Industry-focused news tracking studio closures, publisher insolvencies (like Nacon), and developer layoffs.
PUBG: Blindspot—Krafton’s free-to-play, top-down 5v5 tactical shooter spin-off—will go dark on Monday, March 30, 2026, bringing its Early Access run to an abrupt end after less than two months on Steam. Developer ARC Team says it can’t “sustainably provide the level of experience” it aimed for, and…
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…
Epic Games is pulling the plug on three Fortnite modes—Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage—in the wake of layoffs affecting more than 1,000 employees. Two of those modes are disappearing on April 16, 2026, with Rocket Racing lasting a little longer until October 2026. It’s a sharp,…
PlayStation is reportedly shutting down Dark Outlaw Games, the first-party partner studio led by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell, barely a year after it was publicly revealed. The move is also said to come alongside additional layoffs tied to mobile development, signaling another sharp turn in…
Epic Games is cutting more than 1,000 jobs, with CEO Tim Sweeney blaming a “downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025” and broader “industry-wide challenges” like weaker spending and slower console sales. The cuts arrive just weeks after Epic raised Fortnite V-Bucks prices “to help pay…
Ubisoft has effectively closed the book on Red Storm Entertainment as a game-making studio. The veteran North Carolina team—best known for helping define Tom Clancy games like Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six—is being moved into a behind-the-scenes support role, with 105 employees laid off as Ubisoft…
The already turbulent story of MindsEye just took another hard turn: the planned Hitman crossover mission is officially canceled, and publisher IOI Partners has ended its publishing collaboration with developer Build A Rocket Boy. Going forward, Build A Rocket Boy will self-publish MindsEye, with…
Jeff Kaplan — the longtime Overwatch director and co-creator who became the public face of Blizzard’s hero shooter — has finally put words to the moment that pushed him out the door in 2021. In a new interview on the Lex Fridman podcast, Kaplan says a meeting with Activision Blizzard’s then-CFO…
Ben Diskin, the voice actor who played Mega Man in 2018’s Mega Man 11, says he won’t reprise the role in Capcom’s upcoming Mega Man: Dual Override—despite being asked to return—because he was only offered the job without “the protections of a union contract.” The decision lands as SAG-AFTRA has…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has reaffirmed that the company will “always” invest in video games, following a major leadership change at Xbox that saw Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond depart and Asha Sharma step into the top role. The comments, delivered during an internal Q&A alongside Sharma (as…
