Vikki Blake

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Square Enix investor calls for "concrete countermeasures addressing critical management issues" - GamesIndustry.biz

Technology December 11, 2025

Square Enix's third-largest investor, 3D Investment Partners, claims the firm has demonstrated a "significant deterioration in earning power," and called for it to "devise and rigorously implement coοΏ½...

PokΓ©mon TCG Pocket wins Apple's Best Game of the Year award - GamesIndustry.biz

Technology December 10, 2025

PokΓ©mon TCG Pocket, Dredge, Cyberpunk 2077, Porta Nubi, and What The Clash? all received recognition in Apple's year-end 2025 App Store Awards. The megacorp said the games and apps had been selected...

PS5 reigns supreme over Black Friday, accounting for a staggering 62% of all console sales - Eurogamer

Technology December 8, 2025

The European Top 20 didn't welcome any new entries last week, but Black Friday week saw a boost in sales nonetheless thanks in no small part to Sony, which was seemingly the MVP of Black Friday, hoovοΏ½...

iam8bit sues Skybound Games for $4m, claiming breach of contract and theft of designs - Eurogamer

Technology December 8, 2025

Iam8bit is suing Skybound Games for Β£2.9 million ($4 million), alleging breach of contract, fraudulent expenses, theft of designs, and claiming that Skybound used iam8bit's trade secrets to cut it ou...

Epic Games Store decides "at the last minute" not to distribute Horses - GamesIndustry.biz

Technology December 3, 2025

Epic Games Store is the latest online storefront to withdraw support for the provocative indie game, Horses. In a statement posted to social media, developer Santa Ragione confirmed Epic Games StoreοΏ½...

Arc Games is now an independent publisher - GamesIndustry.biz

Technology December 2, 2025

Arc Games is establishing itself as an independent publisher. The studio, previously part of Embracer Group, has confirmed a successful management buyout from Embracer with financing from XD Inc. ThοΏ½...

Where Winds Meet Players Are Using the 'Solid Snake Method' to Trick AI Chatbot NPCs Into Skipping Sidequests - IGN

Technology December 2, 2025

Where Winds Meet players are taking a novel approach to solving riddles by simply telling the game's AI-powered chatbot NPCs that they have solved the game's riddles. The Wuxia open-world action-οΏ½...

Fortnite fans are saying "no to AI slop" after spotting what they believe are AI-generated images in-game - Eurogamer

Technology December 1, 2025

Fortnite fans are saying "no to AI slop" after some believe they've discovered AI-generated images in Epic's tentpole battle royale game. In a Reddit post entitled "Say 'No' to AI slop, a billion-doοΏ½...

Here's what's coming to Fortnite Chapter 7: Pacific Break - Eurogamer

Technology December 1, 2025

10.5 million players logged on to see Fortnite's Chapter 6 finale, with another three million clocking in via livestreams. To celebrate, Epic's pulled back the covers on Chapter 7: Pacific Break, reοΏ½...

Hollow Knight: Silksong dev thinks Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will win Game of the Year: "It's exceptional and broadly palatable" - Eurogamer

Technology December 1, 2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong developer Team Cherry has revealed it won't be making the trip to The Game Awards next month, as the team believes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will sweep the Game of the Year οΏ½...