Under his plea deal, Akemann will pay the $65,000 repair bill for the Super Scooper plane and perform 150 hours of community service for wildfire relief.

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05.02.2025

ESA warns of 'negative impact' to hit game industry with Trump's tariffs

The US' new tariffs against China, Mexico, and Canada may have a negative effect on game consoles and accessory prices.

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05.02.2025

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord composer Winifred Phillips wins Grammy award

Phillips has previously worked on franchises including Little Big Planet, Assassin's Creed, and God of War.

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05.02.2025

Acclaimed Roll7 titles Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World delisted on Steam

Update: A 2K Games rep said Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World will be relisted 'soon,' but offered no timeframe.

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01.02.2025

Indigo development conference to continue independently of Dutch Game Garden

The event, billed as the largest B2B game showcase in the region, is returning in 2025.

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01.02.2025

Multiversus is the latest live-service jaunt to be punted into the abyss

It's unclear why the title is being axed but Warner Bros. Games said the decision 'was not made lightly.'

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01.02.2025

Kukouri Mobile sells off properties as it exits game development

Kukouri may be leaving games behind, but it lives on through Social First, which is made up of its former employees.

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31.01.2025

Forza Horizon 5 switches tracks to PlayStation 5 in the spring

Forza becomes the first full Xbox franchise to make the jump to PlayStation as Microsoft backs away from platform exclusives.

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31.01.2025

Xbox hardware sales decline as Game Pass sets quarterly revenue record

The company is placing its faith in 'content and services' and noted that side of the gaming business is performing ahead of expectations.

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31.01.2025

Video Game History Foundation launches digital library for 'anyone who wants to study games'

The VGHF Library is only in Early Access, but it comes with a lot of material for researchers and developers to pore through.

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31.01.2025

Midnight Society, the studio co-founded by streamer who admitted to messaging a minor, has shut down

Guy Beahm, also known as Dr Disrespect, was ousted from the studio last year.

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31.01.2025

Fingersoft reappoints Teemu Närhi as CEO to deliver 'clear direction' moving forward

Närhi previously served as chief exec at the mobile studio from 2014 to 2019.

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31.01.2025

Prince of Persia: Lost Crown sold 1.3 million copies in its first year

Despite sales seemingly picking up for Prince of Persia: Lost Crown, the team that made it was disbanded after the game's single expansion came out.

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30.01.2025

BioWare cuts staff, shuffles others to different EA teams amid Mass Effect focus

An unknown number of developers have been laid off, while others have been moved over to work at other EA subsidiaries.

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30.01.2025

Report: Bend Studio cuts contract staff following live-service cancellation

Bend and Bluepoint's projects were recently canceled by PlayStation as the publisher shifts away from live-service games.

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30.01.2025

Meta's speculative Reality Labs division continues to excel at losing billions

The division lost over $17.7 billion during the last fiscal year.

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30.01.2025

Sony partially pulls back on account linking requirement for PC games

After player backlash, Sony is removing the requirement of a PSN account to play some PC games.

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30.01.2025

Second Dinner secures U.S. publishing support to prevent another Marvel Snap ban

The studio is bringing publishing and operational responsibilities in-house with assistance from Skystone Games.

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30.01.2025

Capcom stands by fiscal outlook with Monster Hunter Wilds on the horizon

Net sales are in decline but Capcom expects Wilds to have a big impact.

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29.01.2025

It looks like someone at Activision is leaking Slack screenshots to right-wing X users

Far-right users of X (formerly Twitter) are singling out individual Activision Blizzard employees for comments made in support of DEI and inclusion at the company.

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29.01.2025

Astro Bot and Black Myth: Wukong take the lead in GDCA 2025 nominations

The Game Developers Choice Awards, celebrating its 25th year, is the leading video game awards that are nominated by, voted on, and decided by video game developers within the industry.

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29.01.2025

Hideaki Nishino named Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO

'We will continue to grow the PlayStation community in new ways.'

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29.01.2025

VR dev Fast Travel Games cuts 30 employees, saying VR faces a 'more uncertain year'

Fast Travel attributed the reductions to its various new releases underperforming throughout 2024.

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28.01.2025

Pokemon TCG Pocket developers working to quash real money trading

What do Pokemon and rule breakers have in common? You've gotta catch 'em all.

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28.01.2025

People Can Fly teams with The Coalition on Gears of War: E-Day development

Over a decade after Gears of War: Judgement, People Can Fly is returning to help with the next mainline Gears title.

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28.01.2025

Exclusive: Midwest Games welcomes former Bungie exec to spearhead 'shadow publishing' initiative

The new model will purportedly offer 'cost-effective, tailored services for hire.'

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28.01.2025

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says hardline exclusives are a thing of the past

'There's no reason for me to put a ring fence around any game.'

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28.01.2025

Phoenix Labs lays off 'majority of studio' two years after Forte Labs acquisition

The Dauntless and Fae Farm developer says the layoffs are "unfortunate, but necessary."

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28.01.2025

Report: Nexon canceled a Warhammer RPG developed by Thought Pennies

Games Workshop's plans to expand Warhammer's game presence have hit a slight snag with this recently canceled project.

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28.01.2025

How Eternal Strands' creators cooked up an ambitious physics system with a small team

Constraints and constant cutting are good for creativity.

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28.01.2025

Ubisoft kicks off bid to 'maximize value creation' with layoffs and studio closure

185 employees are expected to lose their jobs as a result of downsizing across Europe.

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25.01.2025

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed hub primes to debut in March

The previously revealed Animus Hub serves as a unified series library and lets players launch recent Assassin's Creed games.

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Kepler Interactive says it's still worth betting on bold, interesting games

Sumo Group ditching original franchises to focus exclusively on co-development work

Nintendo lowers sales forecast with Switch performing 'below expectations'

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero sales punch up to 5 million copies

Konami upgrades revenue forecast after Silent Hill 2 remake sells over 2 million copies

EA says Dragon Age 'underperformance' justifies decision to prioritize 'highest-potential opportunities'

Destiny 2 is the latest game impacted by SAG-AFTRA strike

EA unites four studios under the new Battlefield Studios banner to jointly develop the series

Treyarch co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into firefighting plane during LA fires

ESA warns of 'negative impact' to hit game industry with Trump's tariffs

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord composer Winifred Phillips wins Grammy award

Acclaimed Roll7 titles Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World delisted on Steam

Indigo development conference to continue independently of Dutch Game Garden

Multiversus is the latest live-service jaunt to be punted into the abyss

Kukouri Mobile sells off properties as it exits game development

Forza Horizon 5 switches tracks to PlayStation 5 in the spring

Xbox hardware sales decline as Game Pass sets quarterly revenue record

Video Game History Foundation launches digital library for 'anyone who wants to study games'

Midnight Society, the studio co-founded by streamer who admitted to messaging a minor, has shut down

Fingersoft reappoints Teemu Närhi as CEO to deliver 'clear direction' moving forward

Prince of Persia: Lost Crown sold 1.3 million copies in its first year

BioWare cuts staff, shuffles others to different EA teams amid Mass Effect focus

Report: Bend Studio cuts contract staff following live-service cancellation

Meta's speculative Reality Labs division continues to excel at losing billions

Sony partially pulls back on account linking requirement for PC games

Second Dinner secures U.S. publishing support to prevent another Marvel Snap ban

Capcom stands by fiscal outlook with Monster Hunter Wilds on the horizon

It looks like someone at Activision is leaking Slack screenshots to right-wing X users

Astro Bot and Black Myth: Wukong take the lead in GDCA 2025 nominations

Hideaki Nishino named Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO

VR dev Fast Travel Games cuts 30 employees, saying VR faces a 'more uncertain year'

Pokemon TCG Pocket developers working to quash real money trading

People Can Fly teams with The Coalition on Gears of War: E-Day development

Exclusive: Midwest Games welcomes former Bungie exec to spearhead 'shadow publishing' initiative

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says hardline exclusives are a thing of the past

Phoenix Labs lays off 'majority of studio' two years after Forte Labs acquisition

Report: Nexon canceled a Warhammer RPG developed by Thought Pennies

How Eternal Strands' creators cooked up an ambitious physics system with a small team

Ubisoft kicks off bid to 'maximize value creation' with layoffs and studio closure

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed hub primes to debut in March

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