… At the time of the studio's announcement, Blundell said that it was "such a privilege to be able to do it with Sony as a new first-party studio," and that "Sony doesn't set up first-party studios all the time. …
… The deterioration of working conditions in the last years, and the creation of new studios with the barely hidden goal of sabotaging existing ones, were already convoluted ways of reducing headcount and they only made matters worse." Solidarity to those affected by the studio's closure.
It's looking pretty likely that Gang of Dragon, the debut game from Yakuza/Like a Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi's studio, won't be coming out at all. According to a report from Bloomberg , Nagoshi Studio employees were told by NetEase Inc. …
… Ubisoft have been ruthlessly gouging away at their studios and games this year as part of some corporate restructuring, unleashing a raft of cancellations, delays, and closures in January. …
Last month, publisher Kwalee released their first game made in house as part of their studio Kwalee Labs, Luna Abyss , a first-person bullet-hell platforming adventure game about a prisoner exploring a derelict megastructure. …
… That number was one of the justifications for all of the layoffs , the game cancellations , and the studio closures of recent years. …
Battlefield 6 was "the biggest launch in franchise history", EA told us back in October – indeed, it was the best-selling game in the US in 2025 ... so now it's time to lay off an unspecified number of those who made it, with cuts reportedly taking place across Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and M… …
… Microsoft have yet to comment on all this, but the alleged impending closures are in keeping with the language of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Game studios head Matt Booty's memo from last week. …
