Stop being dismissive about Stop Killing Games | Opinion
The Stop Killing Games initiative, which aims to establish regulations on how game publishers handle end-of-li...
Has the live-service dream crashed back down to earth? | Opinion
For most of the past decade, large parts of the games industry have been operating with a single, deceptively ...
Why do games end up in development hell? | Opinion
The latest round of layoffs at Xbox and its game studios didn't just slash jobs across the organisation; some ...
Develop:Brighton 2025’s sunny exterior hid bleak thoughts | Opinion
The weather was glorious in Brighton this week. The beating sunshine helped to lift the whole mood of the Deve...
Another industry recession warning light just flashed red | Opinion
Amidst the chaos and upset of Microsoft's sweeping Xbox layoffs this week, it's probably been easy to overlook...
Microsoft’s darkest day in gaming since the last one | Opinion
Here we go again.
No doubt you will have already caught up with the news about the latest round of job cuts at...
Looming Xbox layoffs threaten Microsoft’s reputation on acquisitions | Opinion
The games industry has seen round after crushing round of layoffs over the past few years – a consequence larg...
Xbox and Windows are no longer at arm’s length | Opinion
When Microsoft first announced its intention to enter the games console market almost exactly 25 years ago, th...
As AI faces court challenges from Disney and Universal, legal battles are shaping the industry’s future | Opinion
In some regards, the past couple of weeks have felt rather reassuring.
We've just seen a hugely successful lau...
Xbox’s handhelds have Valve in their sights, not Nintendo | Opinion
Microsoft has revealed its first Xbox co-branded handhelds, the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, both collaborations ...