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Despite reports Romero Games has shut down, resulting in over a hundred job losses, the studio has issued a new statement saying reports about closure are inaccurate. Initially, the Ireland-based Romero Games announced the cancellation of its upcoming first-person shooter due to its publisher canceling funding for the game, but an anonymous source since told…

Valve blocked a mod for action RPG Mount and Blade: Warband in South Korea, which was subsequently removed by its author. As reported by South Korean site This Is Game (translated by Automaton), the Gwangju Running Man mod converted the game’s medieval setting to a “modern depiction of Korea’s Gwangju Democratisation Movement” that took place…

Former Unknown Worlds creative director and co-founder Charlie Cleveland has described his exit last week as “quite a shock”. Sharing a post on the Subnautica subreddit this weekend, Cleveland said Subnautica 2 is “ready for early access release”. He thought the release schedule of the game “was going to be [his and the team’s]…

Copenhagen-based studio BetaDwarf has secured an investment from Square Enix. The undisclosed sum will accelerate the development of its upcoming title Vaultbreakers. It will also enable the BetaDwarf to improve its production capacity and continue supporting its “ongoing community-driven development”. “Square Enix is always looking for high-quality games and talented development studios,” said Square Enix…

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Circle Games has secured $7.25m in its latest funding round. The round, led by Bitkraft Ventures with a16z Speedrun, Play Ventures, e2vc, and APY Ventures, will support the ongoing development of its current project, Sort Express, as well as support unannounced games. The Istanbul-based studio also anticipates using the funding to increase its headcount. “We…

Free-to-play live-service shooter Steel Hunters will shut down just months after releasing in early access. Developer/publisher Wargaming said in a statement that while the community had “given [them] so much passion and support […] unfortunately we’ve come to the conclusion that continuing development is not sustainable.” The game – which released on April 2 –…

Former Naughty Dog director, Vinit Agarwal, is establishing a new Japanese studio. Agarwal revealed the news on social media, revealing in “a couple of life updates” that he was shortly relocating to Japan and “forming a game studio.” He promised “more on that soon.” The director has not revealed the scope of his new studio…

Apple has confirmed it will appeal the EU’s $568.6 million (€500m) fine. The tech giant was fined after it was deemed to have violated EU law by not permitting App Store apps to link, or even make reference to, alternative means of payment that could circumvent Apple’s own storefront, thereby compelling developers to share 30…

Epic Games has settled its antitrust lawsuit against tech giant Samsung. Epic filed a legal complaint against Samsung last year, claiming a partnership between Samsung and Google undermined the jury’s verdict in its previous antitrust case against Google, which it won back in December 2023. “As an app developer, Epic is harmed by Samsung’s untruthful…