It’s the dawn of a new era for Xbox. On Friday, Microsoft Gaming announced longtime leader Phil Spencer would be retiring as CEO and that Asha Sharma, Microsoft CoreAI’s head of product development, had been named his successor. With Spencer having been a staple in the gaming community for decades, Sharma knows she has some […]

Phil Spencer is retiring as Microsoft Gaming CEO after nearly 40 years with the Xbox owner and 12 years in his current role. He will stay on in an adviser capacity until later in the year. Asha Sharma, most recently president of product development for Microsoft’s CoreAI division, will be replacing Spencer as the new […]

“Assassin’s Creed” publisher Ubisoft is trying to emerge from a rocky few years. From here, the biggest hurdle the French video game giant has to overcome is the mounting skepticism of fans — and employees — after disappointing or delayed releases and multiple pivots over a short period of time. Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot is even facing calls from union leaders and others to […]

Roblox is being sued by Los Angeles County over accusations of failing to protect children from predatory behavior, marking the latest of this kind of lawsuit leveled against the popular gaming platform. Filed Thursday, the lawsuit accuses Roblox of marketing “itself as a safe digital space for creativity” and says it “is in reality an […]

If you work in entertainment, you’ve definitely seen a Funko Pop figure. The modern, more sophisticated versions of bobble-head toys are among the first consumer products that an IP secures a deal for if it wants to engage a proper fandom. From Star Wars to “KPop Demon Hunters” to European football teams, if you’re a […]

A new “God of War” game titled “Sons of Sparta” surprise launched for the PS5 on Thursday, just as PlayStation revealed a remake of the original “God of War” trilogy is in the works. Per a blog post shared by “God of War” developer Santa Monica Studio, “Over two decades ago in March 2005, God […]

A “John Wick” video game is in the works from Saber Interactive and Lionsgate with star Keanu Reeves reprising his role for the single-player third-person action title. Described as a AAA video game “tailored for mature audiences,” the title is currently in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC with “John Wick” film […]

Blizzard Entertainment is turning 35 and they want everyone to know it. “While tonight for ‘Diablo’ is such a masthead moment for the franchise, in many ways, we think of it as a kickstart to this huge 2026 for Blizzard, all up,” Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries told Variety during an interview ahead of The […]

As a holiday season treat, “Fallout” fans will get to head to New Vegas sooner than expected with Tuesday’s early release of the second season of the Amazon TV series. But the 24-hour shift up for the premiere episode featuring the adventures of Lucy (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) in the Wasteland is […]

Here’s a stat that might shock anyone who isn’t the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted more than 151 million global daily active users. For perspective, that’s more than the number of people with a Disney+ subscription, more than those with an HBO Max subscription, and […]

Brian Fleming, the longtime head of PlayStation’s Sucker Punch Productions, the makers of “Ghost of Tsushima” and its 2025 Game Award-nominee followup, “Ghost of Yotei,” is stepping down from his role and passing the studio chief title on to a pair of in-house successors: Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley. On Tuesday, Fleming’s exit was announced […]

Amazon Games has sold its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game “March of Giants,” including the entire Montreal-based development team working on the upcoming project, to French gaming giant Ubisoft. “March of the Giants” is described as an “ambitious new entrant in the global MOBA landscape blending lane-based combat, battlefield mastery and hero coordination.” […]

“Fallout” is coming back for round two earlier than expected. On Monday, Amazon revealed the second season of its “Fallout” TV series will debut Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. PT — one day earlier than the previously announced Dec. 17 release. Amazon broke the news of the “Fallout” Season 2 release date shift via […]

Netflix is once again reconfiguring its video-game business strategy by selling Spry Fox, the developer behind “Cozy Grove” and the upcoming “Spirit Crossing,” back to the studio’s founders. Variety has confirmed that Spry Fox, which Netflix acquired in 2022, will spin out and once again become an independent studio that is now owned and operated […]

Interactive slasher film “Slay Day” will debut in theaters next fall from Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie. Per CtrlMovie, “Slay Day” will ask audiences to “collectively vote on each critical decision using their smartphones, seamlessly altering the story as it plays.” “No two screenings will ever be the same. Some theaters may crown a new ‘Final Girl,’ […]

Out-of-home media and IRL marketing company Outfront Media has tapped Epic Games marketing exec Stacy Minero as its new chief marketing and experience officer and brought on Abhi Vyas as vice president of performance marketing. Run by CEO Nick Brien, Outfront aims to lead a new era of in-real-life marketing as the live events and […]

IO Interactive has had some big things to celebrate this fall, from The Game Award nomination for its much-anticipated James Bond game “007 First Light” to the 25th anniversary of its “Hitman” franchise last month to the Monday release of its “Hitman: World of Assassination” in-game collaboration with Eminem. And there’s much more to come […]

“Something is coming. Something hungry for blood. A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here.” The first dialogue spoken in Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” 12-year-old Mike Wheeler’s (Finn Wolfhard) scene-setting for a fictional attack he’s about to unleash on friends Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) […]

Ubisoft is debuting new game experience “Teammates” from the developers behind its 2024 project “Neo NPC,” which the French gaming giant says will show how “generative AI-driven gameplay can shape a new generation of more interactive and engaging games.” The prototype for “Teammates” is currently playable for a limited number of participants in a closed […]

UPDATED: The Game Awards have removed the game “MegaBonk” from the Best Debut Indie nominee category. In a statement sent to its jury members Tuesday, along with the final voting ballot, TGA said: “While many of you voted for ‘MegaBonk’ for Best Debut Indie Game, the developer contacted us to share that he is in […]