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
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