Gaming
Unity Just Sold a $4.4 Billion Bet for $40 Million
Tripledot bought Unity's Supersonic mobile publishing arm for $40 million cash on 6 August 2026, four years after Unity paid $4.4 billion for it inside the ironSource deal.
Gaming
Gaming
Xbox Layoffs: Two Labor Laws, One Company
CWA protested at Bethesda and filed US and Canada legal action over Xbox's cuts on 11 August, while Arkane Lyon's fate still runs through a French Works Council process. Why the same layoff plays out differently by jurisdiction.
Gaming
Bigben's EUR73M Rescue Depends on Nacon's Court Win
Bigben filed for French court protection on EUR73.2M of debt exchangeable into Nacon shares - the rescue only works if Nacon's own separate court plan also succeeds.
Gaming
Supermassive Cuts 75 Jobs, Third Round in 3 Years
Supermassive Games opened a redundancy consultation for up to 75 roles on 11 August 2026, its third layoff round since 2024, months after shipping Directive 8020.
Gaming
Bandai Namco Posts Record Profit as Games Sales Slide
Bandai Namco's Q1 operating profit jumped 33.3% on toy sales, but its digital games segment fell 15.6% in net sales and 30.9% in profit. What owners should check first.
Gaming
Aliens: Fireteam Elite Buyers Lost Access For Good
Nintendo shut down Aliens: Fireteam Elite's cloud-only Switch servers on August 5, 2026. Every buyer, at $29.99 or $59.99, lost access for good - no refunds.
Gaming
EA's New Owners Want $700 Million a Year in Cuts
Days after its $55 billion take-private close, EA told debt investors it plans $700 million a year in cuts. BioWare is named at risk; Battlefield, Madden and EA Sports FC are protected.
Gaming
Nazara Closes $303M Buy of Bluetile and BestPlay
Nazara Technologies closed its $303 million buyout of Spain's Bluetile and BestPlay on August 3. Bluetile's founder becomes Nazara's group CEO and reinvests a large share of the exit.
Gaming
Rockstar Sold Netflix a Six-Hour Head Start
Rockstar and Netflix will premiere the first extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, with a six-hour window before it is free everywhere else.
Gaming
Microsoft Cuts id Software to Support-Studio Scale
A Texas WARN filing confirms 136 roles cut at id Software's Richardson studio, plus 22 at Bethesda Game Studios Austin, inside Microsoft Gaming's wider 3,200-role reset. What a flagship studio shrinking to support size means for id Tech licensees and European co-development studios.
Gaming
Revenue Rose. The Stock Fell 96 Percent Anyway.
Devolver Digital's revenue grew to $107.9M in 2025 and is tracking 60%+ higher in H1 2026, yet its AIM stock fell 96% since 2021, then 60% more the day it announced the exit. What the filing reveals about lumpy revenue and public markets.
Gaming
Take-Two's $8bn Guidance Now Rides on One Game
Take-Two beat guidance with $1.39bn in Q1 bookings and a record GTA VI pre-order week, but its full-year plan now leans on one November release, not a diversified slate.
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