Industry Consolidation themes
2026-08-16 1 story
2026-08-15 1 story
2026-08-14 5 stories
- Netflix's gaming "secret weapon" is no more - Oxenfree studio Night School is to close 4 sources
- Disney D23 2026 Entertainment Showcase: Every Major Announcement (Updating Live!) 2 sources
- Compulsion Games becomes publisher of South of Midnight on Steam, suggesting departure from Xbox amid major restructuring is now complete 2 sources
- The big Xbox exclusivity debate: SHOULD Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls 6 be Xbox console exclusive?
- Disney Wants Epic Games Partnership To Create ‘Something Truly Exceptional’
2026-08-13 4 stories
- 2K announces new Vancouver-based AAA studio led by EA veteran 2 sources
- Opinion: Deprofessionalization could foster toxic work environments on small teams
- Mattel launches new global studios business to develop games based on its IP
- Abandon single-player, move development to Saudi Arabia, "reduce labour"? Experts on what EA's huge buyout debt could really mean
2026-08-12 3 stories
2026-08-11 4 stories
- Stop Killing Games Joins Dutch Consumer Group's $457M Lawsuit Against Sony Over Digital Store 'Monopoly' 2 sources
- GTA 6 Owner Take-Two Is Not Interested In Selling To Netflix Or Anyone Right Now 2 sources
- Xbox cut thousands of jobs, but a bigger threat to game development may be happening lower down the ladder — Turkey's AI dilemma is a perfect example
- MTG unveils Playamp brand for midcore games division
2026-08-10 5 stories
- After eBay’s Resounding Rejection, GameStop Reconsiders Its $56 Billion Acquisition Bid 3 sources
- The video game site backed by Walmart has laid off its editorial team
- Rovio sales hold steady in Sega financials after write-down and rebuild
- Jobs digest: moves and promotions at EA, Nazara, Unity, Epic, Scopely, Kabam and more
- HandyGames rebrands as THQ Nordic Mobile
2026-08-09 1 story
2026-08-08 3 stories
- Tencent's cyberpunk rival to Grand Theft Auto is in trouble as its developer lays off 80 people
- Stop waiting for the Game of Thrones CRPG of your dreams and settle for the pleasant eurojank compromise instead
- 'They Fundamentally Don't Understand Art' — Doom Dev Blasts Xbox After Microsoft 'Gutted' id Software With Layoffs
2026-08-07 5 stories
- Tripledot Studios acquires Supersonic from Unity for $40m
- PODCAST: GTA 6 Gameplay Is Finally Coming And Netflix Is Airing It
- HandyGames Rebrands as THQ Nordic Mobile
- Analyst: AI-focused M&A deals are "weakening" the games investment landscape
- A new survey shows the scale of Xbox's fall vs. PlayStation and Nintendo in the U.S. — and the scale of the opportunity
2026-08-06 5 stories
- Unity sells Supersonic publishing business to Tripledot for $40M 2 sources
- Microsoft filings suggest "around 70%" of its AI revenue is concentrated entirely on OpenAI — which seems rather unhealthy
- Layoffs Hit Staff at Crossfire Developer That’s No Moon
- Disney Solitaire drives Playtika earnings, but UA spend will now drop 70%
- Another Blockchain Game Studio Shuts Down As Crypto Trend Sputters Out
2026-08-05 11 stories
- "Mass layoffs" expected at EA, as $55bn buyout by Saudi Arabia's PIF and Donald Trump's son-in-law officially goes through 8 sources
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla director makes sudden return to Ubisoft, and will lead the series moving forward 5 sources
- Halo Studios Hit by Layoffs After Campaign Evolved Launch 2 sources
- Disney+ Announces Plans to Feature User-Made TikTok Content, Just Days After Emmy-Nominated Wonder Man Cancellation 2 sources
- What happens after GTA 6?
- Two anime giants sign multi-billion deal that will shake up the industry
- The guy in charge of EA Sports is now in charge of EA everything
- On the podcast: EA sells to Saudi, GTA games on mobile plus Palworld Online, Roblox, Apple, Claude and more
- EA’s Saudi takeover will be "a real waste" if it turns the publishers into a "sequel-and-mega-franchise machine", Helldivers 2 studio boss says
- Corsair Acquires Racing and Flight Sim Company Trak Racer
- "Believable and consistent up close": What the dinosaurs of The Lost Wild share with Microsoft’s cancelled Everwild, according to the designer who worked on both