It’s been a fairly grim few years for Ubisoft – buffeted by allegations of an abusive culture, plagued by dismal stock market performance, and seemingly unable to turn out the kind of hit titles that would silence its detractors, the company has seen its strategy and its future openly called into question. Late 2024 was … Read more
Humble Bundle – which operates a digital storefront and gaming membership service – has unveiled its latest social impact report, revealing it raised $12.4 million for various causes in 2024. More generally, Humble’s causes are focused around health and well-being, crisis and disaster relief, equity and opportunity, quality education, and climate change and sustainability. The … Read more
Assassin’s Creed Shadows debuted in second place on Newzoo’s overall revenue chart for March, following its release during the second half of last month. According to the data firm, a “significant part” of the game’s total revenue came from Steam compared to previous entries in the franchise. Assassin’s Creed Shadows was the first Ubisoft game … Read more
In a post celebrating survival-action game Atomfall’s launch milestone of 1.5 million+ players, which has since grown to 2 million players, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley drew attention to the studio’s way of making games. “Our size and stability mean that we can take risks to create something as different as Atomfall. Happily, that risk is … Read more
Finnish developer Makea Games has announced its closure. In a statement posted to its Steam page, the studio’s CEO, founder, and creative director Tomi Toikka attributed the decision to “global economic effects” that have hit the company “particularly hard.” Toikka also said its parkour game Supermoves struggled to find an audience that would be sustainable. … Read more
Ubisoft has released Chroma, an open source tool that adds colour blindness filters to in-game content in real time, helping developers tailor games for those players. Developed by Ubisoft’s Quality Control team in India and announced at this week’s Game Accessibility Conference, Chroma has been in the works since 2021 and was built to help … Read more
A Japanese modder has been sentenced to two years in prison. As reported by NTC (thanks, Automaton), a 58-year-old man has been found guilty of modifying and selling Nintendo Switch consoles. He was allegedly arrested for “soldering modified parts” within the Switch system, enabling modded consoles to run pirated games. In a hearing earlier today, … Read more
According to internal assessments by a “major Apple and Nintendo supplier”, game consoles in the US will still be subjected to the 145% tariff on goods imported from China. In an assessment seen by Nikkei Asia, the supplier intimated that consoles like Nintendo’s highly anticipated Switch 2 will likely not be exempt from tariffs, even … Read more
Buenos Aires-based mobile developer Agonalea Games has raised $2 million in a seed funding round backed by Mika Games. The studio will use the investment to continue development and publish its free-to-play mobile game Punko.io. Agonalea Games was founded in 2018 by Pedro Aira (former Sensor Tower product manager) and Vanina Fregoti (former Pixowl project … Read more
Games industry mergers and acquisitions in Q1 of 2025 rose to $6.6 billion, their highest level in over a year, driven by activity in the mobile sector. That big number was partly down to Scopely’s $3.5 billion acquisition of Niantic’s games business, including the likes of Pokémon GO. That’s according to a newsletter by gaming-focused … Read more