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FromSoftware owner acquires Octopath Traveler developer
Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa says acquisition will "strengthen [its] ability to create IP in games"
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Stoke Games raises $5.5m for "shooter-adjacent" PvP game
Remote studio from ex-League of Legends and Multiversus developers exploring a "slower-tempo" game with strategic focus
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Hidden Path lays off 44
Developer shelves RPG it had been working on after funding falls through
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"Make yourself undeniable" ⏐ Black Voices Progress Report
Del Walker says the best way to get ahead in the industry is to focus on your skills, despite the difficulties Black developers undoubtedly face in getting ahead
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PlateUp's solo dev shares recipe for success
As the roguelike cooking game passes 1.5 million sales and heads to consoles, creator Alastair Janse van Rensburg tells the story behind his debut game
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IGDA launches new Incubation Special Interest Group
Chaired by Sho Sato, the group will provide a variety of tools and opportunities for gaming startups
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Powering Hello Kitty’s rise to the top flight of mobile
How kindness, collaboration and technological prowess saw Sanrio’s most famed mascot take Arcade Game of the Year at the App Store Awards
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FTC claims Microsoft contradicted Activision acquisition following mass layoffs
Update: Microsoft claims Activision was already planning widespread staff cuts before the deal went through
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Persona 3 Reload is fastest-selling Atlus game ever | News-in-brief
The title, which launched on February 2, sold one million copies in its first week
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EA Sports FC and The Last of Us Part 2 impress in tough January | UK Monthly Charts
Video game software and hardware sales fall year-on-year
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Disney invests $1.5bn in Epic Games and announces major Fortnite partnership
It's creating a new Disney universe
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Paradox Interactive sees its full-year revenue grow by 34%
While it wrote down Lamplighters League during Q4, the period saw revenue jump by 72%
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Inflexion's Nightingale Early Access gets moved up | News-in-brief
The open-world survival title was initially launching on February 22
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Roblox continues to grow revenues, deepen losses
UGC platform expects more of the same in 2024, losing as much as $1.4 billion on revenues as high as $3.4 billion
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Nitro Games raises €3.5m in agreement with Digital Extremes
The free-to-play developer aims to complete mobile version of Warframe this year
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Visual Concepts Austin reportedly hit with layoffs
2K Games studio has allegedly let go a "group of very talented developers," according to former employee
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MENA-3 games market generated $1.92bn in 2023
Revenue expected to rise to $2.65 billion in 2027
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Will Xbox publishing on rival consoles spark a Revolution? | Opinion
Microsoft cannot win going head-to-head with PlayStation, so it's changing the rules
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CVC Capital Partners is poised to acquire Jagex
The deal comes months after Carlyle Group started shopping the RuneScape maker around
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IGN workers unionizing
IGN Creators Guild announces 87% of eligible editorial and creative employees at games media outlet have already signed union cards
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Tencent acquires controlling stake in Swords of Legends dev Wangyuan Shengtang
Chinese games giant now owns over 94% of the Beijing developer, gains access to IP
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Creative director Laralyn McWilliams has died
She began her games career back in 1994 and went on to work for games studios such as Sony and Microsoft
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Silent Hill: The Short Message passes 1m downloads | News-in-brief
The survival horror game co-developed by Konami and Hexadrive released on January 31
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Nintendo profits rise to $2.7bn despite Switch sales slowdown
Platform holder says console sales revenue for the nine months ended in December “in line with expectations,” raises full-year sales forecasts
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Finding power in language with Chants of Sennaar
Julien Moya and Thomas Panuel of Rundisc discuss the importance of finding the right publisher and crafting one of the most reflective puzzle game of our turbulent times