Month: April 2025

Steam is introducing accessibility tags to help disabled players discover inclusive games by enabling developers to tag their games and “better describe the way their games support accessibility.” Steamworks now boasts a new questionnaire for developers to describe the way their games support accessibility, such as gameplay options like adjustable difficulty and text size, color … Read more

Nintendo has warned that it may struggle to meet demand for Nintendo Switch 2 consoles in Japan. In a lengthy statement posted to X/Twitter, president Shuntaro Furukawa explained that 2.2 million people in Japan alone had applied to enter the lottery to be in with a chance of purchasing the highly anticipated new console system. … Read more

Dutch advertising self-regulator Stichting Reclame Code has partially upheld a complaint against My.Games regarding in-game purchases, and how information about them is shared with users. The complaint concerned the mobile game Rush Royale: Tower Defense TD, and alleged several infractions against both article 7 in the Dutch Advertising Code (Nederlandse Reclame Code – or NRC) … Read more

Publisher Devolver Digital has reduced its workforce at subsidiary studio, Nerial, by 40 percent. These cuts come on top of halving the teams at its Polish studio, Artificer, and Good Shepherd / Big Fan by “50%+ over the course of 2024.” Whilst reporting a “strong” fiscal performance and a “return to profit and growth” at … Read more

Retro handheld maker Anbernic has suspended shipments to the US due to tariffs imposed on China by Donald Trump’s administration. The company, which is based in China, updated the shipping policies on its website to warn customers about import duties on its products. “Due to changes in US tariff policies, we will be suspending all … Read more

Not-for-profit organisation PlanetPlay has announced three new ambassadors, including games industry veteran Ian Livingstone as part of its ongoing Make Green Moves campaign. Actress Briana Evigan and Formula E world champion Pascal Wehrlein join Livingstone as the first batch of ambassadors, with more to be announced throughout the year. In their role, they will work … Read more

Le Mans Ultimate developer Motorsport Games has secured a $2.5 million investment led by virtual reality company Pimax. The funding will support Motorsport Games in accelerating future product development, in addition to improving its cash position and to “fund working capital and general corporate expenses.” The deal was finalised on April 15, 2025. It included … Read more

Unity 6 has been pulled from sale in China. As spotted by 80 Level (thanks, PocketGamer), Unity has been removed from shelves across mainland China, as well as Kong Kong and Macau. Unity China has replaced it with a localized version entitled Tuanjie. According to machine translation, the company said in a statement “Unity 6 … Read more

Dwarf Fortress hits 1 million sales on Steam | News-in-brief

AppLovin has laid off 97 people, including “most of” the staff employed at subsidiary studio Machine Zone and its CEO. As spotted by PocketGamer, these most recent 97 layoffs – which were effective as of March 21 according to WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) filings in California – come on top of a previous … Read more