News Blizzard's John Hight and former Bungie COO Holly Barbacovi join Hasbro Barbacovi will serve as CPO, and Hight as president of Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming July 18, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Kickstarter's new head of games is Exploding Kittens Inc.'s Maggie Clayton Clayton replaces Jon Ritter-Roderick as he moves to lead creator strategy July 18, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Pacific Drives tops 600,000 sales globally Ironwood Studios marks the milestone as it rolls out its first free content update July 18, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Ubisoft outperform targets as back-catalogue, digital, and bookings all increase in Q1 24-25 "In a selective market, we delivered a solid start to the year," says CEO July 18, 2024 Vikki Blake
Feature How a surprise launch and fortunate timing helped Gray Zone Warfare top Steam Madfinger CEO Marek Rabas on how a streamer test and Escape From Tarkov's woes helped drive 900,000 sales July 18, 2024 Mike Stubbs
News EA adds further monetisation to EA Sports FC 25 New optional Premium Tier of in-game rewards can be purchased with real money or virtual currency July 18, 2024 James Batchelor
News Lawsuit paperwork reveals Valve employs around 350 people – and less than 100 work for Steam Most of Valve's payroll is still committed to game dev roles July 17, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Koei Tecmo settles copyright dispute with Youzu out of court Koei Tecmo accepts an unspecified out-of-court settlement for copyright infringement against two of its games July 17, 2024 Vikki Blake
News New social media app Dusk plans to "reimagine social multiplayer gaming for the mobile generation" And its latest funding round has secured $8m July 16, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment "disheartened" by Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 leak "It's disheartening that many of the surprises we worked to keep secret were spoiled" July 16, 2024 Vikki Blake
News UK video game sales fall almost 30% in the first half of 2024 Physical game sales were down 40%, and digital downloads down 23% YoY July 15, 2024 Vikki Blake
News The Finals developer apologises to Xbox players as latest patch is delayed on Microsoft consoles "We're currently working with Microsoft on the situation that's blocking the release on Xbox" July 15, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Murky Divers hits 100,000 sales in less than a month | News-in-brief Co-op horror released in early access on June 19 July 15, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Embracer secures new €600m revolving credit facility "We have strengthened our financial structure and responsibly reduced our financial leverage" July 11, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Tencent is shutting down its free-to-play shooter Synced after just a year Servers will be "retired" a year to the day the shooter was launched July 11, 2024 Vikki Blake
News New indie publishing and investment firm First Break Labs forms Company has already signed four titles, run by former Nintendo, Sega staff July 11, 2024 James Batchelor
News Series Entertainment acquires mobile game studio Pixelberry Studios "It is an exciting new chapter for our studio and we look forward to empowering our creative teams" July 10, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Xbox increases Game Pass prices, introduces new tier The new Standard option won't include titles releasing on the platform at launch July 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri
Feature Star Wars Outlaws began life in a café at E3 Creative director Julian Gerighty tells us how they made a modern video game look like 1970s movie July 10, 2024 Christopher Dring
News Roblox launches new range of analytical tools for developers "Track funnel and economy events to grow your experience faster" July 9, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin tops 2m copies sold | News-in-brief As spin-off RPG hits its third anniversary, it also tops 2m total sales July 9, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Voice-controlled game developer Volley closes Series C fundraising with $55m “This latest funding round will accelerate our development of new voice-controlled, AI-powered games" July 9, 2024 Vikki Blake
News Minecraft, Candy Crush and Goat Simulator among games that represent Sweden's cultural heritage Game Culture Canon developed as part of Sweden's minister for culture's plans to develop official culture canon July 9, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News Respawn changes Apex Legends battle pass pricing Battle passes will now be split in half, meaning players will have to pay double for full season July 9, 2024 Sophie McEvoy
News US game spending fell 6% in May | US Monthly Charts Projected US spend on hardware, content, and accessories declined 6% YoY July 8, 2024 Vikki Blake