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75% of UK students in favour of esports education in schools
58% of those surveyed found esports to be more accessible as a career than law or engineering
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Xsolla: Mobile gaming market forecast to reach $98.7bn in 2024
Global game commerce firm predicts the market to grow to $118.9 billion by 2027
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Report: In-game spending by children decreases to €31
21% of surveyed caregivers say minors spend money on loot boxes
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Concord director reportedly steps down, Firewalk fears layoffs
Sources claim Ryan Ellis has moved to a support role within the studio
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60% of Brits don't consider careers in the creative sector as 'real jobs'
Nearly half of adults in the UK also said creative degrees "are taken less seriously than others"
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Report: NetEase to shut down Ouka Studios
Developer recently released the Square Enix published Visions of Mana
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Report: Bungie dismissed ex-Marathon reboot director Chris Barrett over misconduct
Women from studio claim he sent "a barrage of text messages that blurred the lines between professional and personal"
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Report: 81% of mobile developers working on new titles
Survey also found that the majority of developers are testing prototypes, only 9% of games are at the soft launch stage
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Niko Partners: East Asia games market generated $30.1bn in 2023
Research also found that 97 million players in Japan and Korea play on more than one platform
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Former Activision staff concerned about gen AI tools used in development, including Midjourney
Publisher reportedly trained 2D artists with AI post-layoffs, assured employees gen AI "would not replace them"
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Research identifies suspicious behaviour on Steam Marketplace that may suggest money laundering
The study found potential manipulation of the marketplace by certain traders in CS:GO
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Report: 82% of US gamers made an in-game purchase in freemium titles in 2023
Survey also found that 62% of adults aged over 18 engaged in gaming
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Mobile accounted for $90.4bn of global games revenue in 2023
Consumer spending experienced 2% decrease to $107 billion
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Report: Almost half of players use games as a form of self-expression
Fandom's 2024 Inside Gaming Report also found that 39% use gaming as a form of social connection
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The biggest Serbia games firms amassed €175m in revenue during 2023
73% of the companies surveyed said that they generated revenue outside the country
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ESA: 61% of Americans play games at least one hour a week
Report also says that more than half of adults aged over 18 play games regularly
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Less than half of devs say their employers "adequately enforce" harassment and anti-discrimination policies
IGDA developer survey also found that nearly 70% game makers felt there was not enough equal treatment and opportunity in the industry
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Brazilian games industry grew by 3.2% in 2023
Revenue generated by the industry reached $251.6 million
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Report: Firesprite devs describe rocky acquisition by PlayStation
Sources tell Eurogamer the deal led to toxic culture, crunch, staff turnover, claims of sexual discrimination and ageism
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Nexon's revenue grew by 20% in 2023
The publisher attributed its record-breaking revenue in part to the releases of Dave the Diver and The Finals
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Square Enix sales almost flat through first nine months of fiscal year
The publisher's HD Games segment saw a 15% revenue increase as it launched multiple titles during the period
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Report: 95% of studios are working on or aim to release a live service game
In the survey of 537 game studios, live ops development teams want faster content releases
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UKIE: Video game technology was worth £1.3 billion in 2021 for non-gaming industries
Top UK sectors that used gaming tech included information technology and energy extraction
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Report: 83% of mobile games fail in the three years after launch
SuperScale's research also finds 43% of games are dropped during development