Industry Consolidation themes
2026-10-24 1 story
2026-10-23 8 stories
- As devastating Xbox "reset" continues, Dishonored studio Arkane Lyon reportedly only has until November to find a new buyer before it's closed 10 sources
- BioWare Is No More, But Its Impact On Queer Representation In Video Games Will Live On Forever 6 sources
- The Next Mass Effect Sounded Like John Wick In Space 4 sources
- Mass Effect Fans Call for EA Boycott as Petition to Save BioWare's Canceled Game Garners More than 75,000 Signatures 3 sources
- Cancelling Mass Effect And Closing BioWare Was An Obvious Thing For EA To Do, Experts Say 3 sources
- Canadian Politician Wants the Government to Bail Out Mass Effect Developer BioWare 3 sources
- Shepard Actor Reacts To Leaked Mass Effect Trailer, Is “Holding Hope” The Game Will Live On 2 sources
- LYON Become Latest Org to Withdraw from Valorant
2026-10-22 10 stories
- Games industry mourns sudden BioWare closure - "Anyone who participated in this travesty should be ashamed" 13 sources
- Star Wars: Battlefront 3 reportedly being co-developed by Battlefield studio DICE and Apex Legends studio Respawn 4 sources
- Following shock BioWare closure, scope of EA job cuts becomes clear as layoffs hit Respawn, Maxis, Full Circle, EA Motive, and more 3 sources
- After The BioWare Shutdown, Mass Effect Spiritual Successor Exodus Gets A New Look 3 sources
- Star Wars: The Old Republic Lead Writer Mourns Death of BioWare as Farewell Post Leaves Out MMO 2 sources
- 'What we were cooking was really cool': An award-winning science fiction author was working on Mass Effect 5's story 2 sources
- Splash Damage acquired this studio just 3 months after laying off a bunch of people—now it's laying them off, too
- Sony Exits UHD Blu-ray Player Market as Pull Back from Physical Media Continues
- Everything We Know About Project Helix, the Next Xbox
- Every Video Game Studio That Has Shut Down in 2026
2026-10-21 4 stories
- BioWare is closing down and Mass Effect 5 is cancelled, months after Saudi Arabia's $55bn EA buyout 24 sources
- Prospective Buyers Reportedly Value Xbox As High As $150 Billion 4 sources
- The next Mass Effect would have had 'a level of autonomy and choice that no other game has been able to match', according to BioWare veteran
- On the podcast: Apple app review woes, EA job cuts, Supercell, Monopoly Go and more
2026-10-20 2 stories
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2026-10-14 4 stories
- Ubisoft closing Trials developer RedLynx and downsizing Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced team in Singapore 13 sources
- Xbox Survey About Exclusives Includes A Nuclear Strategy, But Wait Just A Minute 6 sources
- On the podcast: what’s going on at Rovio, Miniclip’s new ad network, Squad Busters’ last rites, RedLynx closes, more
- Former game-seller Zavvi enters administration again and "is unable to fulfil any outstanding orders or pre-orders"
2026-10-13 5 stories
- Xbox developers just gained support for another free game engine with 'Defold'
- The Batman Part 2 Gets a Reassuring Update From Robert Pattinson
- Rovio’s rebuild means refocusing on Angry Birds, Sonic and picking new projects carefully
- Owlchemy CEO: VR is still an emerging market because it hasn't passed the 'cafe test'
- AdSurge is the new ad network built by Miniclip with help from Tencent AI and Easybrain data
2026-10-12 3 stories
2026-10-11 1 story
2026-10-09 3 stories
- Undead Labs boss "reluctant to share" number affected by layoffs: "I would hate to reduce the impact to those individuals to a number or statistic"
- Sony agrees to transfer over 400 global VR patents to Meta following December 2025 agreement
- Avalanche Studio Group to globally publish, market, and distribute titles from Supermassive Games
2026-10-08 3 stories
- Fireshine Games acquires Necesse dev Fair Games, described as a "defining moment" for Danish indie studio
- Bobby Kotick returns: former Activision boss becomes board member of Skydance, the new company formed by Paramount and Warner Bros
- As Paramount and Warner become Skydance, here’s what its mobile catalogue looks like