LiveService Archives

BCG: Live-service titles like Fortnite have peaked, but Roblox is still growing

Edward M11 December 2025

by Edward M11 December 202503

Boston Consulting Group has stated that live-service titles are both plateauing or declining in reputation. Talking to GamesIndustry.biz about its newest report, the corporate famous...

Windows

Assassin’s Creed Publisher Ubisoft Says ‘Many New Games Are Struggling’ As Players Turn Away From Traditional Releases In Favor of Subscriptions, Live-Service and Free-To-Play Games

17 November 2025

by 17 November 202506

Ubisoft has warned of falling firm revenues and mentioned it is seen that “many new video games are struggling to face out” as gamers flip...

Windows

‘Attorneys Are Most Likely Already Watching Everything We Do’: Fan Attempt to Revive Doomed PlayStation Live-Service Game Concord Takes Stock After ‘Worrying Legal Motion’

17 November 2025

by 17 November 2025011

Sony has issued takedown notices for movies showcasing a fan-led venture that is bringing doomed PlayStation live-service sport Concord again to life. PlayStation’s quickly-binned hero...

Game News

Sony Remains Committed To Reside-Service, But Doesn’t Mention Fairgame$

Edward M15 September 2025

by Edward M15 September 202502

As a part of Sony’s newly published Corporate Report for 2025, the corporate disclosed new data and updates on all of its enterprise items, together...

Game News

PS5 Live-Service Game Fairgame$ Loses Another Key Developer

Edward M2 September 2025

by Edward M2 September 202503

Sony’s upcoming PS5 and PC live-service recreation Fairgame$ has misplaced one other high developer. Game director Daniel Drapeau has left developer Haven Studios to hitch...

Windows

Sony’s Live-Service Ambitions Take Another Blow As Fairgames’ Creative Director Leaves Haven Studios Mid-Development

1 September 2025

by 1 September 202505

The destiny of PlayStation’s upcoming live-service recreation Fairgames is as soon as once more below scrutiny as its artistic director, Daniel Drapeau, has confirmed he...

Game News

PlayStation Admits Its Live-Service Games Have Been Rocky, Acknowledges “Unfavorable Information” About Marathon

Edward M7 August 20257 August 2025

by Edward M7 August 20257 August 202504

Sony’s live-service online game releases have not all succeeded like Helldivers 2 did, with Harmony being a very high-profile failure. Sony CFO Lin Tao mentioned...

Windows

After Concord’s Failure and Marathon’s Delay, Sony Admits PlayStation’s Live-Service Strategy Is ‘Not Entirely Going Easily’

7 August 2025

by 7 August 202501

Sony has mirrored on its progress reworking PlayStation into an organization that runs a set of profitable live-service video games — one thing that has,...

Game News

Not Everything Should Be A Live-Service Sport, Former Destiny Boss Says

Edward M5 August 2025

by Edward M5 August 202505

As CEO of Bungie, Harold Ryan helped push the live-service style ahead with Halo and Destiny. Years after leaving Bungie, Ryan says he is noticed...

Game News

Has the live-service dream crashed back down to earth?

Edward M18 July 2025

by Edward M18 July 202503

For many of the previous decade, massive components of the video games trade have been working with a single, deceptively easy sounding tenet – that...