The Escapist

How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct: Start times, games, and more

2026 has begun, and it’s time for developers and publishers to reveal their crop of titles for the upcoming year. Things should be a lot smoother than 2025, considering the threat of Grand Theft Auto ...
Futurism

Indie Developer Deleting Entire Game From Steam Due to Shame From Having Used AI

An indie game developer experienced a moment of profound moral clarity, and is now deleting his partially-AI-made game from the digital storefront Steam. The game, dubbed “Hardest,” is a free-to-play ...
IGN

Peak Developer Explains Successful Game Pricing: 'Eight Bucks Is Still Five Bucks'

Peak, a popular cooperative climbing game, costs $5. Except it actually costs $8, which is basically $5. And it's on sale right now for just under $5, which is also $5, but if it dropped down to $3 it ...
CNN

Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind ‘Call of Duty,’ dies at 55

(AP) — Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind best-selling video games such as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did ...
CBS News

"Call of Duty" co-creator Vince Zampella dies after crash on Los Angeles highway

Vince Zampella, a video game developer known for pioneering iconic franchises including "Call of Duty," has died at 55, gaming company Electronic Arts said. Zampella died Sunday in a car crash on the ...
Rolling Out

What makes Clair Obscur the most awarded game of 2025

Photo screenshot: FRANCE 24 English YOUTUBE/ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes top prize at annual video games awards • FRANCE 24 English A French video game studio has made history at one of gaming’s ...
GamesRadar+

Peak devs admit to committing a "cardinal sin of game development," but their excuse is the viral co-op climbing game was just supposed to be a game jam project

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Game Rant

Bethesda's Todd Howard Comments on AI in Game Development

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for GameRant since 2015. She kicked off her video game journey after meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. After years of playing them, she decided ...
GamesRadar+

Publisher kills a game over gen AI accusations, leading its developer to shut down while insisting it was "mistakenly accused": "Everything we built over the past 6 years, was ...

Open World Games "It would've been impossible to make a good game": MindsEye CEO and Rockstar vet blamed for impossible design demands Games Marvel Rivals owner Netease says heck no we didn't shut ...
PCGamesN

Destiny 3 leak claims it's in "extremely early development," and it couldn't come soon enough

Destiny 2 is in a quite frankly woeful spot. Its current The Edge of Fate expansion has been a complete bust, resulting in Bungie's space game's player count dwindling to record lows; a point I never ...
Polygon

As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS'

Arc Raiders' use of AI tools continues to create divides in gaming. The CEO of its developer's parent company, Nexon, recently claimed that generative artificial intelligence tools are everywhere in ...