Game Development Independence Reclaimed: Compulsion Games Navigates a New Chapter Outside the Xbox Umbrella August 22, 2026 Jia Lissa In a seismic shift for the independent gaming landscape, Compulsion Games—the creative force behind We Happy Few and the upcoming South of Midnight—has officially separated from Microsoft’s Xbox Game Studios.…
Game Development Empowering the Future: IGN and GamesIndustry.biz Announce Exclusive Women in Gaming Networking Event at Gamescom 2026 August 22, 2026 Iffa Jayyana COLOGNE, Germany – As the global gaming industry descends upon Cologne for Gamescom 2026, a pivotal movement in professional development and community building is set to take center stage. IGN…
Game Development The Great Pivot: How Sony’s Live-Service Ambitions Cost a Generation August 22, 2026 Rifan Muazin The gaming industry is currently reckoning with the wreckage of a decade-long fever dream. For years, the pursuit of the "next Fortnite" led publishers to abandon their core competencies in…
Game Development The Cost of the Pivot: How Sony’s Live-Service Obsession Stalled the PlayStation 5 Era August 22, 2026 Dwi Wanna The gaming industry is currently reckoning with the wreckage of a decade-long fever dream. For years, the prevailing wisdom in boardrooms from Tokyo to San Francisco was simple: every major…
Game Development The Ghost Generation: How Sony’s Live Service Pivot Cost PlayStation an Era August 21, 2026 Siti Muinah The global gaming industry is currently reckoning with the wreckage of a decade-long fever dream. For years, the narrative in executive boardrooms was singular and uncompromising: if a game could…
Game Development The Monetization Paradox: Can Ad-Supported Gaming Solve the Industry’s Accessibility Crisis? August 21, 2026 Suro Senen As the video game industry grapples with ballooning development budgets, rising hardware costs, and a cost-of-living crisis squeezing the average consumer, a familiar but controversial figure has returned to the…
Game Development The Business of Hype: Dissecting the Financial Model Behind Gamescom’s Opening Night Live August 21, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy As the global gaming industry descends upon Cologne, Germany, for the annual spectacle of Gamescom, the spotlight invariably turns to the event’s high-octane kick-off: Opening Night Live (ONL). Hosted by…
Game Development Anatomy of a Breach: Rockstar Games Faces New Wave of GTA 6 Leaks August 20, 2026 Nila Kartika Wati In the high-stakes world of AAA game development, few titles carry the cultural and financial weight of Grand Theft Auto 6. For Rockstar Games, the development process—already shrouded in extreme…
Game Development From Criterion to the Stars: How Fuse Games is Redefining the AAA Racing Model August 20, 2026 Pevita Pearce After nearly two decades at the helm of some of the gaming industry’s most revered racing franchises, Matt Webster—the veteran architect behind Burnout and Need for Speed at Criterion Games—made…
Game Development Breaking the Mold: Inside the Rise of Fuse Games and the High-Stakes Launch of Star Wars: Galactic Racer August 20, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy In an era defined by industry consolidation, mega-mergers, and a pervasive, market-wide aversion to risk, the formation of an independent studio can feel like a fool’s errand. Yet, for Matt…
