Sustainable Games Alliance aims to make industry climate friendly
The Sustainable Games Alliance, a non-profit cooperative of game companies and trade associations, has formally announced its launch with the goal of making games...
Artificial Agency raises $16M to bring AI-powered behavior to games
Artificial Agency, an AI startup pioneering generative behavior for gaming, emerged from stealth and announced $16 million in funding. The funding will be used...
Behaviour Interactive announces structural changes, lays off 95 employees
Behaviour Interactive announced today that it’s making several changes to its structure, to focus on its “historical strengths” in the face of increasing competition...
GamesBeat Summit 2024: Exploring a new era of direct-to-consumer strategies
More and more publishers are turning to web stores and other direct-to-consumer (D2C) models in today’s games. And at GamesBeat Summit 2024, Discord SVP...
How a shifting games industry is affecting developers and publishers
Presented by Room 8 Group Games companies have been rocked by challenges in the last couple of years. The number of titles published is...
IGDA: Studios must take action and ‘stop driving talent away’ with layoffs
Heavy layoffs have cast a large shadow on the video game industry. The worrying trend began in 2023 and continues apace in 2024 –...
ESL Faceit Group lays off 15% of staff 2 years after $1.5B merger
ESL Faceit Group (EFG) is laying off 15% of its global workforce in an effort to reduce organizational complexity. This translates to the esports...
How the structure of the game industry is changing | Gilles Langourieux interview
Virtuos has carved out a big business since 2004 as a company that handles outsourced game development for both developers and publishers. With more than 3,700 people...
Report suggests studios lack tech to sustain live service ambitions
Live service games, or ongoing games with regular post-release update, are one of the biggest and most competitive genres in the games industry. These...
GDC survey exposes game dev views of GenAI and layoffs
Game developers are concerned about layoffs, AI ethics, game engine changes and return-to-work policies, according to a survey by the Game Developers Conference (GDC)....