Category: Gaming News

The GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party 2025 is almost upon us. Hosted once again at Horatio’s Bar in Brighton on Wednesday July 9, the event is completely sold out. Demand was so strong, this year, in fact, that even the waitlist is completely closed. We’re grateful for the extraordinary amount of interest, and only encourage people to…

Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has announced he is stepping away from HBO’s The Last of Us. In a statement on social media, Druckmann said it was “the right time” to transition to focus on future projects at Naughty Dog, including Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. “With work completed on season 2 and before any meaningful work…

Romero Games has announced the cancellation of its upcoming first-person shooter due to its publisher cancelling funding for the game. Studio director Brenda Romero shared on social media that it was a “strategic decision made at a high level within the publisher” that was “way above our visibility or control”. “Last night, we learned that…

Following the announcement of the closure of Zenimax Online Studios’ long-in-development MMO yesterday as part of the sweeping Microsoft layoffs, studio president Matt Firor has announced he will be leaving the company later this month. In a statement shared by the Zenimax Online Studios account on X, Firor said that the studio and The Elder…

Electronic Arts has announced it will sunset Anthem on January 12, 2026. In a statement on its website, EA said the game will still be playable online until this date. Players can no longer purchase in-game currency, but can use their remaining balance until Anthem’s servers go offline. If players have previously purchased Anthem, it…

Around 300 UK-based employees at Build A Rocket Boy have reportedly received “at-risk of redundancy” emails following the announcement of layoffs last week. As reported by IGN, sources alleged that these emails were also sent to staff at PlayFusion, which Build A Rocket Boy acquired last year for an undisclosed sum. Sources also claimed that…

Grand Theft Auto 3 actor Michael Madsen has passed away at the age of 67. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Madsen’s representative said he died following a cardiac arrest. Madsen voiced various characters in video games, most notably Toni Cipriani in Grand Theft Auto 3. He also played Don Rafferty in True Crime: Streets…

Update, July 7, 2025: Toca Boca’s parent company Spin Master sent the following statement to GamesIndustry.biz: “As part of our plan to mitigate the impacts of global macro headwinds to our business we made the difficult decision to reduce some positions across our company, which includes a small number of impacts to our Toca Boca…

Studio Cast Iron Games has opened in Tileyard North, Wakefield in the UK, with a focus on triple-A co-development and game porting services. Set up by veterans Arden Aspinall (former studio head at Rebellion North) and Jon Seymour (most recently business development manager at Double Eleven and Rebellion North before that), the company is part…

Techland has cancelled two unannounced games mid-development, but has confirmed there will be no layoffs as a result. As spotted by GameWatcher, the business publication Puls Biznesu highlighted that the developer recorded financial losses of PLN 135 million ($37.4 million) for 2024. This reportedly resulted in the cancellation of two titles. In a statement to…