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The narrative director at indie developer Inkle, Jon Ingold, has said that pricing its recently-released title TR-49 at $7 was a means of encouraging players to buy the game as an "impulse" purchase rather than waiting. Read more View the full article

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January 23Jan 23

The CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse, Tim Bender, has detailed his company's approach to developer contracts, saying that the way most legal agreements in the space are written "violate a lot of principles of what's an efficient contract". Read more View the full article

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January 23Jan 23

Playground Games has announced a release window for Fable, which is set to launch in Autumn 2026. Read more View the full article

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January 23Jan 23

Payday developer Starbreeze has reportedly conducted a second round of layoffs in two months. Read more View the full article

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January 23Jan 23

US consumer spending on video games reached $5.9 billion in December 2025, an increase of 3% year-over-year (YoY). This rise was partially fuelled by an increase in subscription services spend, which rose 24% from December 2024. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

Developer Playground Games, which is primarily known for the Forza Horizon series, finally lifted the curtain today in a big way for its upcoming Fable – a game that was originally officially teased back in 2017. Playground Games has been working on the game for a long time, but we will finally be able to play it this Fall. The game's director, Ralph Fulton, was on hand during today's Xbox Developer Direct to share details for the game and finally show extensive gameplay. Fulton paid his respects to the work of the original Fable trilogy's creators, Lionhead Games, saying the team is eager to carry on its legacy, and referred to the game as an open-world action RPG and t…

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January 22Jan 22

Walmart has released a free, official commerce software development kit (SDK) for Unity developers to "seamlessly integrate Walmart products, or your own merchandise via the Walmart marketplace, directly into your projects." Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

While Game Freak is best known for its work on the Pokémon games (the series is so large that it's hard to see how they wouldn't be), it does develop other games from time to time. That said, Beast of Reincarnation, the studio's upcoming post-apocalyptic action role-playing game, is a big swing even by the studio's standards. After seeing the game in action during today's Xbox Developer Direct, we got a much clearer vision of what to expect when it launches this summer. Set in Japan in the year 4026, Game Freak describes the game as a "one-person one-dog action RPG." The person and dog in question are named Emma and Koo, respectively, and they live in a time where the hum…

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January 22Jan 22

Today’s Xbox Developer Direct kicked off with the first look at gameplay for Forza Horizon 6. We got a look at the game’s cover cars, a breakdown of new customization features, and, of course, a glimpse into how much fun driving across the game’s rendition of Japan could be. The campaign sees players begin as a tourist who joins the Horizon festival and climb the ranks, a departure from previous entries where the player is already a relative superstar. You’ll still progress via the established wristband system, but Horizon 6 introduces a new method of progression called the Collection Journal. The Collection Journal is inspired by Japanese stamp collecting and lets playe…

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January 22Jan 22

During Xbox's Developer Direct today, Double Fine took a surprise spot on the virtual stage to announce its charming new pottery party game, Kiln. Developed as part of Double Fine's internal game jam Amnesia Fortnight, Kiln is a multiplayer party brawler where you build pots and destroy them. Per today's Xbox Developer Direct, the drive behind Kiln is allowing players to build creatively, and then letting them destroy each other's creations. The Quench mode, for example, tasks players with picking up and carrying water to their enemies' kiln, with the goal of dousing it for the win. It's reminiscent of a MOBA in some ways, or Splatoon, or maybe just multiplayer objective…

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January 22Jan 22

GreedFall: The Dying World, the prequel to 2019’s GreedFall, has been coming together in Steam Early Access since September 2024, but it's almost ready to come out of the oven. Developer Spiders announced today that its follow-up will launch on March 12. Set three years before the original GreedFall, The Dying World is a choice-driven action RPG where players control a native of the island of Teer Fradee, the primary setting of the last game. The protagonist is a guardian of knowledge and nature; unfortunately, this status attracts the attention of colonists from the old continent of Gacane, which is being ravaged by the Malichor plague. The invaders capture the player an…

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January 22Jan 22

Looking for GTA 6? Same here! While we wait, grab Rustler (Grand Theft Horse) for free on the Epic Games Store. ... View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

Super Mario Bros. Wonder was one of Nintendo's flagship games on the original Nintendo Switch when it was released in 2023. While its Switch 2 upgrade was announced a while ago, today we got some more details about what to expect and when it's coming out. First things first: you can get the upgrade and content expansion in just over two months on March 26. Attraction Central is Bellabel Park's main sell, inviting players to a new area full of co-op and competitive minigames. The attractions are divided into two sections – local and wireless/online. The former can also be played with GameShare – meaning one Switch 2 owner can share it with nearby Switch or Switch 2 players…

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January 22Jan 22

Fallout season 2 has already become Prime Video's sixth most-watched series of all time in four weeks. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

The developer of Wildgate, Moonshot Games, is making some job cuts due to the title not being able to sustain itself. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

International marketing agency 1SP Agency has acquired matchmaking platform MeetToMatch. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

Angry Birds will return to the Chinese market after two years in a partnership with Rovio and Kingsoft Shiyou. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

UK indie Spilt Milk Studios has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a permanent merch store, starting with a collection of products based on its 2025 release Trash Goblin. The studio is hoping to "both generate revenue for the studio to help us prototype new ideas and to deliver delightful goodies to our fans," co-owner Nicholas Lovell said. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

UK games trade body Ukie has revealed the 30 studios that are taking part in its second-ever Video Games Growth Programme. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

EB Games has confirmed it will be closing its remaining 38 stores in New Zealand. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

The Pokémon Company and Universal Studios have provided an update to its partnership, announcing a "global development project" set to premiere at Universal Studios Japan. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

Asian games giant Nexon is open to working with more Western studios following the blockbuster success of Arc Raiders. Read more View the full article

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January 22Jan 22

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is resisting calls to "scale up now [it has] a lot more money" because "we love making games more than we love managing." Read more View the full article

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January 21Jan 21

Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters has announced it will prioritize cloud-based games as it moves into 2026. Read more View the full article

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January 21Jan 21

Ubisoft is canceling six games in development, including its troubled remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The publisher is also delaying seven other games in its development pipeline. As reported by Video Games Chronicle, Ubisoft held a call with select media to announce it is undergoing a “major organisational, operational and portfolio reset.” It plans to accomplish this via three pillars: new operating model, a “refocused portfolio with a meaningfully revised 3-year roadmap," and “the rightsizing of the organization.” A press release states: “Ubisoft's strategic decision to undertake this major reset is driven by the continued shift toward a persistently mor…

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