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Epic Games confirms AI is now shaping Unreal Engine development, eliminating long-standing bugs and improving stability through tools like Claude and Codex.
Roblox confirms an AI agent scraped 145.5 GB of content, including adult material from Open3DLab and its subsidiaries, but states the data will not be used for AI training and the agent has been decommissioned.
Valve acknowledges AI cloning on Steam but places responsibility on developers to deter it through community-building and complexity, rather than intervening itself.
Warhorse Studios disclosed a serious cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to its systems and data, with investigations and remediation underway.
Epic Games will update its EULA to permit AI training on outputs from Unreal Engine and MetaHuman, though developers may still restrict this for individual projects.
Netflix proposed a $500 million deal to adapt Xbox’s game properties, but Xbox sought $800 million and negotiations collapsed, leaving adaptations in flux.
GameMaker will make its GMRT runtime free for all developers starting January 1, 2027, expanding distribution options to PC, mobile, browser, and GX Games without requiring a professional license.
Owlchemy Labs’ new XR game Hyper Visor launches at $1.99 on HTC’s XREAL Aura glasses, marking the studio’s shift from VR to broader extended reality experiences.
Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster detailed a distributed development model behind Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s production, explaining how labor was divided among internal, co-development, external, and outsourcing partners.
RocketWerkz and Ahwoo released BRUTAL, an open-source C# framework for game development, offering developers an alternative to third-party engines like Unity or Unreal.
Digital Sun Games postponed ReVamp’s public playtest to its Discord due to fears of AI-enabled cloning, citing risks of reverse-engineered copies reaching market before launch.
Epic Games is reportedly shifting a Disney-developed shooter to an AI-first production model, delaying its March release and instructing teams to use AI for code and art generation.
Ubisoft will shut down Rainbow Six Mobile on January 15, 2027, seven months after its global launch, ending development of the free-to-play tactical shooter.
Xbox launched a new division named XP to expand its franchises beyond games, led by Mojang president Kayleen Walters and reporting to CEO Asha Sharma.
Bit Reactor, developer of the Star Wars Zero Company, is recalling over half of its furloughed staff after earlier suspending more than 80 percent of employees ahead of the game’s launch.
Unity and Google unveiled Unity Spark, a prompt-based tool for Google’s AI game platform Playground, enabling text-to-game creation without coding.
Google launched Google Playground, an experimental browser-based platform enabling users to create, play, and share AI-generated games without coding, alongside Unity’s new Spark tool for developers.
Ninja Theory is laying off staff after Microsoft failed to spin off the studio from Xbox, following a broader restructuring of Xbox’s first-party division.
Designers Harvey Smith and Ben Horne discuss founding Black Pony Immersive to revive first-person immersive sims amid industry skepticism about the genre’s commercial viability.
Nerial, the British studio behind Reigns and Card Shark, announced it is entering 'hibernation mode,' ending development and laying off staff after 13 years.
Ubisoft Montreal employees launched a petition to maintain hybrid work amid a company-wide return-to-office mandate and layoffs following a $1.25 billion Tencent investment.
Tymon Smektala, former Techland franchise director, joins Bloober Team’s horror imprint Broken Mirror Games as executive director to lead development and partnerships.
King, a Microsoft subsidiary, reached a last-minute collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions after employees threatened strike action, averting a walkout scheduled for September 25, 2026.
The Irish Games Fund expands in 2026 with three new strands—Development, Prototype, and Release—supporting developers at different stages, starting with a €50,000 Development Fund for four teams.
Discord reintroduces age verification using an estimation model based on account signals, offering multiple verification options to comply with safety policies amid ongoing legal scrutiny.
Nex Playground, a motion-controlled console, is expanding globally with $150 million in financing, exceeding sales targets in new markets and prioritizing affordability despite rising hardware costs.
A Shanghai court ordered an unnamed AI developer to pay ¥750,000 ($112,000) for replicating and selling Genshin Impact character voices without permission, marking China’s first unfair competition ruling on AI voice...
Heart Machine, developer of Hyper Light Drifter, has laid off most staff after a publisher withdrew funding for an unannounced title, leaving the studio's future uncertain.
Build a Rocket Boy, the studio behind MindsEye, is reportedly closing after multiple staff layoffs and farewell posts on social media.
Roblox will enable developers to release games as standalone apps on external stores while maintaining its revenue-share model, announced at the Roblox Developers Conference.