Game Industry Insider

Studio Shutdowns

• 🔥 Sony Closes Bluepoint Games: Sony is officially shutting down Bluepoint Games, the studio known for high-profile remakes...

• Breakout debut acclaim: Like Sandfall's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Sunset Visitor's 1000xResist wowed with surreal visuals, deep worldbuilding,...

Industry tremors hit hard:

• Indie implosion: Wildlight Entertainment (Highguard dev) sees website offline and LinkedIn vanished, likely shuttering
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DLSS 5's machine learning sparks a major debate, mirroring how Larian Studios turned from beloved to hated overnight after their Divinity presentation. Developer skepticism amid AI hype intensifies.

• Take-Two CEO dismisses AI hits: Strauss Zelnick calls the idea that AI tools like Google's Project Genie will let anyone create GTA 6-level...

Wildlight Entertainment's hero shooter Highguard flamed out in ~2 months, with servers offline and studio doors closing—LinkedIn and site down—after...

Studio Layoffs

• 🔥 EA Battlefield Cuts: EA lays off developers for Battlefield 6 despite it outselling Black Ops 7.
• Build a Rocket Boy Staff...

IO Interactive officially ends partnership with MindsEye's BARB studio, scrapping Hitman crossover DLC. Fresh off 2017 independence from Square Enix and 2024's IOI Partners launch for third-party publishing, it's an early stumble in AAA expansion.

Turbulent times in game industry labor market, but here's why aspiring devs shouldn't bail:

• Cycles repeat: Layoffs follow economic patterns; great...

Game industry AI paths diverge sharply:

• Krafton goes all-in: PUBG maker signs Hanwha deal for up to $1B investment in physical AI for defense,...

Stunning irony in gaming: EA lays off devs from the Battlefield 6 team that outsold Black Ops 7. Success doesn't guarantee job security at EA.

Studio Layoffs

• 🔥 WB Games Montreal Cuts: Warner Bros. Games Montreal, studio behind Gotham Knights and Batman: Arkham Origins, hit by layoffs...

• NVIDIA claims game devs have full, detailed artistic control over DLSS 5, key for AAA AI rendering debates.
• Highlights potential latency as a concern.
• Digital Foundry's video promotes DLSS 5, seeing nothing wrong.

Warner Bros. Games Montreal, behind Gotham Knights, faces fresh layoffs per ex-dev LinkedIn profiles:

• Follows $200M Suicide Squad loss and project...

Industry layoffs rage on, but studios diverge sharply:

• Unknown Worlds: Court orders CEO Ted Gill's rehiring with full authority and payout deadline...

• DLSS 5's neural rendering alters faces in demos like Resident Evil: Requiem, giving Grace Ashcroft fuller lips and sharper cheekbones per beauty...

Viridian Matters announces Panline, a Mirror's Edge-inspired first-person freerunning game set in a gleaming dystopia, featuring a PSP-like in-game PDA. Fresh indie spark for movement fans on Steam.

• Insomniac teases more Wolverine news, sparking State of Play speculation
• Crimson Desert dev refuses base PS5 demo and console review codes,...

• Gen AI Critique: Unreliable, expensive tools like Genie 3 spark backlash, tanking stocks despite hype for cost-cutting.
• Proven ML Uses: Thriving...

Steam Deck highlights from March 15:

• FSR 4.1 launch appears imminent, files spotted on AMD servers
• EXMU and original Xbox emulation reaches Android
• PC handhelds have stagnated, not getting better
• $30 and below is the sweet spot for PC game prices