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Phantom Blade Zero launches globally on October 28 or 29 with simultaneous release times varying by region, following positive early reviews.
Rockstar employees will vote on union recognition from November 12–26, coinciding with the console launch of Grand Theft Auto 6, potentially making the IWGB the largest UK game industry union.
Discord will make messages in discoverable servers searchable via Google starting mid-December, raising privacy concerns about AI training and data harvesting.
McDonald’s will revive its Pokémon Happy Meal promotion in late 2025, featuring exclusive toys and trading cards after an eight-year hiatus, following leaks of the upcoming campaign details.
Dan Ayoub, former Halo studio head, has been promoted to lead Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games, succeeding John Hight after his departure in July.
Warhorse Studios disclosed a serious cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to its systems and data, with investigations and remediation underway.
UK Rockstar staff will vote on union recognition from November 12–26, coinciding with GTA 6’s launch, following a prior layoff dispute and tribunal.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced concludes major updates with a new game plus mode, nightmare difficulty, and revived animations from the original game.
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.
Warhorse Studios, developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and a Lord of the Rings RPG, disclosed a cyberattack compromising systems and data, with investigations ongoing and authorities involved.
PlayStation announced Aloft and Conan Exiles Enhanced will launch on PS5 in early 2027, with Aloft including all PC Early Access updates and Conan Exiles Enhanced offering free upgrades for existing owners.
A narrative exploration game where a protagonist demolishes a town to confront buried family trauma, blending cathartic destruction with emotional depth.
Where Winds Meet’s Hutuo narrative arc launches November 13, marking the game’s first anniversary with a war-torn frontier expansion and technical upgrades for PlayStation players.
Housemarque details how it crafted Saros’s audio identity using PS5 features and creative sound design, blending new techniques with Returnal’s established approach.
STALKER 2’s latest update expands the A-Life NPC simulation range, allowing distant encounters to remain visible and audible without severe performance penalties.
Sucker Punch Productions laid off 24 employees following the launch of Ghost of Yōtei, citing market challenges and team needs for its next project.
Auroch Digital, developers of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II and Warhammer Survivors, announced layoffs affecting 25% of staff amid market challenges, later deleting the initial public statements.
Final Fantasy 7 blends fairy tale tropes with adult themes, using Midgar’s Shinra empire, Cloud’s identity crisis, and Aerith’s sacrificial role to craft a modern myth.
Nintendo’s divisive 2002 GameCube title Super Mario Sunshine returns on Switch 2 via the GameCube collection, offering players a chance to revisit its experimental design and tropical setting.
Valve released the 50 most-played Steam Next Fest demos, highlighting casual co-op and incremental games while noting minimal AI use and limited blockbuster publisher entries.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, praised for its writing and combat, underperformed commercially despite strong reviews and a unique narrative approach.
Unity outlines 10 essential considerations for first-time game developers, emphasizing core gameplay, scope, visuals, and player feedback to avoid common pitfalls.
Frame rate, measured in frames per second, determines how smoothly a game appears to move by dictating how often new images are drawn and displayed. Common targets like 30, 60, or 120 fps balance smoothness against the...
Game developers use structured rules and sensory cues to make enemy AI in video games feel responsive and fair, from simple guards to multi-phase bosses.
A Unity guide explains how video game terrain is built using tiles, heightmaps, voxels, and noise, and how designers shape land to guide player movement and experience.
Game designers are advised to begin with the emotional experience they want players to feel, using that as the foundation for all design choices, including mechanics and aesthetics.
The dark fantasy RPG Emberville, blending farming and dungeon crawling, delayed its Early Access launch from October 27 to January 7, 2027, citing needed improvements to bow combat and polish.
Netflix released a new choreography video for Huntr/x’s 'How It's Done' from KPop Demon Hunters, teasing more dance routines and behind-the-scenes content this week.
Actor Walter Koenig, best known as Star Trek’s Pavel Chekhov, has died at 90, Variety reports.
Sucker Punch Productions, developer of Ghost of Yōtei, has laid off 24 staff members amid market challenges and project planning, despite the game's strong sales and critical acclaim.