W04 | 2026

Games Industry Executive Summary | January 30, 2026

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🎯 Highlights

• Ubisoft details ‘major company reset’: 6 games canned, 7 delayed, and 2 studios closed

• The Highguard Devs Explain That Terrible Game Awards Reveal

🆕 News

• Divinity Announcement Sparks 'Incredible' Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2 Sales, Larian Boss Says

• Game Devs Skipping GDC 2026 Over ICE Concerns, US Safety Fears

• Video game giant Valve facing UK lawsuit over pricing, commissions

• SSD prices may follow RAM pricing after Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly cut NAND production

📈 Industry Trends

• Did the Nintendo Switch 2 Really Have a Bad Holiday? We Asked Analysts

• Gamers protesting ‘AI slop’ are forcing studios to cancel titles

• "We respect their time, and in turn they stick around" 25 years later, here's why Jagex believes so many people still play RuneScape

• AI hype meets reality as majority of CEOs report no financial returns

• Director Gore Verbinski says Unreal Engine is 'the greatest slip backwards' for movie CGI

🤫 Rumors

• Grand Theft Auto 6 may not have a physical version on day one to avoid leaks, report claims

🔢 Numbers

• RuneScape surpasses $3bn in lifetime revenue as Jagex marks 25th anniversary

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