EA is finally killing its Origin app

Software will be closing down in April

• origin
• ea app
• desktop clients

CHARTS: PUBG: Battlegrounds outgrossed Counter-Strike 2 last week

The battle royale hit rose up three spots to take No.1

• steam charts
• steam top ten
• pubg: battlegrounds
• counter-strike 2

Team Cherry: Hollow Knight Silksong is "real, progressing and will release"

Another normal news day

• development
• hollow knight silksong
• silksong

Marvel Snap down in the US

But developer Second Dinner is trying to get the card game back up

Dragon Age director Busche has left EA

"At the heart of it, this was about my own fulfilment"

• Job News

Outsourcing firm Winking Studios to acquire China's Mineloader

The deal is worth $19.87 million

• Acquisition
• outsourcing

Report: Guillemots and Tencent might create new outfit with Ubisoft assets

This new venture would likely give the Chinese firm more control over the company

• strategy
• corporate

PlayStation has cancelled another two live-service games

The projects were being developed at Bend and Bluepoint

• development
• live-service

Valve: SteamOS isn't a Windows killer

"I don't think the goal is to have a certain market share, or to push users away from Windows"

• Steam
• steamos
• windows
• operating system

Report: Godfall maker Counterplay has shut down

The developer has tried to go about it very quietly

• Job News
• layoffs

Microsoft makes more job cuts in its games business

This is on top of the around 2,550 workers that were laid off during 2024

• Job News
• layoffs

FuturLab ends VR support for PowerWash Simulator

The company still insists it backs the tech, but was losing money on Meta's platform

• Virtual Reality
• vr
• powerwash simulator
• powerwash simulator vr

Season One content boosts Marvel Rivals to Steam No.2

The hero shooter hit a high of 644,269 concurrent players last week

• Steam
• steam charts
• steam top ten
• marvel rivals

Robocraft studio Freejam shuts down

The eagerly-awaited sequel has been cancelled as a result

• robocraft
• studio closure
• studio news
• robocraft 2

Tencent says it might take legal action against the US

The Chinese firm insists its inclusion in military list is a mistake

• China