Jacob Blazewicz

Red Dead Redemption 2 might soon climb onto the podium of the best-selling games of all time, even though Rockstar isn't particularly promoting its highly popular western. By the end of January, you can pretty much expect game publishers to start rolling out their quarterly or yearly reports. These are awaited not only by investors but also by players, as publishers sometimes inadvertently reveal interesting information.

"Like children under the supervision" of irresponsible management is how Ubisoft employees describe their experiences with the French game publisher ahead of the upcoming strike. Ubisoft's current situation is becoming a textbook example of a giant losing its position. The company, known for having a bunch of the most famous brands and iconic games in its lineup, hasn't really hit any big successes in recent years.

The head of Larian Studios and other gaming industry folks have spoken out against people who they think are going overboard with trashing the reputations of creators, like those behind Highguard and others. The launch of Wildlight Entertainment's shooter didn't go as the developers had hoped. Even though the positive reviews are slowly catching up to the negative ones, having only 34% "thumbs up" is still not something the studio would want to brag about in their press releases.