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Roblox Corp is apparently under an ‘active and ongoing investigation’ by the SEC
This is either an ominous portent for Roblox or a major government agency trying to look tough. Either way, what has been discovered is...
Roblox stock dips after the company misses earnings projections for the fiscal year
Apparently a game company missing earnings forecasts by what looks like a rounding error is enough to cause its stock to drop now. That's...
Palworld hands out Pal skins for Lunar New Year as Pocketpair’s publishing arm takes off
Last weekend, we noted that the developer of survival sandbox Palworld is looking to extend its reach beyond a mobile launch, crossovers, and a...
Warner Bros Games sheds its CEO, partly owing to Multiversus’ profit problems
It looks as if the latest big-dollar stumbles for the Warner Bros. gaming division has come for the top of the tower, as CEO...
Unity game developers share optimistic outlooks for the industry in 2025
With the absolute bloodbath of layoffs in 2024 and some worrying trends to start off the year, it's easy to presume that the gaming...
Rumor: Tencent and Guillemot family are considering creation of a venture using Ubisoft assets
The rumors of some form of deal between Tencent and Ubisoft's Guillemot family owners now have a fresh wrinkle this week, as new insider...
Godfall and Duelyst developer Counterplay Games shutters according to Jackalyptic Games employees
Counterplay Games isn't what one would consider a big-name studio, but they have notability in our neck of the gaming woods as the developer...
NetEase yoinks funding from another studio and leaves Jar of Sparks to seek a new publisher
Back in 2022 we got word of NetEase funding a new studio known as Jar of Sparks, which is being headed by Jerry Hook,...
The names of multiple Star Citizen execs ousted before the new year are finally surfacing
Yesterday we reported on the resignation of Carl Jones from his position as chief strategy officer for Star Citizen developer CIG, which appeared to...
Gaming psychologist believes 2025 will bring ‘a new era of safety by design for our digital playgrounds’
We've written more than a few times about the effect of harassment, hate speech, and other toxic behaviors in MMOs and online gaming spaces...
Tencent pushes back against its classification as a Chinese military company by the US government
Supposedly the Chinese megacorp Tencent is up to more than just working in video games if the US Department of Defense is to be...
Fortnite has refunded $72M to gamers so far thanks to ‘dark patterns’ settlements
Last year, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hit Epic Games with a $245M fine as the government body found that the company was...
Tencent removes its Epic Games board inserts after US Justice Department gives it the stinkeye
If this news story were a Discord conversation, the US Justice Department would have posted the Futurama Frye squint animated gif and Tencent would...
Deceive Inc. developer dissolves after hitting a ‘breaking point,’ but the game will stay online for now
We've got some disheartening news for anyone who was enjoying the spy vs. spy team shooter Deceive Inc.: Developer Sweet Bandits announced on its...
UK regulatory body calls for investigation into Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ of mobile market
Over the past couple of years, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating whether Apple and Google have stymied growth and...
Unity’s CEO says he flew around the world to understand why devs didn’t like runtime fees
Last year Unity decided it wanted to manufacture some discord within the games industry in the name of a quick buck when it added...
Dev studio ProbablyMonsters cancels its Battle Barge project and lays off 50 workers
The hits keep on coming in regards to layoffs in the games industry. This time around we're reporting on a layoff of 50 workers...
Riot Games promises that it’s still ‘working hard’ on the Riot MMORPG
Back in March, Riot Games decided that its in-development and unnamed MMORPG would need to reset its design direction and go radio silent for...
SAG-AFTRA union agrees to resume negotiations with game companies, but strikes and picketing continue
Video game voice over artists who are members of the SAG-AFTRA union have been on strike against game companies since July as game studios...
Roblox Corp denies short-seller’s report that it lies to investors and hosts ‘a pedophile hellscape’
The dark clouds that hang over Roblox have been well-documented by us for quite some time, but now there's a damning new report from...