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Stylized art of a diverse group of people working in cubicles

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Less than half of devs say their employers "adequately enforce" harassment and anti-discrimination policies

IGDA developer survey also found that nearly 70% game makers felt there was not enough equal treatment and opportunity in the industry

May 2, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Rusty's Retirement sells over 100,000 copies in five days | News-in-brief

Second title from Mister Morris Games is an idle farming sim that sits along the bottom of your screen

May 2, 2024 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Take-Two reportedly shuts down Roll7 and Intercept Games, Private Division suffers layoffs

Publisher reiterates it is "not providing additional details" on ongoing, previously announced job cuts

May 2, 2024 James Batchelor

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Matthew Bromberg appointed CEO of Unity

Interim CEO Jim Whitehurst to become executive chair of Unity's board

May 2, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Game Workers Unite Montreal and CSN join together to improve labor practices

The organizations aim to create a province-wide union in the Quebec games sector

May 1, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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LinkedIn launches games on its platform

Users on the social media site can play Pinpoint, Queens, and Crossclimb today

May 1, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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DDM: Gaming investments reached $2.2bn during Q1

The quarter saw M&A activity hit $2 billion cross 41 transactions

May 1, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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IGDA: "We need leadership to step up and speak out against hate"

We talk to executive director Jakin Vela about the IGDA's evolution and its role, addressing diversity gaps in times of mass layoffs, and supporting developers in emerging markets

May 1, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Fortnite, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto dominate March playtime in the US

Circana data shows three titles were the most played games across PlayStation and Xbox, while Helldivers 2 led on Steam

May 1, 2024 James Batchelor

Monopoly Go promotional art for the Baking Partners event showing Rich Uncle Moneybags in a kitchen putting a cherry on top of a three-tier cake as Ms. Monopoly happily looks on

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Monopoly Go helps push March sales up 4% | US Monthly Charts

Dragon's Dogma 2 leads six new releases on the Top 20; mobile growth of 15% makes up for hardware's 32% drop

May 1, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida and Greg Rice to keynote Develop:Brighton 2024

Full programme for this year's conference is now available

May 1, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Belka Games reduces staffers by 20%

CEO says that the firm will focus on "new hits and prepare for the next stage of growth"

May 1, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Take-Two reportedly closing its Seattle office

WARN notice indicates 70 staff will be laid off, likely as part of previously announced 580 layoffs

May 1, 2024 James Batchelor

PS5, a red Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X grouped together in front of a white background

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Korea plans to grow console industry in the next five years

Country accounts for 1.5% of global console revenues, despite being fourth biggest games market in the world

May 1, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Live service, subscriptions and F2P: A new reality for console gaming

Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls breaks down the biggest changes in business models across the console space, and what this means for developers and publishers

May 1, 2024 Piers Harding-Rolls