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As AI faces court challenges from Disney and Universal, legal battles are shaping the industry's future | Opinion

Silicon advances and design innovations do still push us forward – but the future landscape of the industry is also being sculpted in courtrooms and parliaments

June 13, 2025 Rob Fahey

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Switch 2 sells almost 1m units in Japan, making it country's biggest console launch

Nintendo's latest hardware has sold three times more units than the original Switch in its first week

June 13, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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SAG-AFTRA national board approves tentative agreement

Interactive Media Agreement set to be submitted to union's membership for ratification

June 13, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Bloober Team and Konami announce Silent Hill remake | News-in-brief

1999 survival horror was originally developed by Team Silent, follows 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2

June 13, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Stellar Blade is now Sony's biggest ever game on Steam by concurrent players

It has eclipsed the concurrent player counts of all other single-player Sony games by more than 100K players

June 12, 2025 Vikki Blake

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TIGA welcomes UK Spending Review's focus on creative industries, but emphasizes "importance" of UK Games Fund

"We look forward to seeing the specific policies that will be set out in the Creative Industries Sector Plan"

June 12, 2025 Vikki Blake

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Mario Kart World | Critical Consensus

Critics are praising Mario Kart World's new Knockout Tour and Switch 2 performance, while being more divided on its Free Roam option

June 12, 2025 Samuel Roberts

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Nice Plans Studios raises $3m in funding round

Investment will be utilised to support further development of 3v3 shooter Ricochet Squad

June 12, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party returns Wednesday, July 9

Once again, it will take place at Horatio's Bar on Brighton Pier

June 12, 2025 Samuel Roberts

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Taiwanese mobile game banned in Hong Kong for reportedly "advocating an armed revolution"

"Those who have downloaded the application [in Hong Kong] should uninstall it immediately and must not attempt to defy the law," Hong Kong police say

June 12, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Cobra Mobile shuts down after 20 years

"We had one thing on top of another – a cascading waterfall of bad outcomes," says founder and CEO

June 12, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Epic sues creator and resellers of Fortnite cheat software

Epic says it has banned "tens of thousands of Fortnite accounts" caught using Sincey Cheats

June 11, 2025 Vikki Blake

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SAG-AFTRA formally calls off industrial action after almost a year of strikes

Details of the agreement will be released at a later time

June 11, 2025 Vikki Blake

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Tencent wins IP lawsuit against Peacekeeper Elite leaker

The defendant has been ordered to apologize, cease and desist, and pay compensation

June 11, 2025 Vikki Blake

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"If we had the guidance we're offering, Atomic Heart wouldn't have taken 6 years" – Mundfish on ambitious new publishing venture Powerhouse

The publisher behind Summer Game Fest breakout game Ill discusses its strategy

June 11, 2025 Malindy Hetfeld

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Sony confirms layoffs at Bend Studio

Workforce reduced following "strategic changes" as team "shifts focus to its next project"

June 11, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Street Fighter 6 surpasses 5m units worldwide | News-in-brief

Capcom says it aims to "maximise the game's userbase by bringing the title to Switch 2" as a launch title

June 11, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Lars Wingefors steps down as Embracer CEO, Phil Rogers to take on role in August 2025

"While the road has not been straight, I am incredibly proud of the achievements made possible by our talented teams," says Wingefors

June 11, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Switch 2 breaks Nintendo records, sells 3.5m units globally in four days

Console is Nintendo's highest selling hardware within timeframe

June 11, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Non-profit Games for Change appoints 5 new board members to "scale impact in meaningful new ways"

"As communities worldwide experience change at an unprecedented rate, Games for Change is needed more than ever"

June 10, 2025 Vikki Blake

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Gears of War: Reloaded is not releasing on PS5 in Japan, but Xbox or PC releases will go ahead

Microsoft attributes the difference to "regional rating restrictions and platform policies"

June 10, 2025 Vikki Blake

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Multiplayer game and live streaming gaming platform Noice shuts down

"I got to again be part of a fantastic startup team building truly incredible and ambitious stuff"

June 10, 2025 Vikki Blake

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Jobs roundup: June 2025 | Roblox appoints Naveen Chopra as CFO

UPDATE: Eurogamer makes significant changes to its editorial team, Activision appoints Sarah Parvini as communications lead

June 10, 2025 Sophie McEvoy

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Everything you wanted to know about games journalism from a PR veteran (but were afraid to ask)

Renaissance PR's Stefano Petrullo on the value of relationships and how PR professonals can best navigate a changing media landscape

June 10, 2025 Samuel Roberts

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