The Battle Between Krafton And Former Execs Spills Out of Court While the lawsuit over $250 million in unpaid bonuses is being considered by the Chancery Court in Delaware, South Korean Krafton released two files to media that alleges racism and bigotry towards the Asian company and its workers. The dispute in court is between …
Stalkers and Mutants Developed by GSC Game World, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was released in November 2024 on PC and Xbox Series X/S, and is now available on PlayStation 5. GSC has made several STALKER games, and although Heart of Chornobyl is a brand new one, not a remaster or remake, it still includes …
An Unreal Partnership Unite is Unity’s annual conference that focuses on game development-related talks, sessions and keynote speeches. The 2025 version started on Nov. 19 and finishes today (Nov. 20), in Barcelona, and it’s already hosted an unlikely alliance: Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic, appeared on stage with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg to announce …
Calls On Fans To Vote For Other Winner In The Debut Indie Game Category Vedinad, the developer behind the global phenomenon Megabonk, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he is withdrawing his debut indie title from The Game Awards. His reason for the withdrawal is that Megabonk is not the first game he has made. …
Building a Better City Game Colossal Order, the Finnish game studio behind the Cities: Skylines series, has parted ways with publisher Paradox Interactive. No reason has been given by either party, with an official news post shared on the sites for both companies accompanied by genial comments from both sides, along with news that Iceflake …
Subscription-Free ArenaNet has announced Guild Wars Reforged for PC, an overhaul and all-in-one update to the popular MMORPG that launched in 2005. It’ll be free for existing users, but otherwise costs $19.99 and will be, as the main game has always been, subscription-free. Guild Wars Reforged bundles previous expansions Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall together and …
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Nominated For 10 Different Awards The most coveted award in the video game industry will not be going to a multiplayer shooter or RPG despite a string of strong contenders for the top prize. There is no multiplayer game even listed among the nominees to snag Game of the Year 2025 …
Back From The Dead Hytale, a voxel-based sandbox RPG first announced in 2018, was sold by creators Hypixel Studios in 2020 to Riot Games. However, Hytale and Hypixel were both shut down in June this year due to a variety of reasons including mismanagement and feature creep. Now, the original founder of Hypixel, Simon Collins-Laflamme, …
Ghouls Galore Ghost Master, the 2003 strategy classic that has players command a growing roster of spectral troops, has been given the remake treatment with Ghost Master: Resurrection. Originally developed by Sick Puppies, the new version is being handled by Mechano Story Studio (Painkiler remake) and original publisher Strategy First (Flatout, Space Empires). The remake …
Grimdark Hack n Slash Netmarble, the developer and publisher behind such titles as The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross and Lineage 2: Revolution, recently revealed Project EVILBANE, a four player co-op ARPG. Currently in active development but slated for release next year, Netmarble had a hands-on demo available at the recent G-STAR game expo in …
Generative AI Tools Used To Develop Black Ops 7 It is no secret that the makers of Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software, were using AI tools to develop in-game assets. The verdict is now in and it does not look good. Players are fuming and demanding refunds while the game’s approval rating on …
Xbox Series Launch Brings Full Feature Set Legends BMX has arrived on Xbox Series X and Series S, marking the latest platform expansion for the freestyle focused title from Firenut Games and Saga Legends Games. The release joins existing versions available on PC through Steam, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5. The developers present this edition …
Negative Feedback Breeds Negative Comments Rick Lane reviewed ARC Raiders on behalf of Eurogamer and gave it a meager 2/5 rating which came as a big surprise as hundreds of thousands of concurrent players are having the time of their lives. Reactions to Lane’s review range from praise to suggesting that Lane should unalive himself. …
G-Star 2025 The Global Game Exhibition is in full swing in Busan,South Korea, from Nov. 13 – 14, and a host of top game studios and publishers are in attendance. One notable name is NCSOFT (Blade and Soul, Throne and Liberty, Guild Wars 2), which has revealed Horizon Steel Frontiers, a brand new MMORPG set …
Japanese Gamedevs Cleaning Out Woke Activists More than 100 Square Enix staffers have been let go across the U.S. and UK following the Japanese game developer’s six-month earnings report ending Sept. 30, FY26. Year-on-year net sales were down 15% (about $871 million) while operating income swelled 29% to $177 million. The Asian company is citing …
