GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 26, 2024

Thunderful Group is divesting one of its distribution businesses, Nordic Game Supply, selling the company to a firm run by its current acting CEO. That evaluation has resulted in the sale to Handelsselskabet, a company owned by Nordic Game Supply's acting CEO Henrik Mathiasen. million (compared to a profit of $11.8 Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 17, 2024

Both companies compete in the third-party headset and controller categories, yet where Turtle Beach is leading the market in headsets, PDP is best known for a range of licensed controllers (including character-based ones for Nintendo Switch). That includes $79.9 million in cash and the remainder in shares.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has clarified Game Pass will not be coming to PlayStation or Nintendo Switch. This was in response to a comment recently made by Xbox CFO Tim Stuart, who said the company's mission is to bring "its subscription services to every screen that can play games" including PlayStation and Nintendo, as reported by GameSpot.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 23, 2023

Nintendo Direct broadcasts have become something of a fixture of the industry. This week's Nintendo Direct was no exception , giving us clarity on a lot of the release schedule for Switch in the coming year or so. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 6, 2023

The UK games market in May was driven by the launch of one particularly big Nintendo Switch game. 1 game in May (GSD data), and that's without Nintendo sharing digital data with the GSD charts (Nintendo is the only major company that currently withholds these figures).

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

The event did not take place in 2022, but the ESA announced it had partnered with ReedPop ( GamesIndustry.biz 's parent company) to work on a new version of the show for 2023. However, major companies such as Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would not support the event. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Major companies including TikTok and Nintendo will be meeting games developers at the GI Investment Summit next week. The event takes place on Thursday, October 12th. It's sponsored by TinyBuild and tickets are on sale now for as low as £45 (+ booking fee and VAT).

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Nintendo is returning to live-action films with a new movie based on The Legend of Zelda, the company announced today. Nintendo is co-financing the production with Sony Pictures, but the Mario maker will be putting up more than half of the money for it. Sony Pictures will distribute the final product worldwide. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It's been a little while since we saw a glimpse of the Bad Old Sony – the company that priced the PS3 at $200 above its closest competitor and retorted to criticism by saying that consumers would get a second job to be able to afford the console. Remember those guys?

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As spotted by GameRant , a Nintendo patent application published last week details a new handheld reminiscent of the company's DS and 3DS systems, but with a third screen and the ability to physically separate the unit into two devices.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 3, 2023

Nintendo has released its financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2023, therefore including the release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Unsurprisingly, the Japanese company has had a very successful quarter, but hasn't revised its forecast upwards for the full year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 8, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Nintendo has announced that Nintendo Live 2023 will run from Friday, September 1, to Monday, September 4. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This week, in the latest round of noise around Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the company announced it was committing to releasing Call of Duty on Nintendo consoles for ten years. However, the UK regulator argued that Nintendo’s family-friendly focus meant they weren’t directly comparable).

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Microsoft and Nintendo have signed a binding legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to the latter's platforms for ten years – if the former's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Mobile devs go PC Speaking of mobile gaming, more game companies focus on evolving existing games instead of launching new games. For this purpose, leading mobile game companies have established new studios dedicated to developing for other platforms. Games companies will employ risk reduction strategies like avoiding new IPs.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Chris Dring and James Batchelor discuss the biggest stories of the past week, starting with the mixed messages over whether Xbox Game Pass is heading to Nintendo and PlayStation consoles.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 15, 2023

Xbox Series S and X has surpassed two million sales in the UK, chart company GfK has revealed. It is one place ahead of Nintendo Switch, which reached two million sales in 140 weeks. The console achieved the feat in 128 weeks and has generated £696 million. It is the eighth fastest home console to reach this number, GfK says.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

GameFromScratch.com W4 Games Release Godot W4 Console Pricing W4 Games, the Godot focused development company which just received an additional $15M in funding, just announced pricing for W4 Console.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 14, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox At a glance Nintendo has said it is "not affiliated" with any companies importing its products into Russia following its ban on sales to that market last year. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2023

Mario has lost his voice, as Nintendo of America announces that Charles Martinet will no longer record character voices for its games. With this transition, he will be stepping back from recording character voices for our games, but he'll continue to travel the world sharing the joy of Mario and interacting with you all," the company wrote.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nintendo is putting the brakes on Mario Kart Tour, as the company announced the game will receive its final new content next month. Note: No new courses, drivers, karts, or gliders will be added following the Battle Tour starting 10/04/2023 (Wed)," the company said in an in-game update to Mario Kart Tour's news section.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 12, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox This is an unusual moment in Nintendo's storied history.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 4, 2023

In an appearance on the Kinda Funny Xcast published today on YouTube , Spencer laid out the reason for the company's pursuit of subscription services like Game Pass and cloud gaming technology. We're not in the business of out-consoling Sony or out-consoling Nintendo," Spencer said. There isn't really a great solution or win for us.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 31, 2023

In some quarters of the industry, it's become popular to say that big game companies no longer need large events to showcase their titles.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sony remains opposed to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, despite the two companies meeting in Brussels today. It follows a similar deal the firm has signed with Nintendo. But Microsoft has reached a deal with Nvidia, which will see Xbox games released on Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud service.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

You may know them from the remakes of Galaga and Cut the Rope, or the Nintendo-published physics-based office simulator Good Job. “We She represents two game publishing companies, casual f2p games specialist Tamalaki and Web3 games publisher FGL. “We Utomik Another well known Dutch game tech company is i3D.net.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 14, 2023

Switch digital sales are typically much lower than the other platforms, so it's unknown if the game outsold Hogwarts overall (Nintendo doesn't share digital data with the charts companies). This is just boxed sales, and Hogwarts, which was released on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S and X in February, did have a very strong digital launch.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 29, 2023

Ubisoft Europe exec Rob Cooper is leaving the company after more than 23 years. Cooper is managing director of Northern Europe, Middle East and export territories for the company, and a long-serving veteran in the UK games scene. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Nintendo has announced plans to raise its employees' pay by 10% despite its lowered financial forecast. According to Reuters , this is in line with recommendations from the Japanese government, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida advising companies to increase wages alongside inflation.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Climate Action Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, publicly disclose their annual carbon emissions, marking an initial step toward comprehensive climate action. Nintendo emphasizes the environment in its corporate social responsibility priorities but lacks a science-based target.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nintendo, a household name in the gaming world, has a long-standing tradition of delivering high-quality, immersive gaming experiences to its fans. Nintendo depends on quality assurance to ensure their games are bug-free, polished, and ready to excite gamers globally. But what does Nintendo game testing entail?

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 27, 2023

Generally, the direct investors have the highest say in what the company does. An investor can be a person like you or me that owns shares in some company, or it can be a company that owns shares in some other company. If the investor is a company, it has its own set of investors that make decisions for it.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Following good values and trends are essential for any mobile game development company. Hashbyte Studio is a leading mobile game development company that focuses on providing high-quality games to our audience. Hashbyte Studio For Passion and Transparency Hashbyte Studio is a prominent mobile game development company.

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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. Her favourite game then was 2D side-scrolling space shooter Gradius, which she enjoyed playing on the Nintendo. And they were talking about how much the board earned for the building and the company that owned it. She is a mother to three.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? If you’re looking for an Unreal Game Development Company, there are some key factors to consider in order to make an informed choice. Company’s Portfolio A strong game development portfolio showcases the company’s expertise across various kinds of projects.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A culture of paranoia surrounds game companies, who guard their secrets with a care bordering on fanaticism. Of course, companies like Microsoft – which is this week in the agonizing throes of a self-inflicted leak – have good reason to be secretive.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

So… for a moment, let’s put aside the fact that the purpose of a publicly traded company like most AAA game publishers (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Take Two, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, etc.) is to earn money for its shareholders.

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