Commentary: Does every voice still matter at Blizzard Entertainment?
Game Developer
MARCH 6, 2023
What good are "company values" if they're thrown away in pursuit of profits?
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Game Developer
MARCH 6, 2023
What good are "company values" if they're thrown away in pursuit of profits?
Code with Mike
JANUARY 23, 2023
New start, new goals, and of course a lot of great entertainment coming your way. In this article, […] The post 2023 – An Online Entertainment Year Awaits appeared first on CodeWithMike. There are so many things to look forward to in this new year.
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Maximum Games has relaunched itself as Maximum Entertainment. Joining these studios is Romanian developer FUNLabs, which Maximum Entertainment has acquired for an undisclosed amount. It's not just a rebrand, with parent company Zordix making a series of changes that brings its various publishing and development companies together.
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
More and more triple-A developers are breaking off to form their own independent studios.
Game Developer
JANUARY 6, 2023
According to Focus, bringing Brennan on as CEO will help the company grow and achieve its own dreams of being a more high-profile publisher.
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
With Mad About Pandas, Focus continues its goal of becoming another big name publisher in the games space.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 9, 2023
Video games remained the largest home entertainment sector in the UK in 2022, according to the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association's annual report. The UK home entertainment market is estimated to have reached £11.1 billion in revenue last year, ERA reported, including music, video, and games sales. to £4.43
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
A group of former Respawn Entertainment devs has created a new remote studio, Wildlight Entertainment. The studio was co-founded by CEO Dusty Welch (formerly COO and GM of Apex Legends) and design director Jason McCord (previously design director on Apex).
Game Developer
MARCH 13, 2023
After six years, Overwatch 2 's commercial lead Jon Spector will be leaving the company at the end of the month.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 23, 2023
Skybound Entertainment has announced the launch of a Regulation A+ campaign, seeking investment from the general public. The equity crowdfunding campaign has already raised $11 million since it went live privately at an undisclosed date.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 22, 2022
From open worlds to unannounced worlds.
Game Daily
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Gearbox Entertainment, the studio behind the Borderlands franchise, has announced that it will be taking over operations of Eidos Shanghai, which, going forward, will be known as Gearbox Studio Shanghai. “Gearbox has so many fantastic stories to tell, and we’re excited to share those with the players here in China.”
Nvidia
MARCH 1, 2023
Now, he’s director of technology at Remedy Entertainment, the studio that created Alan Wake and Control. Currently, I’m working as director of technology at Remedy Entertainment focusing on our Northlight engine development. For more information about Remedy, see Remedy Entertainment.
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Comments made by Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra during a company town hall reportedly outraged developers and cratered morale.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Chris Metzen has returned to Blizzard Entertainment to work on Warcraft. Before his 2016 departure, he had a 22-year-old stint at the company and previously served as senior vice president of creative development. John Hight, senior vice president and general manager of the Warcraft series, announced Metzen's comeback on Twitter.
Game Daily
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
The studio will be renamed Gearbox Studio Shanghai
Game Developer
MARCH 7, 2023
A behind-the-scenes look at the remake of the 1976 text adventure classic gives insight into how Cygnus Entertainment approached this ambitious revival.
Jaunty Bear Games
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Game Developer
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Massive Entertainment is working to get The Division 2 's build system back online so it can be properly updated before its new season starts.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 14, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Former Warcraft and Diablo developers Jay Wilson and Julian Love, alongside fellow co-founder Dan Kelly have launched Gas Giant Games.
Game Developer
JANUARY 26, 2023
FromSoftware's Elden Ring and BlueTwelve Studio's Stray are tied with six nominations each, followed by Santa Monica Studio's God of War Ragnarök and Obsidian Entertainment's Pentiment. See the full list of finalists and honorable mentions here.
Game Dev Unchained
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“ It feels great to not have to sit around waiting for hours to bake lightmaps. Now we can get instant feedback and the art director can iterate faster than ever before.” Scott Knapp. A game developer in the last 5 years can be best described as a unrestricted nomad.
Game Development News
MARCH 31, 2023
Shawn Kittelsen, VP of creative development for games at Skybound Entertainment tells zombie apocalypse survivor Vince Pavey all about the latest digital experience to star their shambling undead hordes
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Skybound Entertainment also joined the round, with the funds raised primarily going towards the launch of The Expanse: A Telltale Series (due this summer), the development of The Wolf Among Us 2, and another unannounced title. Telltale has raised $8 million as part of a Series A funding round led by Hiro Capital. Read more
GameDev.Net
DECEMBER 28, 2022
I hope it will be entertaining someh Watch the series on my YouTube channel. Join the Discord server. I press the record button and capture the screen while I'm programming a game engine.
Starloop Studios
JANUARY 12, 2023
Though VFX can be viewed as a broad term in gaming and entertainment, it has particular effects on [.]. Visual effects in modern gaming can be a transformative process that brings a title’s presentation and immersion to the next level. It has become an integral part of game development, from small-scale indie gems to AAA blockbusters.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 7, 2023
This is data from GfK, courtesy of the Entertainment Retailer’s Association Yearbook, and based on physical retail sales. The average amount of money spent on a video game in the UK last year was £36.47, a rise of 6.7%. In terms of full-game downloads, data firm Omdia estimates that the average selling price was £15.19
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 30, 2023
Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment's Independent Developer Initiative, has been working with indie studios for decades. Yet, after all this time, it is still Thatgamecompany's seminal 2012 release that he feels had the most impact on his career and remains his favourite among all the games he has worked on.
Game Wisdom
MARCH 27, 2023
Diablo 4’s Beta Shows the Horror of Modern AAA Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com It’s been a rough couple of years for Blizzard Entertainment, going from one of the premier studios in the world to one mired in controversy, scandals, lawsuits, and destroying years’ worth of goodwill with their fans.
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mario maker Nintendo has announced that it will not attend the Los Angeles-based Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The platform holder formally confirmed its absence from this year's show with IGN. Read more
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 5, 2023
One area of the household budget that could be construed as an "easy decision" is the amount spent on entertainment. When it comes to food, house payments and energy, discretionary spending on entertainment, by contrast, is often way down on the list of priorities. Read more.
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Microsoft has issued a subpoena to Sony Interactive Entertainment as part of its preparations for facing the Federal Trade Commission in court this summer.
Game Daily
MARCH 23, 2023
He is chief of one of the most powerful organizations in entertainment, overseeing the outstanding development tool Unreal Engine, the aggressive online retail portal Epic Games Store, as well as Fortnite, one of the world’s most valuable properties. And who he is, is fearsome.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 1, 2023
As Sony Interactive Entertainment's head of third-party portfolio and acquisitions, Shawne Benson is in a good position to trace the platform holder's evolving strategies when it comes to – in her words – "making PlayStation the best place to play."
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 20, 2023
In a briefing for selected press, the entertainment streaming giant announced a number of upcoming releases, including: Read more
GameDev.Net
JANUARY 19, 2023
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Game Daily
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GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Skybound Entertainment has invested in Mega Cat Studios, the company currently working on upcoming RPG WrestleQuest. While Skybound did not disclose a figure, GamesIndustry.biz understands this is a multimillion dollar investment. Read more
Game Wisdom
MARCH 4, 2023
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Game Wisdom
MARCH 1, 2023
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GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
This time the problems stemmed from a Blizzard Entertainment all-hands meeting that was reported on by Game Developer. Morale at Activision Blizzard took a hit this week, which is probably a lead we could have used for any This Week in Business column of the past year and a half.
Code with Mike
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Every major sector is integrating more AI into their work, and the entertainment industry is no different. Several industries are undergoing drastic changes thanks to the emergence of higher-quality AI functionalities. The video game industry, in particular, has benefited from numerous AI-driven developments.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Staffers from Blizzard Entertainment's Proletariat studio have announced that they are seeking to unionize. The group of 57 employees formed the Proletariat Workers Alliance. The alliance made the union announcement on Twitter. Read more.
GamesIndustry.biz
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
In this digital age, surely we can come up with something more creative or entertaining or bespoke? The very nature of them requires me to sit through reams and reams of games that really aren't for me, before getting the one or two products that do suit my tastes. This is the video games industry after all.
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