Andy Robinson

Japan’s most popular indie games expo, BitSummit, has opened ticket sales for its 2024 event, which will return to Kyoto on Friday, July 19.

Square Enix is set to make an unconfirmed number of layoffs as part of ongoing company restructuring, it told staff in an internal meeting on Monday, VGC understands.

Arkane Lyon boss Dinga Bakaba has publicly criticised Microsoft executives for their decision to close several studios, including its Austin studio, calling the news “a fucking gut stab”.

Nintendo will hold its traditional June Nintendo Direct this year, the company has confirmed.

Remedy has cancelled one of its in-development multiplayer projects, codenamed Kestrel.

Nintendo has confirmed it will announce its next-generation console during its current fiscal year, ending March 2025.

The developer of Helldivers 2 has apologised after fans barraged the game’s Steam page with negative reviews over news of a mandatory PlayStation Account requirement.

An independent UK developer says it’s been forced to announce and postpone its game on the same day, and lay off more than half of its staff, due to the sharp downturn in investment in the games industry.

Take-Two has won a trial brought by a tattoo artist, who had claimed that the use of their work on the likeness of basketball star Lebron James in NBA 2K deserved compensation.

A new studio helmed by StarCraft 2 multiplayer lead David Kim has teased its debut RTS project, which it says will be revealed during Summer Game Fest in June.

Sony has indefinitely shuttered the online servers for PlayStation 4 platformer LittleBigPlanet 3, months after it claimed it “temporarily” took the game offline while it resolved technical issues.

Comedy Central has announced a 10-episode animated series based on the classic Sega game Golden Axe.

Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind Grand Theft Auto, has announced plans to cut around 5 percent of its workforce, or around 600 people.

Keanu Reeves has joined the cast of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, according to reports.

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch believes the ‘$70 game’ will eventually become a thing of the past, as developers move to reduce costs and risk in an increasingly challenging AAA games market.

Helldivers 2 was the UK’s best-selling game for the second consecutive month in March.

LocalThunk, the solo developer of hit poker roguelike Balatro, has released the game’s first major update for testing.

The number of arcades in Japan, the world’s third-biggest games market, have declined by nearly 8,000 over the past decade, according to a new report.

Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka ended a 16-month social media blackout on Sunday, by accusing top Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake of lying as part of Naka’s high-profile insider trading trial.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has established a new team dedicated to game preservation and backwards compatibility in future hardware.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to unveil new Gears of War and Call of Duty games at its traditional Xbox summer showcase.

Apple has lifted its restriction on retro game emulators on the iOS App Store.

A new Star Wars Outlaws story trailer will premiere next week, on April 9 at 9AM PST / 5PM CET, Ubisoft has announced.

VGC is giving away 1,000 PC beta keys for squad-based first-person shooter Ascendant, and you can grab yours on a first come, first served basis via this link.

Ubisoft has confirmed it will hold its annual Ubisoft Forward event on June 10.

A new industry report has highlighted the growing influence a group of fewer, older video games have over consumers’ annual playtime.

Omega 6, the first video game from Star Fox and F-Zero artist Takaya Imamura since he left Nintendo in 2021, will be released for Nintendo Switch in Japan on July 25.

Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix has appointed several new executive officers, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 sales have surpassed 2.5 million units, ten days after its March 22 release date, Capcom has said.

Discord is planning to roll out its new sponsored advertising this week, it’s claimed.

The CFO of Cyberpunk and The Witcher studio CD Projekt has shared its stance on microtransactions in single-player games.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly instructed his government to explore developing video game consoles in Russia.

Capcom has released an update for Dragon’s Dogma 2 on PS5 and PC, adding a frame rate cap option on consoles, improving DLSS quality, and more.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a native version of Minecraft for PlayStation 5.

Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors has told investors he believes it’s “too early” for the group to start considering studio acquisitions again, following the completion of its costly restructuring.

Classic fighter Eddy Gordo will be the first DLC character added to Tekken 8 next week, Bandai Namco has announced.

Smilegate Barcelona, the studio established in 2020 to develop an open-world AAA console title, has reportedly been closed.

PlayStation and developer Shift Up have confirmed a demo for third-person action game, Stellar Blade, will release on PlayStation 5 this Friday, March 29.

It’s fair to say that after nearly 40 years since her debut in the original Super Mario Bros., Princess Peach is well overdue a proper starring role.

Nintendo’s Princess Peach Showtime is the first game in over 25 years directed by Goemon designer Etsunobu Ebisu, it’s been revealed.

Marvel and Skydance New Media have unveiled Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, the game being helmed by Uncharted 1 – 3 director Amy Hennig.

Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry publisher Ubisoft has unveiled ‘NEO NPCs’ at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The Callisto Protocol developer Striking Distance Studios has revealed a spin-off game, tentatively titled ‘Project Birdseye’.

Sony’s DLSS equivalent planned for ‘PlayStation 5 Pro’ is capable of upscaling 1080p games to 4K, and can be backwards compatible with existing PS5 games via patches.

Puzzle Platformer Animal Well now has a confirmed release date of May 9, 2024, on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.

SNK has premiered the first detailed look at Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, which it has confirmed will be released in 2025.

Hit indie Poker roguelike, Balatro, has now sold over one million copies during its first month on sale, publisher Playstack has said.

Steam set another all-time record for concurrent players on Sunday.

The former director of a new Battlefield game has criticised EA, after he recently left the company and saw the studio he co-founded closed.

Sony’s breakout hit, Helldivers 2, has likely sold more than 8 million copies since its release last month, a market analyst has said.

Popular Poker-based roguelike Balatro is officially coming to iPhone, the game’s anonymous solo developer has confirmed.

Persona 6 is being planned for Xbox platforms, according to a noted industry insider.

US consumer spending on games could decline by 10% this year, according to market research firm Circana.

Star Wars Jedi series director Stig Asmussen has announced the formation of his own studio, Giant Skull.

Another popular Nintendo emulator has shut down, following the settlement of a high-profile lawsuit earlier this week.

A demo for the PlayStation-published action game Stellar Blade briefly appeared on the PlayStation Store on Friday.

PlayStation-backed game studio, Deviation Games, has closed.

Former Xbox, Sega and Electronic Arts executive Peter Moore believes that “serious questions” are being asked about the future of console generations.

Former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has suggested the platform holder will need to consider releasing more games on PC in future, in order to cover the huge budgets for its first-party blockbusters.

Nintendo has released a demo for Princess Peach Showtime! on the Nintendo Switch eShop.

The developer behind Nintendo’s upcoming Princess Peach: Showtime! Has reportedly been unearthed.

The creator of a popular Nintendo Switch emulator has settled a Nintendo lawsuit and agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages.

Electronic Arts has cancelled an in-development Star Wars first-person shooter at Respawn.

Electronic Arts has closed Ridgeline Games, the studio formed in 2021 to work on a future Battlefield single-player game.

Veteran Call of Duty: Black Ops designer David Vonderhaar has established a new “AAA game studio” with NetEase.

Children are facing social exclusion or bullying over the purchase of in-game items and cosmetics in online games, a new study suggests.

PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst has said the platform holder is “reevaluating how we operate” as part of its decision to lay off 900 employees worldwide.

The Pokémon Company will hold a digital event today, Tuesday February 27, which it says will contain “exciting news”.

Until Dawn and The Quarry developer, SupperMassive, is reportedly set to lay off around 90 employees, or nearly a third of its staff.

Square Enix has revealed Foamstars’ second season of content.

Nintendo’s next game console is targeting a launch in March 2025.

Team Ninja and PlayStation have released a new Rise of the Ronin trailer exploring the game’s combat styles.

Wii scuba diving adventure series Endless Ocean is returning with a new game for Nintendo Switch.

Several classic Nintendo games by Rare have been released for Nintendo Switch Online.

Pokémon developer Game Freak has released the remaster of its cult favourite 3DS game, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!, for Nintendo Switch.

From Software will premiere the first trailer for Elden Ring’s expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree on Wednesday.

The Pokémon Company has announced a digital event for next week, which it says will contain “exciting news”.

Nintendo has confirmed that its next Nintendo Direct will take place this week.

It's been a while since we heard any new rumor about Fable, the reboot of the fantasy franchise in development at Playground Games.

The release of the next Nintendo console, provisionally called the Switch 2, could slip into 2025, according to a new report citing several industry sources. The claim runs contrary to a number of recent rumors indicating that Nintendo is targeting a 2024 release for the Switch follow-up.