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The maker of Dauntless and Fae Farm, Phoenix Labs, has made yet another round of layoffs.  In a post on LinkedIn , the company wrote that it was cutting “the majority” of jobs at the studio, adding that this decision was “unfortunate but necessary”. There’s no word as to how many people are losing their positions at Phoenix Labs. “Today is another difficult day at Phoenix Labs,” the studio w…

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Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja released Rise of the Ronin in early 2024 exclusively for PS5. It seems that exclusivity deal is expiring a year later……

Hollywood is having yet another crack at the Resident Evil franchise.  The Hollywood Reporter writes that this time around Zach Cregger is set to direct and write – alongside co-writer Shay Hatten – while Constantin Film is set to handle production. Cregger is best known for directing 2022’s horror romp Barbarian, while Hatten has worked on John Wick 4 and Army of the Dead. HR re…

The creator of Stardew Valley, Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has said that he may always be working on the super popular farming sim.  Speaking to NPR , the developer said that he doesn’t think he will ever truly be finished working on the indie hit. Barone has been working on Stardew Valley for over 12 years now. The game launched in 2016 and has shifted over 26 million copies to date.  “…

Industry vet Nika Nour has been hired by Savvy Games Group as a SVP and head of international business development.  In a post on LinkedIn, the company revealed the news, saying that she will be focusing on “building strategic” partnerships around the world.  Nour has previously worked at Genvid as its head of partnerships, as well as working as executive director at the IGDA Foundation…

The developer of Palworld, Pocketpair, is starting to publish games.  The company announced that the first project from this new initiative – imaginatively named Pocketpair Publishing – will be a game from Surgent Studios, a UK-based developer. There’s no word as to what kind of title this project is, but it is set to come out later in 2025.  “At Pocketpair, there is n…

The head of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, David Haddad, is departing the company.  Variety reports that JB Perrette, the CEO and president of Warner Bros Discovery’s streaming and games arm, sent a memo to staff announcing the company vet’s departure. Haddad has worked at Warner Bros for the last 12 years.  “David has thoughtfully and purposefully chosen a time when our r…

UK indie publisher Team17 has changed its name to Everplay.  The company reckons that this is an indication of how it has evolved – whatever that means – since it went public back in 2018. The newly-named Everplay also believes that this will help its various divisions work together.  This branding change applies to the overall group; the individual companies under the Everp…

Industry vet Leanne Loombe is joining Annapurna Interactive as its head of games.  That’s according to The Hollywood Reporter , which says that she will be reporting into the company’s president of interactive and new media, Hector Sanchez. Loombe joins from Netflix, where she spent over three years as VP and head of the streaming giant’s external games business. Prior to that, she worked at…

Battle royale giant PUBG: Battlegrounds was the highest-grossing game on Steam last week.  This is likely due to some new content drops coming to Krafton’s long-running and highly successful title, which helped the title attract more concurrent users than in any other point in 2025 to date.  Counter-Strike 2 has to settle for second place while Marvel Rivals 2 dropped one spot down to t…

EA veteran Corinne Busche is departing the company and developer BioWare.  The news was originally reported by Jeff Grubb, with Busche herself c onfirming the news to Eurogamer in a statement . She had worked at Electronic Arts for 18 years, latterly as a game director on 2024’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Busche said she is leaving EA for an opportunity that she “couldn’t turn down” but ther…

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress…