CD Projekt has confirmed it issued a DMCA strike on a paid Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, after its creator refused to make it free for everyone upon the studio’s request. The R.E.A.L. VR mod for Cyberpunk 20...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is once again sweeping award nominations, this time at the Game Developers Choice Awards, where it's been nominated for all but one award. The organization announced its no...
Palmer Luckey says Meta's VR layoffs cut bloated in-house game studios that were quietly undermining the industry's ecosystem. David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images Oculus founder Palmer Luckey...
A former veteran Bethesda developer has said the studio may end up with “hateful comments” even if The Elder Scrolls 6 ends up just being as good as Skyrim, which he considers to be one of the top 10 ...
Nintendo veteran Kensuke Tanabe has reportedly said that the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is his final game at the company, where he has served for four decades. Tanabe joined Nintendo in the ...
Ubisoft is making some massive changes to its business: As part of a reorganization , the company will focus its efforts on the big open-world games it's famous for along with live service titles, and...
Ubisoft is announcing a major reorganization , and with the changes, it's refocusing its portfolio and canceling some games, including the beleaguered remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time . W...
Bungie is putting an official date on Marathon today, its delayed extraction shooter. The slick-looking shooter from the makers of Halo and Destiny was originally set to release in September, but will...
It's been a bit of a wait, but a big new game from Pokémon developer Game Freak is almost here. During the Xbox Developer Direct showcase, the studio showed off more gameplay for its action RPG...
Generate Podcasts will let you listen to a summary of any documents you don’t have time to read. Adobe has added new generative AI features to Acrobat that aim to help you quickly edit PDFs and summar...
We're living in a pretty great time for detective games. Over the last few years, developers have been experimenting with all kinds of different ways of turning the act of investigation into a compell...
Amazon has announced that its MMO, New World, will be officially taken offline from all platforms on January 31, 2027. The game is now delisted, which means it is no longer available for purchase. You...
Hi HN, we're Sam, Shane, and Abhi. Almost a year ago, we first shared Mastra here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43103073 ). It’s kind of fun looking back since we were only a few months into ...
Ex-Assassin's Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté is suing Ubisoft for CAD $1.3 million in lost severance pay and damages following his shock exit from the company last year. Radio Canada broke word of the la...
This year’s CES introduced a bevy of unique headphones, including Fender’s first set and a pair that roll up to become a Bluetooth speaker when you want to share your music with friends. However, desp...
Small footprint. Speedy performance. | Image: The Verge Happy Saturday, folks! This week, Best Buy kicked off its so-called “ Winter Sale ,” introducing a whole host of price cuts that range from not-...
Julian Gerighty, boss of The Division franchise at Ubisoft, has left the company to join Battlefield developer DICE. Gerighty confirmed his departure in a social media post just a week after appearing...
I have spent enough years covering games to know when a sale actually matters, and this one does. It's looking like a proper cross platform clearance out there, the kind where great games quietly slip...
The chief developer behind the saving of Hytale has celebrated the game’s early access launch, declaring: “I have no regrets.” Hypixel Studios founder Simon Collins-Laflamme issued an update a week on...
Microsoft is kicking 2026 off with a new Xbox Developer Direct showcase, which will feature some of the biggest games it has coming out this year. Confirmed to appear at the showcase is Playground’s F...