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Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like
By Harvey Randall published
News She's taking it better than I would, that's for sure.

Larian's Swen Vincke says AI-obsessed studios won't 'have a competitive advantage', because those tools are 'gonna be what's available to everybody'
By Harvey Randall published
News Vincke says that all games'll need the human touch, even if AI's been useful for early prototyping and annoying busywork.

Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws up hands, jokes 'Tarkov has done irreparable f*cking damage to the game industry' because even FromSoftware games are extraction shooters now
By Harvey Randall published
News Honestly, I kinda get it.

Major Japanese studios and publishers were having a great time in 2025, right up until the weekend because of the (you guessed it) 'insultingly dumb' US tariffs
By Harvey Randall published
News It's not a good Monday for anybody, Japan included.

'We were at war with our customers': Unity's new CEO talks about arriving to the 'insane' post-runtime fee dumpster fire
By Harvey Randall published
News "I wanted to be sure they understood that we were going to do things differently."

The best game design schools, ranked by the Princeton Review 2025
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No matter what aspect of game development you're interested in, the Princeton Review has worked to find the best school for you.

'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't it
By Tyler Wilde published
news Young people want stories about friendship more than romance, say researchers and industry execs.

Palworld studio's first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: 'This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025'
By Elie Gould published
News "Both Surgent and Pocketpair are well-versed in taking risks."

Yakuza/Like a Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi says his studio's new game won't be that big after all: 'it's not modern to have similar experiences repeated over and over again'
By Jody Macgregor published
News "I feel that the era of games where the volume is the selling point is coming to an end."
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