Ubisoft has begun another round of staff reductions across multiple studios as part of an ongoing restructuring effort, and it appears to be connected to the formation of its new subsidiary, Vantage Studios. The latest cuts affect two long-running Ubisoft teams: Finnish developer RedLynx and Sweden-based Massive Entertainment. According to […]

Remedy CEO Tero Virtala is stepping down from his role at the company after nearly a decade at the helm. The announcement comes just a week after issuing a “profit warning” on its official blog, where it revealed that its venture into the live-service market, FBC: Firebreak, had failed to […]

At first glance, the 8BitDo Arcade Controller is an intimidating device, a flat black block bristling with buttons laid out in a pattern that looks less designed for fingers and more like an archaic form of Braille. But as my fingers came into contact, it only took a second for […]

Just one day after his shock departure, former Assassin’s Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Côté has confirmed that he did not want to leave Ubisoft. Marc-Alexis Côté took the role of executive producer role in 2018. Since then, four mainline Assassin’s Creed games and one VR title have been released. But […]

There may be trouble brewing in Halo Studios, or perhaps it has already boiled over as the team’s art director has left the company and posted a rather ominous sounding message. Glenn Israel held the title of Art Director at Halo Studios. But posting to LinkedIn, he revealed that he […]

As a pretty avid gamer (obviously), I buy a lot of games. I’ve always known I’m in the minority, but somehow it never occurred to me just how rare people like me and you might be. Well, according to some new data, the vast majority of people buy 2 or […]

Publishing giant EA, which has been a publically traded company for 36 years, has announced that it is set to be acquired and turned into a private company in a deal worth $55 billion. While EA has certainly had a few problems recently, such as the underperformance of Dragon Age: […]

While not the first ‘cosy’ game, Stardew Valley has been massively influential and has given rise to multiple games that want to follow in its muddy bootprints. Discounty is its own game, but there’s undeniably a lot of Stardew Valley‘s DNA in its design, right down to the main character […]

The Knightling wants to be a heart-warming indie game about an apprentice stepping out of his master’s shadow while also being a throwback action-platformer where you bash monsters with a giant talking shield. It mostly succeeds thanks to its charm and platforming, even if its combat and pacing can’t quite […]

At this point, Lizard Cube has cemented itself as perhaps the best developer of 2D action-platformers that are based on old IP given a fresh new lick of glorious paint. Streets of Rage 4 was a god damn masterpiece of brawling, and now Shinobi: Art of Vengeance seeks to dethrone […]