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After closing Hypixel Studios with nothing to show for 6 years of development, Riot congratulates the resurrected Hytale for its early access launch
news A little awkward maybe, but it's a classy move.
Ron Perlman says he did the Fallout intro for $40 and a sandwich, he's never played it, and he's not interested in trying: 'The whole Fallout thing is a mystery to me'
news Perlman has uttered the famous four-word intro in nearly every Fallout game, but beyond that? No thanks.
Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, its next sure-fire, can't-miss idea
news Armature Studios, Sanzaru Games, and Twisted Pixel are done for.
It's January 13 and Ubisoft just announced its second round of layoffs for 2026, at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm
news It looks like the go-away-voluntarily program announced in 2025 didn't cut deep enough.
Larry Hryb, better known as Xbox hype man Major Nelson, has been laid off from Unity less than 2 years after joining the company
news No one is safe these days.
Judge denies interim pay for fired Rockstar employees, but the decision 'does nothing to suggest that Rockstar will not be found guilty of unfair dismissal when the case goes to trial,' union says
news The judge said the bar for demonstrating a "pretty good chance of success" in the case is higher than what will apply at the final hearing.
Peter Molyneux's final game is coming in April: 'Masters of Albion is the culmination of my life’s work,' he says, not that he's overhyping it or anything
news Whether Masters of Albion proves to actually be Molyneux's final videogame remains to be seen, but he says it is.
'Steam is winning with its ease of use,' GOG's new owner says, but he's not interested in picking a fight: 'I think much can be done in GOG without losing its core values and the way it operates'
news CD Projekt sold GOG to co-founder Michal Kiciński at the end of 2025, and he sees room for improvement but isn't planning any major changes.
The day after Epic enables microtransactions in Fortnite islands, one of the most popular games on the platform rolls out a $37 'gift pack' and in-game gambling
news It's brainrot, alright.
Baldur's Gate 3 composer Borislav 'Bobby' Slavov is coming back for Divinity: 'We wouldn't be able to stop him even if we wanted to'
news Slavov's return was confirmed, twice, during today's AMA.
Divinity's reveal trailer was brutal and dark for a reason, Larian's writing director says: 'We want to give players the opportunity to be the light in that darkness'
news But not in the way that those dudes who got burned alive in the trailer were lighting up the darkness, I suppose.
Elder Scrolls fans are taking it well after Microsoft says it's a 'big year for games ending in 6' ahead of its upcoming Xbox Direct showcase: 'I'm practically living off hopium and copium at this point'
news Grand Theft Auto 6 isn't the only big game people are waiting for.
'I f**king hate gen AI art,' Hooded Horse chief says: 'If we're publishing the game, no f**king AI assets'
news Tim Bender, the CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse, says generative AI is "cancerous" and he doesn't want to deal with it.
Witcher 3 DLC rumors pick up strength as IGN Poland says it knew about all of this years ago
news It also appears that CD Projekt has a pretty powerful incentive for releasing something big and new before the end of 2026.
SOMA studio says its next game is not 'stressful or scary' in the traditional sense, but it'll still mess you up real good: 'The goal is to evoke this deep existential terror that stays long after you finish playing'
news Ontos, revealed by Frictional Games at The Game Awards, aims to double down on SOMA's cerebral approach to horror
Larian's big Q&A session on how it's using AI to help make its next game is happening tomorrow on Reddit
news Fans seem more interested in hearing about Divinity than the development process, but that seems unlikely to happen.
Europe's PEGI game rating website leaks a new Life is Strange game, and it sure sounds like Max and Chloe are getting back together
news The new game, according to a PEGI rating that probably wasn't supposed to be made public, is called Life is Strange: Reunion.
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More than 8 years after The New Colossus, a new Wolfenstein game is reportedly in the works at MachineGames
news It's about time.
Amazon's Fallout website is counting down to something, and fans are hoping the long-awaited Fallout 3 remaster (or maybe even New Vegas) is finally on the way
news The countdown is set to hit zero when the final episode of Fallout season 2 arrives. But we already know when that's happening, so why bother with a countdown? Unless...
'Steam Charts don't measure fun,' Splitgate: Arena Reloaded studio says in response to worries about declining player numbers: 'They don't show the full picture'
news Fair enough, but "fun" doesn't pay to keep the servers online.
Schedule 1 developer TVGS is 'an actual game studio' now, with an office, desks, and a new guy named Rob: 'By the end of the year, there will likely be 4 people working on Schedule 1'
news Life is good.
'That's pretty cool': Larian boss Swen Vincke responds after Stranger Things co-creator credits Baldur's Gate 3 for inspiring the show's climactic battle
news Matt Duffer's been playing Baldur's Gate 3 lately, and apparently it gave him an idea.
