Cambridge startup Worldmodeldata raised 7 million pounds to license gameplay as training data for AI world models, and a rival already holds 454 million dollars. The quiet shift is that your game's replays are now an asset with a rights question attached.
Fenris Creations, formerly CCP Games, put Carbon, the engine that has run EVE Online as one shared universe since 2003, on GitHub under the MIT license. Over two dozen modules including Destiny and Trinity are now free to fork; the live game stays closed.
Microsoft confirmed 3,200 Xbox job cuts on 6 July and its CEO called the business not healthy. Two studios go independent, two are sold. The operator read.
Nintendo turns Splatoon into a single-player Switch 2 exclusive launching July 23 at USD 49.99. Why the franchise pivot is really a hardware attach-rate play.
Valve planned the Steam Machine near 750 dollars but shipped it at 1049 as AI data centers outbid gamers for memory. Why it is a preview of 2026 hardware prices.
The games-patent fight every studio was watching is heading for a muted end. Patent offices in the US and Japan called Nintendo's core claims obvious. Here is what it means.
Sony will stop pressing discs for new PlayStation games from January 2028. The real story is the quiet end of ownership, resale, and your customer's exit.
GameStop's Ryan Cohen withdrew a 35 billion dollar pay award on 23 June 2026 to focus on a hostile 55.5 billion dollar bid for eBay, going straight to shareholders after the board said no. The lesson: a hostile bidder does not need your board's consent.
Tencent is negotiating exits from Japanese studio stakes including Marvelous, willing to sell back to management even at a loss to fund its AI and UGC pivot. The lesson for owners: strategic money can become a forced seller when the thesis changes.
Xbox told staff on 10 June it cannot continue as it is and began a 100-day reset with July layoffs. Even after the Activision deal, the biggest studio owner is shrinking.
Circana's May 2026 US data shows a console market splitting in two: Switch 2 is the second fastest-selling system ever tracked while PlayStation and Xbox post record lows at record prices.
Sony is cutting 292 jobs at Bungie after ending Destiny 2 development. The real story is the live-service model reaching its structural limit, and what European studios should do.
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