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

Hardware sales for the Nintendo Switch 2 have reached almost one million units in Japan, making it the country's biggest console launch to date. Read more

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SAG-AFTRA national board approves tentative agreement

SAG-AFTRA's national board has approved the tentative agreement with the convenience bargaining group for its Interactive Media Contract announced earlier this week. Read more

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

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

Stellar Blade is now the biggest PlayStation published single-player game on Steam in terms of concurrent players. Read more

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

Trade body TIGA has responded to the spending review outlined by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling the government's commitment to increasing funding for the creative industries as "encouraging." Read more

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Nice Plans Studios raises $3m in funding round

Cyprus-based Nice Plans Studio has secured $3 million in a funding round led by Pixeldog with $600,000 being sourced from its founders. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party returns Wednesday, July 9

The GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party 2025 will take place Wednesday, July 9 at Horatio's Bar on Brighton Pier. Read more

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

Taiwanese mobile game Reversed Front: Bonfire has been banned in Hong Kong for reportedly "promoting secessionist agencies" by encouraging players to defeat communist regimes. Read more

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Cobra Mobile shuts down after 20 years

Dundee-based developer Cobra Mobile has been shut down. Read more

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Epic sues creator and resellers of Fortnite cheat software

Epic Games has filed a new lawsuit against Fortnite cheat software developer, Sincey Cheats and Vanta Cheats. Read more

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

SAG-AFTRA - the union that represents 160,000 actors, voiceover artists, and other media professionals - has formally called off its industrial action after 11 months of strikes. Read more

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Tencent wins IP lawsuit against Peacekeeper Elite leaker

Tencent has won after a court found leaker Xiaopang Commentary had infringed the IP rights of Peacekeeper Elite, the Chinese version of PUBG Mobile. Read more

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Sony confirms layoffs at Bend Studio

Sony's first-party Bend Studio has undergone a round of layoffs following the cancellation of "a live service concept". Read more

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

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

Embracer co-founder Lars Wingefors is stepping down as CEO, with current deputy CEO Phil Rogers taking over the role in August 2025. Read more

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

Nintendo Switch 2 has sold over 3.5 million units worldwide, making it the highest selling Nintendo hardware within the first four days of release. Read more

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

Games for Change, a non-profit organization "empowering game creators and social innovators to drive impact through digital games and immersive tech," has expanded its board and appointed five more members: Samir El Agili, (Tilting Point and Brandible), Benjamin Golant (Tencent Americas), (Xbox, Microsoft), Evan Segal (Segal Ventures), and Mark Stanley (Yelnats Collective). Read more

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

Despite passing certification on Xbox Series and PC, Gears of War: Reloaded will not release on PS5 in Japan. Read more

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Multiplayer game and live streaming gaming platform Noice shuts down

Multiplayer game and live streaming gaming platform Noice is closing down. Read more

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You can now enter the 2025 UK GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards

Submissions are now open for UK games companies to enter the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2025. Read more

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Apple announces new games platform launching later this year

Apple has unveiled its new gaming app – Apple Games – which is set to launch this fall across its devices. Read more

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SAG-AFTRA reaches tentative agreement with major games companies to end strike

SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with a bargaining group including some of the industry's largest studios and publishers. Read more

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Nintendo delays live-action Legend of Zelda film | News-in-brief

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Ubisoft trial witnesses testify to "being tied to a chair, forced to do handstands, and subjected to constant comments about sex"

Ubisoft developers have told a French court that former execs Serge Hascoet, Tommy Francois, and Guillaume Patrux allegedly perpetuated a "systemic" culture of sexism and abuse. Read more

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Star Trek Beyond writer Doug Jung announced as showrunner for Amazon's Mass Effect series

Star Trek Beyond writer Doug Jung has been appointed showrunner of Amazon Prime's Mass Effect adaptation. Read more

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Outer Worlds 2 is first Xbox Game Studios title to retail at $80

The Outer Worlds 2 will be the first Xbox title to retail at $80 following Microsoft's planned price rises announced last month. Read more

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Ampere Analysis: Over 13m players expected to purchase Switch 2 in 2025

Over 13 million players are expected to purchase a Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025, according to a new report from Ampere Analysis. Read more

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Scottish mobile developer Outplay Entertainment cuts 15% of staff to "align operations with current business realities"

Outplay Entertainment has cut more than 20 jobs to "align [its] operations with current business realities." Read more

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Sony unveils its own internally designed fight stick, Project Defiant

Sony is designing its own fight stick. Read more

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Nintendo Switch 2 consoles arrive damaged as retailer staples receipts on outer packaging

Customers are reporting that they are receiving their all-new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles with receipts stapled to the front of boxes, damaging the screens. Read more

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2025 Apple Design Awards winners include Balatro, Neva, and Dredge

Apple has announced the finalists of its Apple Design Awards. Read more

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Mark Rubin leaves Ubisoft, XDefiant officially shuts down

Ubisoft's Mark Rubin has announced his departure from the company as its live service shooter XDefiant is officially sunsetted. Read more

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US court denies emergency motion issued by Apple in legal case against Epic Games

A US court had denied Apple's emergency motion to pause an injunction that prohibits the company from collecting fees on purchases made on alternative app stores. Read more

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Playtika reportedly cuts "as many as 160 jobs" affecting teams in Israel and Poland

Playtika has reportedly cut "as many as 160 jobs", affecting teams based in Poland and Israel. Read more

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Neowiz signs global rights to Shadowlight's inaugural game, Kill the Shadow

Lies of P publisher Neowiz has signed a deal with Shadowlight for the global rights of the studio's inaugural game, Kill the Shadow. Read more

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Empty Vessel closes Series A funding with $11m

Empty Vessel has closed its initial Series A funding. While it has not disclosed its seed round funds, the studio stated it puts the total raised at $11 million. Read more

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Senior execs leave Build a Rocket Boy days ahead of MindsEye's release

MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy's chief legal officer and chief financial officer have announced they've left the company a week before the game's June 10 release. Read more

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Blumhouse is developing a movie adaptation of indie horror Phasmophobia | News-in-brief

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Jagex sheds unspecified number of "non-game dev and non-player-facing" roles as it shuts down Project Zanaris

Update, Thursday June 5, 2025: In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, Jagex said the layoffs were unrelated to the cancelation of Project Zanaris. The company also said it was unwilling to confirm how many colleagues had been affected at this time "out of respect for those impacted and to allow the process to be handled privately and fairly." Its new structure is expected to be in place by the end of the month. "As part of our strategy to build the best experiences for players and grow the RuneScape community, we have proposed changes to our operational structure," a Jagex spokesperson told us. "These adjustments are designed to reduce complexity, increase agility, and ensure we are fully focused on the areas that matter most — our games, our players, and our future. "The vast majority of proposed role reductions are within non-game development and non-player-facing functions, such as operations and administrative support. Our intention is to protect and strengthen the teams directly responsible for delivering value to players. "We recognise that any change of this nature is difficult, and we are committed to supporting all impacted employees throughout the transition," the statement concluded. Original story: Jagex has "paused" development of its RuneScape community servers project, Zanaris, resulting in an unspecified number of redundancies. Read more

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ESA: 64% of Americans play games for more than an hour a week

Just over 205 million people in the US played video games for more than an hour a week in 2024, according to a new report by the Entertainment Software Association. Read more

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