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A double-take on Take-Two's layoffs | This Week in Business

How is the publisher's third cost-cutting plan in 14 months different from the first two, and why don't we talk more about the mobile half of its business?

April 19, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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OPM's Kim Parker-Adcock: If you survive this industry downsizing, you can survive anything

The agency's founder reflects on the collapse of One Player Mission, and her hopes about the reformation of recruitment

April 18, 2024 James Batchelor

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. on making money and happy players "without exploding in the process"

The Strange Scaffold CEO discusses sustainability in the games industry and learning in real-time

April 18, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Larian after Baldur's Gate 3: "We have ambitions to make really good RPGs, and that's sufficient"

CEO Swen Vincke on the studio's biggest hit, why the team is moving on, and solving the industry's unsustainable growth

April 18, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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For Schell Games, VR is the technology of the present (possibly the future, too)

CEO Jesse Schell talks about not betting the studio on any one thing, why VR works for now, and what he thinks the future of the tech looks like

April 17, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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The team behind GTFO share the secrets behind the reveal of Den on Wolves

April 16, 2024 Sponsored Article

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Why it's become harder to raise investments in mobile game development in 2024

Azur Games co-founder Dmitry Yaminsky looks at the costs breakdown of making hypercasual and casual mobile games

April 16, 2024 Dmitry Yaminsky

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2023 UK game sales "holding the fort" compared to 2022, but still show signs of growth

Sparkers analyst consultant Sam Naji explores how full game UK sales display signs of robustness in consumer spending

April 16, 2024 Sam Naji

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Latoya Peterson: "Studios are at the mercy of this house of cards that is the funding system that we've built"

At GDC 2024, the Glow Up Games co-founder explained how funding is a structural issue impacting the labour market

April 15, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business

Industry leadership likes to pay lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions too often suggest otherwise

April 12, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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20 years of the BAFTA Games Awards

We speak to the organiser behind the prestigious awards about how they have evolved over time and the role they have played in bringing the best games to a wider audience

April 11, 2024 James Batchelor

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Ubisoft: "If there is no value in gen AI for creatives, it is not going to be adopted"

We speak to the team behind Ubisoft's NEO NPCs on the potential and challenges around player-facing gen AI

April 11, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Command & Conquer invades European March charts as sales improve | European Monthly Charts

EA Sports FC 24 reclaims No.1 from Helldivers 2

April 11, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Making Tetra Tactics, the Final Fantasy mini-game inspired title that wasn't meant to exist

We talk to lead developer Jabari Alii about how a side project became a full-blown title releasing after almost two years of early access, and his work at Hidden Genius Project

April 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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ProbablyMonsters unveils Hidden Grove

Harold Ryan talks about company's expansion with a new team headed up by former Destiny design lead Chris Opdahl

April 9, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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A decade in Tamriel: Takeaways as Elder Scrolls Online turns ten

Creative director Matt Firor talks about MMOs, the metaverse trend, and what keeps him working on ESO 17 years after he started

April 9, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Rafif Kalantan’s mission to champion MENA and SWANA devs

The member of the Ensemble 2024 cohort shares her journey as a developer and how the industry can better support underrepresented talent

April 9, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Lisette Titre-Montgomery: "We will keep knocking on doors and pitching until we find the right person"

The Cornerstone Studio CEO says finding the right VC partnership is like marriage

April 8, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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The accidental, inimitable success of Monument Valley

Danny Gray on the impossibility of manufacturing a hit, how premium mobile games survive through subscription models, and how the last decade irrevocably shaped Ustwo Games

April 8, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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AI's biggest triumphs are not AI | This Week in Business

Among Us VR and Candy Crush Saga are billed as success stories for the latest trend, but they don't necessarily belong under the AI umbrella

April 5, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Japan's Galapagos Syndrome shows signs of globalization

Niko Partners' Darang Candra helps us explore some of the biggest changes that have occurred in the Japanese market

April 3, 2024 Alicia Haddick

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Saber's Matthew Karch: "Don't bet against Embracer"

Studio founder shares his view of the story behind Embracer's struggles, and why he's bullish on the group's recovery

April 3, 2024 James Batchelor

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Why I Love

Distant Bloom game director Cruz Segovia Ardiz dives into how the 2013 adventure evoked emotions through gameplay

April 2, 2024 Cruz Segovia Ardiz

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Unlocking Portugal's game development industry

We talk to Portuguese Game Developer Association executive director Diogo Rato about its booming industry, the opening of the Gaming Hub in Lisbon, and what's ahead

April 2, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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April 2, 2024 Sponsored Article