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Maintaining Personal Boundaries and Wellbeing as an HR Leader | HR Summit Video

Emma Smith of Hestia Talent takes to the 2024 GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit to discuss the role of HR in today's challenging times

Dec. 27, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Neurodiversity in the game industry: unlocking hidden talents | HR Summit Video

Pierre Escaich of Ubisoft shares deep insight and practical tips on making the most of neurodiverse talent

Dec. 27, 2024 Christopher Dring

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DFC: Nintendo Switch 2 will be "the clear winner" of next-gen consoles

Market research firm suggests "there isn't room for more than two major consoles" in 2025

Dec. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Amazon renews Secret Level for a season 2

Game anthology series was Amazon's most-watched animated debut

Dec. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Community matters: How audience engagement in games is shaping other industries | Playable Futures

Wooga's lead social media and community manager April Laws explores the growing trend of games-like community management in other sectors

Dec. 23, 2024 Will Freeman

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Switch 2 (finally), GTA 6 to dominate, AI in game dev (again): Analysts predictions for 2025

Our annual panel of industry-watchers review their calls for the past year, and offer new forecasts for the year to come

Dec. 23, 2024 James Batchelor

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AIAS to honor Nintendo of America veteran Don James

Former executive vice president of operations to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 28th annual DICE Awards next year

Dec. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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2024 in Review | GI Microcast

Latest episode available to download now

Dec. 23, 2024 James Batchelor

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Aonic secures over €150m in funding

Investment will support firm's subsidiaries and future acquisitions

Dec. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Hothead Games shuts down

Studio filed for bankruptcy following breakdown of a project

Dec. 23, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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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

Dec. 20, 2024 Rob Fahey

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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

Dec. 20, 2024 Christopher Dring

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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

Dec. 20, 2024 James Batchelor

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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

Dec. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake

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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"

Dec. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake

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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

Dec. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Moon Beast Productions secures $4.5m in seed funding

The studio says the funding round marks "a critical moment"

Dec. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake

An anonymous soldier sits in shadow, the text "Call of Duty Black Ops 6" across his middle

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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

Dec. 19, 2024 Vikki Blake

Nitro-powered growth: Rising opportunities in the game resource ecosystem

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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

Dec. 19, 2024 Dr Andreas Lober

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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

Dec. 19, 2024 James Batchelor

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Horizon: Forbidden West | Games of the Year 2024

A welcome second journey into Guerrilla's incredible post-apocalyptic world

Dec. 19, 2024 James Batchelor

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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"

Dec. 19, 2024 James Batchelor

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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

Dec. 19, 2024 James Batchelor

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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

Dec. 18, 2024 Christopher Dring

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