Sporty Group opens new UK games development hub

Sporty Group has opened a new games development hub in the UK led by former Tower Studios CEO and creative director Jon Hare. Read more

PlayStation forms new first-party studio Dark Outlaw Games

Sony has formed a new first-party PlayStation studio called Dark Outlaw Games, led by industry veteran Jason Blundell. Read more

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

Split Fiction reaches 2m sales in one week | News-in-brief

Star Wars: Hunters to be sunset later this year

Squad-based arena shooter Star Wars: Hunters is being shut down less than a year after launch. Read more

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

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

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

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster sells over 5m copies | News-in-brief

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