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Tim Schafer, founder and president of Double Fine Productions, speaks during the Microsoft Corp. Xbox event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Sunday, June 9, 2019. Microsoft introduced its new Xbox console that will be four times more powerful than the current generation Xbox One X, thanks to an AMD processor that allows for 120 frames per second. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

'Only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action': Tim Schafer announces Double Fine layoffs just 3 weeks after Xbox cut it loose

By Andy Chalk Published

news A total of 23 people have been put out of work.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 05: (L-R) Julie Hight and John Hight attend Opening Night: A Mythic Experience at Hudson Loft on June 05, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Wizards of the Coast)

Wizards of the Coast president is stepping down after just 2 years on the job

By Andy Chalk Published

news John Hight's looming departure was revealed just a week after Hasbro took a $56 million impairment arising from cancelled videogame projects.

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Sjoerd De Jong

After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Sjoerd De Jong aims to combat game development "stagnation" he says has emerged from Epic and Unity market dominance.

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The new 'backward compatible' Xbox games on PC run on an OG Xbox emulator inside an Xbox 360 emulator, and people have already used it to run other Xbox 360 games

By Ted Litchfield Published

news Emulator turducken.

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Games industry analyst says Meccha Chameleon's June revenue on PC was second only to Fortnite

By Justin Wagner Published

news It's the perfect business stratagem: first you Meccha game, then you Meccha lot of money.

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Pikachu crying in Pokemon: The First Movie

Even Japan's patent officials seem exhausted with Nintendo's antics as they refuse its 'absurd' defense of a rejected Pokémon patent

By Lincoln Carpenter Published

News Not a good sign when official patent office communications hit you with a snarky clapback.

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POLAND - 2025/09/28: In this photo illustration, the Electronic Arts company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen with United States dollar banknotes in the background. (Photo Illustration by Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia's takeover of EA gets approval from European Commission

By Andy Chalk Published

news The commission has ruled that the buyout will not cause "competition concerns."

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Judge Snoop Dogg in Courtroom Chaos Starring Snoop Dogg

Amazon Gaming boss says high hardware prices could be good news for its Luna cloud gaming program

By Andy Chalk Published

news In a world of $1,000 Steam Machines, a hardware-free gaming option might have wider appeal.

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A thief holding a gem approaches a glowing magical door

Thick as Thieves won't be getting any more content updates: 'To be frank, this is not the outcome that any of us want'

By Jody Macgregor Published

News For $5, it did seem too good to be true.

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Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer of Ubisoft SA, at the company's headquarters in Paris, France, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The five Guillemot brothers have forged a common vision for Ubisoft which they founded in the 1980s in a sleepy northwestern French town, catapulting it into one of the largest stand-alone studios in the $200 billion global video games industry. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Ubisoft chief says Sony's decision to kill game discs isn't going to be a big deal

By Andy Chalk Published

Yves Guillemot reckons the lack of physical discs might even be a good thing.

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