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  1. FF7 Director Open to Standalone Queen's Blood Game · 游民星空

    Final Fantasy 7 series director Naoki Hamaguchi recently said he would be "very willing to consider" a standalone Queen's Blood game if player demand is high e…

  2. 1990年代の中国をイメージした街で，小型トラやタクシーなどの実用車を運転しながら仕事をこなす。ドライビングゲーム「SHIFU: Traffic Masters」，体験版配信開始 · 4Gamer

    Boxy.Polyは本日，PC向けドライビングゲーム「SHIFU:TrafficMasters」の体験版をSteamで配信開始した。本作は，1990年代の中国をイメージした街を舞台に，小型トラックやタクシー，バス，パトカーなどを運転し，さまざまな仕事をこなしていく作品だ。

  3. Star Wars Zero Company Success Allows Dev to Bring Back Staff · Push Square

    Furloughed workers back at studio. Star Wars Zero Company team Bit Reactor has confirmed it's been able to start returning to work the staff it was forced to f…

  4. Gears of War boss says the next game won't take seven years to make as he dances around the question of layoffs · Eurogamer

    The Coalition, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Gears of War: E-Day, Gears 4 and Gears 5 has mostly survived the wide-ranging cuts and layoffs initiated by Xb…

  5. Minecraft Switch 2 Pre-Orders Now Live, Free Digital Upgrade Path Confirmed As "Limited Time Offer" · Nintendo Life

    You have "until the end of January 2027" to claim the Switch 2 version. Ahead of the release of Minecraft on the Switch 2 on 27th October 2026 , Mojang has now…

  6. Bit Reactor CEO Welcomes Return of Some Furloughed Staff for 'Continued Support' of Star Wars Zero Company · IGN Games

    Bit Reactor, the developer of Star Wars Zero Company, has begun returning some of its staff to the team after furloughing an estimated 80% of employees just be…

  7. Gravity Well lays off more than 40 developers after losing its funding · GamesIndustry.biz

    Gravity Well, an independent studio founded by Respawn Entertainment alumni, has let go of the majority of its team after losing its funding.

  8. Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor brings back 'over half' of furloughed staff · Game Developer

    The studio suspended the majority of its staff ahead of the tactical Star Wars title's launch. Now it's bringing back many suspended employees.

  9. Warp Knights: Tower Offense launches into pre-registration, letting you deploy stylish heroines across an auto battler · Pocket Gamer

    As we head through the day there've been some major announcements, including The Conjuring: Unspoken and Monster Hunter Rise arriving on mobile courtesy of Net…

  10. For a moment it looked like Grand Theft Auto 6 might be playable on PC on launch day—then Xbox's chief strategy officer crashed the party · PC Gamer

    We still don't have a PC launch date for Grand Theft Auto 6 , or even official confirmation that it's ever going to come our way, even though we all know it is…

  11. Anime Racing Game Screamer's Latest PS5 Update Lets You Turn Off Its Right Stick Drifting · Push Square

    Normal drifting or bust. Earlier this year saw the launch of Screamer , one of the most interesting and unique racing games available on PS5. A new patch, avai…

  12. Gears of War: E-Day Studio Boss Insists 'The Next Game Will Not Take Nearly as Long' to Make, Responds to Layoff Concern · IGN Games

    The boss of Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition has responded to reports that staff at the studio are worried they will lose their jobs amid the ongoin…

  13. Undead Labs speaks about its split from Xbox, revealing it has to "make some changes" to State of Decay 3 following layoffs · Eurogamer

    State of Decay studio Undead Labs has spoken out after rebuying its independence and leaving Xbox last month, revealing it has "got to make some changes" to St…

  14. Asha Sharma reportedly informs staff that Xbox has "started to return to growth" during internal town hall · GamesIndustry.biz

    Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reportedly held an internal town hall, telling staff that "after an all time low, we've started to return to growth."

  15. "After an all-time low, we've started to return to growth" - Asha Sharma touts Xbox turnaround after drastic restructuring and many hundreds of layoffs · Eurogamer

    Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has reportedly told the company that Xbox has "started to return to growth" following wide-ranging restructuring that has reorganised the…

  16. Insomniac Finally Lets Players Toggle Wolverine's Scent Trails on and Off · IGN Games

    In the latest patch for Marvel’s Wolverine, Insomniac has enabled the long-awaited option for players to choose whether or not they want to use the game’s visi…

  17. 25 Games That Are 90% Off and Perfect For Your Steam Deck – Steam Autumn Sale · Steam Deck HQ

    There are some pretty fantastic deals for the Steam Autumn Sale, so here are 25 games that are 90% off or more and perfect for the Steam Deck.

  18. ROTETRA is Tetris where the blocks fall from four different sides at once and lord almighty I don't have the brainspace to be good at it, but it sure is fun · Rock Paper Shotgun

    Look, I'm pretty reasonable at Tetris. I'm not one of those grand masters or anything, but I can both have fun and get a score that would at least make my hypo…

  19. Cancelled MMO spin-off Borderlands Online is playable once again, and the team behind the unofficial project thankfully didn't use any genAI to get it running · Rock Paper Shotgun

    Where there's a will (and some talented, incredibly passionate modders), there is always a way in the world of video games. Today said will has manifested in t…

  20. Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s $111bn merger officially closes today · PocketGamer.biz

    Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially merged in a deal valued at $111 billion. After a bidding war between Netflix and Paramount began last year…

  21. Some staff at Eternal Strands and ex-Ubisoft devs Yellow Brick Games report they've been laid off · Rock Paper Shotgun

    According to various LinkedIn posts, Eternal Strands developers Yellow Brick Games have begun laying off staff to an as yet undisclosed degree (thanks to Chris…

  22. Score 50% off Select Final Fantasy Games at Amazon During Prime Big Deal Days · IGN Games

    Select Final Fantasy games - including Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and more - are up to 50% off as part of Amazon's Prime Big D…

  23. "Keep it family friendly" - Sega's official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place · Eurogamer

    Sega has invited chaos upon itself by launching an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord channel. Unsurprisingly, it's proven immediately popular, and strictly l…

  24. Warhammer Survivors is more than just a Vampire Survivors spin-off · PC Gamer

    I thought Warhammer Survivors sounded like a neat spin-off—Vampire Survivors in a Warhammer skin, created by Boltgun developer Auroch Digital. Having spent 10…

  25. Sega won't "entrust the creative aspect of games to AI," but is using tech to "improve efficiency" in other departments · GamesIndustry.biz

    Sega is "not entrusting the creative aspects of games to AI", but is using the technology to "improve efficiency" in other departments like publishing.

  26. Star Wars: Galactic Racer – Official Launch Trailer · GameSpot

    Experience the high-speed, high-stakes reinvention of racing set in a galaxy far, far away. Pilot a range of speeders and podracers as you make your way throug…

  27. Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leaks and appears to offer better analogue sticks, advanced haptics, d-pad choices and more · Eurogamer

    The unannounced but consistently leaked Xbox Elite Series 3 controller has, well, leaked again. Details ranging from analogue stick technology to rumble motors…

  28. Prime Day Deal Knocks 25% Off MTG Marvel Draft Night Box With Free Collector Booster · IGN Games

    Amazon’s Prime Day deal drops the Magic: The Gathering Marvel Draft Night Box to $89.99, letting you snag a rare $40 Collector Booster for effectively $6.

  29. Following through on their warning, Until Dawn and Directive 8020 devs Supermassive lay off "more than 70" staff · Rock Paper Shotgun

    Horror game makers Supermassive Games , the studio behind Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology, have followed through on plans to lay off staff not long…

  30. Supermassive Games suffers layoffs as more than 70 developers seem to have left the company this week · Eurogamer

    Supermassive Games - the developer behind games such as Directive 8020 and the original Until Dawn - seems to have lost over 70 staff today as part of widespre…

  31. Japanese developer alleges unpaid outsourcing fees for 4 games drove his company into financial ruin, with 70 employees laid off · Automaton

    The CEO of Tokyo-based software developer OGIX recently blew the whistle on domestic mobile game company Poppin Games over unpaid dev fees.

  32. Industry layoff watch: Supermassive, Ninja Theory, The Coalition, and a warning from Warhorse · PC Gamer

    The plague of games industry layoffs and studio closures that seemed to explode in 2023 has yet to subside. Just about every week there's news of some new rest…

  33. Despite calling Grand Theft Auto 'a videogame franchise built around criminal activity,' Miami-Dade sheriff isn't mad about the NBA's 'Vice City' transformation · PC Gamer

    THEN: NOW: WHAT? Vice City and Leonida, the fictional city and state that serve as the setting for Grand Theft Auto 6 , are largely based on Miami and the stat…

  34. Halo Studios says "it is absolutely our intent" to release new Halo book, despite layoffs and a rumored lore reboot from Activision · Eurogamer

    Halo Studios can't promise that the previously-announced Halo novel will land on shop shelves, but the company is "determined" to see the project cross the fin…

  35. Report: Ninja Theory lays off workers after failing to spin off from Xbox · Game Developer

    The developer of the Hellblade titles and the recently-announced Senua is reportedly cutting jobs after attempts to divest the studio from the parent company w…

  36. God Packs are Officially Coming to Magic: The Gathering · IGN Games

    Magic: The Gathering booster packs have gone through a lot of changes in the last decade, some of which have been awful. But Wizards of the Coast is introducin…

  37. Dark Pictures Dev's Layoffs Have Begun, Over 70 Staff Reportedly Let Go · Push Square

    Supermassive Games shrinks to survive. Supermassive Games, the studio behind the original Until Dawn as well as the Dark Pictures anthology, recently confirmed…

  38. Ninja Theory developers announce they are facing redundancy, as the studio starts laying off staff following widespread Xbox cuts · Eurogamer

    More bad news for Ninja Theory today, as the studio's consultation process with Xbox - following a second wave of cuts last week - seems to have resulted in la…

  39. "Even if I knew how it would end, I would do it again": Hellblade developers Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process · Rock Paper Shotgun

    Following Microsoft's recent reveal that Hellblade makers Ninja Theory would be facing closure , with two deals to buy them after their split from Xbox have fa…

  40. Hellblade Dev Begins Shedding Staff, Months After Revealing New Game at Xbox Showcase · Push Square

    Senua's sacrifice. I think it’s remarkable that so few people are talking about the fact that Senua was officially revealed for the PS5 during the Xbox Showcas…

  41. 'It’s Incredibly Sad Knowing That We Won’t Get to Finish What We Were Working on' — Hellblade Staff Bid Farewell to Ninja Theory as Layoffs Begin · IGN Games

    After Xbox announced its intention to close Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, staff have started saying their farewells as layoffs begin.

  42. Unity brings official plugin to Grok Build in new partnership · PocketGamer.biz

    Unity has made its official Unity Plugin available for Grok Build, making it the third coding agent to receive Unity’s own engineering guidance. The plugin giv…

  43. Capcom Plans to Use AI Technology with RE Engine to Make Games More Efficiently · Push Square

    REX initiative detailed. Publisher Capcom has stated its plan to incorporate AI tech into its versatile in-house game engine, RE Engine. Reported by Japanese o…

  44. Final Fantasy Resonance feels so good to play because Square Enix 'experimented' with combining the best bits of FF5 and FF6 · Eurogamer

    Final Fantasy Resonance , a game made from the ashes of closed-down mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius , is good. Very good, in fact, as I learned at Games…

  45. Hot Five: AppLovin’s legal action against Unity, the EU Kids Act, and SpecialEffect’s One Special Day · PocketGamer.biz

    To help get you primed and ready for another week in mobile gaming, we’ve curated the biggest stories you need to know from the last seven days. 1) AppLovin ta…

  46. RuneScape 4 is a new Unreal Engine MMO which reportedly grew out of a planned Dragonwilds expansion, though it's still a long way off · Rock Paper Shotgun

    A fourth entry in the RuneScape series of MMOs has been announced by developers Jagex at this year's RuneFest. It's going by the obvious placeholder name of Ru…

  47. Capcom aims to enhance its propriety RE Engine with AI to accelerate efficiency in QA, debugging, and data processing · GamesIndustry.biz

    Capcom has announced a multi-phase project to adapt its proprietary RE Engine into an "AI-generation engine" to streamline development and optimise performance.

  48. Flick Shot Rogues offers a more thoughtful approach to the slingshot mechanic to great effect · Pocket Gamer

    I've long maintained that one of the best mechanics in mobile is slingshot controls. There's just a level of tangibility and satisfaction to be found in draggi…

  49. GTA 6 won't be letting up on the satire: 'If you are going to put all this effort into creating a version of today's world, it has to be more over the top, more insane, more in your face' · PC Gamer

    The promotional blitz for Grand Theft Auto 6 continues rolling out, with the latest example being a cover feature in Love , a fashion magazine that only publis…

  50. 远藤辉树谈《FF7启示》战斗：仍未找到平衡的最优解 · 游侠网

    随着《最终幻想7：启示》发售日期的临近，重制三部曲的战斗总监远藤辉树在接受媒体采访时透露，即便到了第三部作品即将推出的阶段，他仍未找到一个被普遍认可的最优配比方案来平衡回合制指令与实时操作之间的比重。 远藤辉树指出，在整个三部曲的开发过程中，团队反复调整了这两者之间的比例。在他看来，战斗系统若过度复杂，将影响操作的直…