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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

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Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. It led him to realise that Kiro’o Games was not just about entertainment anymore. This is his story.

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The sense of wonder in Verne: The Shape of Fantasy by Gametopia “It’s a tribute”

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In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination. Daniel Gonzáles (top) and Diego Adrada Verne: The Shape of Fantasy has been out since the summer and sales have been steady but not spectacular.

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Bucking the fantasy hero trend with The Lord of the Rings: Gollum

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Most games protagonists are heroic figures, power fantasies for the players that can take on great numbers of evil foes and triumph with barely a dent in their health bar. The works of JRR Tolkien are not short of such figures, from wizards and kings to elven archers and dwarven warriors.

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In a crowded market, Pioneers of Pagonia demo boosts fantasy game’s profile

Game Daily

Pioneers of Pagonia is a fantasy city building and economy management game from Envision Entertainment. The post In a crowded market, Pioneers of Pagonia demo boosts fantasy game’s profile appeared first on GameDaily.biz | We Make Games Our Business. GameDaily spoke to Wertich about the game, and the success of the demo.

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Square Enix Q1 sees sales bump by 14%

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Final Fantasy creator Square Enix released its financial earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Square Enix's Digital Entertainment division is broken down into HD Games, MMO, and mobile/PC browser sub-segments. Read more

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Square Enix's H1 sales get a 5% bump as profits plummet

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Final Fantasy creator Square Enix released its financial earnings for the six months ended September 30, 2023. Square Enix's Digital Entertainment division is broken down into HD Games, MMO, and mobile/PC browser sub-segments. Read more

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Prytania Media opens two new AAA studios

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Prytania Media has announced the opening of two new AAA development studios: Fang & Claw and Dawon Entertainment. Fang & Claw will be led by studio head Jeffrey Gaffney, co-founder of Turbine Entertainment and former senior director at Blizzard. This studio will focus on fantasy combat sports. Read more

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