Bitter Playdead row goes public as co-founder demands $73K for using a "copyright protected image" on LinkedIn

Playdead co-founder Dino Patti has been threatened with a lawsuit after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an "unauthorized" picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen. Read more

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Pullup Entertainment appoints new CEO

Geoffroy Sardin has been appointed CEO of Pullup Entertainment. Read more

Tilting Point launches new $150m UA fund to give devs "financial backing without sacrificing independence"

Tilting Point has outlined a new $150 million User Acquisition (UA) program to "help developers scale their games and apps." Read more

Sony announces PlayStation 5 rental scheme in UK

Sony has partnered with tech leasing service Raylo to offer a rental scheme for PlayStation 5 hardware in the UK via its Flex program. Read more

Shocking success: Understanding a new era of horror with Blumhouse Games | Playable Futures

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. Read more

French Supreme Court rules in favour of Nintendo against site hosting pirated copies of its games

Nintendo has won a long-running legal battle against French sharehosting operator Dstorage. Read more

Indie developer Welevel raises $5.7m in funding

Munich-based indie developer Welevel has raised $5.7 million in a funding round led by Bitkraft Ventures. Read more

Hidden Variable sues Skullgirls publisher Autumn Games for $1.2m in unpaid payments

Hidden Variable has announced that as of January 21, 2025, it was "no longer involved in the development on Skullgirls Mobile, 2nd Encore" due to a "dispute with Autumn Games." Read more

Epic Games Store pulls free-to-play Dark and Darker as copyright dispute continues

A year after it debuted on Epic Games Store in March 2024, the free-to-play version of Dark and Darker has once again been delisted. Read more