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DDM: Gaming investments hit $2.2bn during Q3
The period also saw M&A transactions fall by 65% year-over-year across 66 deals
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ÜberStrategist snags marketing firm VirTasktic
VirTasktic CEO Carolyn Crummey steps into the role of ÜberStrategist’s chief marketing officer
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Live services make up nearly three-quarters of EA's business
Executives discuss FIFA and Madden performance, rationale behind taking Sims 4 free-to-play
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SIDE to open new Paris studio in 2023
The France-based establishment will focus on multilingual audio localization services
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Splitgate creator picks up anti-cheat developer EQU8
The firm's tech has been used by 1047 Games since 2020 and it will go to make an anti-cheat platform for its next shooter
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How developers can secure investment with a recession looming?
Investors and publishers discusses their evolving approaches to games funding during times of economic uncertainties
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Epic Games investigating contractor accused of using access for profit
Contractor allegedly sold weapon codes and manipulated Fortnite map discoverability to boost creator payouts
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NetEase unveils its new studio GPTrack50
The developer will be overseen by long-time Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi
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Consumers have played FIFA 23 for 15.7bn minutes to date
Firm reveals that the soccer game has amassed 1.7bn matches and cover athlete Sam Kerr is the top women's scorer
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PlayStation 5 reaches 2m consoles sold in Japan
After launching in November 2020, the disc-based model led system sales with 1.75m units sold
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Sonic The Hedgehog series has sold 1.5bn copies
Sega Sammy also reveals that 77% of its Persona 5 franchise sales were international
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Sega veteran Rieko Kodama has died
The long-time game developer's credits included Sonic The Hedgehog, Phantasy Star, and Skies of Arcadia.
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Meta profits dive sharply in Q3
Company's net income fell 52% and CFO forecasts cost of revenue to grow for Reality Labs division
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Marvel Snap pulls in $2m a week after launch - AppMagic
The US lead the card battling game's installs and earnings as it reached 1.3 million in both categories
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Virtuos open Virtuos Labs – Montpellier
Newly formed studio will be headed by senior technical director Alexis Vaisse
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Indian regulators fine Google $113m for blocking third party payments
Competition Commission of India says tech firm's play store practices "disturbs innovations incentives" for creators
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Jeff Strain launches Crop Circle Games
The new studio will be led by Jessica Brunelle as it becomes Prytania Media's second developer
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Report: Chinese mobile games market fell 19% to $8bn during Q3
Active users and play hours dropped while spending power has weakened says CNG
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Wildlife adds Stellar Core Games to its developer lineup
The game studio was founded by Supercell veteran Touko Tahkokallio and Rovio Entertainment alum Serdar Soganci
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Ubisoft, Bungie, IO Interactive and Tequila Works mobilise to deal with post-Stadia fallout
UPDATE: Rockstar Games confirms that players who played Read Dead Online on Stadia can transfer their data
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GXC launches $40 million early-stage games start-up fund
Round Ventures fund will host two investment events yearly in Asia and Europe for companies to showcase their games
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Odyssey Interactive secures $19m in Series A funding round
The studio founded by former Riot Games talent also aims to release its first game in February 2023
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ByteBrew raises $4m in seed funding round
Konvoy Venture's Taylor Hurst joins the analytics company's board of directors
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CMA calls on the public for its views on Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
UK regulator said that open comments can also be provided for its eventual provisional findings
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Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope | Critical Consensus
A fun RPG with more freedom than the original but some critics feel the game plays it safe due to Mario's presence