Artificial intelligence (AI), direct-to-consumer (D2C) business models and emerging markets are transforming the video game industry.

This year's State of Games Industry report surveyed over 3000 developers ... industry job cuts of 2023 continued into 2024 - with figures suggesting 13000 employees lost their jobs last year.

The State of the Game Industry Survey sheds light on industry-wide sentiment and insights in the lead-up to GDC 2025, which returns to San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center from March 17 - 21.

Despite industry woes, XR development has largely stayed consistent, according to the annual Game Developer Conference ... meaning the figures published below are fairly up-to-date.

A hot potato: In news that will likely increase the anger many people feel toward some elements of the gaming industry ... most expensive game ever made. There are no official figures, but ...

I think that Hyper Light Drifter probably released at just the right time. Indie games were really carving out their own corner of the industry back then, in 2016, and it was truly a year with ...

Satvat estimates that there are around 243,000 direct employees in the video game industry worldwide, though other figures suggest 300,000 - 350,000, including indirect jobs. He tracks 3,100 companies ...

Organizers for the Game Developers Conference (GDC) have released their annual "State of the Industry" results ahead of their own convention. Every year, the group sends out a survey to thousands ...