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Tag: game-development

Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that’s what the games industry in 2025 looks like

Apex Legends writer gets…

EA has laid off hundreds of employees—reportedly around 300 to 400—across its studios, including around 100 at Respawn Entertainment,…
Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws up hands, jokes ‘Tarkov has done irreparable f*cking damage to the game industry’ because even FromSoftware games are extraction shooters now

Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws…

I have something to confess to you, dear reader: I’m not an extraction shooter guy. I wasn’t a battle…
Major Japanese studios and publishers were having a great time in 2025, right up until the weekend because of the (you guessed it) ‘insultingly dumb’ US tariffs

Major Japanese studios and…

In an industry already tanking a bunch of hits, full of layoffs and studio closures, the Japanese games industry…
‘These kids do not care about romance’: Game devs want to know what today’s teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn’t it

‘These kids do not…

Surveys say that today’s youth are more interested in stories about platonic friendships and social groups than romance and…
Palworld studio’s first move as a publisher is to save a struggling indie dev: ‘This is the energy I want to see driving games in 2025’

Palworld studio’s first move…

Pocketpair, the developers behind Palworld, has announced its first project as a publisher—a new horror game alongside Surgent Studios.…
‘For a while it seemed like miracles were possible, and with them redemption:’ A follow-up to the legendary Disco Elysium might have been ready to play within the next year⁠—ZA/UM’s devs loved it, management canceled it and laid off the team

‘For a while it…

When members of artist collective turned game developer Studio ZA/UM thanked Marx and Engels in their 2019 Game Awards…
1998’s Unreal was a big deal, but its free editing tool was the true game changer—and the origin of countless careers

1998’s Unreal was a…

Recruitment into game development is a many-tentacled thing in 2024. You might decide to study a degree in one…
‘You name it, we made it faster’—The State of Unreal keynote didn’t just show off Unreal Engine 5

‘You name it, we…

Epic has delivered its annual keynote at this years GDC 2024, the “State of Unreal” address, and while there…
The best game design schools, ranked by the Princeton Review 2024

The best game design…

Whether you’re taking your first steps or refining your skills, there’s a game design program for anyone. Check out…
AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia are getting cosy at GDC 2024 to tell us all about the new DirectSR upscaler

AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia…

PC gaming's (un)holy trinity of hardware and software vendors will be taking the stage at this year's Game Developers…