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fromGame Informer
4 days ago

The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend - April 3

Darth Clark returned to Game Informer, and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie was released, marking significant events in the gaming industry.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 day ago

Peak Devs Call Out Entitled Gamers Who Want Endless Free Updates

Endless support for games is not guaranteed; updates are considered a bonus, not a right.
fromGamesBeat
2 days ago

LiveRamp and Unity announce expanded partnership | exclusive

LiveRamp has enabled the use of RampID across Unity Exchange, allowing advertisers to recognize and target the same users across different advertising environments.
Marketing tech
fromwww.engadget.com
2 days ago

Apple Arcade just got two indie gems

Dredge+ is the complete edition of the game, with all released DLC content. This is pretty much a perfect video game that combines fishing with bone-chilling horror.
Board games
fromKotaku
5 days ago

Deus Ex Studio Eidos Montreal Is In Trouble After Fresh Layoffs

"The reduction in workforce affecting 124 employees is a result of changing project needs and impacts across production and support teams."
Toronto startup
Games
fromKotaku
2 days ago

How To Finish Big Open World Games Like Crimson Desert

Focusing on one open-world game at a time enhances motivation and progress, making it easier to complete them.
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 days ago

Indie Pass is a new subscription service just for indie games

Indie.io launches Indie Pass, a subscription service for indie games, priced at $6.99 per month, featuring over 70 titles starting April 13th.
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Video Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, starting as a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards.
Games
fromKotaku
3 days ago

Black Ops 3's Director Finally Discusses Its 'Impossible Easter Egg'

"I thought about two books that I'd read. The first book is by an author called Miyamoto Musashi, it's called The Book of Five Rings, and the other book I was thinking about was called Here Be Dragons, which is a physics book about wormholes, and advanced physics, and extraterrestrial life and so forth."
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Artificial intelligence
fromGadgets 360
2 weeks ago

Microsoft's Copilot Might Come to Current-Gen Xbox Consoles This Year

Microsoft plans to bring Gaming Copilot AI assistant to Xbox Series S and Series X consoles later this year after nine months of public testing on other platforms.
#rec-room
Video games
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Rec Room, a Roblox-style VR game, is shutting down

Rec Room is shutting down due to profitability challenges despite having over 150 million users.
Games
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Rec Room is shutting down, despite the popular game reaching over 150 million users. Here's why

Rec Room is shutting down in June due to unsustainable profitability despite having over 150 million players since its launch in 2016.
Video games
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Rec Room, a Roblox-style VR game, is shutting down

Rec Room is shutting down due to profitability challenges despite having over 150 million users.
Games
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Rec Room is shutting down, despite the popular game reaching over 150 million users. Here's why

Rec Room is shutting down in June due to unsustainable profitability despite having over 150 million players since its launch in 2016.
Marketing tech
fromGamesBeat
2 weeks ago

Roblox moves to take a cut of all brand integrations on its platform | exclusive

Roblox will charge creators fees for brand integrations based on user traffic and engagement starting next year.
Games
fromEngadget
6 days ago

The Avatar fighting game will release on July 2 for PC and consoles

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game launches on July 2 for $29.99, featuring 12 characters and crossplay across multiple platforms.
Games
fromKotaku
5 days ago

Xbox's Big Summer Showcase Returns With Gears Of War Direct

Xbox is returning with a showcase on June 7, featuring Gears of War: E-Day Direct and a potential live component.
Video games
fromEngadget
1 week ago

Dispatch is coming to Xbox this summer

Dispatch, a narrative superhero game, will be available on Xbox Series X|S and PC this summer as an Xbox Play Anywhere title.
Roam Research
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Monster Hunter Now' to kick off new Skybound Scalestorm season

Monster Hunter Now season 9 introduces bases, Rift monsters, and event builds to create a more engaging seasonal progression system with meaningful endgame activities.
fromEngadget
1 week ago

EA is nuking Battlefield Hardline on consoles

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.
Video games
#live-service-games
fromWGB
2 weeks ago
Video games

Remedy Steps Back From FBC: Firebreak but Keeps Game Alive, Adds A Friend Pass So People Can Play For Free

Video games
fromWGB
2 weeks ago

Remedy Steps Back From FBC: Firebreak but Keeps Game Alive, Adds A Friend Pass So People Can Play For Free

Remedy discontinues active development of FBC: Firebreak but ensures the game remains playable indefinitely with server maintenance, permanent price reduction to $20, and a free Friend Pass system allowing players to invite two friends.
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Live-service games are a mess

Live-service games represent a new entertainment model focused on continuous content delivery, with Fortnite as the dominant success story, while most competitors have failed despite industry-wide pursuit of similar profitability.
Video games
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

In the killer world of online gaming, there are no hits any more just survivors

Highguard's rapid failure demonstrates that modern online games face extreme pressure to deliver immediate returns, leaving no room for player learning curves or developer iteration.
#ubisoft-layoffs
fromEngadget
2 months ago
France news

Ubisoft proposes even more layoffs after last week's studio closures and game cancellations

fromEngadget
2 months ago
France news

Ubisoft proposes even more layoffs after last week's studio closures and game cancellations

Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

I Miss When Multiplayer Games Weren't Changing All The Time - Kotaku

A patch increasing gunshot volume in Marathon created a more aggressive multiplayer environment, prompting nostalgia for older games that remained static after release rather than undergoing constant balance changes.
#ubisoft
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Ubisoft Is Having A Pretty Enormous Sale Right Now

Ubisoft's stock collapse has triggered massive Steam discounts on games up to 90% off, offering exceptional value on quality titles including recent releases and classics.
Video games
fromWGB
1 month ago

Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced

Ubisoft officially acknowledges Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced through teasing artwork, confirming the remaster/remake's existence after months of leaks and speculation.
#assassins-creed-unity
fromWGB
1 month ago
Video games

Assassin's Creed: Unity Is Getting A 60FPS Update On Consoles

Video games
fromWGB
1 month ago

Assassin's Creed: Unity Is Getting A 60FPS Update On Consoles

Assassin's Creed: Unity receives a 60fps update launching March 5 for Xbox and PlayStation, with no other improvements mentioned.
Video games
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Assassin's Creed Unity is getting a free 60 fps patch tomorrow

Assassin's Creed Unity receives a free 60 fps performance patch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, modernizing the 2014 game over a decade after its troubled launch.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

New Xbox Boss Says She Hears Fans Who Want Exclusives Back

Freshly minted Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma has kicked off the newest era of Xbox leadership with an open thread on Elon Musk's social media platform. Coming from Microsoft's AI division, the former marketer with little experience in gaming faces a wave of skepticism from fans at the exact moment when trust in the Xbox brand has never been more challenged following waves of developer layoffs, game cancellations, and studio closures.
Games
Marketing tech
fromGamesBeat
1 month ago

Brand integrations have surpassed owned worlds on Roblox and Fortnite | exclusive

Brand integrations on UGC platforms outpaced brand-owned virtual worlds in 2025 as advertisers favor measurable, lower-maintenance integrations over costly owned experiences.
Video games
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake

Ubisoft officially announced Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, a substantial remake with visual and gameplay upgrades, potentially releasing by March 31, 2027, while also revealing the next mainline entry Codename Hexe with a darker narrative focus.
Canada news
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Ubisoft Shuts Down A Studio Weeks After It Unionized

Ubisoft closed its Halifax studio weeks after most employees unionized, affecting 71 positions amid a company-wide cost-cutting initiative.
#assassins-creed
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Is Real

Ubisoft officially confirms Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake titled 'Black Flag Resynched' with concept art reveal and teases future franchise plans.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Ubisoft Confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake Is Real

Ubisoft officially confirms Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake titled 'Black Flag Resynched' with concept art reveal and teases future franchise plans.
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

The in-game advertising landscape: It isn't child's play

In-game advertising integrates branded placements into game environments to reach a large, mature gaming audience, but requires data-driven strategy for effectiveness.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

The next Assassin's Creed game loses its creative director

Ubisoft's shakeups continue unabated. The creative director of the next Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Hexe, has left the company. The departure of Clint Hocking, a 20-year veteran of the company over two stints, was reportedly announced in a staff meeting this week.
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Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses Lead As Clint Hocking Exits Ubisoft

Clint Hocking departs Ubisoft after 20 years; Jean Guesdon assumes creative director role for Assassin's Creed Hexe, scheduled for 2027 release.
Video games
fromGadgets 360
1 month ago

Multiple Assassin's Creed and Far Cry Games in the Works, Ubisoft Confirms

Vantage Studios is developing multiple Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six titles, including several Assassin's Creed games and two Far Cry projects.
#far-cry
fromKotaku
1 month ago
Video games

Ubisoft Promises Two Far Cry Games Are Coming As Open-World Shooter Continues Its Longest Hiatus Ever - Kotaku

fromKotaku
1 month ago
Video games

Ubisoft Promises Two Far Cry Games Are Coming As Open-World Shooter Continues Its Longest Hiatus Ever - Kotaku

Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Ubisoft Says Don't Worry About Splinter Cell Remake As It Lays Off More Developers

Ubisoft Toronto laid off 40 developers amid broader corporate restructuring and cost cuts; the Splinter Cell remake remains in development.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Unity Promises Tsunami Of Garbage AI Games As Its Stock Tanks

AI-driven authoring is our second major area of focus for 2026. At the Game Developer Conference in March, we'll be unveiling a beta of the new upgraded Unity AI, which will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only, native to our platform - so it's simple to move from prototype to finished product.
Video games
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

AAA Games' Future "Lies In Smaller Teams," Says AC Unity Director

Smaller, autonomous development teams with imposed constraints produce higher-quality AAA game features than simply adding more people to large teams.
Video games
fromGadgets 360
2 months ago

Ubisoft's Franchises Will be Handled by 5 New Units as Part of 'Major Reset'

Ubisoft reorganises into five decentralised creative houses, cancels six games, delays seven projects, and focuses on open-world and GaaS to restore creative leadership.
Video games
fromWGB
2 months ago

Ubisoft Randomly Gives Far Cry 3 A 60FPS Current-Gen Upgrade

Far Cry 3: Classic Edition will receive a 60FPS update on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series X/S on January 21st, with no graphical improvements.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Elder Scrolls Online Is Finally Getting Cross-Play, But It Might Still Be A While

The Elder Scrolls Online will gain cross-play, but development faces significant technical hurdles and could take substantial time; tests may appear by year's end.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Assassin's Creed Characters Arrive In Raid: Shadow Legends Today, See The Launch Trailer

Assassin's Creed characters join Raid: Shadow Legends in a limited-time crossover through April 8, with multiple unlock methods and permanent character retention.
#rainbow-six-siege
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

On December 22, Ubisoft Halifax announced that 61 of its workers had joined the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada. At the time, the studio's lead programmer, Jon Huffman, told CTV News that 73.8 percent of employees voted in favor of unionizing. Ominously in hindsight, he had described the decision as a "huge relief." The studio was working on mobile titles within the Rainbow Six and Assassin's Creed franchises.
Video games
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

That Splinter Cell-Style Game Xbox Announced Might Be In Trouble

EVR Studio reportedly laid off many employees, its website and updates went silent, and investors expect Mudang: Two Hearts by March 2026.
fromInverse
2 months ago

PlayStation And Xbox's Most-Played Games Show What Players Are Really Looking For

Thousands of games are released every year, with numbers increasing recently thanks to an explosion of indie games across all platforms. That means there's more opportunity than ever to find something new and unexpected among the latest releases, but for a lot of players, the comfort of a few familiar games wins out. Newly released statistics show that, at least on consoles, the biggest games of 2025 were exactly the same as 2024's top titles. Do those figures point to an industry in crisis.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Division 3 Is Gearing Up "To Be A Monster," Says Series Executive Producer

"The Division 3 is in production, right? This is not a secret; it's been announced,"
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Video games
fromGadgets 360
2 months ago

Call of Duty Could be Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 Soon

Datamined Call of Duty code includes Nintendo platform references suggesting Black Ops 7 may be released on Nintendo Switch 2, starting Microsoft's ten-year commitment.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Division 2 Is Getting A Game-Changing New Mode

The Division 2 will receive a March update adding Realism Mode for Warlords of New York owners, plus anniversary crossovers and future content plans.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Hitman Is Getting Cross-Progression Soon As It Celebrates A Major Anniversary

Hitman: World of Assassination will enable cross-progression on February 3, syncing progression, inventory, and achievements across platforms using one selectable primary save.
#co-op-games
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

More Ubisoft Layoffs + Meta Shuts Down VR Studios | Kurt & Lucy Gotcha Covered

Meta closed three VR studios; Ubisoft executed layoffs at Massive Entertainment; recommended Steam Detective Fest games and listener mail were featured.
fromwww.gamespot.com
2 months ago

We Need Demos Now More Than Ever

There has been a demo renaissance in the last few years, and we couldn't be happier. Demos have been a part of video game history for a long time, but whether or not they've been good for sales has been up in the air for quite some time. Fortunately, in the last couple weeks we've gotten a Dragon Quest 7: Reimagined and Final Fantasy 7 demo for Switch 2.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

10 Years Later, The Game That Perfected The Post-Tech Apocalypse Is Making A Huge Comeback

Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment appear to be re-releasing The Division: Definitive Edition to celebrate the series' 10th anniversary and attract new players.
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from48 hills
2 months ago

Cool plays: 5 video games that hooked us in 2025 - 48 hills

Selection of older and indie games highlights enduring classics, distinctive art styles, and outlandish puzzles that produce poetic, chaotic solutions.
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