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Starbreeze to capitalize on Roblox success with second game

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Starbreeze is releasing a second game on Roblox.

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Digital Bros. acquires Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP for $4.6m

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Digital Bros. has acquired the Wuchang: Fallen Feathers IP from developer Chengdu Lingze Technology Co. Ltd (also known as Leenzee) for around $4.6 million.

Greedfall developer Spiders set to close

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Greedfall: The Dying World developer Spiders is set to close.

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Housemarque to host session at Nordic Game 2026

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Finnish developer Housemarque will present a talk at this year's Nordic Game conference, focusing on the development of its latest title Saros.

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How Evil Empire makes one of the most effective indie showcase events – while juggling Castlevania, live ops, and building its own IP

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Digital showcases have become a cornerstone of the modern publishing landscape. From State of Play to Wholesome Direct to Indie Fan Fest, among many others, there's one for every segment – and the Triple-I Initiative has become one of the…

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TIGA: 29% of UK games studios continue to face skill shortages

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Skill shortages in the UK games industry have eased after the sector's steepest decline. However, some studios still face challenges due to a lack of qualified candidates and changing skill requirements.

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Amazon pilots playable game demos on Twitch

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Amazon is testing the ability to play game demos through Twitch.

Tuesday, Apr 28

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"There was that period in time, pre-Sonic, where it was, 'You're so lucky that Hollywood is even looking at you'"

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You might not have heard of the name Story Kitchen, but you've definitely heard of the movies and TV shows it's been involved with. The production company specialises in adaptations of video games, and its list of projects includes the…

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Magic: The Gathering Arena devs announce plans to unionise

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A supermajority of Magic: The Gathering Arena developers have announced plans to unionise with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

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Capcom raises FY25 outlook following boost from Resident Evil: Requiem

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Capcom has revised its FY25 earnings forecast, citing stronger-than-expected performance from Resident Evil: Requiem.

Landfall's Rebecca Lautner announced as speaker at Game Republic New Horizons 2026

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The organisers of this year's Game Republic New Horizons conference have announced their second speaker: Rebecca Lautner, chief business officer at Landfall.

Monday, Apr 27

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Into Games' IG50 program to support new devs from working-class backgrounds opens again next month

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Into Games has opened its applications for IG50, the annual program that recognizes "50 of the most talented yet-to-be-hired people in UK games from working-class and low-income backgrounds."

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Xbox boss warns "memory costs will impact pricing, will impact availability" when it comes to Project Helix

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Xbox boss Asha Sharma has admitted that the ongoing memory shortage crisis will likely impact the price point of its next hardware iteration.

Epic Games commits to "immediate self-service refunds" for D4vd cosmetics after murder charge, but not to removing them entirely

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Fortnite has agreed to refund any player who purchased an item connected to alleged child abuser and murderer, D4vd.

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Why publishers and investors are increasingly backing user-generated games over conventional ones

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The runaway success of hit games created on user-generation platforms, chiefly Roblox, is increasingly attracting investment from venture capital and publishers who previously backed PC and console games, says investment firm Double Black…

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Call of Duty was never the right fit for Game Pass | Opinion

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Call it a strategic retreat. A couple of years after the gung-ho announcement that Call of Duty would be avaliable to Game Pass subscribers on launch day, Microsoft has climbed down from that commitment.

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Benoit Richer, Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe game director, leaves Ubisoft

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Benoit Richer has left Ubisoft to co-found Servo Games, a new independent studio based in Quebec.

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Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly acquires Cooldown Games

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Warsaw-based developer People Can Fly has acquired Cooldown Games for an undisclosed amount.

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"More charities than ever are looking at games": Meet Cause+Select, the platform linking the games industry to top charities

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The video games sector is no stranger to charity. Industry organisations like GamesAid and SpecialEffect are long-established, in addition to the speedrunning event Games Done Quick, Yogscast's Jingle Jam and Humble Bundle (owned by…

Friday, Apr 24

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Podcast: Call of Duty, Game Pass, and the Mario movie

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It's Friday, so we have another episode of the pre-alpha GamesIndustry.biz Podcast. Once again I'm joined by Lewis Packwood to discuss the main issues of the week, which is to say Xbox: specifically, the decision to pull Call of Duty out…

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Tools to tell if your game is broken

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Matthew Tighe's company Do Games has spent the best part of the last decade porting games to consoles, including titles like Cult of the Lamb and Art of Rally. His new venture, Gameworks, aims to take all of the knowledge gleaned from that…

Microsoft CEO sees Xbox as "critical audience and category" that's "really important to the company’s future" says Asha Sharma

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has described Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as having a ten-year vision that sees Xbox as critical audience for the company, as part of a wide-ranging interview with Game File that emphasised the firm's commitment to…

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Atari acquires emulation studio Implicit Conversions

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Atari has acquired emulation studio Implicit Conversions for an undisclosed amount.

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Microsoft reportedly offers voluntary retirement program for 7% of US workforce

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Microsoft is reportedly introducing a one-time voluntary retirement program for US employees, potentially impacting up to 7% of its workforce.

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Why Xbox took Call of Duty out of Game Pass

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This week, Xbox announced that Call of Duty will no longer be added to Game Pass Ultimate at launch, instead being added around a year later. This was paired with a reduction in the cost of the service, from $29.99 down to $22.99 on Xbox…

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Microsoft Gaming reverts to Xbox branding as part of new mission statement

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Microsoft Gaming is reverting to Xbox under its new leadership, it has announced, as part of a sweeping new mission statement shared with staff.

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Meta reportedly cuts 10% of workforce affecting 8,000 employees

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Meta is conducting further cuts as it continues to move resources to AI-related investments.

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Warner Bros. shareholders "overwhelmingly" back Paramount's $111bn acquisition

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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition.

Thursday, Apr 23

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German game industry employment drops 3%, marking second year of decline

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The German games industry is slowly recovering from the effects of international consolidation and funding uncertainty, aided by substantial backing from the government.

How have things been going at Rovio since it was bought by Sega?

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One of the privileges of being a journalist is that you get to indulge your nosiness. So after wondering how things have been going at Rovio since the Finnish Angry Birds firm was bought by Sega in 2023 for a cool $776 million, we decided…