UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has shared its annual report on the country’s video game market. Here are the key findings about last year’s best-selling titles and consoles, as well as total consumer spend by segments.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson has opened up about generative AI and how the company plans to use the technology. He believes that it will drive monetization, also making game development more efficient and helping reach new audiences.

Although the Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires the so-called “gatekeepers” to allow third-party app stores on their platforms in the EU, Apple decided to keep its longtime enemy, Epic Games, out of iOS. The company has now terminated the Fortnite maker’s developer account.

Balatro has been a smash success for solo developer LocalThunk. The poker deck-building roguelike has reached a new milestone, selling over 500k copies in 10 days.

As many game companies around the world continue to cut jobs, Capcom has announced its decision to raise salaries for its Japanese employees. The move will impact both current workers and new graduate hires.

Details and the program of the new GenAI For Business conference have been announced. It will take place in the US later this month. The event, which will bring together AI experts and enthusiasts, will focus on the latest trends in the area.

Canadian indie developer Spearhead Games, best known for games like Stories: The Path of Destinies and Omensight, has faced serious financial struggles. As a result, the studio had to lay off the majority of its team.

Warner Bros. Discovery is changing its approach to making video games following the weaker-than-expected launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. It appears that the company no longer wants to rely heavily on premium AAA titles.

Supermarket Simulator might be another 2024 success story, this time from Turkish developers. The game has been rising in popularity since its Early Access launch, performing really well compared to rival titles in the job sim genre.

Arrowhead Game Studios continues to reap the benefits of its grand success, with Helldivers 2 still dominating the Steam charts. No other game can dethrone it for the fourth week in a row.

Tropic Haze, the maker of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, has agreed to settle with the Japanese company. One of the terms is an admission that the software was “primarily designed” to circumvent copyright protection.

The scale of video game industry layoffs is massive, as thousands of people continue to lose their jobs every month. February 2024 was, unfortunately, no exception, with game companies cutting at least 2,027 jobs.

Just days after announcing the cyberattack on Epic Games, the Mogilevich ransomware group has admitted they didn’t actually hack the Fortnite maker. Instead, their intent was to make money off other hackers through fraud.

Mass layoffs announced by PlayStation last week affected hundreds of people, including veteran developers. Among them was Santiago Gutierrez, an experienced artist who has been with Naughty Dog for nearly two decades.

Who are indie gamers and what do they like the most about these titles? Humble Games, publishing arm of Humble Bundle, has conducted research to answer these questions and better understand the audience.

NetEase has released its financial report for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Here are the key takeaways from the performance of the Chinese tech giant’s gaming business.

The fate of 91Act, a Chinese studio behind the new action roguelike BlazBlue Entropy Effect, has taken an unexpected turn. The studio’s head had to lay off the entire staff due to financial issues, but now he has decided to start rehiring devs after the game’s sudden success.

Embracer Group might divest another of its operative groups as part of its cost-cutting restructuring. It has been reported that Gearbox Entertainment, best known for the Borderlands series, is close to being sold out.

Microsoft will let go Toys for Bob, one of the many studios it acquired in the record-breaking Activision Blizzard deal. The team, known for series like Star Control and Skylanders, will become independent again.