News – Techninja

03 Feb

Epic announces Fortnite collab program to bolster store sales

February 3, 2026
By ninja

Epic Games has announced a program that aims to increase sales on the Epic Games Store by "leveraging the marketing power" of Fortnite....

02 Feb

Gaming News

QA workers at Blizzard ratify union contract with Microsoft

February 2, 2026
By ninja

A majority of quality assurance workers at Blizzard studios in Albany and Austin have ratified a union contract at Microsoft after just...

01 Feb

Gaming News

A flurry of financials and Ubisoft workers in revolt

February 1, 2026
By ninja

Where did January go? What a blink-and-you'll-miss-it-month. I've only been back in the office for a few weeks but it feels as if I nev...

31 Jan

Gaming News

Ubisoft team lead suspended for commenting on RTO policy

January 31, 2026
By ninja

Ubisoft Montréal team lead David Michaud-Cromp has purportedly been suspended by the company for publicly commenting on its newly-annou...

30 Jan

Gaming News

Analyzing the 2026 GDC State Of The Industry Report

January 30, 2026
By ninja

It’s 2026, and the Game Developer Podcast is finally waking up from long holiday slumber—just in time for the release of the annual Sta...

29 Jan

Gaming News

82 percent of US-based game developers support unionization

January 29, 2026
By ninja

The vast majority of game developers plying their trade in the United States are in favor of unionization. That's according to data fro...

28 Jan

Gaming News

Ubisoft unions in France call for international strike

January 28, 2026
By ninja

A cohort of unionized Ubisoft employees in France have called on all workers to join a "massive international strike" in protest agains...

27 Jan

Gaming News

Games with IAP, DLC benefit the most from subscription services

January 27, 2026
By ninja

We're roughly eight years into the great subscription service experiment as companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple have all built ...

26 Jan

Gaming News

Ubisoft proposing 200 voluntary redundancies at France HQ

January 26, 2026
By ninja

French publisher Ubisoft has proposed a round of voluntary redundancies that could result in up to 200 workers departing from the compa...

25 Jan

Gaming News

EB Games to close all its New Zealand stores

January 25, 2026
By ninja

GameStop-owned EB Games is reportedly closing all of its New Zealand stores on January 31, with the distribution center closing on Febr...