Keywords Studios, a prolific global game development service provider, says it has tested "about 500" AI tools for research and development projects.
According to the company's Head of Transformation, there have only been "half a dozen" that "complement development in the right sort of way."
Five indie studios behind games like Replaced, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, and The Eternal Life of Goldman, have formed an "alliance" called Nova Assembly.
The coalition will see the studios share resources, technology, and knowledge while developing games independently.
The game director of Phantom Blade Zero has made a lengthy social media post reassuring that the developer "will not use AI visual tech."
The post hasn’t come in response to a specific wave of concerns or allegations of genAI use at the title, however.
The game industry worries a lot about where the next generation of gamers is going to come from.
Execs point the finger at streaming and social media for growth problems, but @hitpoints.bsky.social reminds us that they've long coached emerging audiences to have different, precarious expectations.
The latest Triple-I Initiative showcase featured looks at 40 upcoming indie games and game updates from across the globe.
The show opened with Prove You’re Human, a striking new title from 1000xRESIST developer Sunset Visitor, and ended with the reveal of a new Don’t Starve game.
Around 100 members of the team behind Neople's The First Berserker: Khazan have reportedly been reassigned within the company.
According to Korean outlet Yonhap News, the move comes after the game fell short of commercial expectations.
Parent company Nexon is now preparing to launch it in China.
Some current and former workers of Gunzilla Games, the studio behind NFT-enabled battle royale Off The Grid, claim they haven’t been paid in months.
The affected also say they've been ignored by CEO Vlad Korolev, who has since made a statement saying that the studio will “honor every obligation."
Landfall, the co-developer of climbing game Peak, has unveiled a new publishing arm called Evil Landfall.
Aside from publishing its own games, Evil Landfall will provide funding support for external, self-publishing indie projects.
Games like Sulfur, Webbed, and Isopod have already benefited.
Ilkka Paananen, the CEO and co-founder of Clash of Clans developer Supercell, will be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards.
Hazelight Studios has announced that it has sold a combined 50 million copies of its three titles published to date.
The developer says A Way Out has sold 13 million, It Takes Two has sold 30 million, and Split Fiction has sold 7 million.
Following increased reports of cheating in Marathon's Ranked modes, Bungie has issued a new statement reiterating its "zero-tolerance policy around cheating."
The studio says it is "actively banning confirmed cheaters and expanding our telemetry and detection methods."
Plagued by fantasies of owning a Nintendo Switch 2 and playing Pokémon Pokopia one day, @maddie-b-a.bsky.social distracts herself by thinking about how the core attraction of today’s most popular cosy games is just socialism.
It has now been announced that Capcom's Street Fighter 6 has been selected as an official competition title for the Esports Nation Cup, to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in November 2026.
The event is run by the Esports Foundation, founded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.
IO Interactive has confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 version of 007 First Light will arrive "later this summer."
The studio's statement follows a report which claimed the Switch 2 version was being "indefinitely delayed." The title is still on track to release in May for other platforms.
Sony Interactive has announced a new initiative called The Playerbase, which will see the likenesses of "PlayStation’s biggest fans" scanned and used in first-party titles.
The first title involved is Gran Turismo 7, though Sony says that this will only be for a "special limited-time appearance."
Saudi Arabia's Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC) has increased its stake in Capcom to 6.04%
The EGDC acquired an initial 5% stake in the company just last month.
Separately, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund acquired a stake worth over 5% in Capcom in 2022.
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This Week in Videogames has won two awards at the Samsung IT Journalism Awards.
TWIV was awarded "Best Gaming Coverage" and "Best Independent Media" against a competitive shortlist of finalists that included long-running specialist gaming outlets, as well as mainstream news publications.
Take-Two Interactive appears to have laid off several members of its AI team, according to a number of posts from former employees.
CEO Strauss Zelnick previously said the company was “embracing generative AI” more, but has repeatedly questioned its creative ability.
Epic has accused Apple of delaying relief to consumers after the latter was granted a motion to stay in the ongoing legal battle between the two companies.
Apple says it will review how it charges commission on third-party payments. Epic says Apple will "continue reaping supracompetitive profits."
With the @iii-initiative.bsky.social this week and a slew of Summer Games Fest showcases on the horizon, you might be wondering: How does a game showcase work, anyway?
@victoriatran.bsky.social is back to provide more Indie Insight as someone who both submits to showcases and helps run one!
With the @iii-initiative.bsky.social this week and a slew of Summer Games Fest showcases on the horizon, you might be wondering: How does a game showcase work, anyway?
@victoriatran.bsky.social is back to provide more Indie Insight as someone who both submits to showcases and helps run one!
Balatro. Clover Pit. Raccoin. Gambling-themed roguelikes have been helping indie devs hit the jackpot in recent years.
But what does the blurring line between gaming and gambling say about modern game design? We asked a bunch of experts, including the developer who arguably started the whole trend.
Balatro. Clover Pit. Raccoin. Gambling-themed roguelikes have been helping indie devs hit the jackpot in recent years.
But what does the blurring line between gaming and gambling say about modern game design? We asked a bunch of experts, including the developer who arguably started the whole trend.
Sony has entered into an agreement to acquire UK-based AI and "computer vision" company Cinemersive Labs in a bid to push “broader efforts in advancing state of the art visual computing within games.”
The company says it can transform “a single photo shot into a volumetric 3D immersive experience”
Stormgate, the real-time strategy game made by Frost Giant Studios, will be without online support by the end of April 2026.
Frost Giant said that this is due to “server orchestration partner” Hathora getting acquired by an “AI company".
Arc Raiders and MapleStory publisher Nexon has outlined a new initiative that will make “intelligence available across everything we build."
“We’re training AI on billions of player interactions that give context to every decision our people make, from game design to live service support."
One of the US patents granted to Nintendo and The Pokémon Company in 2025, concerning a player's ability to summon a "sub character" to fight, has been revoked.
The US Patent office claimed the inventions were "obvious," though Nintendo has two months to appeal.
Jason Blundell, the Call of Duty campaign and Zombies mode director whose studio Dark Outlaw was closed by Sony recently, has announced a new studio: Magic Fractal.
This is Blundell’s third studio since leaving COD: Black Ops developer Treyarch in 2020.
“Third time’s the charm,” he said.
Polyarc Games, the VR studio behind the acclaimed Moss series, has laid off 30 employees.
Polyarc said the layoffs were due to "an unsuccessful team-wide effort to secure funding following the cancellation of a major project."
The news follows major layoffs at Meta’s VR segment, Reality Labs.