Game Developer

JUNE 18, 2024

The 24-person studio has been closed down in what Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester described as a 'difficult and drastic' move.

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Studios 312

Game Developer

MAY 20, 2024

The IndieDev program will grant £15,000 / €15,000 to the seven studios in the island of Ireland to generate ideas and create game prototypes.

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Studios Indy Prototyping Development 304

Game Developer

JULY 22, 2024

The new studio is already developing its first project, and will echo its founders' previous work in being a 'character-centric ' narrative game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 13, 2024

Keywords Studios has acquired Wushu Studios for an undisclosed sum. The Liverpool-based studio was founded in 2017 by Alan McDermott and provides work-for-hire services to publishers and developers in addition to porting, remaster, and live support services.

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Studios Development Games 130

Game Developer

JULY 2, 2024

Multiple former employees have shared the news, which comes less than three months after the studio's debut title launched.

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Studios Development 318

Game Developer

AUGUST 16, 2024

Williams was the lead writer on Detroit: Become Human and Star Wars Eclipse, and is working on something 'very special' at his new studio.

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Studios 240

Game Developer

AUGUST 19, 2024

Alongside leading development on Stranded Deep 2, North Beach's Prague team will provide help to smaller studios making their own survival crafting games.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 13, 2024

The studio has worked on popular titles including Fall Guys, State of Decay, Forza Horizon 5, and Baldur's Gate 3.

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Studios 253

Game Developer

MAY 7, 2024

Studios with both mocap and voice recording services aren't quite common, which now makes PTW a boon for London game devs.

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Studios Dev Games 218

Game Developer

MAY 16, 2024

This most recent layoff, reportedly impacting about 40 percent of the company, comes mere weeks after the studio eliminated nearly 50 roles.

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Studios 285

Game Developer

JULY 30, 2024

Lively's reportedly minimal reductions are said to be isolated to itself, and will not spread to fellow studio Electric Square.

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Studios Games 249

Game Developer

JUNE 17, 2024

So long as Miyazaki is running FromSoftware, the Elden Ring studio will do whatever it can to avoid a staff layoff.

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Studios 312

Game Developer

AUGUST 14, 2024

A quick-to-the-point interview with Rob Moody about starting up and running an animation outsourcing studio.

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Studios Animation Animation 195

Game Developer

JANUARY 11, 2023

The departure of studio head John Smedley comes in the wake of Amazon Game Studios developing and canceling numerous game projects before they released.

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Studios Games Development 235

Game Developer

JULY 31, 2024

The five-person studio marks the third indie developer to start up in July, and is already working on its debut project.

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Studios Indy Games Development 248

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Insomniac, Guerrilla, Naughty Dog, and more key internal studios are being downsized.

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Studios 354

Game Developer

JUNE 3, 2024

The company will be shuttering its studios in New York and Montreal to ensure a 'sustainable future.'

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Studios Development 335

Game Developer

JANUARY 2, 2024

Jukai Studio closed its doors hours after its publishing partner Versus Evil and two months after the launch of its debut game, Stray Souls.

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Studios Development Games 291

Game Developer

APRIL 10, 2024

The Immortals of Aveum studio has allegedly let go of "nearly 30" of its staff that remained after its layoffs in August 2023.

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Studios 290

Game Developer

JUNE 11, 2024

The studios with a clear vision for the industry will be the standouts. Whether you’re a solo dev or indie studio riding the crest of the next wave, now is the time to clarify that vision. Gaming is transforming, and transformation is hard.

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Studios Indy Dev Games 185

Game Developer

MAY 30, 2024

900 layoffs and studio closures? It's all part of the plan for Sony.

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Studios 338

Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The closure of Ubisoft's London studio affects 54 staffers and sees the transfer of its Hungry Shark series over to Ubisoft Barcelona.

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Studios 319

Game Developer

JUNE 17, 2024

As the name suggests, the new studio is looking to help devs working on Unreal Engine projects.

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Studios Dev Development Engine 288

Game Developer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Over 100 employees of the studio behind the Just Cause series and the upcoming Contraband are joining a Swedish union.

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Studios Development 308

Game Developer

MAY 2, 2024

The Dutch co-development studio worked on titles including Cut The Rope Remastered, My Tamagotchi Forever, and Amazing Katamari Damacy.

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Studios Development 257

GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 19, 2024

Climax Studios has opened a new location in Edinburgh. The studio opened its doors in February, and has been recruiting a team over the past few months. The co-developer plans to continue hiring to further support the studio and "better collaborate with partners" which include firms such as Microsoft and Sony. Read more

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Studios Development 108

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 7, 2024

In Creatures of Ava by Spanish indie studio Inverge Studios , players take on the role of Vic, a young explorer stranded on the planet Ava alongside her companion, Tabitha. It took some time, but we finally established an indie studio that has grown to a team of 11 people.

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Studios Indy Mechanics Concepts 177

Game Developer

AUGUST 15, 2024

The two studios are Reforged's first purchases of 2024, and it plans to acquire more third-party teams before the year is over.

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Studios 197

Game Developer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Rovio set up Studio Lumi to help get it into the console/PC space, but those plans are now dashed with the subsidiary's closure and its project scrapped.

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Studios Dev Console PC 275

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

During his time at Blizzard, Didier drew art for nearly all of the studio's games, and famously created the Pandaren race for World of Warcraft.

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Art Studios Racing Games 285

Game Developer

JANUARY 17, 2024

The studio is known for working on narrative titles like High School Story and Hollywood U.

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Studios Mobile Mobile 314

Game Developer

MAY 16, 2024

The news comes after Activision parent company Microsoft laid off 1,900 workers and closed studios including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks.

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Studios Development 233

Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2024

The new studio is already at work on its debut project, known simply as Hornet.

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Studios Dev 342

Game Developer

MARCH 11, 2024

The studio had been working on a new original franchise in partnership with PlayStation.

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Studios Games 287

GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

Hundreds of staff at Fallout and Elder Scrolls developer Bethesda Game Studios have unionised, joining the Communication Workers of America. The CWA's post on X indicates the new union, One BGS USA, represents "a majority of developers across Bethesda Game Studios Dallas, Rockville and Austin." Read more

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Studios Development Communications Games 137

Game Developer

MARCH 4, 2024

The studio has reportedly laid off its development team and is now a one-person company.

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Studios Games Development 350

GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 30, 2024

NetEase Games is reportedly planning to close Ouka Studios, according to a recent Bloomberg report. Sources told the outlet that "all but a handful of jobs" had been cut at the Visions of Mana developer, and that those remaining will "oversee the rollout of its final games" before it shuts down.

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