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82% of Australians play video games, according to data from the 2025 Australia Plays study.

News-in-brief: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater reaches 1m sales. Remake of 2004's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater launched on August 28, 2025.

2017's Hollow Knight also achieves new peak of nearly 73,000 concurrent players.

Recent report claims that Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will return for its final season on December 11, 2025.

The Wizards of the Coast president would love a new Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG. "I'd love to have that," says John Hight. "That's a glimmer in my eye. I want to see that happen.".

Rob Fahey explores how the lack of price cutting for console hardware is turning into a huge problem for mass-market franchises.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has reached over half a million concurrent players a day after its release on September 4, 2025.

Playing for the Planet has announced a day of events this November to bring together climate experts, policymakers, and games industry leaders.

2K confirms a "staff reduction" at Civ and XCOM developer Firaxis.

Netflix's animated Tomb Raider series is reportedly coming to an end.

Hollow Knight: Silksong launch breaks global game storefronts and is already one of the biggest Steam games of all-time by concurrent peak count.

"[Playnist aims to] give gamers one central, intentional place to track, share, and connect, without all the noise", Playnist CEO Emma Nichols tells

2K confirms a "staff reduction" at Civ and XCOM developer Firaxis.

Hollow Knight: Silksong launch breaks global game storefronts and is already one of the biggest Steam games of all-time by concurrent peak count.

"Everybody on board is wildly passionate about Lara and are all as outrageous, brave, and hilarious as she is," says Tomb Raider series creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Dreamhaven CEO remains "optimistic about [developer's] future and the experiences still to come".

Playnist founder Emma Nicole tells how the community-first game tracking platform will put an emphasis on inclusivity.

Production on Amazon's Tomb Raider series will begin on January 19, 2026, with Sophie Turner confirmed to star as Lara Croft.

The latest whitepaper is available to download, entitled 'Unleashing the potential of emerging game markets.'. This whitepaper was written and produced in collaboration with the independent video game development company Virtuos.

The potential revenue for HTML5 games might be much smaller than on mobile – but by ignoring the web market, you're leaving money on the table, says Playgama's Pavel Polovinka.