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Ubisoft Says Watch Dogs Still Matters, but Its Return Remains Uncertain
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Ubisoft Says Watch Dogs Still Matters, but Its Return Remains Uncertain

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Ubisoft still sees a future for Watch Dogs, but fans have no confirmed new game to put on their calendars. Chief executive Yves Guillemot says the hacking franchise...

Yves Guillemot says Watch Dogs remains important to Ubisoft, but the series has no immediate creative-house assignment or confirmed new game.

NBA 2K25 Servers Close December 31, Ending MyCAREER
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NBA 2K25 Servers Close December 31, Ending MyCAREER

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NBA 2K25’s servers will close on December 31, 2026, taking its MyCAREER mode offline under 2K’s announced retirement plan. That means the basketball game will lose its single-player...

NBA 2K25 will lose its single-player career and MyTEAM when servers close, while existing owners retain downloads and several offline modes.

Oddmar Developer Mobge Games Reaches $10 Million Valuation With Joygrid Investment
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Oddmar Developer Mobge Games Reaches $10 Million Valuation With Joygrid Investment

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Mobge Games, the Turkish developer known for Oddmar, has secured investment from Joygrid Ventures at a $10 million valuation. The Izmir-based mobile studio intends to put more time...

Joygrid Ventures backs the Oddmar developer at a $10 million valuation as Mobge Games plans to devote more resources to action projects with global potential.

Monster Hunter Rise Sales Surpass 20 Million Copies Worldwide
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Monster Hunter Rise Sales Surpass 20 Million Copies Worldwide

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Monster Hunter Rise has surpassed 20 million copies sold worldwide, reaching another milestone more than five years after its Nintendo Switch debut. Capcom confirmed the total through the...

Capcom’s action RPG has added roughly 700,000 sales since its June update, passing a major milestone more than five years after its Switch debut.

San Diego County Sues AppLovin Over Adult Ads in Children’s Games
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San Diego County Sues AppLovin Over Adult Ads in Children’s Games

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San Diego County has sued AppLovin over allegations that its advertising technology exposed children playing mobile games to sexually explicit and other age-inappropriate ads, while collecting sensitive information...

San Diego County alleges AppLovin served inappropriate ads in children's games and tracked minors despite parental controls, seeking an injunction and penalties.

ARC Raiders and The Finals Get Film and TV Adaptation Deal
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ARC Raiders and The Finals Get Film and TV Adaptation Deal

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ARC Raiders and The Finals are heading toward film and television through a deal between Nexon and Chernin Entertainment. Chernin will lead the adaptations of both Embark Studios...

Chernin Entertainment will lead screen adaptations of both Embark shooters, with the developer involved and release dates still unannounced.

Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Says Copyrights Will Return in 2027
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Ultima Creator Richard Garriott Says Copyrights Will Return in 2027

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Ultima creator Richard Garriott says he will regain copyrights to his original work in 2027, potentially giving him a route to reissue older games and develop new projects...

Richard Garriott says he expects to reclaim Ultima copyrights from EA next year, opening the door to reissues and sequels while trademark questions remain.

Ninja Theory Begins Layoffs as Hellblade Studio Faces Closure
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Ninja Theory Begins Layoffs as Hellblade Studio Faces Closure

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Ninja Theory employees have started reporting layoffs and redundancy risks as the Hellblade developer faces a possible shutdown. Public posts point to disruption across several development disciplines, rather...

Ninja Theory employees report layoffs and redundancy risks across several departments after two failed agreements left the Hellblade studio facing a proposed closure.

GTA VI Keeps Political Satire but Avoids Direct Real-World References
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GTA VI Keeps Political Satire but Avoids Direct Real-World References

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Grand Theft Auto VI will keep political satire woven into Leonida while avoiding close imitations of specific real-world figures and events, according to Rockstar’s senior vice president of...

Rockstar is filling Leonida with campaign messaging and culture wars while writing satire designed to outlast specific politicians and fleeting trends.

Ubisoft’s Motherbrain AI Team Reportedly Targets Gameplay Across Studios
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Ubisoft’s Motherbrain AI Team Reportedly Targets Gameplay Across Studios

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Ubisoft is reportedly turning Motherbrain into a shared generative AI team for its studios, with a focus on technology that changes gameplay. The move would extend the publisher's...

Ubisoft reportedly plans to share Motherbrain's generative AI tools across its studios, extending research into conversational characters and voice-controlled gameplay.

GTA VI Australian Rating Flags High-Impact Violence, Sex and Drug Use
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GTA VI Australian Rating Flags High-Impact Violence, Sex and Drug Use

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Grand Theft Auto VI's Australian classification listing flags high-impact violence, sex scenes and drug use, reinforcing the adult tone of Rockstar's next open-world crime game. Its R18+ rating...

GTA VI's Australian demonstration rating flags high-impact adult content, but comparisons with GTA V depend on the version assessed.

AppLovin Loses Bid to Temporarily Restrict Unity’s Ad Quality SDK
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AppLovin Loses Bid to Temporarily Restrict Unity’s Ad Quality SDK

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A San Francisco judge has denied AppLovin's request to temporarily restrict Unity's Ad Quality SDK, leaving the mobile advertising rivals to continue their dispute without the emergency order...

A San Francisco court denied AppLovin's request to restrict Unity's Ad Quality SDK, while the dispute over data used in mobile game advertising continues.

The Witcher 3 Remaster Drives a 10x Jump in Daily Players
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The Witcher 3 Remaster Drives a 10x Jump in Daily Players

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's remaster brought its daily audience to an estimated 2.38 million players on September 30, more than 10x its average daily activity during 2026....

Alinea estimates 2.38 million daily players across Steam, PlayStation and Xbox after The Witcher 3 remaster, alongside 130,000 new sales.

Ubisoft Names Creative House 2 Massive Entertainment
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Ubisoft Names Creative House 2 Massive Entertainment

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Ubisoft has named Creative House 2 Massive Entertainment, extending the Swedish developer’s identity across the division responsible for The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, and March of Giants....

The Massive Entertainment name now covers Ubisoft teams working on The Division, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, and March of Giants under Christoph Hartmann.

Dutch Police Arrest ShinyHunters Suspect After GTA Online Revenue Leak
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Dutch Police Arrest ShinyHunters Suspect After GTA Online Revenue Leak

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Dutch police have arrested a 24-year-old Amsterdam resident suspected of involvement in ShinyHunters, the hacking and extortion group associated with April's Rockstar Games data breach. That incident exposed...

A 24-year-old Amsterdam man faces a ShinyHunters investigation, renewing scrutiny of the group linked to Rockstar’s leaked GTA Online revenue data.