Tag: game-development

How to survive as an indie developer for 20 years

How to survive as…

Dan Marshall was 24 when he picked up C++ for Dummies. “I’ve left this too late,” he thought. “I’m…
Stop Killing Games’ EU initiative hits 1

Stop Killing Games’ EU…

Stop Killing Games (which just under a month ago was all doom and gloom) has soared past its prior…
‘Dangerous on a whole new level’—while Steam’s policy change is new, the shadow of credit card porn-hibition has been looming for a while, with Nier: Automata’s Yoko Taro sounding the alarm last year

‘Dangerous on a whole…

Last week was a weird one for videogames—with Steam clamping down on games featuring adult content due to the…
Xbox exec suffers bout of terminal LinkedIn brain, suggests folks laid off by Microsoft use AI to ‘reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss’

Xbox exec suffers bout…

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes—every so often, in times of deep economic equality, someone with a…
Obsidian director Josh Sawyer says it’s a ‘mistake’ for RPGs to sacrifice crunchy ‘sweaty boy’ systems in favour of a ‘one size fits all’ game, since easier difficulties aren’t too hard to make

Obsidian director Josh Sawyer…

Dear reader, I need to confess something to you. I have never done a proper playthrough of Skyrim. I’ve…
‘We wish to express our deepest regret’: Bulletstorm and Outriders dev People Can Fly suspends unannounced projects in yet another wave of gaming layoffs

‘We wish to express…

Sebastian Wojciechowski, People Can Fly CEO, shared some disheartening news in an announcement on LinkedIn on Sunday. Not only…
Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that ‘easy’ additions and updates are sometimes really hard: ‘That’s half a year’s work

Helldivers 2 and Palworld…

I don’t envy game developers sometimes, nor do I envy the assumptions they have to hear time and time…
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…