Sweden-based developer Liquid Swords has today announced an unspecified number of layoffs. The NetEase-backed studio was formed in 2020 by Christofer Sundberg, whose name you may recognise from Just Cause’s Avalanche Studios, which he co-founded. Liquid Swords is yet to…
Let’s face it, we aren’t getting any younger. And hell, those of us still lucky enough to call ourselves young will be older soon enough. With great age comes great responsibilities, as the saying goes, but these are not cool…
News broke last week that Crytek was undergoing significant layoffs – and the next edition of the Crysis franchise faces an uncertain future. This downbeat topic got second billing on this week’s DF Direct, after the team’s exhaustive breakdown of…
We’re just a day away from the launch of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, the new game from the team behind the first two Life is Strange games, following a lengthy development and an unusual delay into 2025. Video games…
Toby Fox is still at work on Deltarune’s third and fourth chapters, both of which are still expected to release later this year. Its first chapter launched as a free download towards the end of 2018, which was followed up…
GungHo, the Japanese studio behind mobile gacha hit Puzzle & Dragons, has refuted claims its president receives too high a salary – on par with that of Nintendo’s boss. At the start of the month, GungHo came under fire from…
The Last of Us’ Neil Druckmann has said making sequels to Naughty Dog’s beloved franchises requires a level of confidence that, believe it or not, he claims he doesn’t have. Speaking during the DICE summit last week with fellow game…
We still don’t have a firm console release date for Grand Theft Auto 6, but a game peripheral company has now stated it will make its later PC debut in early 2026. The next entry in Rockstar’s series is scheduled…
Rainbow Six Siege is getting its biggest overhaul ever, Ubisoft has announced, and looks set to be retitled as Rainbow Six Siege X. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ubisoft’s ever-popular tactical shooter – the company’s biggest and longest-running…
Almost six years on from its debut, Xbox CEO of Gaming Phil Spencer has confirmed that Rare’s mysterious fantasy deer adventure Everwild is still in development. Despite being first revealed in late 2019 with a gorgeous teaser, and then shown…