Larian Games studio head Tara Saunders is continuing as chair of the BAFTA Games committee, the arts charity has confirmed. BAFTA confirmed the new and returning chairs and deputy chairs of its film, games, and television committees in a press release on September 24, 2025. Alongside Saunders, Des Gayle, founder of Altered Gene, is continuing … Read more
Skillfull’s Gina Jackson and Amiqus business manager Liz Prince are confirmed to be hosting a session at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit next month. Their talk – ‘The Talent Reset – Skills, Sustainability, and Fairness in the Games Talent Agenda’ – explores “the growing importance of interdisciplinary expertise to the demand for sustainable studio cultures and … Read more
“You kind of take what your parents do for granted when you’re a kid,” reflects Maya Rogers, president and CEO of The Tetris Company. When her father, Henk Rogers, brought home an early version of Tetris on the Game Boy in the late 1980s, she remembers it sparking a sensation in their household, as family … Read more
Roblox has appointed Vlad Loktev as chief creator ecosystem officer within its creator division. Lotev will start on September 29 and lead creator success efforts, including “building an integrated suite of development tools, developer relations, as well as platform events, strengthening Roblox’s relationship with the creator community.” “As Roblox tracks towards its goal of 10% … Read more
Video Games Europe has launched the Pixels to Policy campaign, which aims to “explain the industry to people who aren’t familiar with video games.” Announced on September 22, 2025, Video Games Europe, which represents the European video games industry, described the campaign as “a comprehensive showcase of the economy, the jobs, the games, and the … Read more
Valve is ceasing Steam support for systems running 32-bit versions of the Windows 10 operating system (OS) on January 1, 2026. In a recent Steam Support blog, Valve explained that Windows 10 32-bit is “the only 32-bit version that is currently supported” on the platform and that, according to results from its August 2025 Steam … Read more
US Congress has sent formal letters to the CEOs of Twitch, Steam, Reddit, and Discord, inviting them to testify at a committee hearing about the “radicalization of online forum users,” following the assassination of Charlie Kirk earlier this month. The letters were sent by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman James Comer on September … Read more
At the end of August, fans of Hollow Knight were stunned to discover that its long-awaited sequel would drop in a matter of weeks. After a long wait, Team Cherry released Hollow Knight: Silksong on September 4, 2025 to so much fanfare that it broke digital storefronts globally. The game surpassed half a million concurrent … Read more
Helldivers 2’s launch on Xbox culminated in a “substantial uplift” in revenue according to Newzoo, ranking in fourth on the data firm’s overall revenue chart for August. The game’s August 26 release, which included a collaboration with Halo, also drove engagement pushing the co-op shooter to No.13 on Newzoo’s overall player engagement chart. It ranked … Read more
It is with a heavy heart and a note of regret that I inform you (those of you who have blessedly managed to avoid this knowledge thus far, at least) that Randy Pitchford is at it again. I’ll spare you the specifics of the Gearbox boss’s latest social media escapades (if you’re interested, Nathan Brown … Read more