Wolf Haus Games, founded by Hollywood veterans Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson, Michael Abbott, and Dooma Wendschuh, is developing Join Us, a large-scale open-world cult simulator, with a team of just 12 pe…
Saber Interactive added an AI disclaimer to Rideshare Simulator's Steam page after former lead writer Stella Sacco alleged she was replaced by ChatGPT; CEO Matt Karch apologized for his earlier commen…
Saber Interactive has denied replacing a writer with ChatGPT on its upcoming driving game Rideshare Stimulator, following allegations from former lead writer Stella Sacco that she was removed from the…
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has opened entries for the 2027 BAFTA Games Awards, updating its rulebook to clarify that awards recognize outstanding human achievement regardl…
Gamescom Dev's annual speaker survey of 100 industry professionals found that 83% expect AI to impact team structure or productivity, with nearly half identifying AI-assisted development as the most s…
S&P Global Market Intelligence reports that AI-focused M&A deals are weakening the games investment landscape, with Q2 2024 seeing 23 transactions totaling $1.15 billion, down 85% from Q1. Analyst Nei…
Fenris Creations has appointed former Icelandic minister Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir as senior director for AI partnerships to lead a new research initiative for Eve Frontier, collaborating with AI …
Tripledot Studios acquired mobile publisher Supersonic from Unity for $40 million, with Supersonic continuing as a standalone company under the Tripledot Group brand, led by its existing management te…
Unity reported its 'best quarter in history as a public company' with Q2 revenue of $546 million, up 24% year-on-year, driven by a 35% increase in Grow Solutions revenue to $389 million, attributed to…
Yogscast Games announced three new hires: Charlotte Willis as PR and influencer manager, Robin Mawhinney as production coordinator, and Charlotte Pang as publishing coordinator. Separately, Jars AI co…
Reforged Labs, a generative AI platform for mobile gaming creative strategy and performance marketing, is shutting down after three years, CEO Robert Huynh announced. The company, founded in 2023, ser…
Nearly nine in ten games industry workers (88.4%) believe generative AI use should be disclosed on digital storefronts like Steam, according to a GamesIndustry.biz survey of 826 respondents. The surve…
Games for Change (G4C) will expand its annual festival to new cities, starting with Arizona in 2027 in partnership with Arizona State University (ASU), while returning to New York in even-numbered yea…
The EU AI Act's deepfake transparency rules create new compliance challenges for game studios, requiring disclosure of AI-generated or manipulated content featuring real people or locations. Recent gu…
Gaming startup Studio Atelico is developing its debut game Bobium Brawlers using its on-device Atelico AI Engine, which runs locally rather than on cloud servers and is trained on the studio's own art…
The US Federal Reserve has appointed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to co-lead its Productivity and Jobs task force, which will assess the economic impact of new general-purpose technologies including AI. The a…
Sony Interactive Entertainment leadership called AI an "important foundational technology" supporting its strategy, emphasizing that AI tools improve development quality and speed rather than cost eff…
The Godot Foundation updated its contribution policy to ban autonomous AI agent use and AI-generated code, citing a surge in low-quality AI contributions that overwhelm reviewers and demoralize the co…
Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, has open-sourced the Carbon engine behind Eve Online on GitHub under permissive licenses. Senior development director Ben Hunter said the move aims to build commu…
As AI compute subsidies end, game developers report limited and inconsistent productivity gains from generative AI tools, raising doubts about the justification for rising costs. Token-based billing a…