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EGMNOW has shut down
The publication is the second games media site to be hit with layoffs this week
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TIGA unveils Industrial Secondment Program
The initiative aims to keep video game lecturers' courses current with part-time or full-time industry experience
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Tunic and Betrayal at Club Low tie for IGF 2023 nominations
With three nominations each, the two titles are also up for the festival's Seumas McNally Grand Prize
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Judge blocks Microsoft's request to pause gamer lawsuit
The preliminary hearing for the case that opposes the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is set for March 23
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Forspoken | Critical Consensus
Critics split on Square Enix's new RPG; some enjoyed the narrative but others voiced concern over the writing of its lead heroine
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London Developer Conference slated for March 30
The new conference will be a part of the London Games Festival and hosted by Iván Fernández Lobo
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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings leaves after 25 years
Hastings pivots to executive chairman while Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos step up as co-CEOs
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Sony unveils additional titles to release in 2023 for its PlayStation VR 2 console
The new VR headset is on pace to have a library of over 30 within a month after its launch
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Vox Media is laying off 130 staffers
The media company's redundancies come six months after it fired 39 employees across various departments
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Game Changers | Gonzalo Banki Martínez
We talk to the co-organizer of Level UY Game Dev Summit about his efforts to support and uplift fellow game developers in Uruguay
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GDC Survey: 53% of devs support unionization efforts
2023 State of the Industry Survey reports that 91% of devs say that toxicity towards studios and players is a problem
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YouTube Gaming viewership jumps 25% in December
StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg say that Escape from Tarkov grew to 39 million views on Twitch
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Roblox users grew to 56m daily users in 2022 | News-in-brief
Global daily players on the platform increased by 23% throughout the year
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Activision Blizzard claims NetEase rejected proposal to extend China partnership
UPDATE: NetEase says that Activision Blizzard's extension proposal is rude, unreasonable, and commercially illogical
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Carry1st raises $27m in funding
The African mobile games publisher aims to expand its business operations and development efforts
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The Last of Us TV show debuts with 4.7m viewers
The live-action adaptation has the second-largest premiere for HBO since 2010
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NPD: US game spending dipped 5% to $57bn in 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the best-selling title of the year, while the Nintendo Switch led consoles sales by units sold
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Analysts lower sales targets for Callisto Protocol
Industry watchers attributed the title's current sales to game length and the developer's focus on production values
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The Chinese government is set to take shares in Tencent
The "golden shares" are normally a one percent stake and include the ability to vote on business decisions
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Game Changers | Dhayana Sena
We talk to the founder of Women of Xbox about her work to uplift overlooked communities in games and content creation
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John Smedley to leave Amazon's gaming division
New reports says that the studio head's exit was attributed to the studio's struggles with game projects
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Xbox and Bethesda developer direct set for January 25 | News-in-brief
Mojang Studios, ZeniMax Online Studios, and Arkane Austin among the game developers to appear during the show
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Data.ai: Global mobile game revenue dipped 5% to $110bn in 2022
Honor of Kings, Genshin Impact, and Candy Crush Saga were the top three highest-earning mobile titles
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Giga Fun Studios raises $2.4m in seed funding round
Founded by Zynga and m56 Studios alum, the Indian game firm aims to make casual games for Indian and global players
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NetEase acquires Canadian game studio SkyBox Labs
The Halo Infinite co-developer will remain independent and continue co-creating games with existing and future partners