Jason Schreier has reported on workplace improvements that have happened at Rockstar over the last three years. One employee described the changes as a “boys’ club transformed into a real company.” But some devs are skeptical about the future of GTA.

Wizards of the Coast has opened its new studio, Skeleton Key. Led by industry veteran Christian Dailey, the team will focus on making AAA games.

Indie creators will now be able to receive free PlayStation 5 dev kits through a new program. This is part of Sony’s strategy to improve the publishing process on its gaming platform.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake might be in “serious trouble” after three years into development. Aspyr Media has put the game on pause, with some devs thinking it will be taken over by another studio.

After growing rapidly over the past two years, the Steam market is now facing a recession. Analysts expect a slight decline in games revenues on the platform in 2022 due to a number of macroeconomic factors.

Krafton has been building up its presence in the Indian market after relaunching PUBG Mobile in the country last year. The company has already invested $100 million in local startups, planning to double that amount this year.

Capcom has released a new financial report for the three months ended June 30. Despite seeing a decline in both net sales and operating income, the company still expects to achieve its goal for the current fiscal year.

Roblox had to take several steps to comply with China’s censorship, a new portion of leaked internal documents has revealed. The company also expected Tencent to clone the game and make its own version for the local audience.

Merge has been one of the ever-evolving genres on mobile for a while. AppMagic has interviewed several games industry experts to put the entire category under the microscope. This article highlights the key trends while trying to answer the question of whether the Merge genre is worth trying now.

Last year, Riot Games agreed to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit for $100 million. Now it has been approved by the court, meaning that women who sued the company will get their compensation.

Despite all the controversy and criticism, Diablo Immortal has reached another milestone. According to Blizzard, the game has generated over 20 million installs on both PC and mobile.

Bruce Straley, known for his work on The Last of Us and Uncharted, has announced his return to the games industry. The Naughty Dog veteran has started a new studio called Wildflower to make smaller, “creatively-charged” video games.

The next GTA game is still shrouded in mystery. However, its development might be picking up pace. This month alone, Rockstar posted hundreds of new jobs covering pretty much every gamedev-related discipline.

Blizzard Albany employees have decided to follow in the footsteps of Raven Software. A group of the studio’s QA testers are now forming a union and seeking Activision Blizzard’s recognition.

Riot Games has reached another milestone on mobile. League of Legends: Wild Rift has surpassed $500 million in player spending, according to Sensor Tower. It is the company’s third and most successful mobile title to date.

In 2020, ZiMAD was looking to acquire a casual game that would seamlessly fit into its portfolio of board games, when it found Domino Online. At the time, however, its metrics were mediocre at best. In this article, Yana Vesnina, M&A manager at ZiMAD, explains why the publisher decided to buy the game and how it managed to dramatically increase its revenue.

A class-action antitrust lawsuit against PlayStation has been dismissed. The plaintiffs argued that the company should be considered a monopoly for using its dominant position to control video game prices in its online store.

One of the Roblox employees has been compromised, which led to an anonymous hacker posting the company’s internal documents. They contain private information and personal data. The gaming platform, however, refused to cooperate with the hacker.

343 Industries continues to lose experienced talent. Nicolas Bouvier, who has worked at the Halo franchise for almost 14 years, has announced his decision to leave the studio and pursue new opportunities.