The creators of Among Us have announced more funding for their new indie publishing label, Outersloth. Revealed during Summer Games Fest, the initiative has already signed 13 games, and now two notable indie developers will provide additional funding and help reviewing game pitches. The first of the two developers contributing to Outersloth is Slay the …
Update: A spokesperson for Riot Games confirmed 32 employees were let go. Of that number, 27 were active League of Legends developers, and five were from Riot’s publishing division. Original story: Developer Riot Games is eliminating staff, said co-founder Marc Merill. Some roles have been cut within the League of Legends team. He explained the …
Quantic Dream announced its narrative adventure Detroit Become Human has sold over 10 million units since its 2018 launch. “We are extremely grateful to each and everyone out there who played the game,” wrote co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumière. “You mean the world to us, and we couldn’t have achieved this incredible milestone without every single …
Starting a game company is risky business. Keeping a game company alive is nearly impossible. Obviously, there is a big difference between developing AAA titles and the browser-based casual titles we focus on at Arkadium, but I think our learnings are relevant regardless of the sector of the game industry you’re working in. Let’s …
When Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader and Pathfinder: Kingmaker developer Owlcat Games stood up a publisher for narrative-focused games, it did so with years of self-publishing experience under its belt. In 2019, head of publishing Andrey Tsvetkov joined the company to build up a self-publishing arm, and after 5 years and the acquisition of publisher Meta Publishing, …
Indie developer Studio Thunderhorse is closing after over a decade of making games. Taking to X, the three-person studio shared a letter stating that the trio had to make “the difficult decision” for the “long-term health of the team and the studio.” Founded in 2015, the California-based studio specialized in 2D games inspired by the …
Game Freak confirmed yesterday that it has been the victim of a large scale hack, in which 1TB of company data has been exposed. Releasing a statement on its website, the Pokémon developer reveals that the breach took place in August 2024, and that the data of over 2600 current and former employees had been …
Hitman creator IO Interactive is dipping its feet into third-party publishing. Its first assignment? MindsEye, a game from Build a Rocket Boy (BARB), along with the previously announced MMO, Everywhere. The triple-A actioner has been previously described as a “proof of concept” game for Everywhere. Build a Rocket Boy’s aim for Everywhere is to be …
A cohort of former Awesomenauts devs have regrouped to form Dutch studio Rangatang. The founding team were previously colleagues at Awesomenauts developer Romino Games. The studio filed for bankruptcy in 2023 and sold both Awesomenauts and Swords & Soldiers to Atari. Romino was working on an unnamed project before closing its doors. The founding members …
Valve has confirmed that it won’t offer annual Steam Deck refreshes, stating that doing so would be “unfair” to consumers. Speaking to Reviews.org ahead of the much-delayed launch of Steam Deck in Australia, Valve also stated that the Steam Deck 2 will offer a “generational leap.” Steam Deck designer Lawrence Yang told Reviews.org, “We really …
