Rachel Kaser

The games industry’s growth potential is shrinking | MIDiA

Research firm MIDiA recently launched its Global Games Forecast report for 2025 through 2031, in which it predicts certain trends in the gaming industry. And in this report, the forecast foresees that the games industry’s day of high growth might well be behind it. Specifically, it predicts that double-digit growth is not likely to continue and that publishers should temper their expectations if they don’t wish to face disappointment in their lack of gains —

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Housemarque announces Saros, its Returnal successor

At today’s State of Play event, the “one more thing” closing the show was the reveal of a new game from Housemarque. The new title, Saros, was only shown in a cinematic trailer that revealed little about the gameplay, but did tease details about the story and setting and that the gameplay will build on the studio’s previous title, Returnal. Saros is expected to launch sometime in 2026. The cinematic trailer shows the protagonist, Arjun

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Dead Astronauts raises over $4M in seed round to develop its first game

Dead Astronauts, a relatively young studio, announced today that it has raised €4 million, or about $4.1 million in an oversubscribed seed round. Behold Ventures led the round, with Lifelike Capital, 1Up Ventures, Acequia Capital participating alongside angel investors Are Mack Growen, Matt Bilbey, Klaas Kersting, Asbjoern Malte Soendergaard, and Kristian Segerstråle. The company plans to put the funding towards expanding its team and working on its first title. The studio started in 2024, founded

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Grand Theft Auto V hits 210M units, Red Dead 70M shortly before GTA VI’s debut

Take-Two Interactive today revealed more about the sales figures behind its most popular titles, Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2. According to its latest financial report, the two games have now sold 210 million and 70 million units respectively. That means Grand Theft Auto V sold five million units since the last quarter and Red Dead 2 sold three million units. GTA V’s sales are largely consistent over the last several quarters

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UGC company Voldex acquires Roblox life sim Brookhaven

Voldex announced today that it has acquired Roblox’s life simulation title, Brookhaven. The UGC title, which was created by developer Wolfpaq in 2020, has grown in to one of Roblox’s most popular experiences, with its page boasting 60 billion visits. According to Voldex, the acquisition is possible thanks to its recent capital raise transactions, though the exact price of the acquisition wasn’t disclosed. Brookhaven’s store page describes it as, “A place to hang out with

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Player First euthanizes MultiVersus amid ongoing live-service purge

Player First Games announced today that the upcoming season of its live-service fighting game MultiVersus will be its last. Season 5 will run from February 4 through May 30, after which the game will only be available to play offline. Starting today, players will no longer be able to spend money on in-game transactions, and after Season 5 ends, it…Read More

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Mother Games drops first trailer for surrealist RPG Le Zoo

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Mother Games this week dropped the teaser trailer for its upcoming title, Le Zoo. According to the studio, Le Zoo is an “emergent RPG” with surrealist animation, as shown in the trailer. The game is apparently a blend of online gameplay and live-action story, currently in private alpha with testers, and Mother Games plans to launch

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