GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Unity has unveiled its planned changes to the controversial Runtime Fee policy that would charge developers fees on a per-install basis. Unity Create president Marc Whitten detailed the changes in a blog post , starting with the removal of the Runtime Fee for any games built on a Unity Personal license. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Apple has disputed Epic Games' claims that it is violating the court order from the 2021 antitrust trial between the two companies, and has called on a federal judge to reject the Fortnite firm's request to hold Apple in contempt of court. Read more

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 14, 2024

Remember, no game launches in a vacuum. The developers working on the game need to pay rent and buy food. Those costs don't go away when the game's launch is delayed - they will still accumulate. In such a situation, a delay is impossible - the company will die without money from the game sales.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 4, 2024

million) by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for allegedly omitting to inform customers about probability changes to in-game items in MapleStory. As The Korea Economic Daily reported, this is the highest amount imposed for a company violating the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce in South Korea. million ($8.9

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 5, 2023

Making changes to your store page. Steam Data Suite dove into Steam store pages to find out how much publishers change them and if that relates to being successful on the platform. The shocking numbers Looking at store pages for games released after 2020 found that many assets have never changed. as many discounts 2.5x

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 26, 2024

It was another brutal week in the industry right from the start, with Riot Games laying off about 530 people on Monday while reciting a lot of the familiar lines we've been hearing for the past year. Check every Friday for a new entry. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Twitch has announced several changes to the way it pays streamers, suggesting that three times as many people who broadcast via its site will gain access to higher revenue shares. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The past 12 months have been the bleakest I've seen in video games. It's a perfect storm of issues that has led to this 'great correction', where companies are taking significant measures to change or cut what they're making and what they're spending their money on. We've discussed at lengths the reasons for the situation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2024

The story behind SciPlay's evolution in the realm of social casino gaming is guided by a commitment to player-centric experiences and a pioneering spirit. It's not chasing the next new game. According to Josh, this move enhances their ability to adapt to changing player preferences and market dynamics swiftly.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Unity has promised to change its proposed new policy of charging developers a fee every time their game is installed – although it has yet to release the details of these changes. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Activision Blizzard is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft after two years of regulatory investigations and in the face of protests from various corners of the games industry. With the 'will they/won't they' part of this saga finally over, the pressing question is: What happens next? "At Serkan Toto tells GamesIndustry.biz. "In

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Xsolla has announced a change in its leadership structure, with former president and interim CEO Chris Hewish becoming chief strategy officer. In December, David Stelzer was appointed president after working for Epic Games for eight years as a senior director. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Top image: Jonas Åkerlund for 30 years Dice The Swedish games industry is booming according to the 2023 Industry Report by Dataspelbranschen , Sweden’s trade association for video game companies. In 2022 Swedish game companies increased revenue by 13% to €3.1 billion, a new record.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

The gaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery has been historically focused on AAA console games, but the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette wants to change that. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 13, 2023

The use of AI in game development has the potential to revolutionize the way games are designed and created. As the designer changes elements of the character (let’s say changing a small young woman into a large werewolf), the rig and assets automatically adapt to the new shape of the character.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Beyond its new policy allowing game streaming apps worldwide , Apple today announced new changes it is making to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act , most notably that it will allow alternative app payments and app stores. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supercell CEO’s annual blog post is a personal, inspirational, and sincere communication method from the top brass of a major mobile games company. Similar messages from a CEOs of a public company would immediately get dissected by stock market analysts, determining what’s PR fluff and what’s the actual beef. compared to 2022).

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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 Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

For quite a while the gaming market was considered by some to be an evergreen industry that thrives regardless of the worldwide economic situation. In 2020, not the best time for many sectors, the revenues of video game companies increased by 23.1% (Newzoo). However, everything changed when 2022 hit the world.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox More details have emerged surrounding the UK government's plans to transform the current Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) initiative that allows games companies to claim back some of their expenditure. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Never really comfortable in the education system, she dropped out of college twice before embarking on her debut game, Spilled! Her upcoming game, Spilled! , Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me.” Making games is the perfect creative outlet for me. Making games is the perfect creative outlet for me.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This is a problem that has bedeviled online games and communities pretty much since there were online games and communities, so let's see how Discord plans to solve the problem. Check every Friday for a new entry. Discord this week rolled out a new approach to tackling toxicity on its platform. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Because, let’s be honest, creating games is hard. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights. It took solo game developer Graham Reid great effort to finish his game. It took solo game developer Graham Reid great effort to finish his game. “I

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 15, 2024

In Guntouchables by Danish indie developer Game Swing , enemies randomly power up from the upgrades that a team of four players can’t lift out of the levels. This leads to some unexpected and quite frankly, explosive situations as the game progresses. Game Swing was founded in 2013 by five Danish game design students.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 13, 2023

John Riccitiello's retirement from the company – effective immediately, no less – is indeed a vanishingly rare thing in the games business, where blame for failure and poor judgement all too often trickles down the org chart and leaves top management unscathed. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The group had managed, eventually, to persuade their parent company to let them make a football game. In the end, the project was greenlit, with a small team in Canada tasked with making the game. But from there, the series went about transforming the world of sports video games (not to mention music in games, too).

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 25, 2024

Kiragu’s journey has led him to a thriving career in game development. As the founder of Kenyan-based studio, Mekan Games, he has propelled his team to success with titles like Knock Out 2017 and The President , which garnered widespread acclaim. Even though he later got a PS2, he cherishes the simplicity of those early games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Maximum Games has relaunched itself as Maximum Entertainment. It's not just a rebrand, with parent company Zordix making a series of changes that brings its various publishing and development companies together. The aim is that 30% of Maximum’s revenue will come from its own IP by 2025. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. There was a bunch of things she wanted in the game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 24, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox On paper, a company announcing – in effect – that they're upgrading the modding tools for their online game should not be an industry-shaking event.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

I was enjoying this game to the fullest while playing with my friends. After a while, Lethal Company started crashing on my device. Interesting Fact Did you know that crashes in games like Lethal Company can sometimes be unintentionally beneficial? Why is Lethal Company crashing?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ubisoft slashed its forecast for the current fiscal year today and announced a handful of other moves signalling a change in strategy for the company. Read more.

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Game Errors

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Unfortunately, after a few days of playing, I suddenly noticed that Lethal Company won’t launch on my device anymore, and one of my friends experienced the same problem. Thus, I started looking for ways to fix the game efficiently so that I wouldn’t run into this problem again. Why Lethal Company won’t launch?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the report Untangling the carbon complexities of the video gaming industry , Playing for the Planet Alliance gives a clear indication on what the industry can do to tackle the climate crisis and cut carbon emissions. In 2023, P4P has targeted decarbonisation of the gaming industry as a core focus area.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The massive companies will figure out how to do business or they'll die and be supplanted by other massive companies. As long as most players buy new games at launch, things will likely continue as they currently are. If/when that changes, the companies change with them.

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Game Errors

DECEMBER 21, 2023

If you are experiencing any audio issues while playing Lethal Company, such as missing sounds and voice-related complications, know that I and many other gamers had the same problems. Also, I found them after hours of going through various posts on different gaming forums, and I decided to share only the most efficient ones.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

Absolutely Games recently released Classified: France ’44 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features.

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