This Week in Videogames

> > The Cult of Jason Blundell #CallofDutyZombies #MagicFractal Beloved Call of Duty Zombies director Jason Blundell has weathered two failed studios and PlayStation deals since leaving Treyarch. Now, he’s trying it for a third time, and the enthusiasm supporting him doesn’t seem to be waning. Edward Lee speaks to those close to Blundell to understand why. “It was and still is surreal.

In Brief: Red Rover Interactive has initiated “a restructuring process that will lead to a reduction in roles” After several employees at the Enginefall developer took to LinkedIn to look for new positions, Red Rover confirmed the restructuring in a statement sent to This Week in Videogames The restructuring arrives roughly a week on from Enginefall’s appearance at Steam Next Fest June 2026 Red Rover Interactive, the developer of upcoming survival shooter Enginefall, has initiated a round of...

In Brief: Square Enix is facing accusations of using AI-generated art in the cover art for Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] Fans have pointed out inconsistently drawn hands, buildings, and illustrations that appear copied from previous assets in the cover art Some have posited that the art is the work of Kingdom Hearts character designer Tetsuya Nomura, but aspects have been modified with AI Following the announcement of Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] during the 9 June 2026 Nintendo...

> > Sega Cancels ‘Super Game’ Project, Pulls Back on Free-to-Play In Brief: Sega has released its full-year earnings results for FY2026 The company reported increased sales and decreased profits compared to FY2025, and a “net loss” due to impairment losses on Rovio and Stakelogic Sega also confirmed the cancellation of its ‘Super Game’ project and said it’s lowering the priority of free-to-play titles Sega has published its full-year earnings results for FY2026 (1 April 2025 to 31 March...

In Brief: Shuhei Yoshida, previously head of Sony Worldwide Studios for 11 years, has remarked that he was “fired” from the role by then-CEO Jim Ryan, “because I didn’t listen to him.” Yoshida suggested Ryan “asked to do some ridiculous things, and I said ‘No,'” before saying that he highly enjoyed the role Ryan offered him as Head of PlayStation Indies Yoshida was speaking at Australian games festival ALT: GAMES, sharing perspective on what he believes makes a successful indie game Shuhei...

In Brief: Members of the Stop Killing Games movement have spoken at a public hearing at the European Parliament Several Members of European Parliament voiced their support for what Stop Killing Games is trying to achieve Videogames such as The Crew, Concord, and Anthem were referenced during the hearing Representatives for the Stop Killing Games movement have spoken in front of the European Parliament at a public hearing after its European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) petition received over 1.2...

In Brief: Roblox says that 44% of its “top 1,000 creators” are using AI tools to “plan, build, and test their games” This includes the AI tools offered by Roblox Assistant and third-party tools Roblox has also announced new agentic AI features for Roblox Assistant that it claims will help creators “ship ambitious games faster” 44% of the top 1,000 Roblox creators are using in-house or third-party AI tools to help “plan, build, and test their games.” In a blog post announcing additional...

In Brief: Forza Horizon 6 has already achieved 500,000 pre-orders on Steam alone, according to estimates from market data firm Alinea Analytics As a result, Alinea says that FH6 is “already the best-selling Forza title on Steam pre-launch” The game is currently third in Steam’s wishlist charts, only behind Subnautica 2 and Deadlock Forza Horizon 6 has pre-sold an estimated 500,000 copies on Steam, despite still being a month out from launch, according to a new report from market data firm...

In Brief: Bethesda’s former head of publishing, Pete Hines, has said that the company is now “part of something that is not authentic and is not genuine.” Speaking with Firezide Chat, he also reflected on his exit from Bethesda following Microsoft’s acquisition, saying “it was really hard to walk away” from the people that worked there Hines also described seeing the company “getting damaged and broken apart and frankly mistreated” before his departure Pete Hines, who retired as Bethesda’s...

In Brief: A free giveaway of 2018 management game Graveyard Keeper ended up generating $250,000 in DLC sales, says the CEO of publisher TinyBuild The giveaway also resulted in Graveyard Keeper setting a new peak player count record on Steam It’s also pushed upcoming sequel Graveyard Keeper 2 into Steam’s top 100 most-wishlisted games, less than a week after its reveal The CEO of publisher TinyBuild, Alex Nichiporchik, says that a four-day free giveaway of its management game Graveyard Keeper...