Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial

Rockstar has suffered a legal defeat as the ongoing dispute surrounding its October 2025 firing of 31 union members proceeds toward final trial. In a preliminary hearing, a UK employment tribunal has ruled against the studio, which sought to narrow the scope of its upcoming trial by seeking to have accusations of blacklisting struck from…

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‘It feels to many like a tidal wave is sweeping over the AAA game business,’ says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney in his diagnosis of the industry’s woes

It is a “time of both crisis and opportunity” for the games industry, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said in his concluding remarks at today’s Unreal Fest address, where the Unreal Engine and Fortnite maker demonstrated new features coming to its development tools. The kids are playing more games than ever and Fortnite is growing…

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Unreal Engine 5.8 launches with improved terrain and vegetation tools, a Lumen Lite option for faster global illumination, and for the times we now live in, an open standard plugin for LLM systems

It’s probably fair to say that Unreal Engine is probably the most comprehensive tool around for creating games, animations, and video effects. And, with the launch of UE 5.8, it’s becoming even more extensive and even a little bit more AI-friendly. Whether you’re just an Unreal Engine hobbyist like me, or a full-time game developer,…

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