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Valve will now let people checking out Steam Early Access titles know whether a game has not been updated in over 12 months.  SteamDB spotted the change , which takes the form of a warning message that appears at the top of the Early Access developer Q&A and lets consumers know when the project in question was last updated.  Valve has also updated Steamworks to detail this change.&n…

US publishing giant Take-Two has reported a three per cent increase in its net bookings for the three months ending December 2024.  In its financials for the quarter, the company reported $1.37 billion in net bookings; of this figure, 79 per cent came from recurrent consumer spending, which rose nine per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, net revenue dipped 0.7 per cent to $1.36 billion.  CE…

Rumbleverse maker Iron Galaxy has laid off 66 members of staff in what it has described as a “last resort”.  In a post on its website , the company wrote that it had been “making sacrifices” in order not to make layoffs over the last year or so, but it has found itself without any other recourse.  Iron Galaxy’s own Rumbleverse launched in August 2022 but shut down six months later in Fe…

Korea’s Neowiz has acquired the publishing rights to the first title from Wolfeye Studios.  The yet-to-be-named title is a retro sci-fi first-person action RPG – sound familiar? – and is set to come to PC and console. Wolfeye Studios was founded in 2019 by Arkane veteran Raphael Colantonio ( pictured ) and Julien Roby; the developer’s first title was 2022’s Weird West.   &ld…

An overwhelming majority of game developers believe that artificial intelligence will play a “critical role” in the future of quality assurance.  That’s according to the new The State of Games QA report from AI startup Modl.ai, which spoke to over 300 game developers, including former staff from Netflix, Microsoft, Jagex and Reliance.  “Game development budgets are cli…

US publishing giant Electronic Arts has had a change of heart when it comes to a new version of its battle royale hit, Apex Legends.  Speaking to investors, CEO Andrew Wilson said that there would be an “even bigger, more meaningful” update to the 2019 blockbuster, which he went on to say could be called ‘Apex 2.0’. This follows Apex Legends reporting a decline in net bookings, but these wer…

Electronic Arts reported year-on-year declines in both revenue and net bookings for the quarter ending December 2024.  The US publishing giant brought in $1.88 billion in revenue for the period, a three per cent dip year-on-year, while net bookings dropped six per cent to $2.22 billion.  Speaking to investors, CEO Andrew Wilson admitted his disappointment in EA’s financial results for t…

Brian Foote is the new chief executive officer over at UK publisher Fireshine.  He joined the company in January of last year heading up business development having previously spent almost two years as director of business strategy for Team17. Prior to that, he worked for over seven years at PlayStation in public relations.  “Fireshine Games has achieved rapid growth in its digital busi…

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UK games firm Sumo Group is doubling down on its work-for-hire business.  In a post on LinkedIn , CEO Carl Cavers ( pictured ) wrote that this decision was in the name of “long-term stability” for the company. There’s no word yet as to whether there are going to be layoffs, and if so, how many staff will be affected, but the exec does say that there will be “an impact on studios and people”….

US video games trade body the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has asked to be consulted on future tariffs from president Donald Trump. In a statement to Kotaku , the organisation said that the controversial tariffs would hit regular Americans hard. This is due to the fact that the industry relies heavily on components from abroad, including China, upon which the Trump administration has…

The lead writer of Fallout: New Vegas, John Gonzalez, has returned to Obsidian.  In a post on LinkedIn, the development vet wrote that he was back at the studio, but added that he was not working on Fallout: New Vegas 2. Gonzalez initially worked at Obsidian between 2008 and 2011, having previously spent over two years at Ubisoft over in Shanghai.  Upon leaving the New Vegas maker, he j…

Last year’s remake of the Silent Hill 2 helped boost Konami’s video games revenue by 32 per cent for the nine months ending December 2024.  The company’s financials for this period show that this division brought in ¥228.9 billion ($1.4 billion) for the period, while profit shot up by 44.6 per cent to ¥80.8 billion ($521 million). That is over Konami’s forecast of ¥80 billion in…

Developer BioWare now boasts fewer than 100 members of staff.  That’s according to a report from Bloomberg , which claims that the number of workers employed by the studio has more than halved in the last two years. Back then, BioWare boasted over 200 members of staff.  Part of this rapid decline in headcount was the news last week that the company was laying off some staff as it slimme…

Foundation is Now Available on Steam and is 25% off!*Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus…