GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 23, 2024

Companies set to attend the show include the likes of Amazon, Atari, Netflix and Square Enix. IGN Live will be at the Magic Box @ The Reef in Downtown LA between June 7th and 9th. The event will feature hands-on with games, plus multiple stages featuring interviews, panels, live podcasts and more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In an announcement posted across both titles' Steam pages on Thursday, the company attributed the removal to changes from a business partner. Read more

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

In addition to showcasing its latest technology for cloud-based game development, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games highlighted several generative AI advancements and resources for developers, including the 2024 AWS Guide to Generative AI for Game Developers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 27, 2023

Saadeh-Jajeh's tenure as CFO will last just over a year, as she took the position amid a round of layoffs last July that also saw the previous CFO Mike Recupero leave the company. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 5, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Amazon has cut nearly 100 staffers within its gaming subsidiaries as part of its ongoing job cuts across the company. As reported by Bloomberg , those affected include employees at Prime Gaming, Game Growth, and its San Diego studio. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 15, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Amazon is taking a second stab at creating an MMO based on The Lord of the Rings, following the cancellation of a similar project two years ago.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Founded by four game enthusiasts in 2007, the Slovakia-based company specializes in creating mobile free-to-play community-based experiences, determining development priorities based on player feedback. Sometimes companies are reluctant to move to the cloud because it’s hard to compare costs directly.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 16, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Stop us if you've heard this one before: Amazon is making an MMO based on The Lord of the Rings. If that sounds familiar, it's because the company already announced this in 2019 , working in partnership with China-based developer Leyou Technologies.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Google is joining Microsoft and Amazon in instituting a wave of mass layoffs, as the company this morning said it would be cutting 12,000 jobs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Amazon is poised to lay off 9,000 employees throughout its company, and staffers at streaming service Twitch are among the affected.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Programming includes sessions led by Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers such as Riot Games, Epic Games, and Nintendo Systems. Learn about event-driven workflows using Amazon EventBridge. 3:00 PM–4:00 PM: GAM307: Breakout Session: Scaling a multiplayer game into the millions with Mortal Kombat 1 Sit down with Warner Bros.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 11, 2023

It made a mobile spin-off game based on Amazon's Mr Robot TV series, and was briefly tasked with making a Stranger Things game with Telltale (before the latter company closed ). The studio is known for its atmospheric, story-driven games, the most famous one being 2016's award-winning graphic adventure game Oxenfree. Read more

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Game Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Eurogamer has some interesting quotes today from the game’s creative lead Ziah Fogel, which suggest how much the company is looking ahead to emerging technologies and metaverse-like experiences. ” Meanwhile, Niantic has cut a deal with Amazon to include virtual shopping areas in the AR world. Peridot is its first outing.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Every aspect of the game’s development has been thoughtfully considered, from ensuring each card has a rich backstory to using a low carbon footprint blockchain and efficient cloud-based technologies like Amazon GameLift on Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, balancing a three-faction card game is quite difficult,” Devine shared.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By using scalable infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Vela can do more with less, freeing up time and resources to focus on creating a fantastic gaming experience for players. Using Amazon FSx for OpenZFS to Speed Up Build Times. Amazon FSx is one of the main components that make this pipeline work,” says Garcia.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

Hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Games, and Women in Games International (WIGI), the event includes a panel discussion with women executives from Embracer Group, Thoughtfish GmbH, Women in Games International (WIGI), and Amazon Game Studios. Learn more about how Scenario built their Gen AI solution with Amazon ECS.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

At AWS re:Invent , Riot Games’ Head of Global Infrastructure and Operations, Brent Rich, outlined how the company is in the final stages of its multi-year global datacenter decommissioning effort, which will be completed in early 2024. Riot plans to shut down its remaining data centers in Brazil and Turkey in the coming months.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 13, 2023

It also works with industry-standard tools like Mixamo, ARKit, and Amazon Polly. Didimo can adjust some aspects of the workflow, features, and process to meet specific companies’ needs. Popul8 is designed for use with 3D engines and so the generated character files are compatible with Unity, Unreal and proprietary engines.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The company creates titles such as fl0w, Flower, Journey, and Sky: Children of the Light within the studio’s ethos: nurturing positive human interactions, fostering empathy, and generating experiences of inclusivity and understanding between players. The eventual outcome was an in-game concert experience that broke two Guinness World Records.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

A role that she holds dear and that inspired her to establish her company Kucheza Gaming. So far she has facilitated the awards of esports athletes between the ages of 8 and 18 with rewards such as dedicated gaming laptops and Amazon vouchers. Bukola Akingbade is many things. She is a mother to three.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The advent of cloud computing has enabled several companies to reinvent themselves, either by increasing the value they offer to customers or by creating new businesses. On the other hand, some companies, such as Revolgy and Accelbyte , were born with a mission to support other game developers through their platforms.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Blinkmoon, a company that is all-in on Amazon Web Services (AWS), quickly discovered the solution: create a fully functional studio in the cloud. With help from the team at Arch, a workflow was devised to sync Unreal Engine project workspaces with Amazon S3 with the local NVMe solid state drive attached to the EC2 instance.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 2, 2019

on Amazon ). Godtear (Eternal Glade Starter Set, $49.99 + shipping on Amazon ). on Amazon ). on Amazon ). There are few companies that have as much raw material for interesting stories as Marvel. on Amazon ). on Amazon ). on Amazon ). Everdell ( $54.94 Terraforming Mars ( $45.00 Enough said.

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Concept Art World

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Art of Avatar: The Way of Water is produced in collaboration with James Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Twentieth Century Film. Pre-Order: Amazon. Featuring stunning concept art and intricate character, creature, and costume designs, uncover the details of Pandora in striking detail.

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Game Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

In its most recent quarterly financial statement, the company posted sales of $1.2 This shortfall is actually a significant improvement on the same period last year, when the company dropped almost $160 million., The company lost $313 million, a slight improvement on its 2021 losses of more than $380 million. million, or 27.9

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Similarly, Amazon Game Studio announced the termination of 180 jobs. Game companies remain mostly absent, despite New York’s growing prominence as a hub for investment and creativity in interactive entertainment. Its share price jumped +11 percent after it reported better-than-expected operating profits in its second-quarter earnings.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A lot of tech companies are laying off workers after investing big early in the pandemic and expecting things to remain that way. Business gonna business. If the revenues coming in can’t support the costs going out, they’re going to have to either raise revenues or cut costs. Cutting costs means cancelling projects and laying off workers.

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Filmustage

MAY 30, 2023

Overview of streaming platforms and the film industry Streaming platforms like Netflix , Amazon Prime , Disney+ , and Hulu have significantly reshaped the film industry. Please note that these numbers are reported estimates, as exact budget details are often kept confidential by the production companies and streaming platforms.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 14, 2024

Some popular Cloud gaming services include Google Stadia, Shadow Cloud Gaming Service, Xbox Game Pass, Nvidia GeForce Now, PlayStation Plus Premium, and Amazon Luna. As a game development company based out of India, our services cover Game Analytics support, backed by AI, ML, and Deep Learning.

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Logic Simplified

JUNE 20, 2023

for backend architecture PUN (Photon Unity networking) for networking Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2 for storage services Overview This 3D multiplayer serious game is an innovative training program that transforms players into skilled, work-ready professionals.

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Grumpy Gamer

JULY 22, 2020

Every time I order something from a on-line store not named Amazon I'm repeatably shocked at how bad it is. I eventually canceled both incorrect orders and just bought the same laptop from Amazon for the same price and it took 2 days to arrive, not the 9-15 days directly from Del. There is a reason Amazon is eating everyones lunch.

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AWS Games

JUNE 15, 2023

Epic Games (Epic) is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of Unreal Engine (UE), one of the most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tools that powers some of the world’s leading games including Fortnite, and is also utilized by creators across industries to deliver cutting-edge experiences.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Step 3: Order Bubble Wrap and Shipping Labels on Amazon. Anything you can’t find on ULINE, you can almost always find on Amazon. A couple of things I found myself buying on Amazon for fulfillment were bubble wrap and handy-dandy adhesive Avery brand shipping labels. Find names. A good chunk of them may not even respond.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile. While the platforms’ value offering has significantly decreased game companies who account for 70% of app store revenues continue to pay the same percentage. A big win for companies like Xsolla. These companies aren't dead. Exit mobile. Discovery is dead.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Today at AWS re:Invent 2021, AWS announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 G5g instances—bringing the first NVIDIA GPU-accelerated Arm-based instance. Today at AWS re:Invent 2021, AWS announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 G5g instances—bringing the first NVIDIA GPU-accelerated Arm-based instance to the AWS cloud.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Emerging Best Free Game Development Software Now, let’s dive into the free tools the best Game App Development Companies use to make their games. Most mobile game development companies use this tool to make their work effortless. Let’s jump in!

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Verdict: CORRECT (1 Point) #2 Publishers Push to Off-Platform Payments Webshops, enabled by companies like Xsolla , have had a breakthrough year. Which will result in a big win for companies like Xsolla. Disney, Roku, Amazon, HBO, Paramount, Hulu, and a heap of other Free advertising-supported television providers.

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