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Opinion

Microsoft's Xbox transition moves into high gear | Opinion

With a campaign about Xbox as a cross-platform service and "no red lines" for first-party on other platforms, the change to Microsoft's games business speeds to a conclusion

Nov. 15, 2024 Rob Fahey

News

New York Game Awards to honour Sam Lake

Remedy's creative director will receive the Andrew Yoon Legend Award following two decades at the developer

Nov. 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

WASD expo cancelled, organiser enters liquidation

Event co-founder says "increasing costs and less demand" led to decision

Nov. 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

Academy

EA's four evergreen principles to keep your service games fresh

Head of operations Arjun Balaram encouraged India GDC attendees to be flexible with how they update their titles

Nov. 15, 2024 James Batchelor

News

Bit Odd raises €17m in funding round

Investment will support development of upcoming free-to-play multiplayer title

Nov. 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

SAG-AFTRA announces new agreement for video game localisation

Agreement expands upon session and voiceprint options, offers AI protections and employment opportunities

Nov. 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Valve accused of "allowing the proliferation of hate" on Steam

ADL's Center on Extremism says it has discovered "millions of examples of extremist and hateful content"

Nov. 14, 2024 Vikki Blake

News

Many Cats Studios appoints second Impact cohort to champion disabled gaming professionals

After a successful inaugural year, Many Cats wants to "continue this important work"

Nov. 14, 2024 Vikki Blake

News

EA Sports NHL 25 announces multi-year deal with Professional Women's Hockey League | News-in-brief

Partnership will bring players and teams to the game via an update launching December 5, 2024

Nov. 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Ruckus Games raises $19m in funding round led by Krafton

Funds to go towards the studio's first game, a roster-based co-op shooter

Nov. 14, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

SayGames to invest $30m in hybrid casual studios over next three years

Publisher has already allocated $10 million in funding to five studios

Nov. 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Thunderful announces second restructuring program resulting in more layoffs

Firm aims to focus on third party publishing and scale back on internal development

Nov. 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

Feature

Making games for India: "There's no replacement for being on the ground"

Investors discuss the importance of operating locally in this growing market, and why "it's okay to be a little naive" at first

Nov. 14, 2024 James Batchelor

News

Embracer PC and console sales plummet during Q2

Net sales overall were down 21% as the number of game developers working at the firm decreased from 10,654 to 6,250

Nov. 14, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Embracer divests Easybrain to Miniclip in $1.2bn deal

Transaction is expected to be completed in early 2025

Nov. 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Ubisoft appoints new chief people officer

Sébastien Froidefond will "lead Ubisoft's global people strategy, driving excellence in human resources across the company"

Nov. 13, 2024 Vikki Blake

News

Casual studio Funstop Games secures $5 million in Series A funding

Funding will be used to "ramp up" development efforts and expand portfolio

Nov. 13, 2024 Vikki Blake

How remote working has become a game changer for Testronic

Feature

ZeniMax QA workers to strike over concerns about return to office mandate and outsourcing

Members of ZeniMax Workers United-CWA say firm didn't notify union about contracting out work

Nov. 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

76% of US kids want consoles and games for Christmas

ESA survey also found that 38% of children were planning to ask for in-game currency

Nov. 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

News

Microsoft interested in more M&A, Spencer says

"We're not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles," Microsoft Gaming boss says as the firm looks at mobile

Nov. 13, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Feature

The state of the indie games industry in 2024

We speak to a handful of developers about the challenges they're currently facing from funding to visibility, and what needs to be done to support them

Nov. 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy