Thursday, 30 October 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 30 October 2025.
General4 stories
Take-Two’s CEO doesn’t think a Grand Theft Auto built with AI would be very good - Strauss Zelnick believes AI's usefor games is limited because it lacks creativity
Nintendo is releasing a Zelda Breath of the Wild vinyl box set in the West to gauge the demand for physical soundtracks there - Soundtrack will be released in 2-LP and 8-LP editions. Collaboration with Laced Records
‘We’re still figuring it out’: John Romero hasn’t given up on his axed Xbox shooter - hints that it is about 50% completed and has costed roughly $50 million to develop to this point
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Business2 stories
Games London launches new accelerator program to help UK studios develop own IP - The two month training program will help studios develop IP
Capcom H1 2025 Results (six months ended September 30, 2025)
- Net sales: ¥81.2 billion ($531.4 million), up 43.9% year-on-year
- Operating profit: ¥81.1 billion ($530.7 million), up 89.8% year-on-year
- Ordinary profit: ¥36.5 billion ($238.9 million), up 76.5% year-on-year
- Net income: ¥27.5 billion ($179.9 million), up 80.1% year-on-year