Journalist Christopher Dring from The Game Business discovered the current state of affairs in Microsoft’s gaming division. According to his information, with the arrival of Asha Sharma, the management style at XBOX has changed significantly, and not everyone appreciates this.

SuperCity turned 15 years old — the city-building simulator from Playkot made its debut on June 1, 2011. In honor of the game’s anniversary, the developers shared its achievements.

A studio with quite an unusual name—//18.bravo—has appeared in the gaming market.

OtherSide Entertainment has conducted a second round of layoffs this summer. This time, it reduced its workforce by 18 employees.

The company Kepler Interactive, which released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Sifu, and a whole range of other games, has expanded its portfolio. It has acquired part ownership of another publisher, Oro Interactive.

The publication Game Developer spoke with three anonymous members of the Rockstar Game Workers Union. During the conversation, they complained about the unfair environment at the studio developing GTA VI.

The investment company The Visualize Group has signed an agreement to purchase eCOGRA, an agency providing testing and standardization services in the online gambling industry.

The winners of the national content competition held by the Institute for Internet Development (IID) have been announced. This year, the list includes 152 projects, nine of which are games.

The conflict between KRAFTON and the management of its subsidiary studio Unknown Worlds has been resolved.

The French video game crisis, much like around the world, has a systemic nature but also features several local characteristics. Today, we will delve into the causes — from fatal errors by major companies and management irresponsibility to issues with government subsidies and the role of unions.

In the spring of 2024, the studio Fenris Creations, then still called CCP Games, promised to release the source code of its Carbon engine to the public. Two years later, they fulfilled that promise.

The end of the era of physical game editions is drawing closer. Sony announced that starting from January 2028, it will no longer release discs for new titles on PlayStation consoles.

Troubles continue in the French studios. This time, Supamonks — one of the teams involved in the beat ’em up roguelike Absolum — has come under fire.

Spill Games is a young studio from India that develops casual mobile games. Recently, it secured investments in a seed funding round.

Google has faced another accusation of monopoly. This time, the accuser is the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC). Read more.

The Godot team has decided to tighten the rules for pull requests to the engine’s source code. It announced that it will no longer consider proposals generated by artificial intelligence.

BR-DGE has successfully closed a £10 million funding round. The new investor in the platform is American Bettor Capital. Current investors of the company also participated in the round.

In the American state of California, for several months now, legislators have been considering Bill AB 1921, also known as the Protect Our Games Act, which aims to preserve online games. Recently, another stage in this process took place, and it did not end in favor of the initiative’s authors.

The number of people leaving the studio is unknown.