With less than 24 hours to launch, Hytale lead says the sandbox game's 50-person dev team has been funded for the next 2 years through pre-orders alone

The long-awaited early access launch for Hytale is less than 24 hours away as this story goes live, but prospects for the ...
GameSpot

Five-Year-Old Survival Game Icarus Just Sold Nearly 1 Million Copies In Three Weeks

Now, RocketWerkz founder Dean Hall has revealed just how many copies of Icarus were sold during the sale. In a post on X, ...

STX Entertainment Relaunching With New Investor, Robert Simonds And Noah Fogelson To Exit

Beleaguered STX Entertainment is attempting another reset with a deep-pocketed investor. Chair Robert Simonds and CEO Noah ...
Hardcore Gamer

Xbox Sets First Developer_Direct Stream of 2026 for January 22

Xbox to kick off its 25th anniversary year with a Developer_Direct stream focusing on three upcoming games, including the Fable reboot.
Pure Xbox

Another Source Reveals What They Know About The 'Secret' Xbox Developer Direct Game

The well-known outlet Video Games Chronicle says it has also heard of a secret fourth game for the Xbox Developer Direct ...
TweakTown

AI may be causing 'more problems than it solves' for game developers

TL;DR: Major tech companies are integrating generative AI to streamline game development, but challenges persist. Ubisoft, Microsoft, and EA use AI tools to boost workflows, yet developers face ...
DualShockers

8 Amazing Games Made Within Short Development Periods

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...
Polygon

As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS'

Arc Raiders' use of AI tools continues to create divides in gaming. The CEO of its developer's parent company, Nexon, recently claimed that generative artificial intelligence tools are everywhere in ...
Variety

Sony-Backed Jabali.ai Bows AI Game Development Platform to Democratize Creation

Jabali.ai is making a play to open up game development to the masses with the launch of Jabali Studio, a next-gen platform that lets users design, build and pub 2D and 3D games without wrestling with ...
Variety

Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy

Amid sweeping layoffs that began throughout ecommerce giant Amazon Tuesday, the company is making “significant” changes to its video games business. The move comes on the heels of Amazon launching new ...
PC Gamer

Amazon Games is making major layoffs as it shifts focus away from MMOs to its Luna cloud gaming platform: 'We have made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of ...

The VP of Amazon Games says the layoffs are part of the 14,000 announced today, but represent broader "strategic changes" at the gaming division. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
Futurism

EA’s Attempt to Use AI for Game Development Backfiring Horribly

The video game industry is hellbent on harnessing the power of generative AI to boost productivity and dream up virtual worlds — while also cutting costs, of course. According to a recent Google Cloud ...