Thursday, 6 November 2025

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 6 November 2025.

General4 stories

An official limited-time island based on Disneyland is coming to Fortnite today - The island, which is titled Disneyland Game Rush, launches at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT. Players will be able to find it by either searching for its name or using its specific island code, which is 4617-4819-8826. The island will open with a central hub, from which players can visit seven mini-games, each based on a different Disneyland ride

VGC

Marvel Games says it’ll continue to work with Spider-Man and Wolverine studio Insomniac ‘for many years to come’

VGC

Nintendo says it plans a ‘consistent release’ of new films following the Super Mario Galaxy and Zelda movies - Nintendo says it is "building a framework" for future movies

VGC

Football Manager 26 launches on Steam with "mostly negative" reviews

Eurogamer

Business5 stories

Rockstar claims dismissals were due to information leaks, not union busting - Says it "took action against a small number of individuals" for "distributing and discussing confidential information"

GamesIndustry.biz

Krafton posts "record-high cumulative" performance in Q3 2025 - Revenue was up 21% year-on-year to 870.6 billion KRW ($604.2 million), with operating profit also up by 7.5% to 348.8 billion KRW ($241.9 million) across the same period. It took the company's year-to-date operating profit past KRW 1 trillion for the first time

GamesIndustry.biz

Google and Epic strike a deal that could open up Android to third-party stores - the deal would apply globally and could cut Google's fees to as low at 9%

GamesIndustry.biz

Fortnite's Simpsons crossover caused a spike in new players, and tempted back record numbers of returning gamers, too

Eurogamer

Sumo Group-owned outsourcing studio Atomhawk closes Canadian branch

Game Developer