The Super Mario Galaxy Movie tops $1bn worldwide | News-in-Brief

The milestone makes it the biggest movie of 2026 so far

Roblox partners with SuperAwesome to bring "brand safe advertising" to under-13s

"Together, we have the opportunity to help brands engage with kids and tweens responsibly and transparently"

Vikki Blake

Xbox explains new exclusives policy: players "can expect a reliable pipeline" of exclusive titles in service of "turning around the business"

Matthew Ball says "we know how we're going to make those decisions," with internal and external communication to follow

Jon Hicks

After a stint on Warzone, Toys for Bob is thrilled to be back on Spyro – "We were moving away from the types of games that are near and dear to our hearts"

Newly independent of Activision, the studio behind Spyro: A Realm Beyond and Skylanders says it wants to focus on "joyful experiences"

Lewis Packwood

Nintendo of Europe agrees to pay €35m fine for Joy-Con drift defects

Nintendo denies "intentionally misleading consumers", calls settlement issued by French regulator an "amicable resolution"

Sophie McEvoy

Nintendo confirms revised Switch 2 console with replaceable battery for EU consumers

Update complies with EU legislation requiring accessible consumer hardware batteries by 2027

Sophie McEvoy

"We walked away from years of work" – The long and troubled journey of The Wolf Among Us 2

Telltale CEO Jamie Ottilie explains how the long-awaited sequel faced every setback going

Alex Forbes-Calvin

Xbox confirms console exclusivity will be decided on "case by case basis"

Gears of War: E-day and Clockwork Revolution will be exclusive to Xbox and PC, while new State of Decay and Hellblade titles will come to PS5

Jon Hicks

The Summer Game Fest showcase showed Japan’s top game-makers racing ever further ahead of the west | Opinion

Player sentiment at the Dolby Theatre in LA suggests that Eastern studios are attracting the most enthusiastic reactions – and the days of child-safe broadcast are long gone.

Neil Long

007 First Light officially sells 2.7 million copies, "probably" at three million

IOI CEO says game has yet to recoup but total cost is well below $200 million figure previously reported; in "ongoing conversations" with Amazon about future work

Jon Hicks

Platinum is making a triple-A Ninja Turtles game because they're "huge fans" of the IP

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin will be published by a new-look Paramount Games Studio, incorporating Skydance's games team

Jon Hicks

"We have secured our components for this year" – Nex Playground hopes to avoid any further AI-related price rises

Ahead of the console's UK launch, David Lee and Thomas Kang discuss payments for developers, avoiding shovelware, and that all-important RRP

Lewis Packwood

Merge Mansion dev Metacore lays off 159 employees, closes studios in Germany and Sweden

"We are doing our best to support these team members in finding their next opportunities," says CEO

Sophie McEvoy