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Palia reaches over 3m players in six months thanks to "invaluable" Switch partnership

Singularity 6's Yu Sian Tan provides insight into how the studio reached this goal, and the biggest lessons it learned from Palia's launch

March 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty passes 5m players | News-in-brief

Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo's historical fantasy title set during the fall of the Han Dynasty launched on March 3, 2023

March 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Virtuos acquires Beyond-FX

Los Angeles-based VFX studio has worked on titles including Mortal Kombat 1 and God of War

March 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Tencent reportedly takes over two ByteDance games teams

The companies have allegedly merged to form a new Shenzhen-based studio

March 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Embracer sells Saber Interactive for $247m

Selected assets to pass to Saber co-founder's new firm, Embracer to cease all operations in Russia

March 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Summer Game Fest 2024 date confirmed

The two-hour showcase will be held at the YouTube Theatre in Los Angeles this June

March 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Take This and Safe In Our World release new event safety guidelines

The mental health organisations have compiled a guide to help organisers keep gaming industry events safe

March 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Balancy raises $700,000 in funding round

The company aims to use funds to grow its services for small and mid-size studios

March 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Epic confirms Unreal Engine price change for non-game developers

The company clarified that its licensing model for game developers will not change

March 13, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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From California to the Philippines with friendly goblins: The story of Orc Chop Games

Vince McDonnell shares the creative process behind Orc Chop Games's debut title, and the realities of making games in the Philippines

March 12, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Former Loaded director launches Beck Interactive Partners

Company aims to pair developers and influencers to support games in early development

March 11, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Viewfinder wins Game of the Year at the UKIE Video Game Awards 2024

There were also five inductees into the UK Games Industry Hall of Fame, including Peter Molyneux and Ian Livingstone

March 8, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Brain Jar Games secures $6.7m in seed funding round

Funds will go towards its debut game Dead as Disco, set for release in 2025

March 8, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"

Tina Merry and Carina Kom tell us the new studio will create "polished, deep, and ad-free" mobile experiences

March 7, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Balatro sells 500,000 copies in ten days | News-in-brief

LocalThunk's deck-building roguelike launched on February 20, 2024

March 7, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Spearhead Games lays off majority of staff

Development on RPG sandbox Unforetold: Witchstone will end indefinitely as of March 8

March 6, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Nine Dots branches out into publishing

CEO Guillaume Boucher-Vidal believes this is the "natural next step" in the studio's business model

March 5, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Temtem to drop microtransactions in June

Developer acknowledges the game's monetisation system "was deemed out of place" by players

March 5, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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NetEase revenue rises 7.2% to $14.6bn in 2023

Publisher's games segment saw a 9.4% increase due to success of mobile titles

March 5, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Nintendo eShop delisting of Octopath Traveler is temporary

Publisher says the 2018 Square Enix title will be "available to purchase again soon"

March 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Yuzu emulator developer responds to Nintendo lawsuit

Tropic Haze has retained the services of a lawyer, has yet to release official statement

March 4, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Brazilian games industry grew by 3.2% in 2023

Revenue generated by the industry reached $251.6 million

March 1, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Radical Forge lays off "handful" of staff

Update: Six reportedly affected after developer cites "minor restructuring" as reason for layoffs

March 1, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Sega hires ex-Disney exec as head of global transmedia

Justin Scarpone will oversee growth of Sega's IPs including Persona and Like a Dragon

Feb. 29, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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EA shuts down Ridgeline Games

New single-player Battlefield campaign set to continue, with "some" Ridgeline employees reportedly joining Ripple Effect

Feb. 29, 2024 Sophie McEvoy