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IO Interactive "had no choice" but to delay Switch 2 launch of 007 First Light for a third time

GamesIndustry.biz reports that IO Interactive has pushed 007 First Light on Switch 2 to March 2027, marking a third delay for the port. Technical producer Cristina Vega said the team …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 8 hours, 14 minutes ago
Optimizing Deep Rock Galactic Survivor for mobile

Unity details how Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor was reworked for mobile, where thousands of enemies, projectiles, and damage numbers had to fit inside a 3 GB iPad budget. Piktiv swapped …

Official Unity · 4 days, 19 hours ago
Tencent Make Huge Investment in W4 Games

Tencent has taken a major new stake in W4 Games, the commercial services and porting company founded by key Godot Engine developers. The move deepens a strategic partnership that could …

Blog Gamefromscratch · 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Cross-Platform Game Development: 10 Lessons from Mobile to PC & Console

GDC Festival of Gaming details how Super Evil Megacorp turned TMNT: Splintered Fate from a mobile-first project into a cross-platform release on PC, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. Ian Fielding frames …

Video GDC Festival of Gaming · 1 month ago
HandyGames rebrands as THQ Nordic Mobile

HandyGames has rebranded as THQ Nordic Mobile, signaling a sharper push into premium mobile adaptations of PC and console franchises. The Giebelstadt studio keeps the HandyGames name for original development …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 1 month, 1 week ago
A Kinect game that debuted in 2013 has been revived in the year of our lord 2026

A 2013 Kinect racer is coming back in 2026, this time through Nex Playground rather than Microsoft’s abandoned motion-sensing hardware. Freefall Racers is being revived after 13 years, giving the …

News Game Developer · 2 months ago
Why a Neo Geo port of Doom is functionally impossible

The interesting takeaway isn’t that Doom is hard to port, it’s that the Neo Geo is a poor fit even though it has a 68000 CPU like the Amiga. Ars …

News Ars Technica · 3 months, 2 weeks ago
A respectable port of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition invades macOS

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition has landed on macOS, which is a meaningful win for Mac players and a small but real signal that the platform still matters. Steam …

News Ars Technica · 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Atari acquires emulation studio Implicit Conversions

Atari is folding emulation specialist Implicit Conversions into its retro-content stack, adding another proprietary engine to the mix. For teams working on preservation or legacy ports, the practical takeaway is …

News GamesIndustry.biz · 4 months, 4 weeks ago