CI Games cuts around 30 staff in "final" round of layoffs

Hexworks unaffected by these redundancies

• layoffs

Lightforge cuts "majority" of staff, pauses work on debut project

"While today is a sad day for Lightforge, I'm very proud of the work we've done and the team we've built over the past four years"

• Investment
• development
• layoffs

Unity revenue dips 8% as losses grow

Company says that net loss growth was related to its restructuring program

• Financials
• engine

Nekki partners with Story Kitchen for the feature film adaptation of SPINE

• sponsored
• Nekki
• Cascadeur
• SPINE

Tekore Studio emerge from the shadows to win the Very Big Indie Pitch with their game KORE

Winners breakdown

• big indie pitch
• indies
• Very Big Indie Pitch
• Dubai

CHARTS: Manor Lords debuts at No.2 on Steam

The game has shifted over one million copies to date

• Steam
• data
• steam charts
• steam top ten
• manor lords

Fallout show hits 65m viewers

60 per cent of the show's audience was from outside the US

• data
• fallout
• tv show

Tencent now owns 15% of Remedy

The firm first snapped up 3.8 per cent of the control maker in 2021

• Investment
• shareholders
• stake

Manor Lords sold 1m copies on first day on sale

According to publisher Hooded Horse

• data
• sales data
• manor lords

LucasArts vet Matthew Shell has passed away

He died after a heart attack

• rip

Capcom increases financial forecast due to Dragon's Dogma 2 success

Street Fighter 6 has also had a part to play

• Financials
• dragon's dogma
• street fighter 6

Before Your Eyes makers found new studio Nice Dream Games

Developer is working on a new project called Goodnight Universe with Skybound handling publishing duties

• New Studio

Activision Blizzard games drives Xbox revenue up 51%

Diablo 4 was one of the most successful first-party launches on Game Pass

• Financials
• xbox game pass
• diablo 4

Valve is now calling early access to pre-ordered games Advanced Access

And the firm has changed on refunds work for these titles

• Steam
• early access
• pre-orders
• refunds
• advanced access

Ubisoft promotes company vet Russeil to EVP of comms, DEI, HR and legal

She has worked at the French publishing giant for over 30 years

• Job News