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In-game audio ad firm Odeeo secures $5m investment
The funding comes as the company opens US office in New York
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Sony pulls Concord from sale with immediate effect
Servers will go dark on September 6 whilst the team "determines the best path ahead"
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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"
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Helldivers 2 support studio Toadman Interactive to shut offices in Sweden and Norway
Some positions at the developer's Berlin office are also at risk
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Capcom's Resident Evil mobile games now require an internet connection
Developer tells players this is "due to changes to the startup process"
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Co-creator of Wizardry, Andrew C. Greenberg, has died aged 67
Wizardry is cited as the inspiration of many seminal RPGs, including Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy
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Nintendo revises content creator guidelines to make it easier to object to "inappropriate" content
This includes "graphic, explicit, harmful, or otherwise offensive content," the company said
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Thunderful calls 2024 "a transitional year" as net revenue drops 14.5% YoY
Switch to a "pure-play company" has led to a "very eventful" first half-year
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Devcom Developer Conference 2024 is its biggest yet, attendance up 45% from 2023
Conference featured more than 350 speakers across 210+ sessions
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Ubisoft acknowledges Ubisoft+ issue on Xbox
The company says it is "investigating" and will share an update as soon as possible
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Nintendo to close down free-to-play mobile Animal Crossing Pocket Camp
A premium edition, however, is on the way
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Xbox reveals four new accessibility options for disabled players
The company has even redesigned its packaging with accessibility in mind, too
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UK Competitions and Market Authority is shutting down its Apple investigation
The organisation says it was closing it down "on the grounds of administrative priority"
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New Key Fact report says 75% of video game players in Europe are adults, and average age is 31
And the overall workforce in Europe is up by 6.7% to nearly 115,000
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Circana reports 10% uplift in US game spending but admits "this will continue to be a difficult year"
But a "significant rebound is expected in 2025"
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Xbox confirms Game Pass tiers Standard will wait "up to 12 months+" for first-party games
Up until now, it was not been clear how long Standard subscribers would have to wait
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Publisher Headup establishes new independent studio Goon Squad
Both Headup and Goon Squad remain fully owned parts of Microcuts Holding
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Virtuos acquires British indie game developer Third Kind Games
Virtuos says the acquisition will enhance its "AAA co-development capabilities"
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Space Ape shuts down its nine-year-old RTS Rival Kingdoms
"All games have a life cycle, and Rival Kingdoms is no exception," the developer said
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Tencent wins Gamescom's 2024 sustainability award
The award celebrates organisations that demonstrate public commitments to sustainable values
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Atsuko Tanaka – the Japanese voice of Chun-Li and Bayonetta – has died
Tanaka's extensive credits also include Nier Replicant's Kaine
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Gamescom scraps Best Nintendo Game Award due to "too few submissions"
This is the first time since 2011 there will be no Best Nintendo Switch award
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Epic Games' free game giveaways have been "magical" for user acquisition
But some of its exclusivity deals were "not good investments"
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Kwalee launches Arabic-language edition of Hitseeker
The UK publisher says it will support Arabic-speaking devs "with tools, resources, and expert support"