GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 5, 2024

Sources shared a list of 19 people that were affected by the redundancies, mostly in QA and production roles as well as non-UK employees. Read more UK developer Bossa Studios has laid off around one third of its staff, GamesIndustry.biz has learned.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The list of games studios suffering layoffs continues to grow with California-based Pixelberry Studios the latest to dismiss some of its employees. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2024

However, Blizzard Entertainment added to that list with Mauga, Overwatch 2's 39th hero. Read more He is not only another character from a little-known background, but he's also one of the few Oceania characters in AAA title.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

According to another message sent to staff and seen by GLHF, writers, engineers, artists, production, IT, and animation were also listed as being at risk of redundancy. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The suit lists 14 counts of action, including strict liability and negligence for failure to warn users of games' addictive qualities, deceit and fraudulent misrepresentation, fraudulent inducements and violation of the Deceptive Trade Practice Act. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 2, 2024

Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley and CTO Chris Kingsley have been made 'Commanders of the Order of the British Empire' in the King's New Year's Honours List. Read more The co-founders of the UK game developer had already received OBEs (Officers of the Order of the British Empire) in 2019 (for Chris) and 2012 (for Jason).

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As noted by Eurogamer , it seems as though scalpers may have hoarded some of the supply as there are already listings for the device (which retails at £199) on Ebay for between £200 t0 £290, with some reaching over £300. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur's Gate 3 racked up the most nominations with each being short-listed for seven awards, including Game of the Year. Read more Cocoon was another oft-nominated choice, up for five categories and securing a Game of the Year nomination of its own.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Morin initially joined the company in 2020 as Chief of Staff and was actively involved in Devolver's public listing in November 2021. Read more He is being replaced by Harry Miller, who is the co-founder of Devolver, and was already executive chairman.

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MARCH 1, 2024

As of this writing, Balatro appears to be available in the usual places in the US and Canada, but the UK Xbox and PlayStation stores are listing it with a PEGI 18 rating and a descriptor for "Prominent Gambling Imagery." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The free playbook offers actionable lists, how-to guides on accessibility, diverse narratives, and harmful stereotypes in gaming. Read more Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Rovio has published a games industry guide for inclusive game development and marketing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We've worked with Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, SkyDance, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network," lists Ryan McMahon, general manager for PC and console at PlaySide Studios. "If Read more If there's a movie studio, we've probably worked with it!

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sources close to the matter told Reuters that Carlyle is exploring either selling the company or publicly listing it. Read more The group is working with advisers from Aream & Co and Morgan Stanley to weigh up its options, with plans to hold an auction process towards the end of the year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Players' gaming backlogs are bigger than ever, and with an abundance of AAA games constantly entering the market – not to mention over 75,000 listed titles on the Steam marketplace – it's no wonder we're all being more selective with what we play. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2023

This is according to the latest GSD data, which tracks physical games across major European markets, plus digital downloads from most major games publishers (full list at the bottom of the story). Read more

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In that case you are in luck as in this guide we list the best open source (not source available like Unreal, fully OSI compliant open source) game engines, graphics and audio tools … The Best Open Source Game Tools Read More The post The Best Open Source Game Tools appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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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 Valorant and League of Legends firm Riot Games joins the growing list of companies to have made redundancies in the past few weeks. Read more

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APRIL 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ukraine joins the list of countries that have approved Microsoft's proposal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

PlayStation London are listed in two categories. Read more These are the finalists for our Special Awards only, which are for excellence in specific areas. The winners of these awards, plus the main Best Places badge winners, will be revealed on Wednesday, September 27 during a ceremony held at 195 Picadilly in London.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 19, 2023

Full list below. Read more This data covers digital games from most major AAA games publishers, and physical retail games from the big European countries. Five million games were sold via physical retail, with the remaining 10.5 million via digital download stores.

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AWS Games

MARCH 28, 2024

Block and avoid lists are a way to ensure that your players don’t have to interact or play with players that they don’t want to. In this blog post we will cover how to implement block and avoid lists using Amazon GameLift FlexMatch rule sets and player attributes.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 10, 2023

Three more games have been added to the company's Online Services Shutdown list, including Crysis 3, Dante's Inferno, and Dead Space 2, as spotted by PureXbox. Read more Crysis 3 will see its online services closed on September 7, affecting multiplayer modes on PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Steam, and the EA app.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2023

The EA game sits behind Hogwarts Legacy but well ahead of Resident Evil 4 in this year's list of fastest-selling boxed games in the UK. Read more Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is this week's UK boxed No.1, 1, and the second biggest game launch of the year. It is also the eighth biggest Star Wars boxed release from the last 30 years.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 7, 2023

The site's masthead lists 28 Inverse employees, at least seven of which have posted about being laid off on Twitter. Read more Inverse has laid off staff across its editorial team, as confirmed by the tweets of both remaining and now-former employees. Honestly, if you put them all together you'd have a pretty formidable newsroom."

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox South Africa is set to join the list of countries that has approved Microsoft's proposed $68.7 Read more billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Block and avoid lists are a way to ensure that your players don’t have to interact or play with players that they don’t want to. In this blog post we will cover how to implement block and avoid lists using Amazon GameLift FlexMatch rule sets and player attributes.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Over 25 countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and North Africa will receive regionalised pricing (a full list of the countries can be found at the end of this story). Read more

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JULY 8, 2023

Lists are often confused with arrays due of their similarities. But lists offer more functionality compared to arrays. In Unity, lists are more powerful that arrays and are easier to perform data operations on. In this tutorial, we will try to understand what are lists and how to use them in Unity. What are lists.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 5, 2023

At GamesIndustry.biz , we've compiled an in-progress list of efforts that support, advocate, and acknowledge LGBTQIA+ developers and consumers. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 11, 2023

All companies of a certain size in certain US states – most recently, as of January 1, California and Washington – are required by law to state within their job listings the salary ranges that can be expected if an applicant successfully lands that role. Read more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Vampire Survivors has joined the list of video game adaptations as it's been greenlit for an animated tv show. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2023

The consoles' current and new prices are listed below: Read more Microsoft has announced that it will increase the retail price of its Xbox Series S|X units in Japan. As reported by Famitsu , per translation by Gematsu , the tech firm's changes will become effective on February 17.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 6, 2023

So the idea of two additional sequels – Final Fantasy XIII-2 was the first follow-up – wasn't on many's wish list. Read more Yet this oft overlooked third entry, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, really stuck with me for one important reason: its combat system.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Tracking all physical games, plus digital downloads from most major publishers (see list below), sales are down slightly on last year (a drop of 4.4%). Read more The main reason for the drop is January 2022 saw the huge launch of Pokémon Legends: Arceus from Nintendo.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 3, 2023

As reported by Reuters , among the approved list of games were Nintendo's Pokemon Unite and Riot Games' Valorant. Read more. China's National Press and Publication Administration have granted publishing licenses for 44 international titles to release in the country.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The film is being produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions, with Nintendo representative director Shigeru Miyamoto and Arad Productions chairman Avi Arad listed as producers. Read more Sony Pictures will distribute the final product worldwide.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Despite what some actors might suggest, there's a huge amount of work, skill, and artistry necessary in order to convert a recorded motion and turn it into a performance that reads well from the viewer's perspective. They can modify, update, and change the list up until the deadline, but it's pencils down once the session begins.

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