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Laced Records: Games companies are "leaving money on the table" with their soundtracks

CEO Danny Kelleher on educating developers on music business models and its recent partnership with Remedy

June 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Ex-Riot devs Believer seeks "a better way to develop video games" with open-source tool Friendshipper

CTO Landon McDowell tells us why the new studio is sharing some of the technology behind its debut game

June 4, 2024 James Batchelor

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Sponsored | What do Apple and Google’s direct-to-consumer changes really mean for game developers?

FastSpring also shares advice on how studios can best adopt direct-to-consumer payment solutions

June 4, 2024 Sponsored Article

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Why games consoles are holding back interactive storytelling

Interior Night CEO Caroline Marchal discusses how narrative games might thrive if they move away from traditional games platforms

June 3, 2024 James Batchelor

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Why successfully crowdfunded drag-themed fighting game Drag Her failed to launch

Fighting Chance Games director Ian Ramsay on how further funding failed to materialise despite positive reception

May 30, 2024 Alan Wen

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How the developers of Afterlove EP continued the game after its creator's death

"We all agreed that our hearts could not let Mohammed Fahmi's vision go to waste"

May 23, 2024 Alan Wen

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Sega veterans form publisher-agency hybrid Alibi Games

Co-founders discuss their plans to create a sustainable company and how they want to champion indie developers

May 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Arrowhead Games: "We want to be the next From Software or Blizzard"

The Helldivers 2 developer on handling the shock success of its game and its thirst for more

May 22, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Getting developers started with GameMaker

Gurpreet Singh Matharoo talks us through how the company is making it easier for newcomers to get to grips with the 2D-centric game engine

May 21, 2024 Antony Terence

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Did video game investment hit rock bottom, and is it ready to go back up?

A panel at Reboot Develop 2024 tackled the situation in terms of financing, with great focus on the indie scene

May 20, 2024 Andrea Maderna

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Disgraceful degradation | This Week in Business

A Stop Killing Games petition draws a response from UK Parliament and grocery store coolers with TV screens give us a metaphor for the games industry

May 17, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Take-Two confirms no Grand Theft Auto 6 in current fiscal year

Rockstar's latest now set to arrive fall of 2025 as impairment charges see publisher post $3.74bn net loss

May 16, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Forever Entertainment on making what was old new again

The publisher talks about how and why remakes such as Front Mission 2 are a part of its business model

May 16, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Owlchemy: Vision Pro is biggest step towards VR mainstream adoption

We talk to the exec team about virtual reality's latest developments, and why hype cycles are making the journey to mainstream seem longer than it is

May 16, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Why Lego sees its gaming future in Fortnite

The Lego Group's Kari Vinter Nielsen on the possibilities afforded by allowing Epic's players to experiment with the iconic toy firm's digital assets

May 15, 2024 Mike Stubbs

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The former Ubisoft dev who wants to bring back the golden age of JRPGs

We talk to CEO Emma Delage about the community's hunger for JRPGs, and why Kickstarter could be a viable path for Studio Camelia's debut project

May 14, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Sponsored | Newzoo: There are reasons why the market may still grow

Newzoo's lead analyst Tom Wijman explains why declining playtime and the continued success of older titles doesn't necessarily spell doom for newer games

May 14, 2024 Sponsored Article

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Sponsored | Re-koup: "It’s time for publishing to change"

A Nordic publishing veteran is using a data-centric approach in a bid to re-invent video games publishing, and early results suggest he’s onto something

May 14, 2024 Sponsored Article

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How the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards are judged

Here are how the winners are decided

May 14, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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How to win a GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Award

Everything you need to know

May 14, 2024 Christopher Dring

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How ex-Blizzard devs Frost Giant got players to invest nearly $1m into the studio

Stormgate developer's CEO Tim Morten on equity crowdfunding and revolutionising real-time strategy games

May 13, 2024 James Batchelor

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Why Sweden's games industry is still growing

Trade body Dataspelsbranschen and Swedish studio heads discuss the nation's talent pipeline and collaborative culture

May 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Sega's full-year sales jump 20% as Persona and Like a Dragon sales surge

Addition of Rovio helps drive revenue growth as new RPG releases drive those franchises nearly on par with Sonic sales

May 10, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Business

If you're a developer working for Xbox, what can you do to secure your job?

May 10, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Japanese indie publishers steer Tokyo Indie Games Summit: "Companies are paying attention"

The event offered a fascinating look into the state of games publishing in the growing Japanese indie industry

May 10, 2024 Alicia Haddick