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Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'
By Harvey Randall published
News "Games are so meticulously crafted."

The Assassin's Creed Shadows delay worked out so well for Ubisoft its CEO decided, hey, let's do a couple more for the road—and save 100 million more euros while we're at it
By Harvey Randall published
News "We have decided to provide additional development time to some of our biggest productions."

Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like
By Harvey Randall published
News She's taking it better than I would, that's for sure.

Larian's Swen Vincke says AI-obsessed studios won't 'have a competitive advantage', because those tools are 'gonna be what's available to everybody'
By Harvey Randall published
News Vincke says that all games'll need the human touch, even if AI's been useful for early prototyping and annoying busywork.

Ultrakill publisher co-founder throws up hands, jokes 'Tarkov has done irreparable f*cking damage to the game industry' because even FromSoftware games are extraction shooters now
By Harvey Randall published
News Honestly, I kinda get it.

Major Japanese studios and publishers were having a great time in 2025, right up until the weekend because of the (you guessed it) 'insultingly dumb' US tariffs
By Harvey Randall published
News It's not a good Monday for anybody, Japan included.

'We were at war with our customers': Unity's new CEO talks about arriving to the 'insane' post-runtime fee dumpster fire
By Harvey Randall published
News "I wanted to be sure they understood that we were going to do things differently."

The best game design schools, ranked by the Princeton Review 2025
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No matter what aspect of game development you're interested in, the Princeton Review has worked to find the best school for you.
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