Earlier this month, the International Game Developers Association published a call to action urging leaders across the games industry to consider the consequences of layoffs, and prompting them to embrace sustainability.Among the IGDA's 'must-do's for studios, the organisation called on them to "support diversity initiatives and internal roles to help...

Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto 5 and a trio of Call of Duty titles were consistently the most played games across consoles in the US last month.Circana has started included engagement rankings alongside its monthly report on US spending, and reports that Fortnite was the biggest game base on monthly active users on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles.On...

Circana today released its sales report for US spending on games in March, showing growth for the fourth consecutive month.Overall spending was up 4% to $4.89 billion, while spending on content (physical and digital games, add-on content, and subscriptions across all platforms) was up 9% to $4.25 billion.With spending on accessories up 9%, hardware...

Sony Interactive Entertainment's Shuhei Yoshida and Greg Rice have been announced as the second keynote speakers for this year's Develop:Brighton conference.Yoshida, who is head of PlayStation Indies, and Rice, who is lead curator for Day of the Devs, will hold a talk titled 'Supporting Indies and Creativity in Game Development', where they will discuss...

Mobile game maker Belka Games has laid off 33 staffers.As reported by PocketGamer.biz, the job cuts represent a reduction of 20% of its employees.Established in 2010, the studio has launched titles such as Clockmaker, Solitaire Cruise, and Bermuda Adventures. Read more

Take-Two appears to be preparing to close its Seattle office this summer, likely as part of the recently announced layoffs across the company.GamesIndustry.biz has seen a Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification (WARN) filed in Washington State, that indicates the Seattle branch will shut down and 70 workers will be affected.The closure and layoffs...