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GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 5, 2024
His comments came as part of a conversation looking at our interview with Ascendent Studios' Bret Robbins , who observed that the company's debut title Immortals of Aveum may have launched at the wrong time due to its proximity to Baldur's Gate 3, which became a smash hit last August.
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 5, 2023
In the past couple of weeks alone, companies including Ascendant Studios , Beamdog , Crystal Dynamics , Roblox , Blizzard , Epic Games , Team17 , Naughty Dog , Twitch and Keywords have all dismissed varying numbers of staff, ranging from 10 Hearthstone developers to more than 800 Epic employees.
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Ask a Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
If the game fails to hit expectations, the real question is "by how much?" - a small shortfall is surmountable, but a large shortfall basically spells doom for a lot of studios. The worse the numbers are, the faster the company moves to secure its survival - mass layoffs can come just days or weeks after the game's launch.
Deconstructor of Fun
APRIL 29, 2024
Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. Hopefully, this article will deliver a medley of soup-starters that your own studio can spin until it hits the jackpot.
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.
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 12, 2020
Supercell in Decline Earlier this month, Ilkka Paananen, Supercell’s CEO talked about key learnings from his company on their 10 year anniversary: 10 Learnings from 10 Years. Some common refrains: “If Supercell were a public company, their performance would be unacceptable” “They should try to be more like Zynga.”
Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
12 years ago, while working for the Chief Creative Director at Electronic Arts, I was part of an effort to evangelize microtransactions, in-game purchases, DLC, and other forms of incremental revenue across the EA game studios. Just check the podcast ☝️ or the YouTube video.
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