INTERVIEW – In a career spanning more than four decades, Jane Whittaker has helped shape the video game industry from its earliest days to its current era of billion-dollar franchises and cinematic ambitions. He began coding in hospital as a child in the early 1980s, teaching himself on a Sinclair ZX81 before joining a games …
EA has revealed that it plans to sunset Anthem, its online multiplayer action title released in February 2019, across all major platforms. It will first disappear from EA Play on August 15, 2025, before servers are completely shut down in January 2026. Anthem presents a world ravaged by a godly force called The Anthem. Corrupt …
PRESS RELEASE – July 4, 2025 – Black Salt Games, the indie studio behind the award-winning sinister fishing adventure DREDGE, today announced the formation of a second studio, Disc 2 Games, and confirmed that both teams are now working on new, original titles. Following the launch of DREDGE in 2023 and its final major expansion …
PRESS RELEASE – July 3, 2025 – Distinct Possibility Studios has successfully raised over $30.5 million in funding led by Bitkraft and Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from the Tezos Foundation, Hashed, Delphi Ventures, Shima Capital, North Island Ventures, Decasonic, and others to launch their open-world persistent world shooter REAPER ACTUAL. The new development studio …
PRESS RELEASE – July 3, 2025 – The Future Games Show confirms three digital showcases for gamescom this summer. On Wednesday, August 20 the Future Games Show at gamescom will broadcast at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST, followed directly by FGS Live From gamescom. The final show, FGS Best …
With the second season of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us now in the rearview, Studio Head and Head of Creative at Naughty Dog, Neil Druckmann, has announced that he’s stepping away from the show. While the first season of the cult video game TV adaptation was met with rave reviews, the second came …
Mobile gaming is set to shatter expectations in 2025, with revenue projected to reach $126 billion. This insight comes from the newly released Q2 2025 edition of The Xsolla Report: The State of Play, which outlines a rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem driven by hybrid monetization, direct-to-consumer (D2C) models, and a dramatic legal shift in the …
OPINION – We’ve all been there at some point: a deadline is looming and you still have work to do, but you know that you can get it done if you just knuckle under and squeeze some extra work time in. So what if you have to clock in for 12 hours every day for …
PRESS RELEASE – July 3, 2025 – Hellkind, a short and atmospheric horror game steeped in Galician mythology, has officially launched and is now available to download for free on Windows and Mac. Created by Turkish developer Emir Arkman (known under the alias Motamot) Hellkind is a solo passion project crafted during late-night hours outside …
PRESS RELEASE – July 3, 2025 – Indie game developer Wechselbalg Studio is proud to announce that 3 Tower, the atmospheric horror game that blends eerie storytelling with intense survival gameplay, is now available in Early Access. Set in a mysterious cemetery haunted by troubled souls, players take on the role of a nightwatchman caught …
PRESS RELEASE – July 2, 2025 – Bandai Namco Summer Showcase set the tone today for a sizzling summer for game fans, delivering news and reveals for more than a dozen hot titles, and unveiling one “Smashing” new game. Announcements and reveals during the Bandai Namco Summer Showcase include: MY HERO ACADEMIA: All’s Justice Bandai …
SNK is a Japanese studio/publisher best known for its range of beat ‘em ups, including the King of Fighters series. This month (July 2025) it has started delisting classic arcade games from Google Play. Nine games are affected, including two King of Fighters games and three Metal Slug titles. Another Metal Slug game, Metal Slug …
The upcoming 6.2 patch for League of Legends: Wild Rift will premiere a new Player Behavior System designed to encourage good behavior with exclusive rewards and punish bad behavior by banning players from core features like Ranked and normal PvP games. League of Legends: Wild Rift is a mobile strategy and action game developed by …
PRESS RELEASE – July 2, 2025 – Wise Wombat Games, a single-developer studio based in Austin, Texas, is launching their first title Resonant Blade on PC July 22, with plans for eventual release on consoles. Battle a horde of AI-powered robots hellbent on destruction by attuning the ultimate sound-based weapon, solving complex puzzles, and exploring …
PRESS RELEASE – July 2, 2025 – From solo developer Dariusz Pietrala comes Wicked Cabins, a relaxing diorama builder where players create peaceful hideaways in the world’s most unpeaceful places. Equally eerie and heartwarming, it’s a game about transforming haunted and cursed spaces into cozy little sanctuaries. No rules. No timers. No pressure. Whether brewing …
