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Hollow Knight: Silksong sells over 7m copies in three months

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Hollow Knight: Silksong has sold over seven million copies in the three months since its release.

Monday, Dec 15

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Former BioWare general manager Casey Hudson sets up new Canadian game studio Arcanaut Studios

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Former BioWare general manager, Casey Hudson, is leading a new Canadian game studio to develop Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic.

Stellar Blade CEO recognized for services to Korean games industry with Presidential Commendation

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The CEO of Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has been recognized with a Presidential Commendation for his services to the Korean games industry.

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Dino Patti on making multiplayer easy, Stop Killing Games, and ongoing legal wrangles with Playdead

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Dino Patti made his name as co-founder of Playdead – the studio behind the indie classics Limbo and Inside – alongside Arnt Jensen back in 2006. But Patti left the company in 2016, shortly after the release of Inside, and since then has…

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Ubisoft acquires upcoming MOBA March of Giants from Amazon Game Studios, rehires former Ubisoft Montreal dev team

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Ubisoft has announced it has acquired the upcoming MOBA March of Giants, including a Montreal-based dev team headed by a number of veteran ex-Ubisoft developers, from previous owner Amazon Game Studios.

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Former Call of Duty dev Schofield laments the state of Activision and EA

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Former Call of Duty developer Glen Schofield has said that it's "tough" to see the direction that Activision and Electronic Arts are heading in.

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Naughty Dog's Straley left the studio as he was "working really, really hard" on games that weren't his

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Industry veteran Bruce Straley has said he left Naughty Dog, in part, because he wanted ownership over what he was working on.

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Apple wins small victory in appeal on Epic Games case

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iPhone giant Apple has secured a small win in an appeal in the case brought by Epic Games.

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Stick It to the Stickman wins Game of the Year at Games Industry Africa Awards 2025

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Games Industry Africa has announced the winners of this year's Games Industry Africa Awards (GIAA), with Free Lives' Stick It to the Stickman winning Game of the Year and PC Game of the Year.

French president Macron congratulates Sandfall on Clair Obscur's record-breaking Game Awards success

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The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, has congratulated developer Sandfall Interactive for its record-breaking success at The Game Awards with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Union claims Rockstar's justification of dismissals is "littered with falsehoods and disinformation"

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The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has responded to Rockstar's justification for dismissing over 30 employees in October.

Friday, Dec 12

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Staff at Doom maker Id Software vote to unionise

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Staff at Texas studio Id Software, best known for the Doom franchise, have voted to form a union.

Co-CEO of Lies of P maker Neowiz says Korea's government is helping indie boom

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The co-CEO of Lies of P developer Neowiz, Sean Kim, has said that the South Korean government is helping the country's indie scene.

Secret Sauce launches marketing brand Weekend Games

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Publishing agency Secret Sauce has established a new marketing brand called Weekend Games.

Xbox to continue evaluating its approach to game pricing, after walking back $80 RRP for Outer Worlds 2

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The head of Xbox Game Studios, Matt Booty, has said that the company is continuing to evaluate how it prices its new releases.

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Romero Games working on smaller shooter that borrows from its cancelled project

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Ireland-based Romero Games is working on a new, smaller project that lifts heavily from the shooter it had been working on but was cancelled by its publisher.

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Everything you need to know from The Game Awards 2025

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Alongside recognising some of the biggest and best releases of the last year, such as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong, there were – as always – game reveals aplenty at The Game Awards.

EA Sports FC enters multi-year partnership with European Football Clubs

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EA Sports FC has announced a multi-year partnership with the European Football Clubs organisation (EFC) to bolster the "financial resilience" and visibility of its teams.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 triumphs at The Game Awards 2025

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated The Game Awards last night, achieving nine wins including Game of the Year.

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The Game Awards showed that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has made an indelible mark on the industry | Opinion

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The promotional calendar for the games industry is basically organised around two poles. At one end you have the cluster of events orbiting around the black hole where E3 used to be in late May/early June; in theory, that's where…

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Neon Giant on No Law, shopping-cart cyberpunk, and manly men with moustaches

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One thing that immediately strikes you about No Law – the cyberpunk-fuelled open-world shooter that was unveiled at The Game Awards last night – is the fantastic upper lip foliage sported by the game's protagonist, grizzled military…

Thursday, Dec 11

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Sir Nick Clegg joins Hiro Capital as general partner to new scale-up VC fund, Hiro III

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Former Meta president and deputy UK Prime Minister, Sir Nick Clegg, has joined Hiro Capital as a general partner as it launches Hiro III, a "UK/Europe-focused multi-stage VC, focused on spatial AI, robotics, longevity, games, and space and…

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Rockstar again disputes staff were fired for unionising, insists they "distributed confidential information in a public forum"

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Rockstar Games says the dozens of staff who were fired for gross misconduct had "distributed and discussed confidential information in a public forum, in breach of company policy and their legal obligations."

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Veteran voice actor and voice of Ratchet & Clank's Captain Qwark, Jim Ward, has died aged 66

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Veteran voice actor and long-time voice of Ratchet & Clank's Captain Qwark, Jim Ward, has died aged 66.

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Activision to change release strategy for Call of Duty, as new data suggests player count has halved in 12 months

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Activision has announced it will no longer ship back-to-back releases of Modern Warfare or Black Ops games, as new data shared with GamesIndustry.biz indicates significant underperformance by the recent Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

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BCG: Live-service titles like Fortnite have peaked, but Roblox is still growing

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Boston Consulting Group has said that live-service titles are either plateauing or declining in popularity.

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Tencent being "more assertive" with companies like Techland, Funcom and Sumo

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Chinese tech and entertainment giant Tencent has said that it is having more of a say in the strategy of the companies it owns, such as Techland, Funcom and Sumo Group.

Glowmade reportedly affected by layoffs

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Around "a dozen" employees at Glowmade are reportedly facing layoffs.