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Microsoft has revealed it has paid developers in its ID@Xbox program more than $5 billion since it launched in 2013.

EA Sports has more than doubled payments for college football players appearing in College Football 26 from $600 to $1,500.

Ubisoft has reportedly implemented an "anti-harassment plan" for developers that worked on Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Sporty Group has opened a new games development hub in the UK led by former Tower Studios CEO and creative director Jon Hare.

Sony has formed a new first-party PlayStation studio called Dark Outlaw Games, led by industry veteran Jason Blundell.

Squad-based arena shooter Star Wars: Hunters is being shut down less than a year after launch.

SAG-AFTRA - the union that represents 160,000 actors, voiceover artists, and other media professionals - has issued an update about the video game strike, saying it remains "frustratingly far apart" from video game studios and publishers.

Spectre Divide developer Mountaintop Studios is shuttering just six months after launch.

Netflix Games' VP of generative AI, Mike Verdu, has left the streaming giant.

Two Zenless Zone Zero voice actors claim they have been replaced for participating in the SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has agreed to be acquired by Savvy Games Group subsidiary Scopely.

PlayStation is reportedly using characters from its biggest franchises in an AI prototype.

Uthana has secured $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI.

Xsolla has launched a new direct-to-customer publishing suite.

Playdead co-founder Dino Patti has been threatened with a lawsuit after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an "unauthorized" picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen.

Geoffroy Sardin has been appointed CEO of Pullup Entertainment.

Tilting Point has outlined a new $150 million User Acquisition (UA) program to "help developers scale their games and apps."

Sony has partnered with tech leasing service Raylo to offer a rental scheme for PlayStation 5 hardware in the UK via its Flex program.

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world.

Nintendo has won a long-running legal battle against French sharehosting operator Dstorage.

Munich-based indie developer Welevel has raised $5.7 million in a funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures.

Hidden Variable has announced that as of January 21, 2025, it was "no longer involved in the development on Skullgirls Mobile, 2nd Encore" due to a "dispute with Autumn Games."

A year after it debuted on Epic Games Store in March 2024, the free-to-play version of Dark and Darker has once again been delisted.

Sony has announced a new beta program for PlayStation players.

The 2025 BAFTA Game Awards nominations have been announced, with Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 picking up 11 nominations across multiple categories including Best British Game.