Vince Zampella, head of EA-owned Respawn Entertainment, ex-CEO of Infinity Ward, and co-creator of Call of Duty, died on December 21 at 55 in a single-car crash
A tragic holiday season for the family of a beloved game industry figure. Andrew Weil / WCNC-TV : Report: ‘Call of Duty’ co-creator Vince Zampella killed in car crash Kevin Dolak / The Hollywood Repor...
How Skövde, a small Swedish city of 58,000, churns out world-famous video games via a degree for game developers at University of Skövde and a startup incubator
Ralph Jones / The Guardian : LinkedIn: Henrik Jonsson LinkedIn: Henrik Jonsson : Skövde, the place where the Swedish Indie Game boom was formed, is in UK newspapers - The blueprint for building a gam...
A survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll finds 87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows; 63% expressed concerns about data ownership
While 97% of game developers believe AI is “reshaping” the games industry — A new survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll …
Analysis: 7,818 game titles on Steam now disclose they use generative AI, or 7% of Steam's total library of 114,126 games, up from ~1,000 titles in April 2024
A year ago, I poked around Steam to see how many game developers were disclosing usage of Generative AI.
Google starts offering user choice billing in the UK, initially to non-game developers, says 90%+ of developers are satisfied with Google Play's native billing
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A group of cross-discipline video game workers in the US and Canada announce United Videogame Workers, a direct-join industry-wide union organizing with the CWA
United Videogame Workers-CWA union formed for industry employees in the US and Canada Andy Chalk / PC Gamer : Game developers launch North America's first industry-wide union ‘to build worker power ir...
Mike Verdu, who joined Netflix in 2021 to launch its game offering and took on a new role as VP of Generative AI for games four months ago, has left the company
Plus: Some key changes for this year's Game Developers Conference — Mike Verdu, the executive who led Netflix's foray …
Microsoft announces Muse AI, a first-of-its-kind generative AI model that can generate a game environment based on visuals, players' controller actions, or both
Maybe Microsoft should spend more time figuring out how to quit screwing over their successful studios … X: @xboxwire : Introducing Muse, a new kind of generative AI model that lets you play and creat...
Google Play Books for iOS now lets users complete their e-book or audiobook purchase on the Google Play website, under Apple's “reader apps” exception
I'd love to see an Apple Books app that syncs progress and keeps track of reading streaks in the Google Play Store. Can't think of any reason why not. [embedded post] X: Lance Adams / @thelanceadams...
A survey of 3,000+ game developers: 11% were laid off in the past year, 58% back unionization, 30% say generative AI negatively impacts the industry, and more
The 2025 GDC survey revealed the impact of industry-wide layoffs in 2024 where one of every 11 game developers lost a job.