SAG-AFTRA – the union that represents 160,000 actors, voiceover artists, and other media professionals – has issued an update about the video game strike, saying it remains “frustratingly far apart” from video game studios and publishers. In a statement, the union said it was working to address “alarming loopholes” in a proposal prepared by the … Read more
Two Zenless Zone Zero voice actors claim they have been replaced for participating in the SAG-AFTRA strikes. As spotted by Eurogamer, Emeri Chase and Nicholas Thurkettle – playing Soldier 11 and Lycaon, respectively – claim they found out their voices had been replaced by reading the patch notes at the same time players did. As … Read more
Netflix Games’ VP of generative AI, Mike Verdu, has left the streaming giant. Although Netflix confirmed Verdu’s departure in a statement to Game File, the company did not comment on why the VP left after just five months in the role, nor revealed who has replaced him. Verdu joined Netflix in 2021 to launch its … Read more
PlayStation is reportedly using characters from its biggest franchises in an AI prototype. A leaked video appeared to show PlayStation’s director of software engineering, Sharwin Raghoebardajal, conversing with an early AI Aloy prototype. The video – sent to The Verge but since taken offline following a copyright claim from Sony – showed Raghoebardajal give a … Read more
Playdead co-founder Dino Patti has been threatened with a lawsuit after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an “unauthorized” picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen. Patti left Playdead in 2016. In 2017, some of the details behind the acrimonious split between Playdead’s management emerged after a Danish newspaper reported on a rift that had … Read more
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has pledged $21 million to bolster game development in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The funds – awarded to Swedish firm Behold Ventures – will be used to support early-stage game developers across the Nordic region. Gaming across the EU generated $25 billion in revenue in 2022, and is … Read more
The 2025 BAFTA Game Awards nominations have been announced, with Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 picking up 11 nominations across multiple categories including Best British Game. The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep received eight nominations, with many in the performance categories as well as Best British Game and the New Intellectual Property award. … Read more
A year after it debuted on Epic Games Store in March 2024, the free-to-play version of Dark and Darker has once again been delisted. Developer Ironmace claims the game has been withdrawn due to its on-going copyright legal dispute with Nexon Games. Both editions of the game – the free-to-play Dark and Dark, and premium … Read more
Munich-based indie developer Welevel has raised $5.7 million in a funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures. The studio said it will use the investment to support the development of its in-house AI platform, and to expand its core team “twofold” in preparation for its upcoming AAA sandbox survival game. The untitled project has been in … Read more
Nintendo has won a long-running legal battle against French sharehosting operator Dstorage. Following a decision dated February 26, 2025, the French Supreme Court found Dstorage “liable for failing to remove access to unauthorised copies of Nintendo games stored on its platform” – referring to the filehosting site 1fichier.com. This decision means other European-based filesharing sites … Read more