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New Colorado tax credit includes boon for game developers

Game Developer

Developers making games in Colorado can now apply for a 20 percent tax credit.

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Steam refund policy updated to include pre-release playtime

GamesIndustry.biz

Steam has changed its refund policy, with pre-release playtime now factored in when considering eligibility for a refund. Now, if they get access to the title prior to its launch, any time played during that period will count towards the two-hour limit. Read more

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Apple rule change allows EU developers to distribute iOS apps via web

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple has made further changes to its business terms in the European Union, now allowing developers to distribute their iOS apps via their own websites in addition to the App Store.

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Apple now allows direct payment links but charges 27% commission

GamesIndustry.biz

According to the revised guidelines , developers must now apply for an 'entitlement' (detailed below), and must still include the option to purchase through Apple's own billing system. Direct payment links are to be offered as an alternative, not a replacement.

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Apple clears the way for Game Pass streaming on iOS

GamesIndustry.biz

The company first started prohibiting such apps in 2020 , blocking Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass streaming app (then called ProjectXCloud) and Google's Stadia from the App Store, explaining the move as necessary because Apple could not apply its review process to every game included in such offerings.

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Industry registration now open for E3 2023

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Registration is now open for industry members who wish to attend when the long-running games event returns to Los Angeles in June.

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GDC talk: Revisiting Fun

Raph Koster

M y GDC 2024 talk Revisiting Fun: 20 Years of a Theory of Fun is now posted here. Once again, I had a lot of fun drawing cartoon heads of lots of people who feature in the talk. The talk really is a direct sequel to the one from a decade ago, Ten Years Later.

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