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Feature

X ban in Brazil: "Allowing Musk to disregard court orders sets a dangerous precedent"

As the situation shows signs of resolution, we talk to Brazilian indie devs about the impact of X's ban on their operations

Sept. 23, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Data

The Brazilian games industry in numbers

We deep dive into the latest data about the booming industry in Brazil, its growing market, and its massive audience

Sept. 23, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developer Pocketpair

UPDATE: Pocketpair responds, says it's "not been notified" of which patents it's accused of having infringed

Sept. 19, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Midwinter shut down following Project T cancellation

UPDATE: Behaviour Interactive confirms closure in formal statement

Sept. 18, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Winners of the UK Best Places To Work Awards 2024 revealed

Green Man Gaming's Ilona Popczyk wins inaugural HR Hero award

Sept. 18, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

EA to "disrupt the sequel model" by dropping sequential release for the Sims

Sims 4 set to be "the foundation of [EA's] future growth strategy," Laura Miele says

Sept. 18, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Feature

Making The Plucky Squire (before someone else did)

We talk to All Possible Futures' co-founder Jonathan Biddle about facing the pressure of anticipation and being plucky as a studio

Sept. 17, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Control 2, Wanderstop and Mixtape among projects unaffected by Annapurna collapse

Annapurna president Hector Sanchez reportedly told developers that the firm would honour its existing contracts

Sept. 13, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Absurd Ventures launches new studio with Ascendant Studios staff

San Rafael-based developer to be led by Immortals of Aveum director Bret Robbins

Sept. 13, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Krafton invests $89 million in short form K-drama firm Spoon Labs

It's the firm's largest investment in a non-gaming area to date

Sept. 11, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

GameStop Q2 sales down 45% as more stores due to close down

US retailer also filed an offering of up to 20 million shares

Sept. 11, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

FDA clears DeepWell SDK to be used in games for stress reduction

Tech could also be used to help reduce high blood pressure, though exact details on applications are unclear at this stage

Sept. 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

New studio Mother Games raises $5m in pre-seed round

The New York-based studio is working on debut title Le Zoo, due to launch on mobile

Sept. 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

iPhone 16 "puts a powerful gaming device in users' pockets," Apple claims

Latest iPhone able to run AAA games, a feature previously reserved for its Pro version

Sept. 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Lost Boys Interactive to lay off 139 staff

Update: Employees across 28 US states affected

Sept. 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Spiders leadership announces audit of working conditions at the studio

Leadership at the studio also confirms salary increases and remote working guarantees following a strike among its staff

Sept. 6, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to transfer its gaming stock to Savvy Games Group

Could start from 2025 as the fund is set to take a more collaborative approach to its games strategy going forward

Sept. 6, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Timbre Games reopens as independent studio

Vancouver-based developer retained its brand following studio closure by Sumo in June

Sept. 5, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Microsoft slams Apple fee, says it can't monetise its cloud gaming services as a result

"Apple's IAP commission fee is set at a level that is neither economically sustainable nor justifiable"

Sept. 4, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

AimJunkies denied new trial against Bungie

$4.3 million arbitration award for damages and fees confirmed for the Destiny maker

Sept. 4, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Former devs from Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon say they've been laid off

Update: British studio confirms redundancies, says it's had to "significantly scale down"

Sept. 3, 2024 Vikki Blake

News

Zynga exits web3 project Sugartown

The mobile company has sold all its assets to new firm D20

Sept. 3, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Tilting Point to lay off around 90 employees

Up to 20% of the studio's workforce could be impacted by the redundancies, CEO says

Sept. 3, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Feature

Why major UK film PR agency DDA is moving into games

We talk to Gemma Cooper and Julie La'Bassiere about the convergence of film, TV, and games, and their vision for a "borderless world" between these industries

Sept. 2, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

News

Use of conflict-free minerals in games saw improvement in 2023

Report shows a positive trend when it comes to sourcing conflict-free minerals, but Sony's performance keeps deteriorating

Aug. 30, 2024 Marie Dealessandri