Supermassive Games, the studio behind games like Until Dawn, The Quarry, The Dark Pictures Anthology and most recently, Little Nightmares 3 followed by Directive 8020 is officially going through a bit of transition. Robert Henrysson, chief executive officer of the studio and partner to its parent company Nordisk Games, is stepping down from his role, Nordisk Games announced today. He's being replaced by Graeme Law in the interim while Supermassive looks for its next leader. Nordisk shared the news on LinkedIn, where Henrysson soon followed with his own statement. Henrysson was previously chairman and chief executive officer of Avalanche Studios, […]

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is days away from launch at the time of this writing, and ahead of its arrival Ubisoft has just showcased what PS5 Pro players can expect when they load up this reimagined and remade seventh-gen adventure. A new trailer and PlayStation Blog post outline features that Black Flag Resynced will support, including ray-traced global illumination, ray-traced specular reflections and PlayStation's recently released and improved upscaling technology, PSSR 2.0. "We rebuilt the game from the ground up on the latest version of the Anvil engine," Ubisoft writes in the post, "modernizing nearly every system while preserving […]

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When Xbox was looking to complete its purchase of Activision Blizzard King, one of the factors that helped get it over the line was agreeing to a neutrality framework with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Ensuring that game developers under Microsoft and Xbox could unionize without fear or opposition from management. Thousands of workers have unionized since, though that hasn't stopped mass layoffs at Microsoft following the closure of the ABK deal. Now, as yet another case of mass layoffs looms over Xbox, the CWA held a press conference today, June 29, to make it clear they are ready […]

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Nioh, Dynasty Warriors, Wo Long, and Dead or Alive makers and publishers Koei Tecmo have another project in the works alongside the games we're already aware of, including Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember and Attack on Titan 3. Spotted by Automaton, a listing for a new, original IP currently under the codename FUJI appeared on the list of projects supported by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) via its IP360 program. Koei Tecmo isn't the only recognizable name on this list of projects supported by the IP360 initiative. Machine translation of the official website shows plenty of […]

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We're still months away from GTA 6, but pre-orders for what's been called the most anticipated singular entertainment release in history have gone live, and the game is living up to its given title by already dominating industry conversation. Rockstar and Take-Two's approach to its pricing, its digital-forward launch, and now the split over which console scoops up most of the launch sales for a new third-party AAA single-player title are all being contested. Which, perhaps unsurprisingly, seems to fall in PlayStation's favour. This began with IGN surveying its community through its IGN Finds and commerce affiliate linking program, and […]

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Airship Syndicate is a studio that you'll likely recognize for Darksiders Genesis, or its most recent outing, the co-op action RPG Wayfinder, but whatever you recognize the name from, the studio has officially revealed its next title. DUST: Origins is a new isometric action game that Airship Syndicate is developing, and the studio is about to launch a Kickstarter for it. The Kickstarter officially begins on July 28, 2026, so there's still some time before it kicks off (pun intended). In the meantime, Airship Syndicate released a very intriguing teaser trailer that helps to establish the dark tone of the […]

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