The boss of peripheral specialist Razer, Min-Liang Tan, has said consumers do not want "generative AI slop" but do want tools that help studios make good games.
The developer of Palworld, Pocketpair, has said that the success of its pocket monster-themed hit has meant that it can give indie developers better publishing deals than they might otherwise receive.
Industry veteran Jude Ower is helming a new Tencent-backed podcast, called Good Game Club, which has launched at the Davos conference.
London-based law firm Harbottle & Lewis is hosting a new mentorship programme, the Indie Games Collective, designed to educate companies that are early in their careers.
CD Projekt has issued a DMCA takedown against a modder known as LukeRoss for their VR version of Cyberpunk 2077.
The Nintendo Switch 2 continues to be the fastest-selling console in Japan's history, moving 3.78 million units in 2025.
Elder Scrolls Online developer Zenimax Online Studios has disputed that its recent pivot to smaller "season" expansions or chapters is related to Microsoft's layoffs and a smaller team.
Belfast XR Festival has launched a new creative development fund of £200,000 to "address a critical gap in the UK's immersive media ecosystem."
Update: 15:40, 19/1: A Rockstar representative has confirmed that its Edinburgh studio is "open and operational" after the fire brigade was called to its offices this morning.
Adrian Chmielarz co-founded the Warsaw-based studio People Can Fly back in 2002, working on titles like Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and Gears of War: Judgment. Then in 2012 he co-founded The Astronauts, which went on to release The Vanishing of Ethan Carter in 2014.
Indie developer Oxalis Games is changing direction on upcoming cosy RPG, Moonfrost, ditching web3 and NFTs.
Former Assassin's Creed franchise lead Marc-Alexis Côté has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft for CAD $1.3 million, citing "constructive dismissal."
Mark Darrah, a BioWare veteran who worked at the studio for 24 years, has defended the developer's decision to move into multiplayer games with Anthem.
PC giant Valve has amended its AI disclosure policy on Steam, now requiring developers to only say if they are using the technology in certain instances.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was awarded Game of the Year at the 15th Annual New York Game Awards last night.
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercat (AGCM), the Italian Competition Authority, has launched an investigation into Activision Blizzard over how the company has monetised both Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile.
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.
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