Report: Amazon lays off 180 employees in its video game divisions

It's been a 'fun' and 'interesting' year for Unity. A retroactive runtime fee that drew the anger of basically every developer leading to a change in leadership, an AI program it's only recently done due diligence on, and some big, sweeping layoffs. 

Only two years after acquiring part of Weta's VFX business, Unity is stepping back to focus on its core business.

Red Dead Redemption series writer Michael Unsworth has joined Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures studio as head of story and creative management.

The host of The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley, has acknowledged the confusion surrounding which games can be considered eligible for the Best Independent Game category, and says it’s “it’s a really complicated thing to figure out.”

TikTok maker ByteDance is restructuring its video game business to deliver "long-term strategic growth."

Remember Rockstar’s Agent? Announced in 2007 for the PlayStation 3, it was touted as a stealth action title set during the Cold War. It would receive sporadic updates before the trademark was eventually abandoned and it was removed from the developer’s website. However, new details are available thanks to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij, who worked from 1999 to 2009.

GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games were once working on a zombie survival game set on a Scottish island, which sounds like a mixture of GTA: Vice City and legendary Arma mod DayZ. That's according to former technical director Obbe Vermeij, who joined Rockstar North in 1995 back when it was called DMA Design, and left in 2009 following the release of GTA 4. In the run-up to the GTA 6 trailer reveal this month, he's started blogging about the development of several Rockstar games, from GTA through grotty snuff film simulator Manhunt to cancelled projects such as the zombie title and Cold War stealth fest Agent.

Apple recently renewed its 5G licensing agreement with Qualcomm because it continues to face development challenges with its in-house solution. With the contiguous delays, the technology giant will reportedly not launch the custom 5G modem by the end of 2025 or early 2026, with the first batch likely debuting in the new iPhones. However, even with the launch being successful, a new report states that Apple will continue to rely on Qualcomm’s 5G modems, but not necessarily for the iPhone.

Starting December 21, unwrap all the best content available in Season 6, making every previous Set eligible again for play in MLB The Show 23. Create your lineups from Sets 1 through 5, and develop your all-time best squad from every player item available in MLB The Show 23.

Embracer has revealed that they have laid off a total of 900 employees in the second quarter of this financial year.

The video game industry’s string of layoffs continues: Digital Bros. Entertainment and Kongregate have both announced job cuts.

The videogame industry continues to be plagued by layoffs as 505 Games parent company Digital Bros has announced plans to eliminate roughly 30% of its total workforce. The company said the cuts are necessary because, simply put, gamers prefer sequels and remakes to brand-new games, and so that's what it's going to focus on.