Category: Industry

Roblox says Bruno Mars’ Steal a Brainrot concert hit 12.8 million concurrent viewers

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Roblox says a Bruno Mars performance inside the user-created mode Steal a Brainrot pulled in 12.8 million concurrent users, which the company is calling its biggest single-artist virtual concert on

US Labor Caucus asks FTC to closely review proposed $55B Saudi-led acquisition of EA

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

A group of US lawmakers is urging the Federal Trade Commission to take a hard look at the proposed $55 billion buyout of Electronic Arts being led by Saudi Arabia’s

Hooded Horse CEO says most publishing contracts put too much risk on developers

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse (the publisher behind Manor Lords), says a lot of game publishing contracts are written in ways that are inefficient and unfair to developers, mainly

Starbreeze hit with another round of layoffs

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Starbreeze, the Stockholm studio behind the Payday franchise, has reportedly carried out another round of layoffs, marking the second set of redundancies in roughly two months. Given the ongoing poor

Nexon says Arc Raiders’ success has more Western studios knocking

Posted on January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Nexon says it’s looking to do more deals with Western developers after the breakout performance of Embark Studios’ extraction shooter, Arc Raiders. In an interview with the Game File interview,

Ubisoft plans a five-days-a-week return to office as part of its “Creative Houses” restructure

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Ubisoft says its newly announced “Creative Houses” restructuring is expected to include a move back to working in the office five days a week, with a yearly allowance for work-from-home

Netflix says cloud-based TV games are a priority heading into 2026

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Netflix wants to put more weight behind cloud-based games on TVs as it heads into 2026. Speaking during Netflix’s Q4 2025 earnings report, co-CEO Greg Peters said cloud gaming is

RuneScape passes $3 billion in lifetime revenue as it marks 25 years

Posted on January 22, 2026January 30, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have now brought in more than $3 billion in lifetime revenue, according to UK game industry trade body UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE). The milestone lands

Ashes of Creation and Wildgate studios confirm layoffs, with different outlooks

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Intrepid Studios (Ashes of Creation) and Moonshot Games (Wildgate) have both confirmed layoffs this week, following online chatter and reports from affected staff. In Intrepid’s case, studio head Steven Sharif

Ubisoft announces a “major reset,” reorganizing into five franchise-focused divisions

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Kipp Stryxs

Ubisoft says it’s doing a “major reset” that will reshape how the company is organized and what kinds of games it prioritizes. The publisher is moving to a structure built