Category: Gaming News

Krafton has announced leadership changes at Unknown Worlds, appointing Steve Papoutsis as CEO replacing its previous leadership team. Former CEO Ted Gill, co-founder and creative director Charlie Cleveland, and co-founder and CTO Max McGuire have left the studio “effective immediately”. No reason was given for their departure. Krafton said it had “sought to keep the…

Update 4, July 3, 2025: As layoffs hit the Bizzard part of the Microsoft Gaming business, it was announced that mobile game Warcraft Rumble would receive no further updates. As explained in an internal email by president Johanna Faries shared by Aftermath, the game will enter a “live-ops only” phase, similar to the games Heroes…

Former Ubisoft execs Thomas François, Serge Hascoët, and Guillaume Patrux have been given suspended prison sentences for sexual and psychological harassment. As reported by The Guardian, the trial – which began in June – saw an “overwhelming” amount of evidence of harassment against Ubisoft employees from the three former executives. During the trial, employees described…

Krafton has issued a statement regarding leadership changes at Unknown Worlds implemented last week, claiming the developer’s former executives “abandoned the responsibilities entrusted to them”. Posted on Krafton’s homepage, the publisher said “the absence of core leadership resulted in repeated confusion in direction” leading to the decision to delay the release of Subnautica 2 to…

Digital publishing company Keleops has acquired Kotaku from G/O Media in an undisclosed, all-cash asset deal. As reported by Axios, Kotaku’s editorial staff will remain at the site and more senior staff will be hired. Keleops CEO Jean-Guillaume Kleis told the publication that “he had no immediate strategy shifts and he hadn’t yet met with…

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…