Yooka-Laylee Dev Playtonic Is The Latest Studio Hit By Layoffs
Image: Playtonic Update #3 [Fri 30th May 2025, 1:47pm]: Playtonic has now officially commented on the layoffs that have hit the studio over the past few weeks. In a statement … Read More
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Analyst Expects Switch 2 To Sell Like Hot Cakes In Its First Quarter
Image: Nintendo Life As it enters its ninth year, it’s fair to say that the Nintendo Switch has been quite the sales hit. Like, 150 million units, third best-selling console … Read More
Masahiro Sakurai Receives Award From Japanese Government
Image: Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Masahiro Sakurai, the legendary creator of Kirby and Super Smash Bros., has been recognised by the Japanese Government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. Sakurai revealed … Read More
Nintendo Switch 2 Doesn’t Need To Worry About Steam Deck Sales
Image: Nintendo As the Steam Deck turns three years old, and many of us laud its praises for allowing accessible PC gaming on-the-go, market research firm IDC has estimated that … Read More
Nintendo “Establishing Ways To Respond” To U.S. Tariffs, Says Furukawa
Image: Nintendo Earlier this month, the current U.S. administration implemented an additional 10% tariff on all goods imported into the country from China. While the full effect of this increase … Read More
Sumo Group Confirms “Impact” On Workforce As It Pivots To Develop Exclusively For Partners
Image: Sumo Digital Sumo Group, the UK-based games studio behind Snake Pass dev Sumo Digital and publisher Secret Mode, has announced that its development team will transition to work “exclusively … Read More
Final Fantasy Creator’s Next Script Is Already Done
Image: Square Enix Update [Wed 29th Jan 2025, 5:55am]: After his update in December last year, Hironobu Sakaguchi appears to have now shared some more details about his next project … Read More
EA’s Share Price Plummets After Reports Of Disappointing Financial Performance
Image: EA EA’s share price has taken a bit of a tumble after the publisher announced it woud be revising its financial outlook following disappointing sales of EA Sports FC … Read More
Astral Chain Director Seemingly Forms New Studio After Leaving PlatinumGames
Image: Nintendo Late last year, it was reported that several PlatinumGames veterans had seemingly left the studio. While only Bayonetta Origins‘ Abebe Tinari confirmed this news, it looks increasingly likely … Read More