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Games services firm PTW has rebranded to Side.  This new name unifies all of the company’s various brands – 5518 Studios, Ghostpunch Games, PTW and Side – under a single umbrella. PTW started life in 1994.  “For years now, our company has operated as one team, with one vision driving how we do business – I’m proud that all our employees are now united under…

Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games has bought developer Video Games Deluxe.  No figure has been put on the deal, which sees the studio rebranded as Rockstar Australia. Video Games Deluxe has previously worked on a number of Rockstar’s re-releases, such as LA.Noire and LA Noire: The VR Case Files, as well as coming in to fix Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition.  The…

UK games firm Sumo Group has sold off its publishing label Secret Mode to Emona Capital.  No figure has been put on the deal, which will see Secret Mode continue to operate as an independent publisher. Label heads Ed Blincoe and James Schall will continue to lead the venture.  “Secret Mode is deeply passionate about the creativity and innovation within the indie space, and so we a…

The actors behind the French Apex Legends cast have reportedly refused to sign an agreement that would have seen their voices used to train AI.  That’s according to Pascale Chemin, who voices Wraith in the French edition of the battle royale, who took to Twitter claiming that a publisher – almost certainly Electronic Arts – had added a clause into their contract that would have s…

The Ukrainian branch of Metro developer 4A Games has a new name: Reburn.  Polygon reports that this newly rebranded studio is working on a new sci-fi narrative-focused shooter called La Quimera. This new IP is set to be self-published.  4A was founded in Kyiv by veterans of Stalker developer GSC Game World back in 2006. Eight years later, the studio relocated its headquarters to Malta,…

Entertainment giant Warner Bros has reported a 53 per cent decrease in the level of revenue its games arm brought in during 2024. That’s according to the company’s 10-K filing with the SEC , in which it revealed that content revenue overall dipped by eight per cent for the year due to its games revenue declining by more than 50 per cent.  For the three months ending December 2024, Warner Bro…

Korean games firm Krafton has made another wave of layoffs at The Callisto Protocol studio Striking Distance.  The news first broke on LinkedIn, with staff affected taking to the platform to lament the job cuts that had befallen the studio. Since then, Krafton has confirmed the layoffs to PC Gamer , though insists that the developer is still operational.  “Striking Distance Studios has…

Japanese publisher Konami and Polish developer Bloober Team are collaborating on another project.  In a joint statement , the duo announced that they were going to be working again. There aren’t many details as to wha they rae going to be collaborating on, but it is confirmed that it is based on a Konami IP. Konami and Bloober Team previously partnered on last year’s Silent Hill 2 Remake, wh…

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French publishing giant Ubisoft has said that the leak of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is “unfortunate”.  In a post on the official Assassin’s Creed subreddit , the company has also asked that players who do have their copies of the game already do not spoil the experience for everyone else. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set to come out on March 20th, but some consumers have seemingly managed to g…

Microsoft has moved its upcoming Fable title into 2026.  The news comes via Xbox Game Studios boss Craig Duncan, who revealed the delay on the Official Xbox Podcast. Fable, which is being developed by Playground Games, was set to come out in 2025 but has seemingly shifted due to make sure the title is of sufficient quality.  “So, I just want to start with, really excited, really e…

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Entertainment giant Warner Bros has shut down three of its studios.  The news was initially reported by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier , who wrote that the firm was closing down Monolith Productions, Player First Games and its mobile-focused San Diego studio.  Monolith is an industry veteran, known for hits like Fear and Condemned. In more recent memory, the developer has released Shadow of…

Pre-orders for the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds were the second highest grossing item on Steam last week.  The action RPG rose up one spot as it approaches its release; the game is set to come out on February 28th and there appears to be a massive groundswell of excitement surrounding the title. Counter-Strike 2 once again was the biggest performer of the week, while Valve’s Steam Deck rose…

The CEO of NetEase-backed Anchor Point Studios, Paul Ehreth, has said that the developer is safe  The exec took to Twitter to respond to concerns from both peers and consumers, assuring them that his outfit had not been affected by the wave of studio closures and layoffs that NetEase-backed ventures have been experiencing recently .  Ehreth went on to say that Anchor Point is actually h…