Video games

Video games

The numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more - sometimes much more! This helps explain the current state of the industry.

Looking back from 2026, it's almost impossible to believe that video games were once treated as a flippant, dead-end hobby reserved for burnouts and social outcasts.

A while back, a team was assembled to pitch a remaster of Jak & Daxter. I was asked to animate an IGC shot-for-shot, to show what this updated version would look like.

The ease with which the plagiarized game was generated has developers concerned about the future implications of sharing their projects online.

EA will delist the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Battlefield Hardline from digital storefronts on May 22, and shut down the online services on June 22.

The Riffmaster is compatible with Fortnite Festival, which is a free-to-play experience, and the Xbox version boasts Windows PC compatibility, ideal for community-built games like Clone Hero.

Minecraft World will cost £50 million to develop and will feature a world-first coaster, themed retail and dining, plus a host of fan favourites and ridiculous fun from the Minecraft universe.

The Chapter Voice Pack 1 presented itself as if it were going to re-enliven the experience of playing, with all-new dialogue for your favorite characters, a purported 450 new lines, though peculiarly it was not included as part of the game's season passes but only as a standalone $5 DLC.

"In the coming quarters, the Studio will focus primarily on further development work on ongoing projects; we also plan to publish one of the heretofore unannounced gaming projects."

We are aware of some nefarious invites happening in-game and are actively working on shutting it down. Please do not accept these invites!

ByteDance has been winding down its gaming arm and shopping Moonton since 2023, just two years after it first acquired the developer.

Wildlight had already suffered a rough few months prior to Highguard's shutdown. The free-to-play shooter launched in January and drew a strong early audience, but momentum didn't last long. Player numbers quickly dwindled and, according to reports, funding partner Tencent pulled support in February, triggering widespread layoffs that reportedly affected the majority of the studio's roughly 200 staff.