Funcom Cuts Staff to Focus on Dune: Awakening and Conan
Funcom is restructuring and laying off staff to focus only on Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles, and CEO Rui Casais will step down at…
Category: Industry
Ubisoft Plans About 100 Voluntary Exits at German Studios
Ubisoft has proposed a voluntary departure plan for its Düsseldorf, Berlin and Mainz studios, with about 100 jobs reportedly affected, mostly in Düsseldorf.
House House Says Big Walk Won’t Come to Xbox, Citing BDS
Untitled Goose Game studio House House says Big Walk will skip Xbox in line with the BDS movement's call to boycott Microsoft, which it…
Xbox Forms ‘Xbox Labs’ to Explore AI-Era Game Ports, Decompiles and Remixes, Asha Sharma Memo Says
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's memo launches Xbox Labs, led by CTO Scott Van Vliet, to explore decompiled, ported and remixed games, even if they…
GTA 6 Is Headed to PC in Q1 2027, GamesBeat Reports
GamesBeat says Rockstar plans to release Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first three months of 2027, citing four sources. Rockstar hasn't…
Asha Sharma Launches Xbox Labs to Test Emerging Tech
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has created Xbox Labs, a small team led by CTO Scott Van Vliet that will turn emerging technology into things…
Ubisoft Proposes Closing Trials Studio RedLynx
Ubisoft has proposed closing RedLynx, the Finnish studio behind Trials, affecting up to 52 jobs, and has cut 70 positions at Ubisoft Singapore.
ESA Asks the U.S. to Brand Preloaded Retro Handhelds Piracy
The ESA wants the USTR's 2026 Notorious Markets list to target retro handhelds sold with preloaded games, calling them superfakes and naming Anbernic.
Xbox Won’t Survive Reliving the Past, Asha Sharma Says
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma reportedly told staff the company must keep making new IP, saying Xbox will not survive if it only leans on…
Report: Epic Delays Its Marvel and Star Wars Shooter Indefinitely and Orders ‘AI-First’ Development
Epic's Marvel and Star Wars shooter has reportedly lost its March 2027 date as Epic moves the project to AI-first development, per Bloomberg.