It turns out Fortnite isn't the forever game after all | Opinion
…Games that might once have been given months or even years to find an audience are now cancelled in a matter of days when early metrics fail to justify their existence. The…
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Ubisoft's full FY26 financial report shows a sharp decline in revenue and net bookings
…The report also confirms seven projects have now been cancelled, with six games delayed , although the firm still reached 36 million monthly unique users and 129 million unique users across consoles and…
Nordic Game 2026 was full of smiles, but they hid a very tough reality | Opinion
…going to be in the games business … you're going to be cancelled at one point," he said, giving an example of a client whose game was shut down out of the…
"Not surprising at all" – analysts see Xbox Game Pass price cut as inevitable shift that will drive subscription growth in 2026
…will lead to higher Game Pass spending short-term given the discount. But we'll see. Content is one of the biggest drivers of subs (and cancellations) so perhaps there will be…
"We aren't just still going, we are growing." How The Division 2 has attracted more players than ever seven years on from release
…The Massive team isn't able to comment much on the game's cancellation, simply pointing to it being part of an Ubisoft restructuring effort. (As part of Ubisoft's €200 million…
"People want MMOs, and the sales of New World proved it" – Cryptic Studios head Jack Emmert on why MMOs are ripe for reinvention
…In 2022, he established the NetEase-owned studio Jackalope Games, whose name was later changed to Jackalyptic Games. "We couldn't trademark Jackalope Games," he explains. "There were too many entities called…
Avalanche Studios reveals its Highlander-style, survival of the fittest R&D strategy
…enjoyably chaotic Just Cause games, but the last entry in the series, Just Cause 4, came out way back in 2018, and a mooted mobile spinoff was cancelled a few years ago…
Starbreeze's Payday-focused future starts with a co-developed VR game
…Three years later, performance has stabilised and Payday remains the company's primary source of income ( just last year, the firm cancelled its in-development Dungeons & Dragons games-as-a-service title…
The future of European publishing is diversity, not concentration | Opinion
…Both are arguably sitting on IP goldmines, but the majority of their valuable franchises have sat fallow (or worse, had new games announced only to rug-pull the fanbase with a cancellation…
"This is not a sustainable business model" – Why Google Cloud's Jack Buser thinks AI can save the games industry
…served as games lead for the company's Stadia platform . "How can revenue be growing and yet these companies are still struggling?" "You're still seeing layoffs and game cancellations due to…