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October 2025 Archive

    1. Roblox has already paid out a billion dollars to creators in 2025
    2. Which marketing channel provides the best return on investment for small publishers?
    3. Another tech giant’s gaming ambitions bite the dust | Opinion
    4. Roblox records "better than expected" Q3 results
    5. Don't Nod H1 revenues rise to €7m, announces partnership with Netflix
    1. Heart Machine lays off more staff for the second time this month, two weeks before launch
    2. Japan Patent Office rejects Nintendo patent for its Pokémon capture mechanic
    3. Fall Guys veterans launch new studio Panic Stations to make multiplayer co-op games
    4. Supercell calls time on Squad Busters less than 18 months after launch
    5. Pokémon TCG Pocket reaches $1.3bn in first year, says AppMagic
    6. Google allows US devs to offer alternative payment methods on Play Store
    7. Mastered secures more funding to support UK studios and publishers
    8. Xbox Q1 hardware sales down 29% while third-party content experiences "better-than-expected performance"
    1. Games London launches new accelerator program to help UK studios develop own IP
    2. CWA calls on FTC and CFIUS to "scrutinize" EA buyout and protect workers, consumers, and "the future of the game industry"
    3. Capcom H1 2025 sales and profits up YoY thanks to Monster Hunter Wilds and "anticipation" for Resident Evil Requiem
    4. Where did all the money go? The state of games investment
    5. Justin Davis promoted to VP, Editorial and Commerce at IGN Entertainment
    6. Neon Doctrine to merge into Raw Fury
    7. EA reports decreases in sales and revenue during Q2
    8. Remedy "not satisfied" with Q3 results
    1. Former MultiVersus devs "try something different" with indie studio, Airlock Games, moving away from "horrific" AAA space
    2. Amazon to shed 14,000 jobs "to be organized more leanly" despite acknowledging it "is performing well"
    3. Mafia co-dev Stormind Games announces investment to fund new projects
    4. GDC Festival of Gaming: The industry reacts to the controversial rebrand
    5. Jobs roundup: October 2025 | Kokku announces changes to executive leadership team
    6. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt to be taken offline in April 2026
    7. Experts see a "massive opportunity" for Roblox to accentuate growth on consoles
    8. US H-1B visas: alternatives to a $100,000 fee
    9. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 trails far behind Battlefield 6 on Steam preorders
    1. Krafton to undergo "complete" reorganization as it positions itself as an "AI-first company"
    2. Steal a Brainrot Roblox game creator sues Fortnite Creative copycat for copyright infringement
    3. Roblox "strongly contests" Iraqi ban, claims the government's reasoning is "inaccurate"
    4. "Everything's changing in the industry and we need to change as well": inside the new-look GDC
    5. Surprise Steam co-op hit RV There Yet? sells 1.3 million
    6. Phil Spencer: Xbox isn't mandating AI for creatives, and is seeing good growth in Japan
    1. Apple loses UK antitrust lawsuit, tribunal rules firm charged "excessive and unfair prices"
    2. The job market is being held back by economics – and AI | Opinion
    3. Over 206,000 visitors attend inaugural Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show
    4. Pokémon Legends: Z-A sells 5.8m units during launch week | News-in-brief
    1. Valnet cuts "entire features team" amid widespread layoffs at TheGamer
    2. Former Ridgeline Game GM "disappointed" EA omitted staff from Battlefield 6 credits "despite their significant contributions"
    3. GDC organisers reveal details of new "GDC Festival of Gaming"
    4. Ubisoft to offer voluntary redundancies to Massive Entertainment staff
    5. Borderlands 4 launch and Switch 2 hardware sales drive US game spending to $4.8bn | US Monthly Charts
    1. Report: Nearly half of US adolescents avoid games that portray women in "stereotypical and harmful ways"
    2. Ubisoft announces "restructuring proposal" for RedLynx, 60 jobs may be at risk
    3. Remedy CEO Tero Virtala steps down after nine years
    1. New report claims Xbox has increased costs of its development kits to $2000, a 33% price hike
    2. 12 Welsh game studios secure $775,000 in funding to help develop "innovative games and immersive experiences"
    3. Gaming HR staff seek more support from studio leadership as redundancies rock the industry
    4. The Sims Mobile to be sunset in January 2026
    5. Rovio lays off 36 workers following underperformance of Angry Birds Dream Blast
    6. Over 26% of European game professionals were laid off in the past year, more than 10% still searching for jobs
    1. Sports Interactive secures "multi-year" deal with FIFA, including the 2026 World Cup
    2. Major gaming services are recovering after AWS outage took down thousands of apps and sites, including PSN, Roblox, and Fortnite
    3. Xbox boss confirms "next-gen hardware is in development"
    4. Beyond the wishlist: A modern approach for predicting game success | Opinion
    5. Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs vote to unionise
    6. Mixtape takes home Game of the Year at SXSW Sydney 2025 Games Showcase Awards
    1. Can a live service game ever have a satisfying conclusion? | Opinion
    2. Game Republic New Horizons was an impressive power play for the north | Opinion
    3. Galaxies Showcase returns on October 23rd, featuring over 50 indie and AA games
    4. Pokémon Legends: Z-A | Critical Consensus
    5. Assassin's Creed franchise lead Marc-Alexis Côté "did not make the choice" to leave Ubisoft
    6. Battlefield 6 sells over 7m units in three days, EA confirms
    1. Sony slams Tencent's defence of Horizon "knock-off" Light of Motiram, claiming "the damage is done, and it continues"
    2. Nintendo downplays hack, claiming "no leak of personal, development, or business information"
    3. If Star Wars Eclipse was Quantic Dream’s safe bet, Spellcasters Chronicles is the wild card
    4. Ghost of Yōtei debuts as Sony's biggest first-party title in Europe, says GSD
    5. 2K appoints Ben Brinkman as 31st Union studio head
    6. Legendary developer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden 2004, has died
    1. New report claims games industry M&A volume "stable" over Q3 2025
    2. Blizzard's Platform & Technology workers vote to unionize
    3. "Silksong really did take over." Why shifting Demonschool's release date was essential
    4. Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs
    1. UK trade bodies call for new "growth" tax relief to scale-up studios "that will drive our industry for years to come"
    2. Summer Game Fest confirmed for June 5 at new LA venue | News-in-Brief
    3. "AI was an expensive mistake": Charles Cecil on innovation, insolvency, and Broken Sword
    4. Jon Hicks joins GamesIndustry.biz as Editorial Director
    5. Game Republic announces nominees for 2025 Industry Awards
    6. Majority of mobile devs believe industry won't survive without alternative app stores
    1. Microsoft denies US retailers like Target and Walmart have removed Xbox products from stores
    2. Battlefield 6 is already the biggest game of the franchise by Steam concurrent user count
    3. Remedy adjusts FY25 outlook following "weak sales" of FBC: Firebreak
    4. Report: Asia-Pacific region driving growth in Souls-like subgenre
    1. Watch the GamesIndustry.biz UK Best Places to Work Awards 2025
    2. Handhelds are in vogue – but they’re still a commercial minefield | Opinion
    3. Union members announce legal action against Build A Rocket Boy over layoffs
    4. "Usually, we're not on the map." How a new initiative is platforming Palestinian developers
    5. PolyDream Studio raises $500,000 to accelerate development of FPS project
    6. A Minecraft Movie sequel greenlit for July 23, 2027
    7. Report: Ubisoft cancels Assassin's Creed game set in post-Civil War US
    8. Heart Machine affected by second round of layoffs
    9. 70,000 users affected in Discord customer service breach
    1. The European launch of PlayStation, as remembered by Shuhei Yoshida
    2. Former ZeniMax Online devs form Sackbird Studios
    3. Kimberley Turner and Mark South appointed Double Eleven co-CEOs
    4. Nintendo of America seeks $4.5m in damages from Redditor for copyright violations
    5. The Drifter wins Game of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2025
    1. Fragbite sells Playdigious to venture fund Griffin Gaming Partners for $12.2m
    2. New Sustainable Games Standard framework hopes to help studios measure and reduce emissions
    3. NBA 2K26 and Switch 2 drive growth in August 2025 video game spending | US Monthly Charts
    4. Why Relic Entertainment wants to make games more quickly
    5. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 tops 5 million sales worldwide in 5 months | News-in-Brief
    6. MCM London Comic-Con confirms Investment Summit lineup and industry networking reception
    7. Sega and International Olympic Committee announce multi-year licensing deal
    8. Microsoft halts Xbox Game Pass price rises in select markets
    9. ESA: 48% of video game players are women
    1. Roblox invites applicants to join its first Parent Council to provide "real-world perspectives" and "play an active role"
    2. US SEC investigates AppLovin over data collection
    3. Royal Bank of Scotland to launch IP-backed loans ranging between £250,000 to £10m
    4. Skate 4 surpasses 15m players | News-in-brief
    5. Unity discovers "major security vulnerability" in development tool dating back to 2017
    1. Funcom is closing Metal Hellsinger studio The Outsiders
    2. Indie slot machine roguelite CloverPit tops 500,000 sales in just 8 days | News-in-Brief
    3. Nintendo refutes claims it had "any contact" with the Japanese government to lobby against genAI
    4. Breakout hit Megabonk sells more than a million copies on Steam
    5. Redemption Road indefinitely delays Kingmakers
    6. Ghost of Yōtei | Critical Consensus
    1. Tokyo Game Show: Flashy booths mask economic and industry anxiety | Opinion
    2. EA's monster buyout sets financial records – and sounds alarm bells | Opinion
    3. Winners of the UK Best Places To Work Awards 2025 revealed
    4. Epic Games launches webshop service on PC and mobile
    5. Microsoft says its "trying to reinforce" Xbox Game Pass price increases "by adding more value"
    1. GLAAD launches new program to mentor early-career LGBTQ+ developers
    2. Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses
    3. Lucid Games to open new office in Liverpool, UK
    4. Starbreeze cancels Project Baxter, approximately 44 workers affected by layoffs
    5. After layoffs, cancellations, and controversy, ZA/UM UK staff unionise as the Workers' Alliance
    1. Man pleads guilty to sending death threats to Epic Games
    2. Microsoft hikes price of Xbox Game Pass by 50% "to offer more flexibility, choice, and value to all players"
    3. IGN Fan Fest promises more than 80 exclusive reveals | News-in-Brief
    4. Ubisoft's Tencent-backed subsidiary now has a name: Vantage Studios
    5. Dune: Awakening developer Funcom announces redundancies
    6. More than 50 speakers from leading developers to feature at DevGamm Lisbon 2025
    7. EA says there will be no "immediate changes" to its workforce following leveraged buyout
    8. Over 60 industry leaders and UK studios to attend GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit
    9. Social justice advocacy groups slam Roblox for "silencing important voices" with new parental controls