1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (465+ words) It would be difficult to ignore the giant inflatable rat on the lawn. Yesterday, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma paid a visit to Bethesda's office in Rockville, Maryland, to catch a glimpse of The Elder Scrolls VI. To mark the occasion, Communications…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (458+ words) The company's annual hardware forecast remains unchanged despite that downturn. The Nintendo Switch 2 sold 3.82 million units during the first-quarter ended June 30, 2026, which represents a 34.4 percent decrease on the 5.82 million units sold this time last year. As noted in the company's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) Plus: The developer of Buckshot Roulette launches a horror subversion of Mario Party. July has been a brutal month for the video game industry. Sadly, the months beforehand haven't been much different. Hardware continues to get more expensive, developers continue…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (458+ words) After a month of brutal news, Microsoft is launching Xbox backward compatibility on PC. As July slowly comes to a close, culminating a month of thousands of layoffs carried over by Microsoft across its Xbox studios, the company has shared…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (330+ words) Freefall Racers is returning to screens after 13 years via Nex Playground. There's a headline I bet you didn't expect to read today (or maybe ever). Yet, I speak the truth. Earlier today, Nex Playground maker Nex announced it will be…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (470+ words) 'We're incredibly excited to have the name we put so much effort and pride into building back in our hands.' Mighty Doom developer Alpha Dog Games has reemerged as an independent studio two years after being shuttered by former owner…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (603+ words) 'Nintendo or one of its retailers set a price for each product, and consumers decided whether that price was worth paying.' Nintendo has requested the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit filed by customers seeking tariff refunds. In April…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (392+ words) Plus: A free 'good practice guide' for video game writing contracts in the UK. Usually, I'd try and draw parallels between a plucky England performance and the game industry's ongoing battle against mass layoffs. There's no chance of that this…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1041+ words) Multiple workers impacted by the latest job cuts at Xbox believe the decision will hamstring some studios. Centuries of collective game development experience discarded in minutes. That's how the fifth round of mass layoffs at Xbox since 2023 unfolded, according to…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (341+ words) 'We invite partners to leverage the talent and creativity of the award-winning team behind South of Midnight.' Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight, is making a public appeal in search of opportunities to collaborate with studios following its…...