A profile of game studio Obsidian, which Microsoft acquired in 2018, as it seeks to shorten development times and cut costs after releasing three titles in 2025
Microsoft's Obsidian Entertainment is searching for ways to make games more quickly and on smaller budgets.
Crunchyroll raises its US prices by $2/month; the cheapest, $10/month tier gets its first price bump since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device
If you didn't secure a Crunchyroll subscription when it was on sale during Black Friday, we have some bad news, anime fans: The price has officially gone up.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publishes his annual letter, saying YouTube aims to reduce “AI slop” and has strengthened parental controls, and teases Shorts updates
The executive published his annual letter to the YouTube community Wednesday, outlining his priorities for the video platform.
A look at France-based indie game studio Sandfall Interactive, whose critically acclaimed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had a sub-$10M budget and sold 5M+ copies
which includes a close estimate on what it really took (and cost) to make the game. https://www.nytimes.com/... Marcel / @guru_xd : Good games don't need absurd budgets Clair Obscu...
WBD confirms that Warner Bros. Games will be acquired by Netflix along with its wider streaming and television business
A Warner Bros. spokesperson has confirmed the video game division will be acquired by Netflix alongside its wider streaming and television business.
Tim Sweeney says it “makes no sense” for stores like Steam to label games that are made using AI, since AI “will be involved in nearly all future production”
“It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.”
Sony rolls out PlayStation Portal cloud streaming, letting PlayStation Premium Plus members stream select titles without a PS5 connection, in testing since 2024
Cloud streaming PS5 games to your PlayStation Portal is out of beta, and includes streaming for some games you own.
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue up 90% YoY to ~$3.7B, vs. ~$3B est., ~$667M net profit, vs. ~$412M est., and expects 19M Switch 2 sales by March 2026, up from 15M
Nintendo raised its forecast for sales of the Switch 2 console in its current fiscal year as momentum for its new flagship console grows.
Internal memo: Amazon makes “significant role reductions” to its game division and will cut down on big budget titles, as it focuses on Luna and casual games
Tech giant will reduce game development work and eliminate jobs — Amazon.com Inc. is gutting its video-game division …
Sources: Microsoft aims to produce most of its new products, such as servers and Surface laptops, outside of China from 2026; AWS is adopting a similar strategy
TAIPEI — Microsoft aims to produce the majority of its new products outside of China as early as next year …
In May, Microsoft launched Signal, a 120-page print magazine focused on its tech and distributed to business leaders every few months, to counter digital noise
“I don't think the layoffs are over, either. I keep hearing that there will be Xbox- related layoffs soon, potentially by the end of the month.” — www.theverge.com/notepad-micr....
Twitch plans to start testing the ability to host a vertical livestream and an open beta of “2K streaming” that will let partners and affiliates stream at 1440p
The platform is also launching an open beta of higher-quality streams. … Twitch is announcing a bunch of updates …
Sources: Microsoft sidelines its native Xbox handheld to focus on Windows 11 gaming performance for third-party OEM devices, like an Asus model debuting in 2025
Xbox's handheld ambitions continue unabated, but the focus is shifting towards improving Windows 11 for third-party handhelds — for now.
Sources: Apple plans a dedicated app for video games to replace Game Center that will come preinstalled on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV devices later in 2025
here's what we know Isa Muhammad / PocketGamer.biz : Apple to launch dedicated gaming app across all devices this year Anshuman Jain / Beebom : Apple Developing an Xbox-Like Gaming...
Apple acquires RAC7, the two-person studio behind the popular Apple Arcade game Sneaky Sasquatch, marking its first acquisition of a video game studio
Exclusive: Apple has acquired the two-person studio behind Sneaky Sasquatch, one of Apple Arcade's most popular games. — Sneaky Sasquatch Trailer — Apple Arcade
Sources: Nintendo picked Samsung to produce the Switch 2's main chips, aiming to sell 20M+ units by March 2026, a key win for Samsung as it competes with TSMC
Securing a contract for one of the summer's hottest new gadgets will likely help lift utilization or boost business for the Korean conglomerate's chip foundries.
Sources, including former AbleGamers staff, detail abuse, financial mismanagement, and other issues at the nonprofit dedicated to promoting gaming accessibility
20 Years after AbleGamers' founding, new reports detail abuse fostered by management, mismanaged funds, and leadership that failed to protect employees.
Polygon staffers, including co-founder and EIC Chris Plante, say the video games website has laid them off; sources say Vox Media sold Polygon to Valnet
One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up — The video game website Polygon has been sold to Valnet and much of its staff has been laid off, Kotaku as learned.
Amazon partners with Electronic Arts to bring EA games like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to cloud gaming service Amazon Luna, which is now available in 14 countries
The service also expands to Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, and Luxembourg. — amazonluna.blog/amazon-luna- ... [image] LinkedIn: Joseph Traverso : Extremely excited to announce our p...
Sources: Ubisoft explores selling a stake in a new entity holding IP like Assassin's Creed to investors including Tencent, at a higher valuation than Ubisoft
Hopefully, the former? — www.bloomberg.com/news/article... [image] @knoebel : Ubisoft is looking for backers for its new IP unit. The new entity would include IPs like 'Assassi...