Thursday, 18 December 2025

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 18 December 2025.

General3 stories

Game Awards 2025 Sets Record With 171 Million Livestreams Worldwide

Variety

Sony vs Tencent ‘Horizon Clone’ Lawsuit Over Light of Motiram Ends in Settlement, Game Delisted From Storefronts

thegamepost.com

2013's Tomb Raider reboot coming to mobile devices next year - Feb 12th for iOS and Android

Eurogamer

Business5 stories

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series sales top six million

Gematsu

Horses Sells Over 18k Copies, Pays Back Loans and Royalties Despite Removal From Steam and Epic

IGN

Hogwarts Legacy tops 40 million units sold - Milestone does not include free copies given away via Epic Games Store

X

FIFA officially announces new game with Netflix and little-known studio; California-based studio, Delphi Interactive

VGC

After putting its entire staff on redundancy notice, Wreckreation studio Three Fields turns to Patreon for help

VGC

Rumors1 story

Rumour

Unity reportedly introduces $250K+ "minimum contribution" for its biggest customers - This minimum commitment amount is determined based on your gross revenue from the previous 12 months

GamesIndustry.biz

Other Notes2 stories

That's a wrap on another year of the Game News Round-Up! I want to thank each and everyone of you for constantly tuning in, emoji reacting and supporting the effort! It's crazy to think this started almost 6 years ago and has been going strong daily since!

From all of us that help bring the Game News Round-Up to your virtual doorstep, please have a fantastic holiday break and we'll see you next year!