Report: Amazon cancels The Lord of the Rings MMO
…Around the same time, Amazon announced it was ending active development on MMO New World: Aeternum four years after release. The last couple of months of Amazon Games haven't painted the…
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Report: Pokemon Go scans may have been used in AI drone training
…According to Trouw, these scans are now owned by Niantic Spatial, which originated from Niantic, developer of Pokémon Go . Said scans have been used to train a 3D model that allows players…
Treyarch studio head steps down after 22 years
…As for the studio's leadership, Treyarch's Kevin Hendrickson and Yale Miller will step up as co-studio heads. "Kevin and Yale are veterans of the franchise with decades of development…
Pocketpair lead on generative AI: Gamers don't want it
…Even Steam is pushing back a certain amount on it." Buckley also makes a note of how some developers have started to clarify, unprompted, that their games are 100 percent human-made…
Kinforge dev Seeker Entertainment is furloughing staff
…The developer shared the news via LinkedIn this past weekend. Seeker says the decision was made despite a "fantastic vertical slice, incredible ratings from playtesters, millions of views on our videos, and…
Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward opens new Texas studio
…The latest entry in the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare III , was developed by Sledgehammer Games and launched earlier this month to critical apathy. A recent report from Bloomberg claims the…
Fortnite returns to the App Store everywhere except Australia
…This is a win for developers and consumers in Australia." Yet, as part of today's news, Fortnite is still not back on the Australian App Store. According to Epic, while it…
PlayStation first-party game sales show a decline since 2020
…Via a report from Game File , each year since 2020, Sony has sold fewer copies of the games it has developed and/or published on PlayStation. The biggest difference is between the…
UK social media ban could impact video game platforms
…Some of those platforms have faced criticism from government officials and parents around the world over a perceived lack of protection for younger users. In response to that mounting scrutiny ( and in…
Riot Games co-founder Marc Merrill shifts to chief product officer
…his leadership, and I am honored and excited to have him step into this critical role." The developer has only just started to have more games under its belt, several of which…