With the devcom developer conference now less than two weeks away, the organizers have dropped some fresh program highlights and, more interestingly, the results of this year's speaker survey. The survey, which polled 100 of the event's speakers, serves as a fascinating vibe check for a games industry that is still reeling from years of turmoil, grappling with an uncertain future, and apparently, very divided on the topic of AI.

It’s not every day that a game developer tells you to go ahead and steal their work, but we live in strange times. The team behind the popular indie climbing game Peak has taken a bold and frankly unprecedented stance against a clone of their game that has appeared on Roblox. In a fiery social media post, the developers stated they would rather people "pirate our game" than play the Roblox version, which they branded as "microtransaction-riddled… slop".

In a modern shooter landscape increasingly populated by bong-smoking wizards, cartoon characters, and whatever the hell is happening in Call of Duty these days, DICE is drawing a clear line in the sand. As part of their ongoing "we're sorry about 2042" tour, the developers of Battlefield 6 have come out swinging, promising that their game will be a refuge for players who want their military shooter to actually look and feel like a military shooter.

Just as we’re sweating our way through the summer of 2025, Valve has decided to look deep into the future and give us all a crystal-clear vision of our impending financial ruin. In a surprisingly early announcement aimed at helping developers plan ahead, Steam has unveiled its entire official event schedule for the first half of 2026. For us, it’s less about planning and more like a beautifully organized calendar of future temptations for our ever-growing backlogs.

In the ever-annoying landscape of PC gaming, there’s no greater sigh of resignation than buying a game on one digital storefront only to find it forces you to install and run a second, proprietary launcher from the publisher. It’s a tedious, resource-hogging practice we’ve all come to despise. So, in a rare bit of good news, EA has clarified the situation for the upcoming Battlefield 6, and for Steam users at least, the news is surprisingly positive.

Well, they finally showed it. The Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal is here, and DICE is saying all the right things, promising a return to the glory days of BF3 and BF4. The new trailer is pure chaos, and the details coming out of the reveal event sound almost too good to be true.

In the wake of Steam and itch.io being forced to delist a slew of adult-only video games, users are now taking the fight directly to the source of the problem: the payment processors themselves. Instead of just yelling into the void on forums, a contingent of gamers is organizing to directly contact financial giant Visa, calling out what they describe as a massive and dangerous overreach into online commerce.

We all knew Grand Theft Auto 6 was taking a goddamn eternity, but the speculation is finally over. A former Rockstar dev just casually confirmed the timeline, and it's as insane as we all thought. The behemoth has been in full development since 2018, putting it on track for a massive eight-year cycle before it finally lands.

Just when you thought Amazon's quest to adapt every video game under the sun couldn't get more ambitious, they've gone and aimed their sights on the granddaddy of Nazi-slaying simulators. According to an exclusive report from Variety, a live-action TV series based on the ‘Wolfenstein’ franchise is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. And to make things interesting, they’re bringing in the same crew that just made radiation poisoning a hit with the ‘Fallout’ series.

In a world drowning in battle passes, daily logins, and predatory microtransactions, a voice from the past has emerged with a message that sounds almost revolutionary: "You buy the game, and you get the whole thing." Ken Levine, the mastermind behind the legendary BioShock series, has confirmed that his long-awaited new game, Judas, will be a purely single-player, old-school experience with no live-service or monetization nonsense attached.

Just when you thought you'd finally built a stable, semi-functional colony of war criminals and organ harvesters, Ludeon Studios has dropped a bombshell. The Odyssey expansion for RimWorld is out now alongside the free 1.6 update, and it's not just adding a few new hats. It’s letting you build your own goddamn spaceship and leave your miserable starting tile behind for good. Get ready to export your specific brand of human-leather-fueled chaos across the entire planet, and beyond.

Ever wondered what happens when a gaming giant's string of failures finally catches up with them? Ubisoft just answered that question by closing their Leamington studio and showing 185 people the door, all while wrapping it in enough corporate euphemisms to fill a buzzword bingo card.

Ever wondered what happens when console wars meet cold, hard sales data? The latest US market figures tell a tale of two very different trajectories, with PlayStation 5 climbing higher than its predecessor while Xbox Series X/S performs the gaming equivalent of a belly flop.

Ever wondered what happens when your reliable cash cow suddenly goes on strike? EA just found out the hard way, watching $6 billion evaporate after FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard decided to play limbo with sales expectations.

Ever wondered what happens when Microsoft decides to drop release dates like a demon drops health pickups? The latest Developer Direct answered that question with a flurry of dates and details for some of 2025's most anticipated titles.

Ever wondered what it would be like if Nvidia made their graphics cards rarer than a politician telling the truth? Well wonder no more, because the RTX 5090 is about to make the crypto mining crisis look like a surplus sale at Best Buy.

In what's turning out to be yet another rough start to the year for gaming industry workers, Reflector Entertainment has announced they're pulling the plug on their next project and laying off more staff after their debut game Unknown 9: Awakening failed to make an impact (SPOILER ALERT: THE GAME WAS MORE "UNKNOWN" THAN THEY HOPED).

The FTC has finally caught up with HoYoverse's gacha shenanigans, slapping the Genshin Impact developer with a hefty $20 million fine for allegedly tricking kids into gambling their parents' credit cards away on virtual lottery tickets (LOOK MA, MY GAMBLING ADDICTION HAS ANIME GRAPHICS!).

Ever wondered what happens when an unstoppable Chinese tech giant meets an immovable French gaming dynasty? Well, according to a fresh report from Insider Gaming, we're watching that exact corporate telenovela unfold with Ubisoft and Tencent's stalled buyout talks.

Ever wondered what happens when a gaming retail giant finally runs out of extra lives? GameStop is about to show us, announcing their permanent departure from Germany by January 31, 2025. The once-mighty retailer is pulling the plug on their remaining 70 stores in the country, marking another major retreat from the European market.