On April 20, 2026, Toei Animation announced that it has established a new company called Toei Games. This company is expected ...

Panic, the firm behind the Playdate handheld, now prohibits creative AI applications while preserving developer productivity ...

Fallout: New Vegas writer and former Obsidian creative officer, Chris Avellone, says don't get your hopes up for an Oblivion-style remaster of the game, and his reasoning is a bit of a doozy.

TL;DR: A new Lord of the Rings game reportedly backed by a $100 million investment is said to be developed by Crystal Dynamics, not Warhorse Studios. The game aims for a large open-world experience ...

At GDC 2026, Google trumpeted Gemini-powered games, but the industry still hasn't found must-have uses to win over players and developers. David Lumb is a managing editor for the mobile team, covering ...

Ubisoft subsidiary Red Storm Entertainment has just laid off over 100 developers and is ceasing game development, according to new reports. Both VGC and GamesIndustry.biz reported on the layoffs at ...

On Monday, Nvidia revealed DLSS 5, the next version of its suite of upscaling and performance-boosting tech used mostly in PC games. In the past, people have celebrated DLSS. This time around, it ...

For a language that turned 30 last year, Java has a stubborn habit of refusing the obituary. At JavaOne 2026, Oracle’s message was not that Java needs reinvention so much as repositioning. The ...

JDK 26 moves to general production availability. This short-term release is backed by six months of Premier-level support. Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, the latest standard Java release from Oracle, ...

This article is part of AI Week. The question of what place AI could and should hold in the games industry is one of the hottest and most divisive topics at the moment. And judging by the posts we ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Much of the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in game development starts with the same question: Will AI replace developers? It’s an understandable concern, but it’s the wrong framing.