Thursday, 6 February 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 6 February 2025.
General2 stories
Wreckfest 2 hits Steam Early Access in March
- The PC version of Wreckfest 2 will receive a Steam Early Access release on March 20, 2025
Business4 stories
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 tops 1m sales in 24 hours
ProbablyMonsters initiates fresh round of job cuts
- Company declines to comment as scale of cuts remains unknown
Killer Instinct studio Iron Galaxy has laid off 66 employees
- Rumbleverse maker says job cuts are "last resort" measure "to enable long-term survival"
UK government rejects calls to prohibit disabling of live service games
- While it acknowledged the concerns expressed in the petition and said it would continue to monitor the situation, the government essentially suggested existing regulations offer sufficient consumer protection.
Rumors1 story
Rumour
31st Union president Michael Condrey has reportedly been fired by 2K
- Call of Duty veteran Michael Condrey has reportedly been fired as the head of 2K Games studio 31st Union after its debut project, free-to-play hero shooter Project Ethos, recieved a muted reponse on its reveal toward the end of last year
- 2K remains "very committed" to 31st Union's debut game