic Arts has added eight more patents to its Accessibility First Patent Pledge, including grapple assist technology, speech and audio generation tools, and improvements to its text size and contrast tool Fonttik.
Contracts for game actors are a nightmare in the UK
The conclusion of SAG-AFTRA's 11-month strike brought some clarity to contracts for game actors in the US. The union won agreements on issues like pay scales and clear disclosure over the use of AI-generated digital replicas. The deal isn't perfect – not least because technology is developing faster than contract negotiations can keep up with – but it gave US-based talent a solid foundation at a time when in-game performances have become key elements of smash hits like Baldur's Gate 3.
UK Games Industry Shadow Council forms to address "good and poor practices" in sector
A temporary independent body has launched to address "transparency, accountability, and ethical reform" in the UK games sector.
Ron Gilbert cancels RPG project due to lack of support and funding
Games veteran Ron Gilbert has stopped developing his untitled RPG project, once described as "classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park."
Developer Magicave partners with UK's Observer newspaper
Shōgun and Fallout director joins Amazon's God of War adaptation
Emmy-winning director Frederick E.O. Toye will contribute to Amazon's God of War adaptation.
Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+
Japanese game makers are struggling to locate affordable commercial fonts after one of the country's leading font licensing services raised the cost of its annual plan from around $380 to $20,500 (USD).
Indie dev Chequered Ink puts together $10 10,000 game assets pack so developers "don't feel the need to turn to AI"
Chequered Ink, a UK company producing fonts, game assets, and indie games, has released a pack of 10,000 game assets "to give budding developers an alternative to AI."
Valorant Mobile is China's biggest mobile launch of 2025 | News-in-Brief
Epic Games Store decides "at the last minute" not to distribute Horses
Epic Games Store is the latest online storefront to withdraw support for the provocative indie game, Horses.
Yacht Club says it is "make-or-break" for the studio after delaying Mina the Hollower
Developer Yacht Club Games has said it has reached a "make-or-break" point with the success of the company resting on its upcoming Mina the Hollower.
The Big Question: Will the games industry grow or plateau?
After sky-high sales through the COVID pandemic, growth in the games industry has dramatically levelled off over the past few years. But the big question is: Will that growth return? Or has the games industry now reached a state of maturity, where the market is essentially saturated? If the latter is the case, what will the future look like?
29% of German games firms expect 2026 to be a better year
Almost a third of German games companies expect 2026 to be a better year for the industry than 2025.
Outright Games lays off 27 staff
Embark says moving from free-to-play made designing Arc Raiders "drastically easier"
Swedish developer Embark Studios has said that moving away from free-to-play in favour of a premium business model made the games "drastically easier" to design in some ways.
Jobs Roundup: December 2025 | Crytek appoints industry vet Hannes Seifert as co-CEO
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.
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