Month: January 2025

GOG has partnered with the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums, and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP), Europe’s largest federation of organisations working to preserve “video games as cultural heritage”. With fellow members including The Video Game Museum in Rome, France’s MO5.COM, Computerspielemuseum in Berlin, The Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision, and Embracer Games Archive, GOG … Read more

Baldur's Gate 3 exceeds 100m mod downloads | News-in-brief

Meta has announced that it will conduct “performance-based cuts”, with 5% of its workforce facing redundancy. As reported by Bloomberg, CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained in an internal memo that the firm plans to hire new people in these roles by the end of the year. “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and … Read more

Microsoft has announced another round of layoffs, affecting staff in its gaming, security, and sales divisions. As reported by Business Insider, a spokesperson for the firm said these cuts would affect a small number of employees but did not specify how many would be made redundant. They also specified that these layoffs were unrelated to … Read more

Sony donates $5m to support LA wildfire relief | News-in-brief

The entire editorial staff of God is a Geek has quit en-masse after its founder, Calvin Robinson, mimicked a Nazi salute at an event last week, causing a widespread backlash that resulted in him losing his position in the Angelican church and impacting the work of the site still associated with his name. Robinson – … Read more

Kukouri Mobile Entertainment is “moving away from game development”. As reported by PocketGamer.biz, Kukouri has sold its IPs Pixel Worlds and Tiny Troopers to Social First, with CEO Petri Piipari acknowledging that Pixel Worlds has not been a commercially viable product for some time”. “With the only active Tiny Troopers game being licensed to an … Read more

The US Copyright Office has confirmed that unless an author or artist contributes to the “creative process” of generative AI, it “cannot be protected by copyright” laws. The report by the US Copyright Office affirms that copyright protection in the United States “requires human authorship”, giving the example that photographs taken by a monkey, for … Read more

The Video Game History Foundation has today launched the VGHF Digital Library – an archive of over 30,000 curated files from its physical collection. The archive is currently in early access with more items to come, but currently includes more than 1,500 full-text searchable out-of-print video game magazines, never-before-seen development assets, artwork, and promotional materials. … Read more

Trade body TIGA has announced the appointment of four new board members from across the UK games industry. The representatives joining the TIGA board are: Aaron Donaghey, CEO, Hypixel Studios Connor Crossland, UK corporate affairs manager, Ubisoft Laura Treanor, head of HR, Steel City Interactive Rebekah Simpson, chief of staff, Playground Games “I’m delighted to … Read more