GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

Valve will be attending the GI Investment Summit at PAX in Seattle this month to discuss Steam Visibility. He joins big name speakers at the event including Shawn Layden, the former head of PlayStation's studios and current advisor to companies such as Tencent. And Xbox's general manager of game creator partnerships Jen MacLean.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 17, 2023

If you say the name Portal to most people in the games industry, what will jump to mind is Valve's classic first-person puzzle series. But for some of the leading developers and publishers in Sweden, they might think of the UK-based marketing creative agency led by Josh Heaton. Heaton is a familiar face to the team here at GamesIndustry.biz.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Epic Games Store is taking another approach to combating Steam, as Epic today announced a new opt-in First Run Program that will trade the company's share of revenues for the first six months of release in exchange for exclusivity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 16, 2023

Asset repositories from Valve games have been leaked online. According to PC Gamer , this is the biggest asset leak in the company's history, impacting titles such as Half Life 2 (including files related to its multiplayer), Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Counter Strike: Source, among others.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. We do have some rules that were inspired by a friend that works at Valve. ” He adds that the company’s remote working set-up proved beneficial during the pandemic. “It

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Wolffire Blog

MAY 6, 2021

Dear gamers and game developers, I would like to explain why Wolfire Games is seeking to represent game developers in a class action suit against Valve Corporation. I felt that I had no choice, because I believe gamers and game developers are being harmed by Valve's conduct. I intended to write a blog post about the results.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 28, 2023

Several studios will do contract work for other companies to pay the bills and fund the development of their own projects. Valve has Steam, CDPR has GOG, Epic has the EGS and Unreal Engine, and so on. Have an alternate source of revenue.

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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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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . But before we get there, here are some pointers to assist you to choose the best outsourcing companies with a great team of talented artists.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 31, 2023

Companies like Blizzard and Valve have been trying to make it happen for years and to some extent have already succeeded with products like the Wow Tokens or the Steam Workshop. As leaders, we tend to believe that we are responsible for everything that happens around us: company outcomes, actions, and behavior of others.

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OPM Jobs

APRIL 13, 2023

Teams typically represent a studio/company. Game Republic: Game Talent 26th | York, UK Game Talent focuses on helping companies attract and retain talent within their teams. 2022 saw attendees from 613 companies spread out over 42 countries. This event makes a nice change of pace from the busier B2B heavy conferences.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

This approach echoes strategies employed by gaming giants such as Valve, known for their emphasis on performance, even at the expense of graphics, in games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). According to Max, “Some other game company did release a game that people didn’t want that way, and our game blew up.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

in 2019, and now has multiple conformant implementations by major XR players (Oculus, Microsoft, Valve, and more!). We’re thankful to all users and companies in the Godot community who take part in making this game engine, be it with code, documentation, user support, bug reports, or funding.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2020

Based on this initial success, in June/ July ’19 there was literally an explosion of new Auto Chess game releases: “ Dota Underlords ” from Valve, “ Teamfight Tactics ” from Riot, “ Auto Chess: Origin ” from Drodo (standalone version of the original game), and “ Chess Rush ”from Tencent. Long-term retention may also be a problem.

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Real Programming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

It’s not unheard of for software giants like Microsoft, Valve, and Epic to hire successful mod developers for full-time employment. ML is a subset of AI that allows video streaming platforms like Netflix, food delivery apps like Uber, and car companies like Tesla, to make more intelligent predictions through data analysis. #3

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Apex was one of the largest games in the company’s steeply declining mobile portfolio. The franchises of both companies have had a steep fall along with the quick exodus of leaders. The company was in no position to cancel it based on this. read: EA’s acquisition of Glu does not seem to be going according to plan.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2022

That said, Valve has been almost completely absent from mobile game headlines. Valve's status as a private company means that they’re less pressured to explore the hot trends of the stock market. Each of these bets requires separate analysis: #1 Valve is one of the leaders in VR gaming. At least, not yet.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2020

Let’s first compare current market valuation relative to 2019 revenue and EBITDA data (because that’s all we have) and notice that in comparison to public game companies, on an EBITDA multiple basis, Epic Games definitely seems fairly valued. Hence, a material decline in Fortnite could potentially wipe out much of the value in the company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

What are the biggest challenges and mistakes made by early stage companies when first attempting to scale? Why not ask some of the people who were there as founders, investors, and key executives at those very companies? We'll also talk about kind of this difference between creative versus data driven companies.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 4, 2023

Community: Larian Studios, the company behind this epic game, has a strong presence on social media and many community platforms. The Impact on the Gaming Industry: BG3 has already been one of the biggest releases on Valve’s Steam platform, having over half a million peak player count, which has dazed the industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

Companies like Blizzard and Valve have been trying to make it happen for years and to some extent have already succeeded with products like the Wow Tokens or the Steam Workshop. The definition and feasibility of “true ownership” as a concept in web3 is vastly misunderstood and played fast and loose with for fun and profit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Though the publisher in China was a Tencent portfolio company, which means that no Renminbi went past the parent company. But perhaps the most worrying thing is that this is now the 5th year in a row that Supercell’s revenues declined, and no matter how much we respect and look up to the company you can’t just brush it off.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I recalled another architect-turned-developer Roger Lundeen who transitioned into the world of gaming during the early days of Valve and Half-Life. That is not a thing they [companies] want. Interestingly, Eric’s journey from architectural designs to game development isn’t an isolated case. Remote working?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you represent a company and want to let our vast community know that you support our cause, then please consider becoming our sponsor. 2019 was the big year for Godot's VR support, with both Oculus and Valve reaching out to us to support our effort with hardware and technical contacts. It is now possible to disable editor features.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

Many studios (including household names like Valve, Riot, Blizzard, and Ubisoft) rushed to release their own autochess games in record time. This makes it an obvious target for Supercell , a company whose trademark is to build deep games for the masses , and which already has experience in competitive autobattlers thanks to Clash Royale.

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