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Image of Xbox controller via Microsoft The video game industry is notoriously volatile. Companies hire up in the midst of development, when there’s lots to do—character dialogue to write, bodies to animate, and systems to code. Then come the cuts: Once a video game is released, people are laid off. Not everyone, of course; enough

Diego Argüello , Contributing Editor, News , GameDeveloper.com July 22, 2025 3 Min Read Side, a support studio that has lent services to games like the Silent Hill 2 remake, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, and Baldur’s Gate 3 , has laid off staff. A Side spokesperson confirmed the redundancies to Game Developer today, saying that

Books Illustrated by Gaou Recalled After He Admits to Sex Crime on Livestream by Danica Davidson July 24, 2025 Gaou, an artist known especially for his light novel illustrations, is in hot water after saying in a livestream that he did some sort of sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl. According to Japanese law, the

Chainsaw Man Opening Song Music Video Hits 200 Million Views by Joseph Luster July 24, 2025 You may recall back in December 2022 when “KICK BACK,” Kenshi Yonezu’s Chainsaw Man opening song, surpassed 180 million global streams. That number has risen further since, naturally, and the music video for the song also hit a major

Lollipop Chainsaw Anime Announced Alongside New Game by Joseph Luster July 24, 2025 The remastered Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP isn’t the only new thing going for the cheeky action game. Nada Holdings and Dragami Games recently teased the development of new projects, and now those have been confirmed as an anime adaptation and a new game.

Keigo Shinzo’s Hirayasumi Manga Inspires Anime, VIZ Co-Produces by Joseph Luster July 24, 2025 An anime adaptation has been announced for Keigo Shinzo’s Hirayasumi manga, with VIZ Media co-producing alongside Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. Details are light beyond that, but Production +h.—which previously worked on The Orbital Children and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction—has been

Mechanical Marie Anime Shares New Visual, Adds to Cast by Joseph Luster July 24, 2025 The Mechanical Marie anime aims to adapt the manga by Aki Akimoto starting this October, which means we have time to fit in plenty more previews . The latest has arrived in the form of a new key visual, and

Custom arenas and wrestlers not available on Nintendo’s console. WWE 2K25 only released on Nintendo Switch 2 yesterday, July 23, but fans have already noticed that community creations — and the image uploader to import them — are missing from its Switch 2 version. “If you are playing on the Switch 2 you won’t be able

Celebrating the most “daring and iconic military franchises in the Star Wars universe.” IGN can exclusively reveal an exciting new Star Wars collection from Heroes & Villains for San Diego Comic-Con 2025 inspired by Rebel Pathfinders and Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Inferno Squad. SDCC 2025 marks a big milestone for Heroes & Villains, as the

Although it’s a repurposing of an older game, Star Wars: Epic Duels, the Unmatched series quickly made a name for itself as the premier head-to-head skirmish board game after its release in 2019. Its formula of simple rules married to giving each character their own deck of cards, ensuring a unique feel and endlessly tweakable