The Escapist

Skydance has begun cutting jobs in its games division. The layoffs come about a month after the company closed its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Skydance has not said how many people lost their jobs.

Affected workers have been posting on LinkedIn. Many list Paramount Games or Skydance Interactive as their employer, and the posts point to large layoffs, Vertical S...

Path of Exile 2 is leaving Early Access. Grinding Gear Games laid out the contents of its 1.0 release at ExileCon 2026 in Auckland on November 6. The full launch completes the six-act campaign. It also brings two new classes with new weapon types, broad balance changes and a new challenge league.

The release date itself was already known. The studio set the December 11...

PlayStation’s profits are climbing, but Sony’s own games are not doing the heavy lifting. The Game & Network Services segment posted its highest operating income ever for a second quarter in the July–September 2026 period. Revenue rose 9% to ¥1,208.5 billion.

Sony also raised its full-year gaming outlook. It now expects ¥4,830 billion in sales, ¥290 billion (6%) mo...

Switch 2 is still selling, but far more slowly than in its debut year. Nintendo shipped 6.49 million Switch 2 units in the April to September half, down 37.4% from 10.36 million in the same six months a year earlier, for a lifetime total of 26.35 million. The slowdown also continued within the half. Nintendo moved 3.82 million consoles in April–June, then 2.67 million in July...

Santa Monica Studio has confirmed a delay for God of War Laufey, its PS5 exclusive. The studio shared the new date on its social channels rather than in a separate press release.

The studio will use the extra months for finishing touches and to bring the game to its fullest potential, according to Video Games Chronicle. It also promised more updates soon.