The Stop Killing Games initiative, which aims to establish regulations on how game publishers handle end-of-life for online games, has passed significant milestones in both the UK and the EU. In the UK, its petition gathered enough signatures to require a parliamentary debate, while in the EU, its Citizens’ Initiative has now almost certainly cleared … Read more
1047 Games has announced that its free FPS Splitgate 2 has been pushed “back to beta” and that the studio will undergo a second wave of layoffs as a result. In an X post, published on July 22 and signed off by studio co-founders Ian Proulx and Nicholas Bagamian, the studio revealed Splitgate 2 is … Read more
Square Enix has confirmed that the source code for Final Fantasy Tactics was overwritten, forcing the developer to rebuild the upcoming remake, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, from scratch. In a PlayStation blog post published on July 21 (via VGC), Kazutoyo Maehiro, who was an events planner on Tactics and is now director on … Read more
Just weeks after confirming The Outer Worlds 2 will be the first Microsoft game to retail for $80, Microsoft has reversed the decision, revealing the highly-anticipated sequel will now launch for $69.99 in keeping with typical AAA pricing. This will apply not just to The Outer Worlds 2, but indeed other “full priced holiday releases” … Read more
Ubisoft has released its first-quarter financial results for the 2025-26 fiscal year, reporting “below expectations” earnings, a “lower-than-expected” performance for Rainbow Six Siege, an “unfavorable foreign exchange” impact, and “a partnership that is now expected to materialize in Q2.” Its back-catalog net bookings, however, were up 4% on the same period last year. “The first … Read more
Evgeniy Kurenkov is the founder and CEO of Magify, an analytics and live-ops platform for game studios. Take a look at the top ten free-to-play games in any category and you’ll see they’re all built by big, well-established studios. These companies have massive marketing budgets, streamlined user acquisition systems, and deep experience in keeping players … Read more
As of July 18, Microsoft has stopped selling and renting TV shows and movies on both Xbox and Windows devices. An update to both the Xbox and Windows websites confirms “Microsoft has stopped selling new movie and TV content.” Microsoft did not provide a reason for the withdrawal of service, but did assure customers that … Read more
Ubisoft held its annual shareholders meeting in Paris on July 10, and as reported by Stephen Totilo at Game File, one shareholder took the opportunity to ask CEO Yves Guillemot about his views on the ‘Stop Killing Games’ petition. The petition, which calls for game companies to allow games to remain playable after official publisher … Read more
A new indie publisher has been established in Frankfurt, Germany – Artex. The new venture rises from the ashes of a developer of the same name, which created Ankh: The Tales of Mystery and other titles in the late 1990s. It was also the predecessor of publisher Deck13, which “emerged from the core team of … Read more
Netflix has greenlit a live-action TV show adaptation of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Adapted by creators, showrunners, and executive producers Robert Patino (Westworld, DMZ) and David Wiener (Halo, Homecoming), the news comes almost five whole years after Ubisoft and Netflix initially agreed to make an Assassin’s Creed show as part of a larger content partnership. … Read more