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gamesindustry.biz - Lewis Packwood - The biggest games industry news stories of 2025 | Year in Review
The biggest games industry news stories of 2025 | Year in Review
GamesIndustry.biz

Join us as we journey back through 2025 via the biggest games industry news stories of the year, including massive takeover deals, the closure of historic studios, big hardware launches, big hardware reveals, and a lot of bother about tariffs.

destructoid.com - Tiago Manuel - The biggest disappointments in the games industry in 2025
The biggest disappointments in the games industry in 2025
Destructoid

2025 gave us all-timers like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which is what most people will likely remember down the line, but it's not entirely representative of this year. Despite great games, the industry lost countless developers and studios, and…

techradar.com - Demi Williams - Gaming industry legend and Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella has died at the age of 55
Gaming industry legend and Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella has died at the age of 55
TechRadar

Industry veteran Vince Zampella has died at the age of 55 He was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles on December 21 Zampella was best known as the co-creator of the Call of Duty series and the co-founder of Respawn Entertainment Vince…

windowscentral.com - Adam Hales - Gaming industry icon Vince Zampella reported dead at 55
Gaming industry icon Vince Zampella reported dead at 55
Windows Central

Vince Zampella, an industry legend, has sadly passed away today following a car accident in Los Angeles. Zampella was an extremely influential figure in the video game industry. He was best known for his work on Call of Duty during his time as CEO…

nytimes.com - Emmanuel Morgan - Vince Zampella, Formative Designer of Call of Duty Games, Dies at 55
Vince Zampella, Formative Designer of Call of Duty Games, Dies at 55
The New York Times

|Vince Zampella, Formative Designer of Call of Duty Games, Dies at 55 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/arts/vince-zampella-dead.html Vince Zampella, a key figure in the creation of Call of Duty, the best-selling video game franchise that has…

scrippsnews.com - AP via Scripps News Group - Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind 'Call of Duty,' dies at 55
Scripps News

Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose a cause of death. In 2010…

nytimes.com - Joseph Person - After big game vs. Bucs, Panthers' Tetairoa McMillan again the OROY betting favorite
After big game vs. Bucs, Panthers' Tetairoa McMillan again the OROY betting favorite
The New York Times

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If there were concerns the Carolina Panthers' first-year players might run into a rookie wall as the NFL season reached late December, Lathan Ransom, Tetairoa McMillan and company powered through it like the Kool-Aid Man…

nytimes.com - Max Mathews - Egypt vs Zimbabwe live updates: AFCON 2025 game team news latest with Mohamed Salah involved
Egypt vs Zimbabwe live updates: AFCON 2025 game team news latest with Mohamed Salah involved
The New York Times

Egypt begin their Africa Cup of Nations tournament against Zimbabwe today. They boast Liverpool star Mohamed Salah in their ranks and are among the competition favourites. Zimbabwe, meanwhile, will be hoping to start their campaign with a shock win…

gamesindustry.biz - Emily Horgan - How kids fit into Netflix's gaming strategy
How kids fit into Netflix's gaming strategy
GamesIndustry.biz

Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. has pulled attention toward studios, IP ownership, and the future of the entertainment industry at large. It's a big deal, and we know it's not driven by appetite for the Warner Bros. gaming arm which…

techdirt.com - Timothy Geigner - Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games
Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games
Techdirt

I guess I'm a masochist, so here we go. In my recent post about Let It Die: Inferno and the game developer's fairly minimal use of AI and machine learning platforms, I attempted to make the point that wildly stratified opinions on the use or…

nytimes.com - Adam Crafton - Plans to host Serie A game between Milan and Como in Perth, Australia cancelled
Plans to host Serie A game between Milan and Como in Perth, Australia cancelled
The New York Times

Plans to stage a Serie A game between Milan and Como in Perth, Australia have been abandoned, the league's president and the government of Western Australia said in a joint statement on Monday. The fixture would have been the first European league…

gamespot.com - Brendan Hesse - Create Your Own VR Games Bundle For Less Than $3 Per Game
Create Your Own VR Games Bundle For Less Than $3 Per Game
GameSpot

If you find yourself with a shiny new Meta Quest headset during the holidays, be sure to check out the new Winter 2025 Edition of Fanatical's Build Your Own Quest VR Bundle deal. Like other Fanatical deals, you choose from a catalog of 21 games…

theguardian.com - Rick Lane - Terminator 2D: No Fate review - the least bad Terminator game in a long while
Terminator 2D: No Fate review - the least bad Terminator game in a long while
The Guardian

Like Arnie's pulverised cyborg at the end of T2, the Terminator franchise has lumbered on long past the point of being properly functional. Every film since Judgment Day has been a disappointment or an outright disaster, and its video game spinoffs…

mirror.co.uk - Alexander Brown - Just one Premier League game on Boxing Day treats fans 'like an afterthought
Just one Premier League game on Boxing Day treats fans 'like an afterthought
The Mirror

Just one Premier League game on Boxing day is a betrayal of fans and stamps on a tradition that brings families together, the Co-Operative party has claimed. General Secretary of the Co-operative Party Joe Fortune warned the decision left behind…

espn.com - Alex Kennedy - College football bowl games: 2025 schedule, history, stats
College football bowl games: 2025 schedule, history, stats
ESPN

With 134 college football teams in Division I football, not all can make the historic bowl games that are part of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Teams that have had a strong -- but not quite playoff-strong -- season are still eligible to…

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