GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Tencent, Apple, Nintendo, and Ubisoft reduced their carbon emissions from 2021 to 2022, while companies including Sega, NetEase, and Unity saw increases year-on-year. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 8, 2024

On the eve of the European Union’s new rules forcing Apple to open up the iOS software ecosystem coming into force, the company announced that Epic’s developer account was being shut down , as it had proven itself to be untrustworthy in the past and thus allowing it to run a third-party app store would be an unacceptable risk.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The European Game Developer Federation(EGDF) says that it's discouraged by Apple's changes to iOS. However, it includes a 17% commission fee on all transactions for companies that use it, which also consists of a charge of €0.50

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Supreme Court has refused Epic Games' attempt to have Apple's App Store rules changed immediately, according to a Reuters report. It's the latest escalation of the 2021 court case between the two companies. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 19, 2023

PlayStation has lost its head of mobile, as MobileGamer.biz has reported that Nicola Sebastiani has left the company to "pursue a new, undisclosed opportunity." Prior to that, he had spent seven years at Apple where he was head of content for Apple Arcade.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple has announced its App Store winners , honoured the best games and apps available for its various platforms.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Apple today has announced new rules that will allow game streaming apps onto iOS devices.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Xbox president Sarah Bond has spoken out against Apple's changes to iOS, saying the new policy designed to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act is a "step in the wrong direction." for each install per year after the first million.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple has taken issue with the remedies proposed by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority to open up iOS to more cloud gaming services.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the recent podcast, Mishka has a chat with the CEO of SciPlay, Josh Wilson , tackling the intriguing question of how the company achieved substantial growth in the social casino market amidst an industry decline and post privacy changes. We're more of a CRM company than we are a mobile video game company.

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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. What we love most about Apple and Google is that they know your credit card number.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

We worked for years to get featured by Apple. But then Apple started reaching out and ask for promotional artwork. By the way, it amazes me that Apple doesn’t even notify developers when they feature their games on App Store. Sell their game to a safe harbor, such as Apple Arcade, Netflix, or similar. Exit mobile.

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Game Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

When Apple announced the $3,500 price tag for its augmented reality Vision Pro headset yesterday, attendants at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference let out a collective groan. The company’s goal is to create a high-end product that will be taken up by early adopters, whose usage patterns will teach many lessons.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

” “Companies like KAYAC, where development and publishing teams are integrated, are less exposed to this competitive situation. We think that recently active companies like HABBY, Supercent, and LoadComplete are also in such a position. ” Is there a future for Hypercasual as a genre, and what does it look like?

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Impact of Game Engines Our gaming solutions company uses the most popular and powerful game development engines like Unity , Unreal Engine , Godot, Phaser, Construct, Cocos Creator, Babylon JS, and many others, based on the game idea and the requirements of the game development process. Read more on how we do that.

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Game Dev Unchained

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Additionally, the Epic versus Apple showdown unfolded after a year long battle. Conclusively, Apple indirectly got pressured into lowering its percentage take from vendors from 30% to 15%. Lastly, how big tech companies are taking the lead for the game industry and we determine if whether its a good thing or not.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 25, 2024

years, there’s been a significant shift in global ad functionality due to Apple’s restrictions on user data. I see a situation where the company is big enough to run on its own.” Kiragu sees acquisition by a larger company as a viable exit strategy. In the last 1.5

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Moonmana

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Unity has long been a company operating at a loss, allocating more resources to marketing and promoting its engine than to the engine itself. The new features didn’t rescue the situation with the company stagnation. The financial situation has significantly worsened not only in Unity but also in many global companies.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. Apple, Google, Netflix, Nintendo, Playstation, GamePass, EA Play? Zero interest rates meant companies didn't need to turn a profit. It's a hard thing to write about.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Like many companies, Meta isn’t throwing the “metaverse” word around with quite the same enthusiasm as a few years back, but the company’s recent Connect presentation shows that it’s still very much in the game. He repeatedly referred back to connecting human activity to online social and play spaces.

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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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Grumpy Gamer

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I have largely given up on Apple. Apple has a massive disrespect for its customers. Filled with scams and crap but Apple chooses to come after legit devs for. My $160 Apple Airpods stopped connecting to my Mac. Apple products "just work" so there is no need for an error message. Because Apple products "just work".

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

While it’s fun and entertaining to follow Epic’s crusade on Apple, I think it’s equally important to discuss how these court battles impact tens of thousands of game developers around the World. What has happened The legal case between Epic Games and Apple is arguably one of gaming’s biggest storylines from the last few years.

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Gamesbrief

AUGUST 22, 2022

As an aside, and looking at 2020, we see that the 4 main platforms of Apple, Google, Sony and Microsoft represent 57% of Activision’s revenue. We know that Nintendo is less than 10% otherwise Activision Blizzard would have to declare it, so consoles (not including PC) are around 1/3 of the company’s revenue.

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Game Daily

JUNE 2, 2023

Separately, the company opened up about its expectations for the VR / metaverse market and its hopes that the casual sector holds the key to widespread adoption. Sleeker and futuristic The company’s Quest 3 headset is coming this fall, with a price tag of $500. All this despite massive investment.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Announcing the deal in a blog post , GameMaker head Russell Kay referenced rival engine Unity’s recent turbulent experience with price changes, that enraged developers and led to the departure of company chief John Riccitiello. “Our success is measured by the number of people making games!”

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Game Refinery

MAY 31, 2023

When Apple introduced its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy in April 2021, it forced companies to seek permission from app users before tracking their data and activity across other apps and websites for advertising purposes. Top-100 grossing games were 89% more likely to include additional prompts than games among ranks 101-200.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 25, 2020

Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday… - the Beatles Through changes announced at WWDC, Apple has flipped the table and reset the mobile advertising landscape. And while Apple has created the SKAdNetwork its current implementation leaves a lot to be desired.

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Game Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

Off the back of a $2 million seed fund, the company launched a series of successful collectible RPGs for mobile, including MiniMonsters, Cat Game, and Dog Game. “In Web2, you need to spend advertising money with Google or Apple to acquire users. Mino was founded back in 2011. But it’s also something that has literal value.

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Filmustage

MAY 30, 2023

The Morning Show" (2019) - An Apple TV+ series, it reportedly cost $15 million per episode, totaling a whopping $150 million for the first season itself. 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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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? Summarizing: a professional well experienced with PC, with first-hand experience leading a team/company. The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. Subscribe here!

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Game Designing

JUNE 14, 2022

Operating one of the largest games in the world (as far as popularity and number of accounts are concerned) in Fortnite, this company records over 350 million accounts and an impressive total of 2.5 Epic Games Company Overview. The company was established in 1991 and founded by Tim Sweeney, its current CEO. billion, with $4.3

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Game Daily

JUNE 26, 2023

Company co-founder Yat Siu delivered a keynote conversation at the recent Proof of Talk conference in Paris, in which he shared his big picture vision of Web3, and how he believes the market will play out internationally. It’s dependent on Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google. They are “much more progressive than the U.S”

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Game Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

To date, the company has released 20 games that have reached the #1 or #2 spots in the U.S. Apple App Store. In 2022, 15 titles in the company’s portfolio have made it into the top ten most downloaded charts, including Fill The Fridge! Testing and innovating is core to our company culture. Apple App Store.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Based on Linkedin, both acquired companies have shed lots of talent, which may explain at least part of the decline as not everything can be dumped on the worsening economic environment. In today's interview, Ethan sits down with Lightheart Co-Founder Miikka Ahonen about the founding of the company and the birth of Mr. Autofire.

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Gamesbrief

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are three major ways that we, as consumers, spend money on video games: We subscribe to services such as Gamepass, Apple Arcade or Netflix We buy “boxed product” games, for example: AAA titles in physical boxes or indie games on Steam We buy virtual currency or virtual items in free-to-play or service games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

This is partly the reason for the layoffs as the companies are rightsizing to the market of today. Please listen to the full conversation with Newzoo’s Lead Analayst Tom Wijman about the state of the PC and Console market on YouTube, Spotify , or Apple Podcast. The market numbers are also not inflation adjusted.

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