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2024 was the year of Microsoft's grand pivot | Opinion
Expectations this year would suffer a drought of high-quality releases were very much defied – but it's the reinvention of Xbox that will be 2024's lasting legacy
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Raccoon Logic: We're doing the last hurrah of the games industry we grew up with
Revenge of the Savage Planet creative director Alex Hutchinson shares his views on finishable games, subscriptions and a hectic 2025
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GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024
Our annual infographic reveals the global games market value, best-selling games, biggest mobile markets, and more
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Tencent directors step down from Epic Games' board after US Justice Department "expressed concerns"
Law states directors should not serve on the boards of competing companies, such as Epic and Riot
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Twitch watch time broadly stable in 2024 at 18.9bn hours
"Expect 2025 to be a big year for multistreaming as the tools evolve and become more accessible"
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Australian games sector employment "steady" as industry generates $211.9m in 2024
Plus 81% of Australian studios expect headcount to remain stable or grow in 2025
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Moon Beast Productions secures $4.5m in seed funding
The studio says the funding round marks "a critical moment"
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Activision confirms it has replaced Call of Duty Black Ops 6 voice actors during SAG-AFTRA strike
"We respect the personal choice of these performers," Activision said
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Sponsored | Nitro-powered growth: Rising opportunities in the game resource ecosystem
A vast network of websites that surround live games is responsible for informing many of gaming’s most profitable trends. And for Cody Bye, co-founder of ad tech specialist Nitro, the movement is just getting started
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Regulation galore: Legal trends to watch in 2025
ADVANT Beiten's Dr Andreas Lober reflects on his 2024 predictions and the legal developments that could impact games companies in the year ahead
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Sonic musician suing Sega of America over song rights
Crush 40's Johnny Gioeli seeking damages for use of main theme 'Live & Learn' theme outside the 2001 game
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Horizon: Forbidden West | Games of the Year 2024
A welcome second journey into Guerrilla's incredible post-apocalyptic world
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11 Bit Studios lays off unknown number of staff, cancels Project 8 console game
Studio president said title was "conceived under very different market conditions"
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Sony to become largest shareholder of FromSoftware parent Kadokawa Corporation
PlayStation firm will up existing stake to 10% for $318 million
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The Game Awards live-streams jump 31% year-on-year
2024 show achieved four million peak concurrent viewers across Western platforms
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EA Sports College Football is now the US' best-selling sports game of all time | US Monthly Charts
But video games spending drops 7% to $5.8bn in CODless November, PS5 Pro sells fewer units but generates more dollars than PS4 Pro
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Should Xbox and PlayStation make a handheld console? | Opinion
When it comes to the PlayStation or Xbox handheld console, the question is not whether they could, more whether they should.
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Elite Dangerous | Games of the Year 2024
George Corner explores how a resurgent year for Frontier's acclaimed space sim has added to the game's unending sense of wonder
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Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance servers close next February | News-in-brief
The base game and DLC will still be available to play offline in single-player
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James Wan is adapting indie horror Pacific Drive for TV
Noted horror filmmaker Wan secures rights to turn the driving game into a TV show
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Investigation claims "network of illegal casinos" lets children gamble with their Roblox account details
UPDATE: Roblox says does not own, control, operate, or condone the websites in question
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Catly dev "surprised" at AI speculation - "we don't think there are AI tools that could produce that"
SuperAuthenti also refutes blockchain claims
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Flashbulb Games makes cuts as unannounced project cancelled
"While this was a tough decision, the majority of the team has been reassigned our flagship game," says CEO
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Jingle Jam raises £2.7 million after impressive 2024 fundraising event
Over 800 creators raised money for the likes of War Child, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), Autistica, and Sarcoma UK