Category: Games Industry

When I heard that Joseph Garrett, aka the Minecraft YouTuber known as Stampy, was ‘joining’ 4J Studios to work on a new game, I dismissed it as a bit of a marketing stunt. Read more…

Epic has announced that its new unified Fab marketplace will launch next month, bringing together its various game asset stores.Fab was announced at GDC 2023 and will bring Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab, ArtStation Marketplace and Quixel together in one place.As with the Epic Games Store, developers will receive 88% of the revenue from any sales…

Intel reportedly lost Sony’s PlayStation 6 chip contract to Advanced Micro Devices in 2022, missing out on a potential $30 billion in revenue.This is according to Reuters, with sources claiming that the deal fell through after Intel and Sony failed to settle on “how much Intel stood to take from each chip sold.”The sources alleged

By all estimations, the video game market was expected to contract once the COVID-19 lockdowns ended but even the worst-case scenarios for a return to normalcy predicted net growth when compared to pre-pandemic levels.Instead, a perfect storm of global political and macroeconomic factors, along with executive hubris…

Seven major games companies – including Epic Games, Electronic Arts, and Roblox – have been accused of misleading consumers into spending money by the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).The BEUC filed a complaint today alongside the European Commission and the European Network of Consumer Authorities that also targets Activision Blizzard…

There hasn’t exactly been a dearth of remasters over the past decade, with many of the most acclaimed titles from previous generations finding their way to modern consoles, either polished and tweaked to meet today’s standards or rebuilt from the ground up.The Last of Us, Final Fantasy 7…

The majority of the Annapurna Interactive team have walked out after talks with its parent company had collapsed. The publisher formed in 2016 as a division of Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, and has had a few hit releases, including Stray, What Remains of Edith Finch and the Outer Wilds…

A number of US Latino-serving organisations have banded together to form the Latino Representation in Gaming Coalition (LRGC).The organisation says that as 72% of US Hispanics aged 13 and older self-identify as gamers, and Latinos are 32% “more likely than other populations to consider gaming their main source of entertainment…

Microsoft has announced further layoffs affecting 650 employees in its games division.As IGN reports, Xbox boss Phil Spencer shared in a memo to staff that the redundancies will mainly affect its corporate and support sectors. He clarified that “no games, devices, or experiences” are being cancelled and there are no studio closures.Spencer cited the process