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Mighty Kingdom lays off 28% of staff

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The studio informed staff last week and posted a statement from CEO David Yin on social media this morning. Yin explained that the move had come as the company undergoes a "strategic rightsizing to streamline our operations" and restructure some roles. We have exhausted all possible avenues to avert these changes."

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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

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Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me.” Solo dev Mario Malagrino “The psychological pressure is the worst part of game development” David Stark has built a living from his debut game that he started 9 years ago. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet.

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Analysis • How startups can survive the coming storm

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Author David Kaye is co-founder and General Partner at F4 Fund. Given these incredible tailwinds, it’s not surprising that mobile game companies have delivered the vast majority of gaming venture returns in recent years. This article originally appeared on his Substack Game Stuff. The explosive growth of the smartphone.

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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer

Game Daily

The Avalon team is led by chief product officer Jeffrey Butler, one of the original producers for EverQuest and its first expansions, alongside Sean Pinnock, formerly CEO of virtual reality gaming company CyberDream, best known for Virtual Battlegrounds. Fluid importing According to the company, the game “is governed by its users.

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David Olamide’s joyous journey that led to an internship in his own company

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Just five months ago, David Olamide was a master juggler, skillfully handling three heavy balls in the air. In addition, balancing his fifth year as a Computer Engineering student and a pivotal role at Avalon, an American-based software company was no small feat. This connection led to a fruitful partnership with Xbox.

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Riot Games prepares to close its last data center as it completes global migration to AWS

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At AWS re:Invent , Riot Games’ Head of Global Infrastructure and Operations, Brent Rich, outlined how the company is in the final stages of its multi-year global datacenter decommissioning effort, which will be completed in early 2024. Now it’s ‘let’s talk to AWS’ and see what they can do for us.” League of Legends (LoL) had exploded.

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My week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and what I learned

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Together, we made our way to our hotel, only a short walk from the conference center. As we made our way to the meetup that night, a wave of anticipation and excitement washed over me. We made our way through sprawling booths and displays from companies like Epic Games, Sony, Microsoft, and Unity (to name only a few!).