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Report: Eight women join gender discrimination lawsuit against PlayStation
A plaintiff told Axios that "I believe Sony is not equipped to appropriately handle toxic environments"
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Dutch court rules in EA's favor and says that loot boxes aren't gambling
The decision overturns a 2020 district court ruling that fined the game publisher €10 million
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Valve: During 2021 Steam saw 2.6m first-time buyers each month
Report also says that people spent almost 38 billion hours playing games on the platform, up 21% compared to 2020
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Atari purchases Moby Games
Jeremiah Freyholtz will remain onboard as general manager of the video game credit database
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Amazon Games addresses Lost Ark's gender representation concerns
Game will roll out more gender classes choices over time and marketing will focus less on featuring female characters with revealing outfits
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Netflix names Roberto Barrera as new head of gaming strategy
Games industry veteran departs PlayStation after 11 years to join streaming platform's growing games division
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Postcard Game Studio secures $3.5m seed investment from Smilegate
Newly formed game studio founded by Ray Almaden aims to develop an open world FPS title
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Lightforge Games raises $15m in Series A funding round
Studio to build a game "that looks to push the boundaries of the stories and worlds players can create together," CEO says
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Luminous Productions delays Forspoken
Developer moves RPG's release date from May 24 to October 11 citing that its focusing efforts to polish the game further
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Bobby Kotick to exit Coca-Cola board of directors
After joining in 2012, the exec leaves citing that he's focusing on the Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger
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Frost Fatales 2022 raises over $100,000 for Malala Fund
All women speedrunning group, Frame Fatales' event proceeds goes to nonprofit dedicated to supporting girls' right to learn
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Spanish Association of Video Games launches #PlayEquall program
The campaign aims to build a fairer sector following its six commitments for more diversity and inclusion
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Sensor Tower: Genshin Impact & PUBG Mobile among 2021's top grossing monetization enabled titles
Report said that ad removal, live service games, and season pass were the most common revenue generating features during the year
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Thatgamecompany receives $160m investment
Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull joins the Journey developer as principal advisor on creative culture and strategic growth
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Group urges FTC to monitor Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard
Organization collective also expressed concerns over the possible undermining of workers unionization efforts
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GTR launches new seed funding program
The initiative will function as a year-long support program for later stage game startups
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WB Games veterans establish new games studio Fortis
Publisher says that it intends to focus on creating the next generation of live service games and expand its staff
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Gamesight: Lost Ark amassed 76m hours watched on Twitch during its launch week
From Software's Elden Ring reached a viewership of 52 million hours watched 3.5 days after its release on the streaming site
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Steam Deck | Critical Consensus
Critics agree that Valve's hardware is more of a versatile portable PC better suited for home than on the go
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DDM: Gaming investments reached $38.5 billion during 2021
Agency says last year was the biggest ever with twice as many deals and three times the investment
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Sid Meier cautions games industry's focus on monetization business model
Civilization creator expresses that a lack of concern on gameplay may result in a loss of consumers
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Riot Games to grow game publishing in Asia Pacific
Valorant maker appoints former managing director of emerging markets, Alex Kraynov as new APAC managing director
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NetEase revenue reached $13.7bn during the year of 2021
Online game service earnings hit $9.8bn as Naraka: Bladepoint and Harry Potter: Magic Awakened joined firm's offerings
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EA exec calls out game company leaders that allow toxicity within their businesses
During her DICE 2022 keynote speech, Laura Miele said leaders "who fall short of basic standards" should go
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Aonic commits to an over $100m investment to expand new gaming outfit
Mobile game developer TutoTOONs and mobile ad business AddApptr join as the first two companies to join the division