New research conducted by the University of Bristol and developer Meaning Machine shows that gamers enjoy playing with AI-powered non-playable characters.
Epic Games is raising the price of Fortnite's in-game currency to "help pay the bills" because "the cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot."
Pokémon Pokopia has sold over 2.2 million units worldwide in its first four days of release. Shortly after launch, Nintendo's share price increased by up to 10.5%, marking its largest gain since April 2025.
From the beginning of June, submitted games that contain paid random items (such as loot boxes) will be rated 16 under the Pan-European Games Information (PEGI) age-rating system. The June changes also extend to in-game purchases, online communication, and "pressure to play" through incentives to revisit a game, such as daily quests.
Xbox has revealed limited technical details about its next console, codenamed Project Helix.
The creator of RPG Chained Echoes is suing publisher First Press Games for failing to release the physical editions promised to its Kickstarter backers.
Valve has responded to New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the firm, stating it does not believe that lootboxes in its Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2 games unlawfully encourage minors to gamble, adding it was "disappointed" to see the action go ahead despite efforts to "educate" the NYAG about virtual items since "early 2023."
SAG-AFTRA - the union that represents 160,000 actors, voiceover artists, and other media professionals - has issued a "Do Not Work Order" against Capcom's upcoming Mega Man sequel, Mega Man: Dual Override.
Google has detailed the next phase of its 'Living Games' concept: using autonomous AI agents as a core component to support cloud-based game development.
Sega addressed the $200 million impairment write-down for Rovio during Q3, with parent company Sega Sammy Holdings referring to difficulties in implementing changes following its $776 million acquisition and was unable to fully implement Rovio's Beacon technology in its own mobile titles.
As reported by Gamefile, Google outlined its Genie 3 generative AI technology in a talk at GDC, explaining that memory limits mean the world models it generates start to show inconsistencies after about a minute. Months earlier, the world model could only maintain consistency for a few seconds.
Brazil-based developer Gameplan has joined independent games production house Remote Control Productions (RCP).
NCsoft is set to acquire a 70% stake in Berlin-based mobile developer JustPlay for $202 million.
The original founders of Bossfight Entertainment have established an independent studio operating under the Bossfight name.
Let's address the elephant in the room first. Avalanche Studios Group has made a number of studio closures and layoffs over the past few years, shuttering its Montreal and New York offices in 2024, followed by its Liverpool studio last year, which had only opened in 2020. The group has now been reduced to around 400 people spread across offices in Stockholm and Malmö.
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.
Indie developer Heart Machine has voluntarily recognised a union that has been formed at the Hyper Light Drifter studio.
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