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Wizards of the Coast: "There are lots of ways to express Dungeons & Dragons beyond RPGs"

Senior vice president of digital licensing Eugene Evans says there is almost no Hasbro IP that isn't heading to games

Aug. 22, 2024 James Batchelor

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Xbox reveals four new accessibility options for disabled players

The company has even redesigned its packaging with accessibility in mind, too

Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake

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UK Competitions and Market Authority is shutting down its Apple investigation

The organisation says it was closing it down "on the grounds of administrative priority"

Aug. 22, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Tencent expands Venture Lab initiative to better support early-stage developers worldwide

"A lot of the biggest successes start with a small studio," says team lead Juno Shin

Aug. 22, 2024 James Batchelor

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New Key Fact report says 75% of video game players in Europe are adults, and average age is 31

And the overall workforce in Europe is up by 6.7% to nearly 115,000

Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Circana reports 10% uplift in US game spending but admits "this will continue to be a difficult year"

But a "significant rebound is expected in 2025"

Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Team17: "Indies need to demonstrate they understand what players are looking for"

Head of game scouting Jasper Barnes advised devs on nostalgia, replayability, and making sure players aren't "bored after seven minutes"

Aug. 21, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Amazon's widening bet on games: "We're not hell bent on just being MMOs"

EMEA publishing director Jon Rosenblatt on the King of Meat reveal and how the success of New World and Lost Ark ignited developer interest in Amazon

Aug. 21, 2024 James Batchelor

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Behind the reveals of Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 | Podcast

Latest episode to download now

Aug. 21, 2024 James Batchelor

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Xbox confirms Game Pass tiers Standard will wait "up to 12 months+" for first-party games

Up until now, it was not been clear how long Standard subscribers would have to wait

Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Publisher Headup establishes new independent studio Goon Squad

Both Headup and Goon Squad remain fully owned parts of Microcuts Holding

Aug. 21, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country bookend Gamescom Opening Night Live announcements

Other highlights include Peter Molyneux's Masters of Albion, new Dying Light game, Amazon & Glowmade's King of Meat, plus release date and PS5 version of Indiana Jones

Aug. 21, 2024 James Batchelor

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Virtuos acquires British indie game developer Third Kind Games

Virtuos says the acquisition will enhance its "AAA co-development capabilities"

Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Space Ape shuts down its nine-year-old RTS Rival Kingdoms

"All games have a life cycle, and Rival Kingdoms is no exception," the developer said

Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Masters of Albion is Peter Molyneux's final shot at redemption (probably)

The game designer on his return to PC and console, his quest for an Edge 10, reuniting with old friends and why this is likely his final game

Aug. 20, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Tencent wins Gamescom's 2024 sustainability award

The award celebrates organisations that demonstrate public commitments to sustainable values

Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Atsuko Tanaka – the Japanese voice of Chun-Li and Bayonetta – has died

Tanaka's extensive credits also include Nier Replicant's Kaine

Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Exploring the challenges of AI-generated art in game development

Red Meat Games creative consult strategist discusses the ethical practices of using generative AI tools

Aug. 20, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Black Myth: Wukong breaks single-player Steam records on day one with 2m concurrent users

Chinese action game has surpassed performance by Cyberpunk 2077, but falls behind PUBG's 3.3 million

Aug. 20, 2024 James Batchelor

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The biggest challenges for indie developers, with Jason Della Rocca | Podcast

Episode available to download now, part of our Devcom and Gamescom daily podcasts

Aug. 20, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Values Value: Raising women's salary expectations will help close the gender pay gap

At Devcom, recruitment agency's founder Tanja Loktionova explored the disparity between men and women's actual and desired average earnings

Aug. 20, 2024 James Batchelor

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Hunt: Showdown hits new concurrent peak 5 years after release | News-in-brief

New update brings curious players flooding back

Aug. 20, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Gamescom scraps Best Nintendo Game Award due to "too few submissions"

This is the first time since 2011 there will be no Best Nintendo Switch award

Aug. 20, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Epic Games' free game giveaways have been "magical" for user acquisition

But some of its exclusivity deals were "not good investments"

Aug. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Kwalee launches Arabic-language edition of Hitseeker

The UK publisher says it will support Arabic-speaking devs "with tools, resources, and expert support"

Aug. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake