2024 was the year of Microsoft's grand pivot | Opinion

Expectations this year would suffer a drought of high-quality releases were very much defied – but it's the reinvention of Xbox that will be 2024's lasting legacy

Rob Fahey

Raccoon Logic: We're doing the last hurrah of the games industry we grew up with

Revenge of the Savage Planet creative director Alex Hutchinson shares his views on finishable games, subscriptions and a hectic 2025

Christopher Dring

GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024

Our annual infographic reveals the global games market value, best-selling games, biggest mobile markets, and more

James Batchelor

Tencent directors step down from Epic Games' board after US Justice Department "expressed concerns"

Law states directors should not serve on the boards of competing companies, such as Epic and Riot

Vikki Blake

Twitch watch time broadly stable in 2024 at 18.9bn hours

"Expect 2025 to be a big year for multistreaming as the tools evolve and become more accessible"

Vikki Blake

Australian games sector employment "steady" as industry generates $211.9m in 2024

Plus 81% of Australian studios expect headcount to remain stable or grow in 2025

Vikki Blake

Moon Beast Productions secures $4.5m in seed funding

The studio says the funding round marks "a critical moment"

Vikki Blake

Activision confirms it has replaced Call of Duty Black Ops 6 voice actors during SAG-AFTRA strike

"We respect the personal choice of these performers," Activision said

Vikki Blake

Sponsored | Nitro-powered growth: Rising opportunities in the game resource ecosystem

A vast network of websites that surround live games is responsible for informing many of gaming’s most profitable trends. And for Cody Bye, co-founder of ad tech specialist Nitro, the movement is just getting started

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Regulation galore: Legal trends to watch in 2025

ADVANT Beiten's Dr Andreas Lober reflects on his 2024 predictions and the legal developments that could impact games companies in the year ahead

Dr Andreas Lober

Sonic musician suing Sega of America over song rights

Crush 40's Johnny Gioeli seeking damages for use of main theme 'Live & Learn' theme outside the 2001 game

James Batchelor

Horizon: Forbidden West | Games of the Year 2024

A welcome second journey into Guerrilla's incredible post-apocalyptic world

James Batchelor

11 Bit Studios lays off unknown number of staff, cancels Project 8 console game

Studio president said title was "conceived under very different market conditions"

James Batchelor