„I don't want them to always play it safe.” PlayStation's failure in the live-service market showed Sony a few things that the company is already implementing
Sony is not laying down its arms in the game-services market. Despite the Concord's failure, the company still believes in the potential of this model, although it intends to approach it more cautiously and with greater quality control.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
August 26, 2025
More live-service games. Despite Suicide Squad failure, Warner Bros. continues to push in this direction
It looks like Warner Bros. still believes in live-game services. Although Suicide Squad turned out to be a huge disappointment, the company is planning a new title in the DC universe.
video games
Martin Bukowski
July 30, 2025
Action against killing games achieved an important milestone, and its biggest opponent is facing more problems
The „Stop Killing Video Games” initiative has surpassed the threshold of 1.4 million signatures, which means that the document will almost certainly have to be addressed by the European Commission.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 22, 2025
„If buying a game is not a purchase, then pirating them is not theft.” Minecraft creator joined campaign against „killing” games
Minecraft creator supported the Stop Killing Games campaign, stressing that players should be able to host their own servers. He didn't sign the petition himself, though.
video games
Martin Bukowski
July 10, 2025
Your games could disappear overnight. The campaign to prevent this is failing
This is the last chance to support the EU's citizens' initiative, which, for some reason, has slowed down sharply after initial mass support from players.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 24, 2025
Future of Haven Studios uncertain as founder Jade Raymond exits and Fairgame$ is delayed to 2026
The studio behind Fairgame$, Sony's next live-service title, has lost its founder. Could this be a sign of more bad news to come for Haven Studios?
video games
Matt Buckley
May 15, 2025
Console players are increasingly entrenched in live service games
According to new data shared by Circana, live service games are taking up more and more player time, changing the way the industry has operated in the past.
video games
Matt Buckley
February 26, 2025
Ubisoft will focus on two types of games in the coming years. „And that's what we want to deliver year after year”
Ubisoft's plan for the coming years is to focus on two types of projects: open worlds and game-services.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 14, 2025
„It will not happen, I guarantee it.” Electronic Arts won't be able to force Josef Fares into making a game-service
The creator of It Takes Two is not even going to pretend that game services are an option for him. According to Josef Fares, Hazelight studio will never be tempted to develop this type of project.
video games
Michal Harat
February 14, 2025
PlayStation will make more family friendly games, but won't abandon games-services altogether
Sony doesn't intend to ignore the Astro Bot's success. The corporation has plans for more family friendly games.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 13, 2025
Sony's CEO Commented on Concord's Failure. Hiroki Totoki Explains What Went South and Pledges Lessons Learned
Important people from Sony, in an interview with investors, discussed the failure of Concord.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 8, 2024
Are „Dead” Games a Good Thing? Palworld Dev Believes That Emphasis on „Endless Development” Is Bad for the Industry
John „Bucky” Buckley of PocketPair studio joined developers criticizing current trends of looking at the success of games (including Palworld) only through the prism of the number of players in a given title.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 31, 2024
New Free-to-Play Shooter Quickly Hits Popularity Milestone Despite Problems and Controversy. Millions Played The First Descendant
Several million players within the first week of its release were expected to check out the free-to-play shooter The First Descendant from the Korean Nexon company.
video games
Marcin Przała
July 15, 2024
Campaign Against Killing Games Continues. We Asked Its Organizer About Future and Lawyers' Opinions About The Crew
The fight against killing games isn't going out. The organizer of the Stop Killing Games initiative answered our questions about the follow-up and the arguments undermining the sense of the action.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 7, 2024
Sony's Game Services Will Be Coming Out Simultaneously on PC and Playstation. While Story Game Sequels Are Expected to Encourage PC Players to Buy Consoles
Game services from Sony will be released simultaneously on consoles and PC. Single-player titles, on the other hand, are to appear on PC with a delay and serve as an invitation to buy a PlayStation 5.
video games
Martin Bukowski
May 31, 2024
Hogwarts Legacy Needs New Seasons and Activities More Than Suicide Squad Does
Hogwarts Legacy is not a bad game, and one you'd want to come back to - if it had new content. Suicide Squad will have new content, but one doesn't necessarily want to check what kind. Could it be that the publisher, common to both productions, got the genre selection wrong?
Opinions
Darius Matusiak
February 16, 2024
More Game-Services Inbound. 95% Devs Creating 'Em or Intend to
The latest report on the video game industry provides us with a number of interesting insights into the health of development teams. The main conclusion? Games-services continue to rule, although their creation is burdened with increasing costs as well as risks.
video games
Marcin Przała
February 6, 2024
EA's Financial Reports Released: Game-services Dominate Business, New Battlefield Not Before 2025
Electronic Arts has released its financial report for the last quarter of 2023. Revenues were up and games-services dominated.
video games
Martin Bukowski
January 31, 2024
Live-service Games at Loss, Switch 2 Steals the Show; Predictions for 2024
Live-service games will remain on top, but will lose heavily in the eyes of game developers in 2024. That's one of the predictions of analysts, who also expect, among other things, the debut of Switch 2.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 4, 2024
'Gamers are Impatient; They Want New Things Every Day,' Claims Blizzard Head Mike Ybarra
According to Blizzard's CEO, gamers have no patience. In a recent interview, Mike Ybarra said that they want new content practically every hour.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
November 8, 2023