Following a studio closure last week. A week after we heard about Ubisoft’s closure of its mobile game-focused studio Ubisoft Halifax, news has now surfaced about the third-party publisher laying off people at two other teams as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures. According to a report from IGN, Ubisoft “expects 55 jobs” to be impacted…
“Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, everybody’s done something”. Electronic Arts has been in the headlines for all sorts of reasons over the years, but Hazelight Studios founder and director Josef Fares (who is known for expressing his honest opinion) can’t help but feel the third-party video game giant is still “getting more s**t” than it deserves. His…
One of the internet’s largest music marketplaces has banned content “that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI”. Bandcamp announced the new policy today, which also prohibits the use of AI tools designed to “impersonate other artists or styles”. Here are the guidelines, straight from Bandcamp: Music and audio that is generated wholly…
After Hours is an Augmented Reality Game, which means its puzzles have to be solved with information from outside the game—mostly from your web browser. One puzzle apparently involves combining Brownsville, New York’s zip code with a phone number to find an ISBN code, which leads to a book you need to look at the…
After Hours is an Augmented Reality Game, which means its puzzles have to be solved with information from outside the game—mostly from your web browser. One puzzle apparently involves combining Brownsville, New York’s zip code with a phone number to find an ISBN code, which leads to a book you need to look at the…
Patch notes haven’t been shared just yet. Following the surprise release of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for the Switch and Switch 2 last November, Aspyr said it would continue to update the Nintendo versions with patches over time to provide the “best possible experience for all players”. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
My habit of bravely running face-first into wolf packs and skeleton mobs in Hytale meant I had to learn how to repair early on in the Minecraft-like. New weapons and armor often make me a little too confident, and I’ve hit a whopping zero durability more than once. Fortunately, you can easily repair busted tools…
Including multiple fixes for Switch and Switch 2. Level-5 has continued to roll out updates for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, and the latest one is now officially available. It bumps the game up to Version 2.0.4 on the Switch, Switch 2 and multiple other platforms. This includes some fixes specific to…
Two Pokémon titles and “Cats on Duty”. Nintendo released a new system firmware update for the Switch 2 yesterday and it’s resolved some compatibility issues. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Warhammer company Games Workshop says that it does not allow generative AI in its products, and although some of its senior managers have investigated the technology, “none are that excited about it yet.” The comments came from Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree in the company’s half-yearly financial report for the back end of 2025, in…