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GTA 6 developer Rockstar accused of enforcing crunch, weaponising bonus payments, and ignoring a widening gender pay gap
As Rockstar employees move to pursue official union recognition following a series of high-profile sackings in 2025, new allegations are emerging related to Rockstar’s treatment of its staff. In a new report published by Game Developer, multiple Rockstar developers have accused the company of failing to address gender-based pay inequity, actively pursuing and facilitating crunch…
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“Low-effort slop”: The creators of the Godot engine behind Slay the Spire 2 are cracking down on “vibe-coding” and now require genAI disclosures
The foundation behind the open source Godot game engine have announced a crackdown on the use of generative AI by contributors, following a wave of “demoralizing”, “low-effort slop” that has added to an already overwhelming quantity of requests for code review. While they’ll still let people deploy the chatbot technology for smaller, “menial” jobs such…
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EA changes Battlefield 6 XP Boosters for the better, only to yet again reveal the change was an error and take it back
For the second time in a month, Battlefield Studios has altered the in-game language explaining how Battlefield 6 XP Boosters work, only to renege and claim it was done in error. This time, however, it’s made players even more aggravated because of the way the message was delivered. Read more
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Persona is getting the live-action show treatment at Netflix, Star Trek: Picard and 9-1-1 writer attached as showrunner
With Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 on the horizon, fans of the long-running RPG series will be eating well in the near future, but a live-action Netflix show might be a more divisive offering. Read more
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007 First Light studio IOI facing layoffs as Xbox pulls funding for Project Fantasy RPG
Xbox has pulled out of a deal to fund and publish the online fantasy RPG – Project Fantasy – that’s in development at Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive. Read more
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Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher’s latest round of sweeping layoffs
Developers at Ubisoft Barcelona – which works on Rainbow Six: Siege following recent company restructuring – have gone on strike. Read more
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Revisiting Haven, the RPG update that turned a straight love story gay – and made it better as a result
Hello! Eurogamer’s week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming continues today as Kaan Serin explores how the acclaimed Haven found new meaning when it introduced the option to gender swap its leads two years after launch. To catch up on everything you might have missed this year and in Pride Weeks…
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Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big ‘reset’
Arkane Studios, the developer behind the Dishonored series and the upcoming Blade, is among the studios Microsoft is currently considering closing down. That’s according to a new report from The Verge, citing sources familiar with the plan. Read more
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Xbox claim they’re “not reducing [their] investment in games” despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft’s total workforce are in the firing line
On top of the reports that Xbox are planning mass layoffs, yesterday brought the news that Xbox are backing out of funding deals and considering closing studios, yet they insist this isn’t a sign they’re scaling back how much cash they’re pumping into making games. At the same time, a new report claims that the…
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PS5’s latest firmware update just started rolling out, here’s what you need to know
It’s that time of the month again: Sony has begun sending out a new PS5 system software update for users of both the base model and the PS5 Pro, and (like previous updates) it appears to be rolling out in via a phased release. Read more