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Android’s new RAM rules come with a Play Store threat attached
Google will begin enforcing per-app memory ceilings on the Google Play Store starting February 2027, impacting Android app distribution. Apps exceeding these limits will face throttling and potential termination, with reduced visibility and publishing capabilities on the Play Store as penalties. Developers are advised to start profiling their apps on 4GB devices to prepare for these new restrictions.
Sony is Shutting Down Dark Outlaw Games, Moving Away From Mobile Development – Rumor
Sony is reportedly shutting down Dark Outlaw Games, a studio founded by Jason Blundell, and is also cutting around 50 employees from its mobile development division. This move away from mobile comes as the company focuses on a few select high-impact projects, potentially impacting titles like MLB The Show Mobile and Ratchet and Clank: Ranger Rumble.
PlayStation are reportedly shuttering another first-party studio, this time from Call of Duty vet Jason Blundell
Sony Interactive Entertainment is reportedly shutting down Dark Outlaw Games, a studio founded last year by former Call of Duty lead Jason Blundell. The company is also making cuts in mobile development, laying off approximately 50 people. This follows recent closures of other first-party studios like Bluepoint Games.
PlayStation reportedly closes another first-party studio weeks after Bluepoint, killing Black Ops vet’s AAA…
PlayStation has reportedly closed Dark Outlaw Games, a first-party studio founded by Call of Duty: Black Ops veteran Jason Blundell, which was working on a new AAA intellectual property. This closure is part of wider layoffs affecting the company, including its mobile development division, with approximately 50 employees impacted.
