Telltale, a studio revived after a full closure a few years ago, has been hit with layoffs. It is unclear how this move might affect games like The Wolf Among Us 2.

On October 5, CD Projekt held an investor day to discuss the development and launch of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, as well as the company’s future plans. Here are the key takeaways.

In this article for Game World Observer, ZiMAD artist Andrey Novikov shares his insights on how to interact with AI tools and explains which parts of the work can be delegated to them without compromising quality.

CD Projekt has shared the launch sales of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, also disclosing the game’s production and marketing budgets. Here is how these figures compare to the base game.

UK video game magazine EDGE is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a new list of the 100 greatest games of all time. Dozens of developers and othe industry professionals participated in the voting.

Outsourcing and tech services provider Keywords Studios has laid off a group of Canadian testers working on BioWare games. These were the same employees who unionized last year.

French police have arrested several former Ubisoft executives to question them about workplace harassment allegations. This is part of an investigation that has been running for more than a year.

Indie developer David Szymanski, best known for his work on games like DUSK and Gloomwood, has shared some thoughts on Game Pass. He believes that the dominance of one subscription service could hurt the indie games market.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney addressed the recent mass layoffs during the first day of the Unreal Fest 2023 conference. He also discussed the company’s Metaverse ambitions and the changes to the Unreal Engine pricing model.

Some players have recently started criticizing dialogue animations in Starfield, comparing them to the way character interactions are staged in Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt RED designer Patrick Mills has tried to explain the difference in design approach between the two games and why such criticism is generally ignorant.

Recently launched Counter-Strike 2 became the highest-grossing game on Steam last week, replacing its predecessor CS:GO. However, Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion, Phantom Liberty, remained the top-selling premium title.

WN Media Group has announced a new WN Connect that will take palce in Poznań, Poland on October 6. The list of companies to attend the event includes The Farm 51, Owlcat Games, Ravenage, Anshar Studios, Ice Code Games, My.Games Venture Capital, and more.

Everspace 2 has reached a new milestone, with its total audience across all platforms exceeding 1.5 million players. Here are the latest data about the game and how it compares to the previous title from Rockfish Games.

EA Sports FC 24 is Electronic Arts’ first football sim released after the company ended its long-term partnership with FIFA. Here is how the game performed at launch.

Team17 is now going through another wave of layoffs, the second this year. The Worms maker has initiated a restructuring process that will result in dozens of people losing their jobs.

Sergiy Galyonkin, an industry veteran and creator of analytics tool Steam Spy, appears to have left Epic Games. For the past several years, he has served as the company’s director of publishing strategy.

Zakazane is a new studio founded in 2022 by games industry veterans aiming to make what they define as “triple i” games. They previously worked on titles like The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, and Frostpunk.

There is a new deal on the mobile services market landscape. Marketing growth platform Appodeal has announced a partnership with velocity capital firm Pollen VC.

Epic Games is another game company conducting layoffs this year. The Fortnite and Unreal maker has explained the reasons for cutting around 16% of its employees.