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Bungie seeks $6.7m default judgment in case against LaviCheats
The studio says its owed $2000 for each time Destiny 2 cheat software was downloaded from the site
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Genshin Impact publisher takes legal action against leakers
New court subpoenas seek the identities of Twitter account users that have shared then-unreleased details about the RPG
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Activision staffers learn of December data breach months later
Employees whose names, work emails and phone numbers were compromised learned of breach but not from publisher
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Owlchemy's Andrew Eiche has been named CEO
His new position will be effective on March 3 and current CEO Devin Reimer exits from the studio after 12 years
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Production firm Blumhouse unveils new gaming division
President Zach Wood and CFO Don Sechler will lead the newly formed Blumhouse Games focusing on horror titles
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Microsoft increases the cost of Xbox Series S|X units in Sweden
The Series S gets a new price tag of $377, and the Series X will set back consumers $600
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Sega to increase Japan-based employee salaries by 30%
The wage jump will be effective in July, and university graduates' initial pay at the firm will grow by 35%
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2K promotes Heather Hazen to studio head of Firaxis Games
Additionally, Steve Martin and Jake Solomon will be leaving the studio behind Sid Meier's Civilization
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Robot Teddy announces slate of leadership appointments
Amanda Farough, Mike Futter, Alessandro Bovenzi, Hans van Brakel, and Naaila Mohammed have joined the firm
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Savvy Games Groups invests $265m in Chinese esports firm VSPO
Saudi government-owned gaming outfit aims to grow mobile esports within the country
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A group of industry professionals unveil the Gamedev Fund
The early-stage investment fund aims to provide European game creators with monetary and mentorship support
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Game Changers | Professor Jim Huntley
The USC Games educator and creator of the Gerald A. Lawson Endowment Fund says the games industry needs to put its money where its mouth is on DEI efforts
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Deep Rock Galactic developer launches Ghost Ship Publishing
The publishing label is on pace to announce its slew of upcoming titles on March 2
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Roblox reports a nearly $1bn net loss during 2022
Game platform continues to grow revenues but expects to continue reporting losses "for the foreseeable future"
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Bayonetta 3 sells 1m copies | News-in-brief
Platinum Games' latest action title reaches the sales milestone nearly four months after its release
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Activision, Blizzard mandate partial return to office
Activision workers required to spend three days a week in office starting in April, with Blizzard devs following in July
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Chinese regulators hand out 87 new video game licenses in February
Game approvals that have been greenlit in 2023 are now nearly a third of 2022's total
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US game spending down 5% to $4.3bn in January, says NPD | US monthly charts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 topped the sales chart while EA's Dead Space debuted as number 2
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Jobs Roundup: February 2023 | JumpButton Studio hires Jay-Ann Lopez as COO
UPDATE: IGDAF adds new members to its board of directors and Gearbox hires PlayStation alum John Eternal
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Jason Avent's Hardball Games raises $5.2m in seed funding round
The new game studio aims to use the investment to ramp up the development of its multiplayer IP
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Snapser raises $2.6m in seed funding round
The firm will also give select game developers access to the alpha version of its customizable backend platform
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Ex-Mediatonic, Flavourworks devs found Electric Saint
The new indie games studio from Anna Hollinrake and Pavle Mihajlović aims to make games for overlooked communities
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Screen Australia puts $1m behind 11 games
The Games: Expansion Pack Fund will be supporting Australian titles such as Bilkins' Folly, Copycat, and Ghost
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Latent Technology secures $2.1m in a pre-seed funding round
London start-up building generative AI tech it says will reduce dev time for game makers
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences to honor Tim Schafer | News-in-brief
The Double Fine Productions founder will be inducted into the hall of fame during the 26th annual DICE Awards