Studio Refuses to Reveal PlayStation Development Status
Game File: "Were you previously making a PlayStation version and then stopped?” Matt Searcy, studio creative director: “Well, we can’t really talk about our development process or our plan" From a presentation I attended about Gears of War E-Day Item 2: https://t.co/xb1gFFPDyx https://t.co/yM5aLquWHZ
Valor Mortis Delayed to October 13 After Missed Deadline
NEW: Valor Mortis' original release date of September 24 was "locked in" weeks ago. But the studio realized early last week they had to change it, even if it was too late to alter a major trailer Today, they've delayed to...
Xbox Reaffirms No Timed Exclusives, Supports Multi‑Platform Releases
"These are not timed exclusives. Games already announced for multiplatform releases will stick to that plan – we’re committed to investing in and growing XBOX both on console and beyond." https://t.co/YrgqaVqttv
Doing
NEW: "A machine that works slower is better than a machine that runs faster, right?" Today's Game File is not from me. It's from critic and reporter Veerender Singh Jubbal, who reviews Dosa Divas: a game about doing good and whether...
Settlement Turns Price Dispute Into Misconduct Probe
My (free) piece about today's settlement Key thing to know: This suit may technically have been about whether Activision was sold for the best price, but it became more and more about litigating the 2021 misconduct allegations against Activision Blizzard https://www.gamefile.news/p/microsoft-250-million-settlement-ap7-bobby-kotick
25K Sales Enable Indie Pace and Publisher Funding
NEW: Why is Titanium Court selling 25k copies great? - For its developer, he can likely "make my next game at my own pace" - For its publisher, it “should be profitable enough for us over time to fund another 2-3 bets...
Sega Cancels Long‑Teased 'Super Game' After Missed Deadline
NEW: The deadline for the release of Sega's "super game" was six weeks ago. Today, Sega said that the "super game" was no more. What was it? I've tracked five years of Super Game teases (including a now-deleted Super Game Q&A) Plus,...
Nintendo's 3DS Sales Flat, Tomodachi Life Adds 10k
As noted in Game File late last week, Nintendo says it sold 70,000 3DS games from April 2025-March 2026 Tomodachi Life on 3DS inched up from 6.72 million copies sold lifetime as of March 2025 to 6.73 million sold as of...
Take‑Two CEO
I've waited 20 years to interview Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, so we had a lot to discuss - He's feeling better about BioShock - Says a planned NFL game didn't come together - Admits criticism of NBA2K micro$ Plus: Switch, Civ, my marital...
PowerWash Simulator's Dream Falcon Becomes Star Wars DLC
In 2021, the producer of PowerWash Simulator told me his dream item to let players clean in-game would be the Millennium Falcon https://www.axios.com/2021/06/04/futurlab-power-wash-simulator-game Last week: PWS2's Star Wars's DLC revealed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-Sf7-MOn0 I guess, read my stuff for hints about what'll happen in 5...
Planet of Lana Pitch Targets Live-Action Film, Amber Midthunder Attached
Added a detail to this article to make clear that Story Kitchen's Planet of Lana pitch to studios is for a live action film (with, as I previously reported, Prey's Amber Midthunder attached to star in it)
Gaming Studios Reveal New Film Projects And
NEW: More from iicon.. - Sonic movie producers at Story Kitchen tease Streets of Rage movie news and reveal they're pitching a Planet of Lana movie - Capcom exec says sales indicate Pragmata's got a viable future - Niantic...
Iicon Gathers Gaming CEOs, Ubisoft and Nintendo Leaders
NEW: A dispatch from iicon, the new event that kicked off today in Vegas from the organizers of E3 It's a meeting of captains of industry. At the EA CEO talk I went to this morning, for example, the heads of...
Xbox Leaders Reveal Vision for Next‑Gen Gaming
NEW: I spoke to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty about where they want to take Xbox Lots here, going through the manifesto they published yesterday Free piece, with a transcript available for paying Game File subscribers...
Intentional Pranks and Accidental Tooth: A Feel‑Good Gaming Tale
NEW: The wedding invitation sent to game publisher Panic was intentional. So was the letter that included a dead fly. And the many heartfelt notes from gamers But the tooth? That was a mistake Possibly the most feel-good story I've run on...