GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Xbox head Phil Spencer has clarified that Microsoft will continue to support physical media. We are supportive of physical media, but we don't have a need to drive that disproportionate to customer demand," he said.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 19, 2024

stake in content creator-focused entertainment company Faze Media. Richard 'Faze Banks' Bengtson has acquired a 25.5% Bengtson, also its CEO, now owns 31% of the firm. Previous majority owner GameSquare will still have a controlling interest in the company, to ensure its "stability and continued growth," the announcement said.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Vox Media is laying off 130 employees, 7% of its workforce today, a decision attributed to economic challenges. As reported by CNN , the news comes from a memo CEO Jim Bankoff sent out to staff. Read more

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Game Developer

APRIL 12, 2024

Possibility Space, like Crop Circle, was shut down years after starting up, and before it could finish its debut project.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 21, 2024

Media Molecule has set a date for the last of its staff affected by layoffs announced last October to leave the studio. As detailed in a blog post , its Curation team will be departing in spring 2024. This was an incredibly tough time for the studio as a whole and it meant the world to see support from folks on our social channels," it said.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 4, 2023

After all, layoffs in games media have been taking place with alarming frequency, with businesses often citing " structure change ", " supply-chain issues " and " very tough market environment ". Yet amidst conversations around these layoffs, there's one game that keeps cropping up: Elden Ring.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Less than a day after resigning from The Escapist, Yahtzee Croshaw and ex-EiC Nick Calandra have established a new site to pick up where they left off.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The PlayStation-owned studio is reportedly trying to reduce its headcount as it prepares to kick-start a new project.

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Game Developer

MAY 9, 2024

The Dawon shuttering marks the third studio closure in three months for Prytania.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 15, 2024

As reported by The Intercept , this is per a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) study that interviewed Roblox, Discord, and Reddit, as well as an anonymous social media firm and game publisher. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 16, 2024

A new social media platform for building and playing multiplayer games has secured $8m in a new funding round.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 14, 2024

Through subsidiary Crystal Dynamics, Embracer Group has penned a new deal with Amazon MGM Studios to create new Tomb Raider media for streaming and film. Phoebe Waller-Bridge will serve as both writer and executive producer of the Tomb Raider series for Amazon Prime Video.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2023

During her talk at IndieGameBusiness Sessions she talked about incorporating social media as a vital marketing tool. There are various ways to make sure social media plays a vital role in your overall marketing plan. Social media is just one of the available channels for marketing. It’s part of the customer journey.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Keywords Studios has announced that it has acquired marketing firm Digital Media Management (DMM). Keywords will pay $67.5m upfront, with $57.4m in cash and the remainder in shares. Read more

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Game Developer

MARCH 25, 2024

Now ex-Crop Circle staff claim parent company Prytania conducted the studio's end in a messy and disrespectful manner.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox GameSpot and Giant Bomb are the latest media publications to be struck by layoffs. The news emerged last night, with various members of both teams announcing they were now unemployed via social media.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 22, 2023

While we have been able to successfully hire team members through standard hiring practices, we’ve found that recruiting through social media apps such as Twitter and Bluesky is faster and more efficient.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 4, 2024

Through Physical media. Whether it was a cartridge, CD, UMD, or Blu-ray disc, physical media was the primary way through which games were distributed. The move to digital media from most companies that grew in prominence from the PS4 era, has always been met with mixed enthusiasm. But with technology comes evolution.

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Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 8, 2023

What Does Social Media Mean For Indiedev? Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" As social media continues to implode around us, this week’s key to games cast talks about its role when it comes to game dev marketing, and if there is a light at the end of the tunnel.…

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 14, 2023

Media Molecule has updated Dreams' usage terms, allowing players to use some of their creations outside of the platform's ecosystem.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

That's according to journalist Shannon Liao , who spoke to Hernandez after she announced via social media that yesterday was her last day at the site. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Kotaku editor-in-chief Patricia Hernandez has reportedly been fired following a personnel disagreement. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 10, 2023

They both represent a path to success for a cross-media franchise – each with a different direction of travel (one a franchise moving from books/movies into games, another a franchise moving from games into premium TV). Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2023

The success of The Last of Us is, according to analysts, more than just a successful adaptation of a gaming franchise; it is the culmination of Sony’s gradual transition to becoming a media company. For years I’ve characterized the Japanese powerhouse predominantly as a consumer electronics manufacturer.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mark Healey, one of Media Molecule's four co-founders, is leaving the studio.

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Jesper Juul

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Please join us for our Visual Game & Media Design two-year master’s program in Copenhagen! The application deadline is March 1st. Read more about the program here: [link]

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 11, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Media Molecule has announced that live service support for Dreams will be discontinued on September 1. The studio attributed the move to it focusing on a new game project. Dreams was released back in 2020 for the PlayStation 4 console. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 17, 2023

Prytania Media has announced the opening of two new AAA development studios: Fang & Claw and Dawon Entertainment. The latest additions to Prytania Media will join sister studios Possibility Space and Crop Circle Games.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The marketing manager at SIGONO, the studio behind OPUS: Echo of Starsong, tells us how to tap into that elusive market.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Image credit: DanielAlexanderSmith / Wikipedia For decades, Peter Molyneux was a regular fixture on the game media outlet interview circuit, his face gracing the cover of magazines or website feature splashes. In 2015, he declared that he would no longer give interviews, and has largely retreated from his previous high media profile.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Game Science, the maker of Black Myth: Wukong, has been accused of sexist recruitment and social media posts. This is according to a new report from IGN's Rebekah Valentine and freelance journalist Khee Hoon Chan. Read more

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Game Developer

JULY 8, 2024

The Australian media company had been licensing the Kotaku brand, but has decided to rethink its business model.

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Game Developer

APRIL 11, 2023

The studio said it can no longer see a sustainable path forwards for its sprawling game creation platform.

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Game Developer

JULY 25, 2024

You'll learn about the history of video game marketing, how social media and community management play a role, and more. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about game marketing, from targeting your audience to using unconventional tactics.

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Game Developer

JULY 12, 2023

Aspiring developers and creatives now have permission to use their original content in Dreams for outside-game use, including portfolio reels and merchandise.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 28, 2023

Even if Twitter goes down completely in flames, these tips still apply to social media platforms where audio is muted, and scrolling away is quick and easy. Optimize it for social media appeared first on PreMortem Games. So let’s talk about how to make a good trailer specifically for Twitter. Check here for more details.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 4, 2024

Loot box researcher Leon Xiao has released the results of his latest study into loot box advertising , which found that ads for games on social media routinely run afoul of UK and EU regulations when it comes to disclosing the presence of loot boxes, or even in-game purchases of any kind.

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Game Developer

MAY 26, 2023

Beech has been with the UK studio since 2009 and replaces co-founder Mark Healey.

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