Clair Obscur creator on how open-world games „killed” the popularity of JRPGs. „They started being considered uncool”
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a huge jRPG success, but the game's developers don't believe their creation has completely overcome players' „preconceptions” about turn-based RPGs.
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 7, 2025
Safe and extremely boring AAA games don't interest Hideo Kojima. Most interesting things are to be made by independent devs
Hideo Kojima isn't happy about modern blockbusters either. Instead of boring and long-winded AAA games, the MGS creator sees more interesting things in independent titles.
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Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2025
Explosion of games with genAI on Steam. This is just the tip of the iceberg
Already, nearly 8,000 games on Steam have openly used generative AI, from creating descriptions in promotional materials to almost all content.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 17, 2025
„Terrifying” time for new teams hasn't discouraged WoW and Helldivers 2 veterans. Now they're making a game not just for players
The current times are clearly not a good time to start a new development team, but veterans of Helldivers 2, World of Warcraft, and Battlefield have not been discouraged by this 'terrifying' and 'crazy' prospect.
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Kamil Kleszyk
May 27, 2025
„Games made in 2 years are more exciting than games made in 8 years.” According to indie game dev, the belief that time defines the project's quality is wrong
Strange Scaffold studio head Xalavier Nelson Jr. believes that, paradoxically, games developed over two years are „more exciting” than those that have taken much longer to make.
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Kamil Kleszyk
May 27, 2025
Big publishers worry generative AI might damage their reputations. Players aren't fond of it
Take-Two and Electronic Arts have recognized the growing reluctance of gamers toward generative artificial intelligence.
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Martin Bukowski
May 26, 2025
GTA 6 and Switch 2 set to push gaming industry to record heights. Meanwhile, gamers are playing fewer and fewer games
The value of the video game industry is expected to exceed $90 billion in the coming years. Meanwhile, the average gamer is playing fewer and fewer titles.
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Maciej Gaffke
April 9, 2025
Ubisoft forms new subsidiary with Tencent focused on three franchises
Today, via a press release, Ubisoft announced that it is forming a new subsidiary with its three most successful franchises. Tencent will hold a minority stake.
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Matt Buckley
March 27, 2025
CD Projekt believes that the trend for singleplayer games like The Witcher and Cyberpunk will never die out
Swen Vincke is not the only one who believes in the power of single-player games. CD Projekt, too, has no intention of giving them up and believes they will enjoy enduring popularity.
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Martin Bukowski
March 26, 2025
Average age of devs is getting higher. Number of creators over 45 is growing
We learned interesting data about the age of developers working in the game industry. It turns out that there are more and more people in their 40s among them.
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Adrian Werner
March 25, 2025
Baldur's Gate 3 creator stood up for single player games. „Use your imagination. They are not dead,” says Swen Vincke
Swen Vincke stated that single-player games are not dead. They just have to be good to be successful.
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Martin Bukowski
March 19, 2025
„They just didn't want me to do it.” Baldur's Gate 3 actor, Neil Newbon, fights for fame and respect for people in his profession
Neil Newbon, Troy Baker, Jennifer Hale and other actors known from video games join the fight for respect and recognition for their profession.
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 16, 2025
BioWare veteran believes that sometimes it's worth „throwing the thing in reverse and finding another way forward”
A BioWare veteran has commented on the subject of delaying games. He believes that it is better to postpone the release once for many months or even years than several times for short periods.
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Martin Bukowski
March 13, 2025
„Value slaughter.” Baldur's Gate 3 publisher has no illusions: the engagement economy is big threat to game developers
According to Michael Douse, social media can have a disruptive effect on the gaming industry. „Advertising-propaganda machine” is, in his opinion, not a particularly good place to have substantive discussions about games and the industry itself.
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Michal Harat
February 24, 2025
Baldur's Gate 3 publisher says there's a simple way to get big studios to stop breaking their game's launches
The publishing director of Baldur's Gate 3 has shared his way of avoiding failure when releasing games.
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Martin Bukowski
February 20, 2025
It hasn't released any games yet, and it's already laying off. New studio of Just Cause series creator suffered „unfortunate failure”
There will be job cuts at the studio founded by the co-creator of the Just Cause series. We don't know how many people will say goodbye to their jobs.
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Martin Bukowski
February 20, 2025
Arkane founder appeals to people concerned about game industry crash: „The market is correcting, we need to adapt”
Raphael Colantonio believes that with the „correcting” of the game industry, the market needs games created with more passion.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 12, 2025
70% of devs admit that they have never released bug-free game
Developers admit that the budget and efficiency of game quality control departments leave much to be desired.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 7, 2025
„Stop Killing Games” initiative faced second rejection. UK government sees no reason to change the law, but is to „monitor the issue”
The UK government has once again rejected a petition to prevent game developers and publishers from „killing” games once support ends.
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Kamil Kleszyk
February 6, 2025
Game budgets are growing at insane rate. Graphic from State of the Industry report shows it perfectly
A report by the Epyllion Group showed how insanely production costs for popular game series have been rising over the past several years.
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Adrian Werner
January 24, 2025