Friday, 27 June 2025

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 27 June 2025.

General5 stories

First Resident Evil Requiem gameplay revealed, showing first and third-person views

VGC

Capcom reveals Pragmata’s unique puzzle-shooting gameplay in a new video

VGC

Amico releases some of its games on Switch and Steam, insists a console is still coming - The company sold its Intellivision branding to Atari last year

VGC

Monster Hunter Wilds' next update detailed as Steam reviews continue Overwhelmingly Negative plunge - Lagiacrus and Seregios added

Eurogamer

Street Fighter Movie: Jason Momoa cast as Blanka, 50 Cent as Balrog

VGC

Business11 stories

Intel begins another round of layoffs, "roughly 107 employees" reportedly affected

GamesIndustry.biz

Sony faces Dutch lawsuit over "artificially high PlayStation prices" - A consumer group in the Netherlands says that Dutch consumers pay too much for digital games on the PlayStation Store

GamesIndustry.biz

Peak sells 2m units in nine days

GamesIndustry.biz

Lost Records developer Don't Nod cuts a "non-insignificant chunk" of jobs - Roles impacted include QA, artists, and level designers

GamesIndustry.biz

Epic Games successfully sues Fortnite cheat for $175,000

GamesIndustry.biz

Game Dev Heroes co-founder Alex Boucher awarded MBE

GamesIndustry.biz

FBC: Firebreak surpasses 1m players - Remedy's first self published co-op title launched on June 17, 2025

GamesIndustry.biz

Square "collapsed" after Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi left, says composer Nobuo Uematsu

Eurogamer

Steam's fourth most played game [Bongo Cat] doesn't really make any money, and its developer says it's better off that way

Eurogamer

Sonic joins McLaren Racing in historic partnership with Sega

Eurogamer

Chris Avellone joins former Quantic Dream writer at Republic Games to work on ambitious project inspired by "golden-age of RPGs"

Eurogamer