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What began as a trickle has turned into an avalanche. Workers on Diablo are the latest arm of Blizzard to unionize, with Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which helped other Microsoft-owned studios unionize – saying that over 450 developers across multiple disciplines voted in favor of unionizing. It’s been a long time coming, though layoffs certainly sped up the …

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in September 2026, and followed by global rollout in 2027 and beyond. Currently, developer verification is already required for the Play Store but not for apps installed from other sources. Today, developers do not need to …

Developers are still struggling to get hold of Nintendo Switch 2 development kits after the console’s launch, according to new reports. In the latest edition of Digital Foundry’s DF Direct Weekly podcast, hosts John Linneman and Oliver Mackenzie reported that they had been told by numerous developers that they were still unable to get hold of a development kit to …

Hollow Knight: Silksong announced a surprise release date of September 4 on Thursday. Alongside fans rushing to clear their schedules and games writers who have to plan around a lack of review code, some indie developers are delaying their games in response. Panik Arcade, developers of slot machine roguelike CloverPit, announced Friday that they’re moving the game’s planned release date …

Black Ops 7 devs have opened up about controversial Call of Duty skins, mentioning how they’re considering feedback from the community. Much like any other shooter, the Call of Duty franchise offers a plethora of different skins that players can use, some of which are part of limited-time crossovers from different franchises.  Black Ops 6, for example, has its share …

Beavis and Butthead. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. An eyesore of a glowing rainbow unicorn thing. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has seen its fair share of “goofy” skins during its nine-month lifetime. The reception to those has been mixed to say the least, with the lines between player expression and competitive gameplay often being blurred by the equipping …

Following the release of Drag x Drive, fans are diving into the game’s credits, which includes Hisashi Nogami – who previously worked on Animal Crossing and Splatoon. Drag x Drive is one of Nintendo’s smaller teams in recent years. Looking at the core development team, it looks like there were just twenty people involved.  The full lineup is as follows: …

Image: Push Square A sprawling – and quite insightful – article about the current state of the games industry has been published by GamesIndustry.biz, featuring interviews with the likes of Circana’s Mat Piscatella. But it’s former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden’s thoughts that are going viral, as he’s chimed in with his opinion about Xbox Game Pass. As part of a …

Former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah has discussed pitching remasters of the first three games in the series to EA, and made clear in the same interview that he’s encourage the developers of the next Mass Effect game to “scapegoat” Dragon Age: The Veilguard “as much as they need to”. Darrah’s offered a lot of insight into life at …

Krafton has fired another shot in its legal battle with former executives of Subnautica 2 studio Unknown Worlds, who filed a lawsuit last month, claiming the South Korean publisher undermined the game’s release to avoid paying them a bonus. In its response, Krafton claims that the three plaintiffs, Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire, had “lost interest in developing …