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Valve to face UK class action lawsuit with proposed damages of £656m - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyJanuary 28, 2026

PC games giant Valve has been told it has to face a £656 million lawsuit in the UK, which claims the Steam giant's revenue share is too high and negatively impacts consumers. As spotted by Reuters, …...

Stop Killing Games EU petition hits 1.3m verified signatures - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyJanuary 28, 2026

The EU version of the Stop Killing Games petition was signed by 1.3 million people. In a post on Reddit, the organisation's director general Moritz Katzner wrote that of the close-to 1.5 million sig…...

Razer boss says consumers are sick of AI slop, but they want tools that help "developers make great games" - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyJanuary 21, 2026

The boss of peripheral specialist Razer, Min-Liang Tan, has said consumers do not want "generative AI slop" but do want tools that help studios make good games. Speaking to The Verge's Decoder podca…...

Judge rejects fired Rockstar staff's request for interim relief - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyJanuary 14, 2026

The Glasgow Employment Tribunal has rejected a request for interim relief filed for staff fired by Rockstar. IGN and Bloomberg report that the games giant has insisted that these workers were dismis…...

Larian will not use generative AI for Divinity concept art - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyJanuary 10, 2026

Belgian games developer Larian Studios has confirmed that there will be no generative AI used for concept art during the creation of the upcoming RPG Divinity. In a Reddit ask me anything (AMA), CEO…...

Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse won't work with studios using generative AI - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyJanuary 10, 2026

Game publisher Hooded Horse has said that it is refusing to work with developers who are using generative AI. Speaking to Kotaku, CEO Tim Bender wrote that the technology has "made our lives more di…...

Wizards of the Coast hires Blizzard veteran Paul Della Bitta to head up games arm - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyDecember 19, 2025

Wizards of the Coast has hired Blizzard veteran Paul Della Bitta to head up its Digital Ventures games arm. Bloomberg reports that he will report to the Hasbro-owned company's president, John Hight.…...

Naughty Dog's Straley left the studio as he was "working really, really hard" on games that weren't his - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyDecember 16, 2025

Industry veteran Bruce Straley has said he left Naughty Dog, in part, because he wanted ownership over what he was working on. Speaking to Polygon, the developer explained the decision to depart The…...

Netflix says Warner Bros' games arm is "relatively minor in the grand scheme of things" - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyDecember 10, 2025

Streaming giant Netflix has said that it did not "attribute any value" to Warner Bros' games business as part of its proposed acquisition of the entertainment giant. That's according to the streamin…...

Wreckreation maker Three Fields Entertainment puts whole studio on redundancy notice - GamesIndustry.biz

TechnologyDecember 5, 2025

Three Fields Entertainment, which was founded by the makers of Burnout and which recently launched the open world driving game Wreckreation, has notified its entire staff that they are at risk of red…...