Epic Games is facing a brutal backlash after its recent round of layoffs—more than 1,000 jobs cut—swept up an employee whose family says he’s fighting terminal brain cancer and lost life insurance as a result. After the story spread widely online, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney publicly responded that the…
Eidos-Montréal — the storied studio behind Deus Ex and a key contributor to the modern Tomb Raider era — has announced a major workforce reduction impacting 124 employees, alongside the departure of Head of Studio David Anfossi. The news lands as yet another gut-punch in a games industry that can’t…
A newly translated developer interview has resurfaced a fascinating, frankly overdue truth about Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen: Game Freak wasn’t primarily chasing the boys who grew up on the original Game Boy releases. The remakes were deliberately tuned to appeal to girls and even older…
A brutal human story has erupted out of Epic Games’ recent mass layoffs: Mike Prinke, a longtime Epic employee currently undergoing treatment for terminal brain cancer, was among the more than 1,000 people let go—and his family says the cut also meant losing his life insurance at the worst possible…
A former Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 translator and editor says he was abruptly let go by Warhorse Studios and told his role would become “obsolete” because the studio plans to use “AI for all translations going forward.” The claim, posted publicly on Reddit by Max Hejtmánek (also identified as…
Sony is raising prices across the PS5 family — including the PS5 Pro — and the PlayStation Portal in a sweeping global hike that lands April 2, 2026. The increases hit the US, UK, Europe, and Japan with triple-digit jumps on consoles and a $50 bump on Portal, and Sony is framing it as a “necessary…
A woman working at Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo in Ikebukuro was fatally stabbed on March 26 in what police have described as an apparent murder-suicide, with the attacker also dying later in hospital. Japanese media are now reporting the suspect was the victim’s former boyfriend — and that he had…
Owlcat Games has confirmed it’s using generative AI during development of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, but insists none of it will survive into the shipped product. The studio says the tech is being used strictly for prototyping and technical iteration—not for final art assets, writing, or voice…
Crimson Desert has pulled off a rapid post-launch reversal—and the market whiplash has been just as dramatic as the game’s combat. After a mixed critical reception helped trigger a sharp drop in Pearl Abyss’ share price, the studio’s quick-fire patching and a blockbuster 3 million copies sold…
Nintendo is officially breaking with one of its most consumer-predictable habits on Switch 2: the company will now set different MSRPs for physical and digital versions of its first-party, Switch 2–exclusive games. The shift begins in May with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and the early signal is…
