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MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy lays off even more people
Is this sabotage?
Microsoft ends Copilot AI on Xbox to help 'get the business back on track,' as new CEO simultaneously welcomes AI executives into the fold
Asha Sharma has appointed a number of her former fellows from Microsoft's CoreAI division to leadership positions at Xbox.
Two should charge more for Grand Theft Auto 6
It's for the good of the games industry, you see.
Remedy’s latest financials aren’t too bad considering Firebreak flopped, which the CEO puts down to its ‘structurally more efficient budgets’
"The studio is the right size for the ambitions ahead of us."
Some takes don't age: Back in 2009, a creative director warned about the risks of 'obsessively self-referencing' existing hit games
Paul Barnett was in charge of beloved MMO Warhammer Online, and is now the chief creative officer at Wargaming.
Epic is reportedly cooking up a Disney extraction shooter, and suggestions staff are lukewarm on it are 'not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration'
I predict a playerbase so cutthroat it makes Escape From Tarkov look like a teambuilding retreat.
He left Bethesda because he didn't want to watch it being 'damaged' and 'abused'
Hines, Bethesda's former vice president of marketing and PR, left Bethesda in 2023, three years after it was acquired by …
Former Bethesda exec thinks the studio should get more respect for the complex, open worlds it creates: 'Go try that s**t in Red Dead Redemption 2'
Despite retiring 3 years ago, Pete Hines remains one of the studio's staunchest defenders.
Deloitte sees Canada’s oilpatch as ripe for deals once turmoil blows over
The war in Iran, and the global oil supply crisis it has helped create, makes Canada appear to be safe …
Kun creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto dies at 64
"Please continue to enjoy my father's works and have a good time."
Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, has over 1,400 hours in Factorio and is currently obsessed with terraforming games: 'Dwarf Fortress just doesn't accommodate a full-on sci-fi thing'
Bay 12 Games' co-founder talks playing The Planet Crafter, Beast, and more than 40 years of saved desktops.
Subscription service for indie games gets a rough reception
Indie Pass was announced this week, and a lot of people are saying 'no thanks.'
The best tool for playing obscure old PC games now supports the sublime FMV cheese of Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars and a Lovecraftian adventure one YouTuber scored a 'terribly low 2/10'
You've got to be morbidly curious now, right?
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.
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.