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Video games are now the largest segment of the entertainment industry. We bring news from studios, publishers and the games economy. We also write about game development, engines and design for a look behind the scenes. We follow the trends that decide how and on what we will play a few years from now.
Warren Spector has said he is retiring from game development, closing a career that helped define player-driven design while leaving room for writing, teaching and possible consulting work.
Fired Rockstar workers are asking Grand Theft Auto VI fans to support a legal fund rather than boycott the game, shifting the campaign towards sustained backing for workplace organising.
Sony has not publicly set the timing or price of its next-generation PlayStation, with elevated memory costs making the economics of a new console less predictable.
A new report points to a September 15 Nintendo Switch 2 release for Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection, but Blizzard has not formally announced the port, its date or its retail format.
A newly published talk by Slovak sound designer Tomáš Farkaš examines why making games playable without sight requires developers to rethink space, feedback and player autonomy from the first design decisions.
Mafia and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 are taking different routes to the same goal: extending the life of established worlds through new content and clearer ways into their wider series.
A brief Star Wars Eclipse teaser reportedly shown at D23 has renewed attention on the long-quiet game, but it has not answered the central questions about its release or development progress.
A D23 showcase trailer has put Marvel’s Wolverine back in front of a mainstream Disney audience, reinforcing the game’s darker mutant conflict while adding little that changes its established September launch plan.
ARC Raiders has moved beyond 16 million sales, but Nexon’s more consequential test is whether Embark Studios’ breakout can become a repeatable model for global game development.
The second Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta weekend has opened multiplayer testing to all PC and Xbox Series X|S players ahead of the game’s October launch.
Warner Bros. Discovery has formally acknowledged a second Hogwarts Legacy game in its latest shareholder letter, turning a long-signalled sequel into an officially disclosed part of its games pipeline.
Mafia: The Omertà Collection brings the series’ four modern releases into one package, while a separate current-generation version of Mafia: Definitive Edition adds 60 FPS play on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
