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.
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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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Europe's Biggest Games Show Has Sold Out Completely
Gamescom's organizers confirmed on 21 July 2026 that the show's entire exhibition floor in Cologne, more than 230,000 square metres, is fully booked for the first time in its history.
Gaming
Nintendo's Profit More Than Doubled While Sales Fell
Nintendo's Q1 FY2027 sales fell 9.5 percent yet profit more than doubled, powered by a Switch 2 hardware transition and 90 percent digital sales growth.
Gaming
Coffee Stain Cuts Fellowship Team by 57%
Coffee Stain Group's Q1 FY2026/27 report shows net sales up 37% to SEK 253 million, but the live-service title Fellowship loses more than half its team after weak engagement.
Gaming
The Interest Bill Behind EA's Cost Cuts
One day after Electronic Arts' upbeat close statement, Bloomberg reported a $700 million annual cost-cutting plan. The real driver is the buyout's debt, not the games.
Gaming
Valve Shipped the Software Before the Hardware
Lepton and FEX, the Android and ARM translation layers Steam Frame needs, went live in Steam's own backend around August 2, spotted on SteamDB and confirmed by roughly eight outlets. Valve did the same thing before Steam Deck and Steam Machine shipped.
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97 Percent Ownership Cost Atari Its Turnaround Year
Atari's own games and hardware business turned its first operating profit in years, but a 97 percent stake in Thunderful dragged the group to a 4.8 million euro net loss. The decision lesson behind the numbers.
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