PlayStation has announced that, effective immediately, Guerrilla Games' former Managing Director Hermen Hulst has taken the role of PlayStation's Head of Worldwide Studios, where he will oversee the many of the company's biggest and most pr...

Shigeru Miyamoto, renown for his tireless work on many iconic Nintendo franchises, has been chosen for Japan's Order of Culture, which is awarded every November to a selection of individuals recognised for their contributions to art, litera...

Earlier this month, Xbox Corporate Vice President Mike Ybarra announced that he was stepping down from the role, having served the Xbox brand for over 20 years. Now it appears that his new adventure lies with Blizzard Entertainment, whom he...

One of the industry's biggest publishers continues to expand its portfolio across the globe, as THQ Nordic has announced the opening of a new international subsidiary in Tokyo. THQ Nordic Japan KK will now handle all advertising, PR and dis...

The spice must flow. Games must flow too, and hopefully spice and games can flow together at some point in the future. What's sparking all of this talk of Dune and games? Well, a potentially explosive film version of Dune is coming nex...

Nintendo has proudly announced that its hybrid-console, Nintendo Switch, has now sold over 15 million units in North America, making it the best-selling video game console in that territory for 10 months running.As noted by media company Bu...

After an incredible 20 years of service, Xbox corporate vice president Mike Ybarra has announced that he is leaving the company, citing desires to begin his "next adventure".Ybarra first joined Xbox way back in 2000 as a systems engineer, t...

According to a report by Video Games Chronicle, Sony Interactive Entertainment laid off "dozens" of UK-based PlayStation employees on October 8, unfortunately coinciding with the announcement of a release date and further details regarding ...

Shawn Layden, one of the public faces of PlayStation, is leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment. The news – which comes as a surprise given its proximity to the upcoming PlayStation 5 – was shared this afternoon in a brief tweet...

Acclaimed game composer Bobby Prince (known for his work on Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Duke Nukem 3D) has filed a lawsuit against Gearbox Software, Valve, and Randy Pitchford for unlawful usage of his work in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary ...

Over the course of this last console generation, smaller, more focused linear games have basically fallen out of fashion in favor of massive open-worlds. Even Nintendo got in on the action with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, creat...

Publishing giant THQ Nordic has announced multiple new acquisitions within the industry, adding smaller studios and investment partners to their expanding video game industry empire.The first such acquisition is studio Milestone S.r.l. (for...

PUBG is branching out with a new "original narrative experience" set in the same universe, and while that game concept might not immediately speak to you, the people involved should raise an eyebrow. PUBG Corporation has tapped Glen Schofie...

We all know how ridiculously popular Fortnite is. Making Epic Games hundreds of millions of dollars a year, the massive success of the battle royale game has spurred the creation of numerous pretenders to the throne. The battle royale craze...

To promote the release of Judgment next month, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have teamed up with Escape Room LA to create a limited-time Judgment escape room. Running from June 30 until July 13, "The Detective" room will feature elements fr...

Josh Hawley, the junior senator from Missouri and currently the youngest member serving in the Senate, has made a name for himself from going after the tech giants of Silicon Valley. He has butted heads with Facebook. He wants to make it mo...

At the start of May, employees at League of Legends developer Riot Games held a protest at the studio to oppose (among other factors) Forced Arbitration of staff, a contract clause that - succinctly - makes it nigh-on impossible for interna...

Yesterday, over 150 employees walked out of Riot Games' offices in Los Angeles to hold a "down tools"-style protest over the League of Legends publishers handling of recent discrimination lawsuits. The protest was also directed at the compa...

Four new titles have been inducted to the World Video Game Hall of Fame for 2019, which is hosted at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. The four new entries are Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Kart, Colossal Cave Adventure and,...

In a recent interview with VG 24/7, Chris Avellone (co-founder and ex-creative director of Obsidian) pretty bluntly stated that "I wouldn’t work with senior management" when speaking about Obsidian. Ever since leaving the company in 2...

Epic Games is not only making waves in the realm of digital distribution but is now hiring on big name talent. According to a recent Tweet from Geoff Keighley, Jason West (co-founder of both Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment) has been...

If you love learning random tidbits about Nintendo's inner workings, you'll want to see the company's new Japanese recruitment page. The site has a few notable data points folks would want to know about as prospective employees, and for the...

VentureBeat recently sat down with Amy Henning (former Naughty Dog writer/director and designer of Blood Omen) to discuss a variety of topics ranging from her theories on creating narratives to her experience having a Star Wars project canc...

Some of the developers behind Sega's Sonic Mania have founded their own studio called Evening Star. In the works for a few months now, the founding members of the team include Christian Whitehead (director of Sonic Mania), Dave Padilla (pro...

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has gone on record to say that the company is not really interested in developing its own digital marketplace. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Zelnick was questioned about his feelings on Epic Game...