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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.
Can Build A Rocket Boy save itself?
The latest twist in the MindsEye story came last week when staff at the Edinburgh-based studio discovered that the company had installed surveillance software on their PCs without their knowledge.
Krafton surpasses $2bn in revenue for the first time in its history
Krafton's earnings in 2025 marked "an all-time high", with revenues surpassing ₩3 trillion ($2.05 billion) for the first time in the company's history.
Meet Delphi Interactive, the publisher/developer behind the new FIFA game
The news that a new FIFA game was coming to Netflix in 2026 was a partnership between two massive household names.
Square Enix revenues continue to decline over past nine months to $1.3bn
Square Enix has published its financials for the nine months ending December 31, 2025, reporting further declines in net sales due following a shortfall in earnings from new titles.
French government awards knighthoods to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs
The French government has honoured key staff at Sandfall Interactive with knighthoods in the Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) following the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Consoles are still in good health, despite market fears | Opinion
Given the broad economic situation and the specific headwinds the games industry currently faces, we're all probably primed to expect the worst from financial results season. Microsoft's Xbox numbers made for a pretty sombre opening act, but the key question remained; are the tribulations of the Xbox division entirely down to its own strategic issues, or reflective of broader challenges for the whole industry?
Nintendo working to "secure stable supplies of memory components" to avoid hardware price rises
Nintendo is working to "secure stable supplies of memory components" as prices continue to rise within the sector.
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