Tag: Industry
News Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Revision For Europe
Allowing users to "easily" replace the battery
In March, Japanese outlet Nikkei released a report about Nintendo working on a new Switch 2 revision to comply with European Union rules, which allow users to replace batteries in consumer electronics themselves. There has been an update this week, with Nintendo's
News Mina The Hollower Sold 300,000 Copies In Its First Three Days
Yacht Club confirms strong sales
Yacht Club Games previously mentioned how Mina The Hollower was "make-or-break" for the indie developer, and it seems the game's lengthy development cycle has officially paid off. In an update after last week's launch, the team has now revealed Mina has officially sold 300,000 copies in its first three days on the...
News Valve Follows Switch 2, PS5 & Xbox With Major Steam Deck Price Hike
Priced out
Depending on what kind of hybrid gaming system you're in the market for, the Steam Deck might not be quite as appealing after a significant price increase this week. Following in the footsteps of Nintendo and Sony recently, Valve has announced its 512GB OLED system has jumped from $549 to $789 ($240 extra), and the 1TB OLED model has...
News Rocket League Announces "New Era" Alongside Unreal Engine 6 Reveal
"New era, new engine"
At the Rocket League Championship Series Paris Major this weekend, the game's developer Psyonix has officially announced a "new era" of the popular multiplayer game alongside the reveal of Unreal Engine 6. The free-to-play title, powered by UE3, will shift to Epic Games' new engine in the future. Fortnite was also featured in...
News Embracer Will Spin-Off 'Fellowship Entertainment' Into Its Own Company
"this approach represents the most effective long-term solution"
Embracer has announced its intention to spin-off Fellowship Entertainment into its own company in 2027. In the press release, founder Lars Wingefors states that the approach "represents the most effective long-term solution" for Embracer, with the intention being to "increase...
News Square Enix Wants To Further Promote Its Multi-Platform Strategy, Especially On Switch 2
Nintendo's new system has almost sold 20 million units
Square Enix has already shown strong support for the Switch 2 with major series such as Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and it won't be stopping anytime soon, according to the company's CEO Takashi Kiryu. Following the third-party giant's latest financial results, Kiryu noted how the plan was...
News Capcom Says It Will Continue To Nurture Its "Leading Brands" With Sequels, Remakes And Ports
New IP is also part of the plan
Capcom has already had an outstanding run this year, and if you're wondering what its plans are looking ahead, it's effectively more of the same. As we briefly touched on in our previous story, the presentation slides from the company's latest financial report reveal how it intends to nurture its leading brands to be...
News Former Tekken Boss Establishes New Studio Under SNK Corporation
Legends never die
Former Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has revealed the establishment of a new game development studio this week under SNK Corporation. It's called 'VS Studio' and is based in Tokyo. Harada, who will take on the role of CEO and Game Director, has provided an official statement, going into detail about the name, the studio's...
News Sega Explains Why Exactly It Cancelled Its "Super Game"
Market competition and business conditions ended the project
Yesterday, Sega Sammy's latest financial results revealed Sega's "Super Game" had been officially cancelled. It didn't elaborate on this, but a Sega representative has now shared some details about this project with Game File, and the reasoning behind its cancellation. The plan was to...
News "A Difficult And Painful Situation" - Metroid Dread Developer MercurySteam Suffers Layoffs
"There is no easy way to share this kind of news"
Spanish video game developer MercurySteam, best known for developing Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS and the critically-acclaimed Metroid Dread on Switch, is the latest studio to be hit with layoffs. "There is no easy way to share this kind of news", the independent studio said in
News Don't Worry, Sega Is Still Reviving Multiple Legacy Franchises
Despite axing its "Super Game"
Although Sega has officially axed its "Super Game", according to Sega Sammy's latest financial results presentation, its new titles and revival projects are still in the pipeline. The slide presentation for fiscal year ended March 2026, confirms Sega still has "upcoming plans" for multiple classic IP. This includes...
News Sega Has Officially Cancelled Its "Super Game"
Other projects and revivals are still on the way
As you might recall, Sega has been busy working on a "Super Game", which was targeting a release this year. However, in Sega Sammy's latest financial results presentation, it appears the project has now been officially cancelled. In the latest lot of presentation slides, you can see there's...
News Nintendo Isn't Ruling Out Further Switch 2 Price Changes Just Yet
Ready for "whatever situation arises"
As a part of last week's Q4 financial report, Nintendo revealed that Switch 2 will be subject to a price increase later this year. Today, the company has released the transcript of the ensuing investor Q&A, where the pricing topic was naturally pushed into the limelight, and it sounds like Nintendo isn't ready...
News Dragon Quest And Three Other Titles Inducted Into Video Game Hall Of Fame
Congratulations!
Every year The Strong National Museum of Play located in New York inducts new games into its Video Game Hall of Fame, and the inductees of 2026 have now been officially revealed. This year, there were a total of four games added to the ever-expanding list. This includes the mobile hit Angry Birds, the sports game FIFA International...
News Xbox Is Reportedly Having "Very Big Discussions" About Exclusivity
Update: Xbox provides official update
[Wed 15th Apr, 2026 03:55 BST]: Since Asha Sharma took over Phil Spencer's role as Microsoft Gaming CEO, there have been multiple reports about Xbox returning to "exclusives" and how it could potentially impact future releases on other platforms (including Switch 2). As highlighted by our colleagues at
News Metroid Prime Remastered Studio 'Iron Galaxy' Announces More Layoffs
It released Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 last year
Iron Galaxy, an American developer known in the Nintendo space for assisting Retro Studios with Metroid Prime Remastered and the release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 last year, has this week announced more layoffs. The studio confirmed this in a post on LinkedIn, revealing "a number of teammate
News Indonesia's Ratings Board Leaks A Bunch Of Game Details, Includes 007 First Light & Castlevania
007's ending may be part of the leaks
A bunch of video game details and story spoilers have been leaked accidentally by the Indonesian Game Rating System (IGRS) from a number of upcoming releases, with the most-significant coming from IO Interactive's 007 First Light, VGC reports. According to VGC, story spoilers for upcoming action game are now...
News Former Nintendo Sales Lead Thinks Switch 2 Price Increase Is "Inevitable"
"There’s just so many outside forces that are kind of forcing their hand"
With the PlayStation 5's price increase going into effect today, lots of us are concerned about the rising cost of video games in general. Xbox has already increased its Series X and S prices, but the Switch 2 has remained static since its launch last year. But, in an...
Feature Nintendo May Win Its Case Against The US Government, But Tariffs Are Here To Stay
Winning the battle, losing the (trade) war
Rewind the clock back to early April 2025. Gamers in the United States are eager to get their hands on a Switch 2 and are waiting on tenterhooks to lodge their pre-orders. But, as he tends to do, Donald Trump threw a spanner in the works. On 2nd April, he declared a national emergency over the US trade...
News Epic Games Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs Weeks After Raising Fortnite V-Bucks Prices
Plus $500 million in cost cutting
Fortnite is one of the most successful games in the world, but that hasn't stopped Epic Games being affected by the tumultuous nature of the games industry. Today, the company has announced that it's laying off over 1000 employees due to a downturn in engagement. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier initially broke the news...
News Nintendo's Apparently Cutting US Switch 2 Output After Lower Than Expected Holiday Sales
Quarterly productions revised
It's no secret that the Switch 2 struggled over its first holiday period. The console's sales numbers were reportedly down 35% in the US compared to what its predecessor managed back in 2017, and 2025 marked the region's worst November since 1995 in terms of hardware sales. All this is to say, it's hardly surprising to...
News Japanese Teens Apparently Love Nintendo Switch More Than Pokémon & Disney
Our survey says...
The Brand Japan 2026 evaluation survey results have revealed that Nintendo is still an extremely-popular name with Japanese teenagers, with both the company brand and the Switch console only being beaten by YouTube. As reported on (and translated) by Automaton Media, Nikkei BP Consulting's
The Slime has come
Over the weekend, Square Enix announced a collaboration with Google which will see a generative AI-powered "companion" added to Dragon Quest X. As highlighted in an article by news outlet Sankei Shimbun (thanks, NintendoEverything), Google's Gemini will be integrated into the Japan-only MMORPG and power a conversational compa
News Europe Might Be Forcing Nintendo To Revise The Switch 2
A revision with a replaceable battery, according to Nikkei
Nintendo is working on a new Switch 2 revision to comply with European Union rules around the ability for owners to replace batteries in consumer electronics themselves, according to a new report from Nikkei. The Japanese outlet reports that this move is specifically targeted at the...
News Former Overwatch Director Breaks Silence About Sudden Departure From Blizzard
"I literally thought I'd retire from the place"
Before Blizzard's free-to-play multiplayer shooter Overwatch 2 arrived on the scene, there was the original paid experience led by game director (and fan favourite) Jeff Kaplan. You might recall how Kaplan made an abrupt exit from the company behind Diablo and
News Xbox Announces Next Generation Console, Will Play "Xbox And PC Games"
Codenamed 'Project Helix'
There has been plenty of debate about Xbox's future following the recent appointment of Asha Sharna as the new Microsoft Gaming CEO, but it appears the brand will continue as a console maker. In some big industry news this week, Xbox has officially announced "the return of Xbox" in the form of "Project Helix", Microsoft's...
News Nintendo Is Considering A Switch 2 Price Hike This Year, According To New Report
Thanks to AI and "RAMmageddon"
The rising demand for RAM for AI data centres and the associated rising costs are having a massive effect across the tech world, and with Sony reportedly pushing back the launch of its as-yet-unannounced PS5 successor, Nintendo is considering raising the price of Switch 2 in 2026, too, according to a new Bloomberg...
News SEGA Records $200 Million Impairment Loss As Angry Bird Dev's Performance Is "Sluggish"
Rovio's performance "fell significantly short of initial forecast"
SEGA Sammy has published its Q3 2025/26 financial report, and it's a pretty mixed bag for the multimedia giant, with losses reported in multiple different areas. But perhaps the biggest piece of news comes from Rovio's side of the business. Sega acquired the Angry Bird developer in...
News Ubisoft Staff Push Back Against Company Restructure With Three-Day Strike
Update: 538 confirmed to be striking
[Thu 12th Feb, 2026 13:30 GMT]: Late last month, Ubisoft announced a major organisational restructure which saw, among many other things, several studio closures and six game cancellations. This week, in response to the changes, at least 1,200 Ubisoft workers have taken to the streets in a three-day...
News GDC Survey Shows Switch 2 Is Proving To Be A Desirable Platform For Developers
Interest is basically as high as Steam Deck and PS5
The Switch 2 is approaching its eight-month anniversary, and developers across the world are interested in getting their games on the newest gaming system out there. At least, that's what GDC's latest State of the Game Industry survey reveals (thanks, VGC). The report shows that 39% of developers...
News Hideki Kamiya's Block-Happy, Take-No-Crappery Is "Super Reassuring", Says Yoko Taro
“It’s a net positive to instil that fear"
In a recent episode of Cafe Four Leaf on CLOVERS' YouTube channel, NieR creator Yoko Taro has heaped praise on fellow game developer and friend Hideki Kamiya and his approach to gamers online who "say things seriously out of line." (Thanks, Automaton.) Kamiya — the veteran game director who is...
News Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. 9 Studio Comcept Is Finished
It was officially dissolved earlier this month
The video game company Comcept, originally founded by Keiji Inafune in December 2010, has been "officially dissolved by a shareholders' resolution" earlier this month on 13th January 2026. A notice was published about this today in Japan's government gazette Kanpo (thanks for the heads up, Gematsu)...
News Ubisoft Increases 'Just Dance' Subscription Prices In The Wake Of Restructuring & Cuts
Money+
Just a week after Ubisoft announced it was making a huge amount of cuts and cancellations in order to aid efficiency and corporate restructuring, the French studio has confirmed it will be increasing the price of Just Dance+ subscriptions from April 2026. The streaming service, which launched back in November 2022, can be used in-game from...
Expect the unexpected, no?
"A message from the dev team:" Maybe in years past, such an intro would fill us with excitement and anticipation; after all, a peek behind the development curtain is always a welcome treat. But in 2026, the line is a signifier of bad news. Said opening almost always leads to the following: "We've got some news today...
News Industry Veteran Hideki Konno Has Apparently Left Nintendo After Four Decades
Thanks for everything, Konno-san
Following the news of Kensuke Tanabe's retirement earlier this week, it's now being reported game designer, director, producer, and Nintendo veteran Hideki Konno has also called time on his career at the Japanese firm. According to an update on his Facebook page, Konno seemingly left the company in July 2025, but...
News Pokémon Developer Game Freak To Reveal More About 'Beast Of Reincarnation' Later This Month
Update: Director responds to question about a Switch 2 release
[Sat 10th Jan, 2026 01:30 GMT]: The Pokémon developer Game Freak recently released the DLC Mega Dimension, so what's it up to beyond this? In case you missed it when it was revealed last year, the studio has a new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation
News Prince Of Persia Team Behind Cancelled Sands Of Time Remake Shares Final Message
"We know this is deeply disappointing"
Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake will no longer see the light of day after the company announced a major organisational restructure this week. Alongside this news, the team working on the game has issued a message explaining the reason behind this "difficult decision". Although the project had...
Research firm Niko Partners reveals what could drive an increase
Over the past year, both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S have been hit with price increases. It's inevitably led to questions about the Switch 2 getting a price hike in the future. Although there has been no official announcement from Nintendo about a price increase at this...
Random Reggie Recalls Retailers "Upset" With Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Shortages
Just a week into the job
Even though we've just entered a new era of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé is still the name most people associate with the role. And, speaking at this weekend's New York Game Awards, the former NoA president shared a little tidbit about his time early on in his career at Nintendo (thanks,
News The Studio Behind The Sonic Boom Games On 3DS Has Been Shut Down
BOOM!
There have already been multiple layoffs and closures in the opening weeks of 2026, and in case you missed it, Meta (formerly Facebook) last week announced the closure of three studios. Apart from Armature, one of these developers was Sanzaru Games, which was acquired by Meta in 2020 and had been working under Oculus Studios in its Reality...
News Nintendo, Sony And Xbox Update "Safer Gaming" Principles
A "shared commitment" to improve player safety
In 2020, the major players in the console space Nintendo, Sony and Xbox announced a "shared commitment to safer gaming" to "improve player safety" across each platform. Fast forward to this year, and these shared principles have now been updated to ensure they represent the "constant efforts" to keep...
News Ubisoft Layoffs At Two Swedish Studios Expected To Impact 55 Jobs
Following a studio closure last week
A week after we heard about Ubisoft's closure of its mobile game-focused studio Ubisoft Halifax, news has now surfaced about the third-party publisher laying off people at two other teams as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures. According to a report from IGN, Ubisoft "expects 55 jobs" to be impacted at the...
"Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, everybody's done something"
Electronic Arts has been in the headlines for all sorts of reasons over the years, but Hazelight Studios founder and director Josef Fares (who is known for expressing his honest opinion) can't help but feel the third-party video game giant is still "getting more s**t" than it deserves. His...
News Ubisoft Starts The New Year With A Studio Closure, 71 Jobs Affected
Decision apparently unrelated to recent unionisation
Ubisoft has started its new year with the closure of its Canada-based studio Ubisoft Halifax. According to a company spokesperson, more than 70 positions are impacted as part of cost-cutting and restructuring measures. Staff were informed about the closure on Wednesday. Here's the official...
Feature Who Is Devon Pritchard? - Meet The Next NOA President Stepping Into Bowser's Boots
Dougging deep
In September, Nintendo shared the news that none of us could have predicted so soon: Bowser is stepping down from the position of top dog at the end of this year. The Koopas will have to find a new king, the Mushroom Kingdom will have to find a new menace, the kart racing scene will ha— what? Not that Bowser? Oh... we're going to...
Editorial Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late
Forever
If you're coming to this after the fact, we should note that the Giant Bomb story had a happy ending, with the staff buying GB from Fandom and going independent. Yes! Nevertheless, in another turbulent year for the games industry and the media covering it, it's more important than ever to support the work you love... Well, we've come to...
News Vince Zampella, Call Of Duty Co-Creator And Respawn Head, Has Died
He was 55
Infinity Ward co-founder and Respawn Entertainment head Vince Zampella has died in a fatal car crash, NBC4 Los Angeles reports. He was 55 years old. The crash was reported to have happened yesterday, 21st December 2025, in along Southern California's Angeles Crest Highway, at around 12:45pm local time. Tributes have been pouring in...
News Nintendo Wins $8.2 Million In Damages Over Wii Controller Patent Infringement
15 years leads to big(Ben) payout
Nintendo has been locked in a long-running legal battle with BigBen Interactive — now known as Nacon — over an infringement relating to the patent of the Wii controller for a full 15 years. That's a long time! Now, though, and as reported by The Games Fray (thanks, Games Industry.biz), the J
News Netflix "Didn't Attribute Any Value" To Warner Bros. Games In Acquisition Deal
"We haven't built that into our deal model"
Hm, we're sure that we won't be looking back on this quote with a suspicious eye down the line. Following Netflix's $82.7 billion acquisition agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery (later challenged by a separate offer from Paramount), Netflix co-CEO, president and director Gregory Peters has said WB Games...
News Future Of Tomb Raider To Be Revealed At The Game Awards 2025
"This is one you won't want to miss"
The Game Awards is taking place later this week, and ahead of the big industry event, Lara Croft's return has been teased. As highlighted by the show's creator and host Geoff Keighley and the official Tomb Raider social media account, fans of Lara will be able to tune into the event to find out about the...
