The delay of Grand Theft Auto 6 to November 2026 disappointed the general public, but Rockstar's release date shuffling also has a significant impact on competing game development studios.
Speaking to The Game Business about a variety of industry hot topics, Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani spoke about how GTA 6's delay affects his studio's planning and work on Helldivers 2.
"It gives us a stay of execution," Jorjani said, adding: "Us and everyone else."
Jorjani described the...
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Resident Evil's next entry, Resident Evil Requiem, arrives next year, but it's very different from its original idea. While it'll have the trademark horror and aesthetics, Requiem was originally designed as an online open-world multiplayer game before Capcom decided to return it to a single-player format. However, not everything was completely reformatted from the ground up.
"There are some remaining elements, but we can't disclose what [they are]," producer Masato Kumazawa told Press...
Development on Cities: Skylines 2 is changing hands after publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order have "mutually decided to pursue independent paths."
In a forum post, Paradox announced Cities: Skylines' development would be moving to one of its internal studios, Iceflake. The studio will take over "all existing and future" development updates for Cities: Skylines 2 and continue development on the game's long-delayed console versions.
As for Colossal Order, the studio...
Sonic Colors celebrated its 15-year anniversary on November 16, 2025. Below, we look back at how the game shifted the nature of Sonic games with new gimmicks.
Sonic Colors marked a significant turning point in Sonic the Hedgehog's gaming career. Four years prior, the franchise had hit a horrifying low with Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Two years after that, Sonic began a slow and shaky climb from rock bottom with 2008's Sonic Unleashed. And in 2010, Sonic Colors finally brought the blue hedgehog...
It's not every day that a billionaire gets a new superyacht and the chance to unveil a new video game console. But Valve co-founder Gabe Newell experienced just that last week. On November 12, Newell received his new luxury boat--a diesel-electric yacht that's over 360 feet long--from Oceanco. It's named Leviathan and was delivered the same day that the Steam Machine was revealed.
The Leviathan has a hospital, science lab, dive center, hot tub, basketball court, and 15 "gaming stations."...
The new line of Rog Ally devices made by Asus in partnership with Microsoft and Xbox have exceeded expectations, and Asus is now undertaking efforts to ramp up production to meet demand.
Asus management said during the company's latest earnings briefing that the new Xbox-branded devices have seen an "extremely positive" response from the market, "exceeding expectations."
Some balked at the $600 and $1,000 price-points for the Rog Xbox Ally and Rog Xbox Ally X devices, but Asus said the...
Concord barely lasted two weeks before Sony pulled the plug on it, and it seems determined to keep the game offline as it just issued DMCA notices against a fan-made effort to revive the live-service shooter as Concord Delta. Recently, several Concord fans had managed to resurrect the game with some technical wizardry, and although the project was in a buggy WIP state, it was still a playable build on a custom server.
The team of developers responsible for reviving Concord did take measures...
Bungie has fully settled the copyright lawsuit over Destiny 2's Red War campaign, closing a dispute that lasted more than a year. According to an entry cited by The Game Post, a settlement conference held on November 12 was successful. As the filing states, "Negotiations were successful and resulted in the settlement of all claims," and the court thanked both sides for reaching "an amicable resolution."
The case began in October 2024, when sci-fi writer Matthew Kelsey Martineau claimed the...
The Entertainment Software Association has released the results of its annual holiday shopping survey, and the data shows that kids really want video games, but not as much as they want cash.
The ESA's survey found that video games are among the top three things that kids want this holiday, with 58% of kids saying they would like games as gifts this year. Money and gift cards (69%) was the most sought-after gift for kids, followed by clothes/accessories (63%), and then video games at 58%...
Valve is making a play for living rooms again with its new Steam Machine hardware, and the company believes that the compact gaming PC could be equal to or better than what "70%" of people have at home currently. In a new interview, Valve engineer Yazan Aldehayyat explained that the Steam Machine is designed to be both a powerful and entry-level gaming device, capable of running most of the games in your Steam library at high performance levels.
"As you know, we definitely learned a lot...
GameStop "Trade Anything Day" Is Coming Up Soon, Doesn't Accept (Most) Dead Animals Or Illegal Drugs
Retailer GameStop has announced a "Trade Anything Day," and as part of this, people can visit a store and trade anything. Well, not quite anything. There is a list of items that GameStop will not accept, including dead animals and illegal drugs.
The fine print for the December 6 event states that people can only bring in for trade items that fit into GameStop's own 20x20x20 box and that employees have discretion to reject any item.
In terms of the specific exclusions, GameStop said people...
Earlier this month, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players called out the apparent use of AI in the game, especially the "Ghibli-style" Calling Cards. Activision subsequently acknowledged that some AI was used in the creation of Black Ops 7, but it insisted that the creative process is still in the hands of humans. Regardless, a US Congressman has weighed in on the Black Ops 7 debate and called for extensive AI regulations.
California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna--who has previously accused...
Embark Studios' brand-new extraction shooter Arc Raiders hit a new peak player count on Steam over the weekend, seeing 481,966 raiders online at the same time. As Arc Raiders was breaking its own concurrent player record, Black Ops 7's launch weekend saw lower than usual player counts for a Call of Duty Steam launch, suggesting the competition may be impacting CoD's success on Steam.
Black Ops 7, the latest mainline Call of Duty game, hit a launch weekend peak of 100,332 players on Steam...
Amazon's Black Friday 2025 sale doesn't officially begin until November 20, but the online retailer is offering some stellar early video game deals for PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 1/2. One of the most notable early discounts is Borderlands 4. Launched in September with a $70 retail price, Gearbox's long-awaited looter-shooter is up for grabs for $48 on PS5 and Xbox Series X.
Black Friday deals on games that aren't out yet are uncommon, but Amazon is also offering a big discount...
Fortnite fans will want to check out Amazon's early Black Friday deal on Lego's Peely Bone building set before it disappears. Normally $100, Lego Fortnite: Peely Bone is available for only $80 at Amazon and Target. Not only is the 1,414-piece half-skeleton, half-banana on sale for its lowest price yet, but Lego is retiring this set soon. Peely Bone has largely held its MSRP since launching more than a year ago, so it's nice that Fortnite fans have the opportunity to grab it for less before...
Ahead of Red Dead Redemption's Nintendo Switch 2 update next month, Amazon is offering a discount on the recently rereleased physical edition for Switch. Rockstar Games distributed a new budget-friendly $30 edition in September, and now you can grab a copy of Red Dead Redemption for $25 during Amazon's early Black Friday video game sale.
Red Dead Redemption's physical edition for Switch includes the full game and Undead Nightmare expansion on the cartridge. The Switch 2 update will be...
As part of Amazon's Black Friday deals this year, you can get multiple physical versions of Hello Kitty Island Adventure at new discounted prices. Both the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch versions of the game are currently down to $25, saving you $15 off the original price of $40. Then there's the Nintendo Switch-exclusive Hello Kitty Island Adventure Gift Box, now available for $50 (was $16), a welcome deal considering it was just released earlier this month. This version includes the...
Amazon's Black Friday deals continue to drop early. Physical versions of EA Sports FC 26 are available at a nice discount after only having just launched a few months ago. The PS4, PS5, Switch, and Switch 2 versions of the game are all currently down to $35. The Switch version is usually listed for $60, while the other three are typically $70. You'll notice that Xbox versions of the game are absent from this list, as they aren't included in the Black Friday sales for the time being. While...
Two of the coolest things in life are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the critically acclaimed video game Hades. So what happens when you merge the two? You get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, a fun Hades-like game that also happens to be on sale for Black Friday this year. Normally $40 for this Deluxe Edition, you can get this for $25 and raise some shell with your friends as you take on the Foot Clan and Shredder across the sewers of New York City.
"It’s easy to reduce...
You can get Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Day One Edition for a small discount thanks to this early Black Friday deal at Amazon. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions are both currently $40, saving you $10 off the game's original $50 price. This is the lowest price we've seen for the game, making it a good deal for a title that's only a few months old. After you've checked out the Wuchang deal below, be sure to hit up GameSpot's Black Friday hub for even more savings on video games, toys...