Ubisoft Leamington has now closed

Ubisoft Leamington has closed its doors, following January's news that the UK-based studio was caught in the publisher's latest round of layoffs. Read more

Monster Hunter Wilds sells 10m units in first month | News-in-brief

Inzoi reaches 1m sales in first week of early access | News-in-brief

Half of Myst developer Cyan Worlds laid off

Myst developer Cyan Worlds has announced the decision to lay off half of its team. Read more

Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 will support ray tracing

Nvidia has confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 will support ray tracing, with the firm producing a custom processor for the console. Read more

National Videogame Museum appoints new trustees

The National Videogame Museum has unveiled a new roster of trustees that will join the board of its governing charity, The BGI. Read more

Square Enix to shut down War of Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius in May 2025

Square Enix has announced that its mobile title War of Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius will shut down on May 30, 2025. Read more

How Trump's tariffs could affect the Switch 2 � and the rest of the games industry

Update, April 4, 2025: As a result of the tariffs, Nintendo has delayed US pre-orders for the Switch 2 from its original April 9 date until a later point. The launch date of June 5 will not change. Original story, April 4, 2025: Analysts and other industry figures have weighed in on the potential impact of US President Donald Trump's tariffs, including the upcoming launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. Trump's general 10% tariff rate for certain countries comes into force on April 5, 2025, while nations affected by variously higher 'reciprocal' percentages will be hit from April 9. The full impact is still coming into focus as countries retaliate. In this context, it's an extremely significant week for video games, with the price of the Nintendo Switch 2 revealed shortly before the tariffs were formally unveiled on April 2. As a result, it has ignited speculation around whether the $450 US price tag for the Switch 2 was partially determined by the incoming threat of tariffs or not. "It's difficult to say for certain," Mat Piscatella of Circana tells GamesIndustry.biz when asked whether he believed Nintendo factored tariffs into the price. "However at least the potential for tariffs was widely known before the announcement of pricing around Switch 2 products. "How much potential tariffs played as part of the determination of that pricing? I don't know. I'd have to believe that it was at least a consideration." "Nintendo most likely ran simulations to get to a price that would make them tariff-proof as much as possible" Read more

Nintendo announces new lending feature for digital games

Nintendo has announced a new feature for the Switch and Switch 2 changing digital games to Virtual Game Cards. Read more

QA firm TestFly acquires Brazilian testing company Red Cerberus

TestFly, a self-described "leading provider of strategic and innovative quality assurance testing solutions" for the gaming industry has acquired Brazilian testing firm Red Cerberus from tinyBuild. Read more