After 36 years at the legendary FPS studio, Raven Software co-founder Brian Raffel is retiring
Raffel has led the Heretic and Call of Duty developer since its foundation.
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Two has seemingly laid off an unspecified portion of its AI team, including its Head of Artificial Intelligence
Luke Dicken, who previously spent a decade with Zynga, says his time with the company "has come to an end".
A former GameStop exec thought building its Steam competitor would be his 'forever job,' but the retailer bet the house on digital distribution being 'a passing phase'
This Picasso hack will never make it as a painter!
An architect of GameStop's long-forgotten Steam competitor explains why he thinks Valve came out on top: 'What Steam did better than anybody else was to create a community'
In hindsight, who would have guessed that Valve would win against the likes of Microsoft, EA, or Ubisoft?
MechWarrior studio Piranha Games lays off 30% of its employees
Work on MechWarrior 5 DLC will continue, but the long-term future is less certain.
The most baffling apostrophe in gaming history: a PC Gamer investigation
The hard-hitting reporting no other gaming website would dare to publish.
US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision
Nintendo has plenty of space to respond, however.
Gabe Newell stepped back from game design during Portal 2's development, because 'he always wanted to be part of the team, but being Gabe and being in his position, that never really worked'
Portal 2 project lead Josh Weier says Newell didn't want to impose his ideas on designers, but being one of …
Nightdive's Larry Kuperman retires after 25-year career in games: 'We never looked at games as products'
"If I have one parting lesson to give to the industry, it's never say die."
'It's a particularly tough time for raising game funds'
The studio, Ivy Road, wasn't able to secure funding for its next game, Engine Angel.
'You get better games if you take longer to make games'
The Old World designer has a "giant list of games it'd be fun to make," but Mohawk Games will move …
Call of Duty veteran's new studio, which was just announced in 2025, is being closed by Sony
A month after Sony closed Bluepoint Games, it looks like Jason Blundell's Dark Outlaw games, which was unveiled in March …
Epic Games lays off more than 1,000 employees: 'We're spending significantly more than we're making,' CEO Tim Sweeney says
Comparable cuts, for the same reason, happened in 2023.
The best game design programs, ranked by The Princeton Review 2026
No matter what aspect of game development you're interested in, The Princeton Review has worked to find the best school …
It 'will not implement assets generated by AI into our game content,' but still plans to use AI to 'enhance efficiency and boost productivity' in game development
Capcom told its investors that its players won't be presented with any AI-generated assets, but it's unclear where it draws …
'If this was a trial about whether I made stupid tweets I would say I'm guilty' says Elon Musk in trial before being found guilty
"This is a great example of what you cannot do to the average investor," said attorney Joseph Cotchett.
New Blood boss Dave Oshry 'quadruples down' on supporting GOG after worrying about its future, committing to sales, demos, one-click mods, plus day-and-date releases alongside Steam
Oshry had expressed concern about GOG's long-term health in a recent interview.
Geoff 'Zag' Keene, design director of Abiotic Factor, has 1,160 hours in PUBG and de-stresses using a Blizzard classic: 'Instead of going to therapy, guys will literally boot up Warcraft 2'
The founder of Deep Field Games talks Arc Raiders, PUBG, and his love of jank in games.