Bryant Francis

5 days ago | gamedeveloper.com | Phil Neuffer |Bryant Francis

At a GlanceNintendo successfully launched of the Switch 2 despite uncertainty driven by Trump-imposed tariffs on foreign goods. The company's strategy of manufacturing goods in Vietnam appear to insulate it from the worst of the planned tariffs. These tariffs could still spell trouble for Nintendo—and other console manufacturers—in the months ahead. This story was reported in collaboration with Supply Chain Dive, an award-winning publication for news and trends shaping supply chain management.

2 weeks ago | gamedeveloper.com | Bryant Francis

Are video game preservation and the video game business at odds? According to groups like the Entertainment Software Association, the answer is "yes." Its lawyers argue that making older games publicly available through digital libraries would harm the commercial interests of IP holders, who it says are the true arbiters of preservation.

3 weeks ago | gamedeveloper.com | Bryant Francis

"AI is inevitable."That's a phrase that's rattled around my head for a month. Not willingly mind you. It's taken up lodging in my grey matter after hearing it in meetings, reading it in emails, and seeing it buffeted back and forth across Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Discord. It's not a convincing phrase. If you hear it from AI boosters it's easy to brush off as raw hype, and if you hear it from doomsayers it can lull you into a sense of fatalism.

3 weeks ago | gamedeveloper.com | Bryant Francis

'We’re the ones who make these games, and we’ll be the ones to set new standards for fair treatment.'At a GlanceZeniMax Workers Untied-CWA has signed a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft after two years of negotiating. Unionized QA workers at ZeniMax celebrated a huge win today with the news that their union, ZeniMax Workers United-CWA, and ZeniMax parent company Microsoft finally reached a tentative contract agreement two years after unionizing in 2023.

3 weeks ago | gamedeveloper.com | Bryant Francis

At a GlanceEA is shutting down Cliffhanger Games and cancelling its Black Panther game just two years after the studio's founding. Electronic Arts has once again decided to leave money on the table and lay off developers by cancelling a game based on a wildly popular licensed character.