WARDOGS head says GTA 6 missed a chance to change pricing policy in the gaming industry
Bulkhead CEO and WARDOGS Executive Producer Joe Brammer spoke up about game pricing in the industry, stating that modern titles are too cheap compared to actual development costs. The developer shared his thoughts in response...
Bruce Straley apologized several times to the developers of God of War Laufey for citing their game as an example of "AAA industry stagnation"
Bruce Straley, Naughty Dog veteran and one of the creators behind The Last of Us and Uncharted, has publicly apologized to the Santa Monica Studio team behind God of War Laufey. The apology came after...
Saber Interactive's director knows how to avoid layoffs – you need to give up expensive American cities and work on 5-6 small games simultaneously with AAA titles
Layoffs have become a constant fixture in gaming industry news. Even if the pace of cuts has slowed down somewhat in 2026, their severity hasn't lessened. In July, Microsoft made 1600 staff redundant as part...
The Last of Us game director stated that AAA games have become "boring" and cited God of War Laufey as an example
Bruce Straley, former Naughty Dog game director who worked on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, has shipped enough AAA blockbusters to speak with authority about the genre's fatigue. In an interview with Edge...
The Witcher 3 Songs of the Past scriptwriter wrote her thesis on Hearts of Stone – is the story in good hands?
If you need proof that real fans are working on The Witcher 3's new expansion, here's one: the lead writer of Songs of the Past wrote her thesis analyzing "Hearts of Stone" almost a decade...
Bethesda veteran with 20 years of experience and The Elder Scrolls lore expert has been unable to find a job for months
Kurt Kuhlmann, one of the key designers at Bethesda Game Studios and known among fans as the "lore master" of The Elder Scrolls, publicly announced he's looking for work. The industry veteran got caught up...
An old video of Gabe Newell explaining why Valve will never become a public company that answers to shareholders has gone viral online
An old clip of Gabe Newell has resurfaced online, showing the Valve boss discussing private company ownership and prioritizing employees over shareholders. The clip feels especially relevant given the wave of layoffs sweeping the tech...
Players are unhappy that Marvel's Wolverine is a movie – the game plays scenes for you
Calling out "the game plays itself" is one of the oldest and easiest tricks in game criticism. Cut a twenty second clip of a flashy finisher where the camera swoops around the hero while the...
Netflix shut down Oxenfree developers just a month and a half after the release of the "very successful game" Unhinged
Netflix confirmed the closure of two of its game studios: Night School Studio and its Helsinki-based Moonloot. The timing makes the news sting even more. Unhinged, the game Night School released on June 30, looked...
Unity reported its best quarter in history thanks to the success of the Vector AI platform
Unity called its latest financial results the best in its history as a public company. CEO Matt Bromberg credited the growth in overall revenue and Grow Solutions revenue to the ongoing success of the Unity...
Rust player paralyzed after swatting demands $176 million from police
23-year-old Axeel Melendez from Tucson has filed a $176 million lawsuit against local law enforcement. The case stems from an incident in April, when officers responding to a false call shot him in the leg...
Tencent spent six years and hundreds of millions on a GTA competitor – the game Last Sentinel was shut down
Last Sentinel got a flashy cinematic reveal at The Game Awards 2023, positioned as an open-world sci-fi action game from former Rockstar Games developers. Three years later, without ever showing gameplay, the title has apparently...
Heroes of Might and Magic III is GOG's top-selling retro game, and nearly half its buyers are under 25
The classic strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III sits at the top of GOG's retro sales charts – which is notable on its own. But here's the more striking part: nearly half of...
Phil Spencer showed up to GDC 2026 with the funniest name tags
The Game Developers Conference is underway for its 2026 edition, and former Xbox boss Phil Spencer has already become one of the highlights of the event – not for any big announcements, but for showing...
Overwatch designer calls out players obsessing over Marathon player counts as "unemployed, maidenless behavior"
Marathon has been surrounded by controversy since its announcement. The launch was fairly strong, and sentiment among those who actually played is trending positive – but the drama hasn't stopped. A chunk of the internet...
Nintendo is suing the US government over Trump's tariff policy
Nintendo of America has officially filed a lawsuit against the United States government over the sweeping tariff policy introduced by President Donald Trump's administration in 2025. The complaint was filed in the U.S. Court of...
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says trying to cram everything into a game is the most common design mistake
Fallout co-creator and veteran RPG designer Tim Cain has a new YouTube video out about the game design pitfalls that regularly derail development projects. The central theme is what he calls a "design pothole" –...
Xbox co-founder doesn't think the brand is dead, but says its struggles are "killing" him
Seamus Blackley, original Xbox co-founder and console designer, clarified his stance on the brand's future under new head Asha Sharma, stressing that he does not think Xbox as a whole is "dead" – though he's...
Next Xbox is well underway, Sarah Bond confirms in farewell letter
In her farewell message as Xbox president, Sarah Bond confirmed that the next Xbox console is actively in development. The next generation hardware is well underway, though no details have been shared. Among her achievements,...
Kojima Productions CTO explains why the studio has stuck with Decima engine for nearly a decade
Kojima Productions CTO Akio Sakamoto spoke about the advantages of Guerrilla Games' Decima engine, which the studio has been using for the Death Stranding series. When the developers were looking for the right technological foundation...
