700 Ubisoft staff in France hold strikes in response to worldwide return to office mandate from Assassin’s Creed publisher

Back in September, open world publisher Ubisoft put out a 3-days-weekly return to office mandate for their entire staff worldwide – a decision that French Video Game Workers Union (STJV) said was “made without any tangible justification or any consultation with the workers’ representatives”. In response, the STJV called on staff in France to hold … Read more

Laid-off Humble Games staff found new indie-focussed publisher and are partnering with Ziff Davis again

Back in July, the Powers That Be at Rock Paper Shotgun’s parent company Ziff Davis laid off all 36 members of Humble Games, in response to “challenging economic times for indie game publishing”. Now, Humble Games’s former general manager Alan Patmore and global publishing VP Mark Nash have founded Good Games Group, a new indie publisher who will work with many of the same development partners from their Humble days. They’re also partnering with Ziff Davis again, providing support for Humble’s previously released games.

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Hooded Horse is having a Steam publisher sale, with discounts on Manor Lords, Against The Storm and many more

Indie publisher Hooded Horse have been on a roll of late, publishing wonderful strategy games like Manor Lords, Against The Storm and Cataclismo. Good news, then, that they’re currently running a publisher sale over on Steam where those games and many others in their library are discounted.

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The entire staff of beloved game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned

Bloomberg reports that the entire staff of Annapurna Interactive, the games division of Megan Ellison's Annapurna, has resigned after failing to convince Ellison to allow the spin-off of her games division into a new company. IGN confirms the report. Former President Nathan Gary, Annapurna Interactive executives and “about two dozen” employees have resigned. Bloomberg reported. … Read more

Space noir roguelike Ostranauts is aiming for 1.0 in 2025, with help from Kitfox as publisher

Post-apocalyptic roguelike Neo Scavenger is one of my favourite games, but its spacefaring followup Ostranauts, currently in Early Access, is currently too fiddly and complicated for me. Here’s some good news, then: Kitfox, masters of making impenetrable roguelikes more welcoming, have joined the project as publisher ahead of a planned 1.0 release in 2025.

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