Development

"Bobby Kotick's decisions made our games worse," says former Call of Duty dev

"I demanded his firing in front of everyone."

A Squid Game game is coming to Netflix

I know what you squid last summer.

Hideo Kojima says he was "opposed by peers, colleagues, and relatives" when he decided to go independent

"Young creators must be given freedom of choice."

Students can meet with over 60 studios and 3000+ devs at next year's free Guildford.Games Festival

"It isn't just about celebrating the present; it's about nurturing the future of gaming."

UKIE diversity initiative #RaiseTheGame launches its new Empower Up Toolkit

"Empower Up is suitable for all games companies, wherever they are on their EDI journey."

Modern Warfare 3 was "a labour of love" and "years in the making", says Sledgehammer Games

"Anything said to the contrary is simply not true – this is our game, and we cannot wait to play it with you."

Super Mario RPG has been developed by Dragon Quest studio ArtePiazza

It's a-me, Arte!

Konami is looking to employ game creators for "large-scale" Silent Hill projects

"A chance to be involved in game production in a cutting-edge development environment."

The Last of Us multiplayer director confirms: "Yes, I’m still working on that game"

Naughty Slog.

PlayStation's Visual Arts is the latest games company hit by layoffs

"I knew this layoff wave was coming."

CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months

"Having a union means having more security, transparency, better protection, and a stronger voice in times of crisis."

Starfield was made to be played "for a very long time"

Todd Howard says it's one of the things the studio has learned "from previous games".

Women in Games' next conference asks "what's being done to disrupt norms and bring fairness for women?"

"There are still challenges facing women in games and esports, and women and girls playing games online."

Next Mass Effect will ditch open world and return to series' "classic format", insider teases

Stay massy.

Stalker 2 developer GSC Game World's servers have been damaged by a fire at its Prague office

"We've dealt with worse than that before. This is fine."

Baldur's Gate 3's director hasn't completely ruled out DLC

"You'd need different stakes, different environments, different protagonists, and antagonists, but it's not undoable".

The Chinese Room is developing Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

Fangtastic.

Baldur's Gate 3 "feels so alive" because it used mo-cap and 248 actors to bring its characters to life

"Which means Shadowheart's iconic head wiggles were Jen’s actual head wiggles."

The Chinese Room reveals how Still Wakes the Deep's environment will evolve

Rig Bang Theory.

Bethesda's Head of Publishing hits back at Starfield's start screen criticism

"Questioning out a developer's 'care' is highly unprofessional coming from another 'dev'."

Blizzard notes Overwatch 2's review bombs but insists players say it's "in the best state it's ever been"

"If we can’t turn back the clock, then what can we do? We can keep adding to and improving Overwatch 2."

Destiny 2 is "heading into creative territories Bungie has never explored before"

"We're changing some things up in a big way with an all-new mechanic."

Diablo 4's next patch will buff Sorcerers and Barbarians

"We're working on it right now."

Lost Ark thanks you for playing "despite the game not being perfect"

"I express my gratitude and will strive to fix other inconveniences as fast as possible."

Amnesia developer Frictional Games plans to "cut back a bit" on horror games

"I am confident that these games will still feel like Frictional ones."