Roblox Corp sued by State of Texas for allegedly platforming pedophiles

Square Enix confirms 'fundamental restructuring' of overseas business will result in layoffs

Take-Two boss says GTA VI delay is a result of Rockstar 'pushing hard to seek perfection'

Rockstar accused of union busting, EA attempts to ease ownership concerns, and the Switch 2 tops 10 million sales - Patch Notes #29 Plus: Square Enix thinks generative AI will become a QA workhorse and Dispatch shifts 1 million copies in 10 days.

Grand Theft Auto VI delayed (again) to November 2026

Midwest Games is set up as a publisher—but its CEO doesn’t want to be another EA or Activision. Here’s why:

Square Enix wants to use gen AI to 'automate 70 percent of QA and debugging' by late 2027

The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice

Discord rolls out new teen safety and moderation tools for guardians

Book Excerpt: The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design

NEW: Rockstar now says it fired 30 employees in the UK for leaking information (not for engaging in union activity), but UK union IWGB told Game Developer that staff in the country have a statutory right to engage in private conversation with union organisers that supersedes any employment contract.

'Collect the data and share the data:' How can game companies support women with leadership ambitions? "If your hiring managers don't have awareness of what the makeup of the teams look like, how can they be part of the evolution we want to inspire here?"

Former Wizards of the Coast exec resurrects canceled game at new studio

NetEase subsidiary Bad Brain Game Studios is shutting down

Rockstar accused of deflecting after claiming fired union workers leaked information

Google to reduce Play Store fees after settlement with Epic Games

Unity CEO: AI-driven tools will improve game discoverability

'Collect the data and share the data:' How can game companies support women with leadership ambitions?

Sumo Group-owned outsourcing studio Atomhawk closes Canadian branch

NEW: After my last piece about what's slowing down game development, folks wrote in to ask "why didn't you talk about bad leadership?" It uhhhh never came up. So I returned to the well and asked devs to explain why better leadership—not AI or any other tool—is vital to efficient game development.

Could a decentralized game industry make for healthier and less risky game development process? Midwest Games CEO Ben Kvalo thinks so.

The Persona 5 series has sold over 13 million copies

How poor leadership slows down game development

Former Atari board member appointed chief operating officer

Subnautica owner Krafton outlines plans to transform into an 'AI First' company

EA says it will retain 'creative control' under new private owners

Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks

Nintendo upgrades hardware forecast after Switch 2 tops 10 million sales

Japanese game studios tell OpenAI to stop pilfering their work

Rockstar accused of firing over 30 union members in 'calculated attack on workers'

Midwest Games CEO Ben Kvalo’s vision for a more sustainable game industry - Game Developer Podcast Ep. 58

Fall Guys veterans establish new studio Panic Stations

The White House defiles Halo, Amazon cutting 14,000 jobs, and what's in a winning pitch deck?—Patch Notes #28 Plus: Don't Nod is building a new narrative game for Netflix and what do developers think of the GDC rebrand?

Finding smart shortcuts in A Short Hike postmortem - Unlocking the Vault #4

Xbox hardware revenue is in decline again by 29 percent

Report: Possessor(s) dev Heart Machine lays off more staff two weeks before the game's launch

Former Multiversus devs fund independent studio Airlock Games

Behind Escape from Duckov's unlikely rise to the top of the Steam charts

DHS will continue using game and pop culture iconography in messaging

Amazon is ending active development on New World

CWA president implores U.S. regulators to scrutinise EA buyout to address national security and labor concerns

Interim Remedy CEO wants to instil 'sense of urgency' after FBC: Firebreak underperforms

Net bookings down as EA suspends earnings calls and guidance

Here's the pitch that landed Truckful dev MythicOwl a publishing deal

Battlefield Studios launches a free-to-play battle royale

If you're a member of Amazon's video game division and would like to talk (confidentially or otherwise) about the company's latest cuts and AI push, please feel free to reach out. DMs open. Email in bio. Signal QR code pinned.

Update: Amazon cutting corporate roles across key departments including video games The conglomerate confirmed 14,000 roles are being eliminated in a memo sent to employees, in which SVP of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, took time to praise the impact of AI technology

Former Lionsgate Games creative director joins Blumhouse Games

Netflix shutters Squid Game: Unleashed developer Boss Fight Entertainment The news comes shortly after Netflix co-CEO and president Gregory K. Peters said the company is committed to its video game business but will be adopting a "less is more" strategy going forward

Escape from Duckov has sold 2 million copies in two weeks