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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ed 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
November 8, 2023
AC Valhalla is a Perfect Example of Problematic Live-service Game
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla players face a problem that very often recurs in the context of live-service games. They suffer from a lack of content, formerly offered as part of seasonal events.
video games
July 27, 2023
EA Sees its Future in 'Games as a Platform'; What About Single Player?
The CEO of Electronic Arts revealed information about the future of the company. The main direction of development is to be long-lived games as platforms.
video games
May 10, 2023
Blizzard Reassures, Diablo 4 Will Not Morph Into an MMORPG
Will Diablo 4 be closer to an MMORPG, or will it remain rooted in the action RPG genre? Blizzard assures that it is the latter, although some elements may be a bit blurred.
video games
April 14, 2023
Here's How Long it Takes to Complete Battle in Diablo 4
We have learned how many hours of fun the battle will provide in Diablo 4. Players can get ready for a long haul.
video games
April 13, 2023
I enjoyed Diablo 4 Beta, But I Hope it Won't End Up Like Other Games-services
The Diablo IV beta gave me a preview of one of the biggest launches of the year. Is the new installment of Blizzard's iconic series worth the wait?
Opinions
March 21, 2023