PlayStation’s Horizon Hunters Gathering Takes a Drastic Turn – Live Service Ambitions Axed Amidst Poor Feedback In a significant shift in the gaming landscape, PlayStation-owned Guerrilla Games has decided to scale back its live service ambitions for the long-awaited co-op game, Horizon Hunters Gathering. The move comes after playtest feedback revealed significant issues with the

Get ready for a fresh wave of innovation in the world of VR game development, as a group of triple-A veterans and accessibility experts have joined forces to launch Raze and Rebuild Studio – a worker-owned co-operative that promises to shake up the industry’s traditional business models. This exciting new venture is the brainchild of

The iconic 3rd Rock Grid is back from the dead and thriving in OpenSim, with a bold vision for its rebirth. Founded in 2007 by Terry Ford, aka Butch Arnold, this pioneering grid has been rebuilt from scratch, incorporating lessons learned from its past and injecting new life into its classic charm. Ford’s ambitious plan

VR enthusiasts, get ready for some exciting news! Two veteran developers who worked on the hit VR game Human: Fall Flat are launching a new independent studio called Pretty Cool Games in the UK. This fresh start has already secured financing from Coreblazer, the investment arm of Singapore-based video game studio Hypergryph, making it the

Revolutionary Eye Tracking Tech from Immersix Promises Seamless VR Experience Imagine donning your favorite VR headset and jumping into a virtual world without having to worry about calibration or degraded eye tracking performance. Sounds too good to be true? Think again, as startup Immersix is making waves in the XR industry with its groundbreaking retina-tracking

Electronic Arts’ $55 Billion Saudi Buyout Sparks Worry Among Workers and VR Fans Alike A seismic shift has occurred in the world of gaming with Electronic Arts (EA) being taken private by an investor consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF). The deal, worth a staggering $55 billion, has left some current

Warren Spector, the legendary game developer behind classics like System Shock and Deus Ex, is hanging up his hat after a storied 43-year career in the industry. In a heartfelt LinkedIn post, Spector announced his retirement, citing age and health as reasons for stepping away from the game development scene. But don’t expect him to

The PlayStation 6’s Launch Date is a Moving Target Amid Global Component Shortage Sony’s highly anticipated next-generation console, the PlayStation 6, has been shrouded in uncertainty regarding its launch date. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki confirmed that the company has yet to fix a release date for the

VR enthusiasts, get ready for some exciting news! After a successful stint on PC VR headsets, CM Games’ survival shooter “Into the Radius 2” is finally leaving early access on Quest 3 and Quest 3S next week. On August 27th, the standalone version will bring with it a wealth of new content that was previously

Arco Breaks Even, Surpassing 100,000 Sales in Just Two Years In a stunning achievement for independent game development, Arco has reached an incredible milestone – breaking even on development costs after selling over 100,000 copies worldwide. The Mesoamerican fantasy RPG, which launched on August 15, 2024, has been a phenomenal success, with the bulk of