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Ubisoft's Splinter Cell movie cancelled
Producer says they "just couldn't get it right, script-wise [or] budget-wise"
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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
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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
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WASD expo cancelled, organiser enters liquidation
Event co-founder says "increasing costs and less demand" led to decision
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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
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Bit Odd raises €17m in funding round
Investment will support development of upcoming free-to-play multiplayer title
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SAG-AFTRA announces new agreement for video game localisation
Agreement expands upon session and voiceprint options, offers AI protections and employment opportunities
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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"
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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"
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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