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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
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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
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SayGames to invest $30m in hybrid casual studios over next three years
Publisher has already allocated $10 million in funding to five studios
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Thunderful announces second restructuring program resulting in more layoffs
Firm aims to focus on third party publishing and scale back on internal development
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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
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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
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Embracer divests Easybrain to Miniclip in $1.2bn deal
Transaction is expected to be completed in early 2025
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Ubisoft appoints new chief people officer
Sébastien Froidefond will "lead Ubisoft's global people strategy, driving excellence in human resources across the company"
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Casual studio Funstop Games secures $5 million in Series A funding
Funding will be used to "ramp up" development efforts and expand portfolio
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Sponsored | How remote working has become a game changer for Testronic
The localisation quality assurance specialist says its UK operations are becoming fully remote
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Swedish games industry revenue increased 6.4% in 2023
Despite layoffs and studio closures, the number of games employees in Sweden grew 8% year-on-year
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Xsolla: Mobile gaming market forecast to reach $98.7bn in 2024
Global game commerce firm predicts the market to grow to $118.9 billion by 2027
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Dungeon & Fighter Mobile boosts Nexon's Q3 revenue
The release of the title in China uplifted the firm's sales, but its net income was down 23% year-on-year
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New Steamwork APIs make it easier for players to switch game versions and beta branches
Valve says the changes "solve some common challenges to switching game versions on Steam"
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Rime developer Tequila Works files for insolvency
Management says it is "doing everything we can to provide support and guidance to our teams"
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More layoffs at Payload Studios
The exact number of staff affected is unclear at this stage, but CEO confirms redundancy round
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Metalstorm developer Starform raises $6 million
Funding round, led by Bitkraft, to go towards further development of its air-combat arena shooter
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Modern Times Group to acquire Plarium for $620m
Acquisition of the Raid: Shadow Legends developer expected to close during Q1 2025
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Neowiz signs $8m publishing deal with game dev Zakazane
Korean firm will globally publish the studio's upcoming neo-Western RPG
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Ubisoft faces lawsuit for allegedly misleading players by shutting down The Crew
Filing claims games firm "duped customers" into purchasing title without knowledge servers could be turned off
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Dragon Ball and Undisputed deliver big sales in October, as Call of Duty claims No.1 | UK Monthly Report
Game sales up, but hardware continues to struggle