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Fate of Codemasters WRC team uncertain as EA "pauses" World Rally Championship series

Remedy revenues increase 24.1% during Q1 2025

EA cuts another 200 jobs "in service of driving future growth", bringing total job losses to around 300

Respawn cancels two "early-stage" projects and cuts Apex Legends, Star Wars: Jedi teams, resulting in 100 layoffs

How Two Point Studios stands out in the competitive management sim genre

Unity announces winners for its 2025 Humanity Grant

Russian government seizes former Wargaming studio Lesta for supporting Ukraine

Report: Wicked's Jon M. Chu attached to direct Split Fiction adaptation

Hogo Games raises $5m in funding round

NGO files complaint against Ubisoft for data protection concerns and forcing "always online" connections

EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store

Report: Intel to lay off 20% of its workforce

2.2 million people applied to pre-order a Switch 2 in Japan alone, says Nintendo

Discord CEO and co-founder Jason Citron steps down

Dutch advertising self-regulator partially upholds loot box complaint against My.Games

GamesBeat becomes independent media outlet

Venture fund Blue Ocean Games launches with $30m investment for indie developers

Devolver Digital cuts 40% of staff at subsidiary studio Nerial

Nintendo files request to subpoena Discord for Pokémon leaker identity

Vendetta is a new games publishing agency with an indie game spotlight initiative

Retro game console maker Anbernic suspends US shipments due to tariffs

Jobs roundup: April 2025 | Riot Games appoints Hoby Darling as president

Assassin's Creed Shadows' success shows that the threat of negative campaigns is overblown | Opinion

How Humble Bundle allocated $12.4 million of its funding in 2024 – including a substantial focus on games industry charities

AppLovin cuts another 97 jobs, including CEO of subsidiary studio Machine Zone

Assassin's Creed Shadows debuts at No.2 on revenue charts for March 2025 | Newzoo Charts

Games industry veteran Ian Livingstone announced as PlanetPlay ambassador

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leads Gayming Awards 2025 nominations

A Minecraft Movie surpasses $550m globally

Jobs roundup: April 2025 | Katerina Dudinskaya promoted to Goodville CEO

Niantic lays off 68 workers following Scopely acquisition

Ubisoft releases open source tool to help devs tailor games for colourblind players

Media company Gamurs Group reportedly lays off more staff

The Last of Us season 2 premiere ratings grow by 10%

Japanese modder handed suspended prison sentence for modding Nintendo Switch consoles

"Major" Nintendo supplier warns Nintendo Switch 2 will be subject to 145% US tariffs

"Video games franchises are now ripe for the picking" – why A Minecraft Movie could lead to games taking over Hollywood

Sony announces price rises for PS5 consoles in Europe, UK, Australia, and New Zealand

Agonalea Games secures $2m in funding from Mika Capital

Jobs roundup: April 2025 | Des Gayle joins Unity as senior partner relations manager

Japanese devs like Sony and Bandai Namco fold winter bonus into base salary in a bid to attract new talent

The Molasses Flood merges into CD Projekt Red

UK minister slams Valve for explicit game promoting "non-consensual sexual contact" and sexual violence

UK union Equity gathers at BAFTA Game Awards to call for improved conditions for performers

Astro Bot wins big at the BAFTA Game Awards 2025

Former Larian Studios head, Arthur Mostovoy, joins Aonic as head of games

Why Nintendo Switch 2 game prices are so high, according to analysts

Michael Sarnoski reportedly attached to direct Death Stranding movie

IDGA-F strengthens commitment to DEI with new chair appointment

Remedy's Sam Lake to keynote Develop:Brighton 2025