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2026-08-26 2 stories
2026-08-25 4 stories
- Report: Among Us 3D co-dev Schell Games lays off staff 2 sources
- Synths, impossible physics, and an "erotic experience with a PS5 controller" - the side projects of game devs are a reminder creativity is undimmable
- EU games industry generated €24bn in 2024, studios reached 6,600 and workforce exceeded 95,000
- 'Appalling and Fundamentally Dishonest': Mark Ruffalo Slams Paramount After Studio Suggests Warner Bros. Buyout Criticism Stemmed From 'Antisemitic Tropes'
2026-08-24 1 story
2026-08-23 3 stories
- Twitch faces a class action lawsuit over using streamers' content to train Amazon's AI
- GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
- 'We didn't have layoffs before, and now all of a sudden we have yearly layoffs': Bethesda artist says 'something has changed' under Microsoft
2026-08-22 1 story
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2026-08-20 4 stories
- US Army confirms it's offering 4 days to play GTA 6 to soldiers who reenlist for at least 2 years
- Hundreds of union workers rally across North America to protest Xbox layoffs
- GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit reveals new People and Workplace focus, dedicated to shaping the future of games workplaces
- EA's Saudi takeover wouldn't have happened if the company's culture "had any semblance of a moral backbone", say staff fearing layoffs and ownership meddling
2026-08-19 7 stories
- Human: Fall Flat veterans launch new UK studio Pretty Cool Games 3 sources
- Army Unit Gives Soldiers 4-Day Pass To Play GTA 6 If They Re-Enlist 2 sources
- 'I feel dirty:' EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of cynicism and doubt after Saudi buyout 2 sources
- Triple-A vets and accessibility experts launch new game dev co-op: Raze and Rebuild Studio
- Tekken 8 director jumps ship to join Harada's new Vs Studio team
- Fired Rockstar workers say you shouldn't boycott GTA 6 for them: 'We spent years pouring our hard work, skill, and creativity into making GTA'
- "Without us, Bethesda games aren’t Bethesda games": Rallies against Microsoft layoffs at Elder Scrolls studio continue, with unionised devs' morale "on the upswing"
2026-08-17 1 story
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2026-08-13 3 stories
- 'I would frankly have been happy to replace her with AI' - extraordinary public spat between Saber CEO and writer "replaced with ChatGPT" intensifies 6 sources
- Opinion: Deprofessionalization could foster toxic work environments on small teams
- 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 7 stories
- Until Dawn and Little Nightmares 3 studio Supermassive announces further layoffs, with as many as 75 people expected to lose their jobs 10 sources
- Former Rideshare Stimulator Lead Writer Claims They Were Replaced with ChatGPT 3 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
- SciPlay Games Israel has cut 20 jobs, says report
- Report: Crossfire dev That's No Moon lays off 14 staff
- Former Ubisoft Barcelona devs launch Dark Ritual Studios
- As Xbox head Asha Sharma reportedly visits Bethesda HQ, workers put up red flags representing laid off staff and a giant inflatable rat outside
2026-08-10 4 stories
- "They don't understand art" - id Software lead slams Xbox, says it's "impossible" to make games like 2016's Doom now 2 sources
- id Software dev says mass layoffs like Microsoft's are weakening the games industry, because developers 'don't have the incentive to care anymore'
- Former Ubisoft Barcelona workers launch Dark Ritual Studios, an indie developer focused on "craftsmanship over scale"
- 2,000 Fortnite Players Hired as Air Traffic Controllers by US Government