Tag: gaming industry

The Game Awards live coverage: Every reveal and announcement as it happens

The Game Awards live…

We’re in the final hours before Geoff Keighley serves up his annual helping of awards and trailers for our…
President of Xbox at Microsoft asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing

President of Xbox at…

The recent closures of Arkane Austin (Dishonoured, Prey) and Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush) have sent ripples throughout the gaming…
Large-scale game development is ‘crushing under its own weight’ according to Devolver co-founder

Large-scale game development is…

Devolver Digital is known for working with independent developers on games like Human Fall Flat, Children of the Sun,…
‘We need smaller games,’ says Xbox’s Matt Booty, right after Microsoft shut down the studio that made Hi-Fi Rush—and was reportedly about to pitch a sequel

‘We need smaller games,’…

This one's a head-scratcher. Less than a day after shutting down both Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks—the latter of…
Making good, profitable games ‘will no longer keep you safe’: industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios

Making good, profitable games…

After laying off thousands of employees over the past couple years, games industry executives appear to be adopting a…
Microsoft announces 4 studio closures—including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, creators of Prey and Hi-Fi Rush respectively

Microsoft announces 4 studio…

Microsoft's Xbox division has announced a rash of studio closures as part of an effort to prioritise “high-impact titles”…
‘We actually didn’t attribute any value’ to Warner’s game studios, Netflix boss says about the acquisition deal: ‘They’re relatively minor compared to the grand scheme of things’

‘We actually didn’t attribute…

Netflix recently won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, making a deal to acquire the company for nearly…
An Xbox Games Showcase is coming in June and it sure looks like the next Call of Duty is going to be there

An Xbox Games Showcase…

Microsoft is holding an Xbox Games Showcase in June, which will be its first big online event featuring games…
Square Enix hit with a brutal 100-slide presentation from one of its shareholders about alleged mismanagement, other shareholders asked to pitch in with ‘frank views’

Square Enix hit with…

Square Enix has had a rough couple of years—combining $140 million in losses from abandoned projects, the shine slowly…
Deliver Us Mars studio lays off all staff after funding efforts fall through

Deliver Us Mars studio…

Deliver Us Mars developer KeokeN Interactive has laid off its entire team after being unable to secure funding for…