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Nintendo skipping Gamescom
Switch maker will not show at this year's event, but promises to hold other events throughout Germany
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BAFTA Games Awards bring some much-needed positivity | GI Microcast
Latest episode also discusses IGDA call for action on layoffs and Newzoo report on the competition for play hours
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Rockstar Games' GTA+ gets a cost increase
The subscription service gets its first price hike two years after launching
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Latoya Peterson: "Studios are at the mercy of this house of cards that is the funding system that we've built"
At GDC 2024, the Glow Up Games co-founder explained how funding is a structural issue impacting the labour market
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth leads surge of new hits | Japan Monthly Charts
Square Enix's RPG nearly tripled the sales of next biggest releases, Princess Peach: Showtime and Unicorn Overlord
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Apple denies violating court order over alternative payments
Claims Epic wants court to "micromanage Apple’s business operations in a way that would increase Epic’s profitability"
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Content Warning sells 1 million units | News-in-brief
The Landfall-published title released on April 1, with 6.6 million players getting it for free in its first 24 hours
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UK games market grew 4.4% to £7.82bn in 2023
Software sales were up 4.1% year-on-year, while hardware also grew 2.1% compared to 2022
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Avalanche Studios to enter collective bargaining agreement with Swedish labor unions
CEO Stefanía Halldórsdóttir says "It's important for us to approach the transition in the right way"
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Epic Games calls for Google Play Store policy changes
Update: Google says Epic "wants the benefits of Google Play without having to pay for it"
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Possibility Space shuts down
Prytania Media studio's staff laid off weeks after sibling studio Crop Circle officially shut down
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Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business
Industry leadership likes to pay lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions too often suggest otherwise
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Could subscription services rescue the AA-tier game? | Opinion
The move to $70 has highlighted the games industry’s "missing middle" – the gulf between indies and premium games that was once occupied by a wealth of AA titles
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Blood Strike reaches 30m downloads | News-in-brief
NetEase's mobile battle royale first-person shooter launched on October 28, 2023
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Baldur's Gate 3 sweeps BAFTA Games Awards 2024
Larian Studio's acclaimed RPG takes five prizes, Nintendo wins three
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IGDA calls for action on layoffs
Developer group gives studio leaders six points to follow for a more sustainable industry that stops driving away talent
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During March Twitch viewership increased by 2%
Throughout the month Counter-Strike's views saw a 53% increase due to the PGL CS2 Major tournament
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Koei Tecmo issues lawsuit against Youzu over copyright infringement
The company allegedly warned the games firm to stop using its IP repeatedly
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Report: Immortals of Aveum maker furloughs majority of its studio
The news comes seven months after Ascendant Studios laid off 45% of its staffers
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20 years of the BAFTA Games Awards
We speak to the organiser behind the prestigious awards about how they have evolved over time and the role they have played in bringing the best games to a wider audience
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Ubisoft: "If there is no value in gen AI for creatives, it is not going to be adopted"
We speak to the team behind Ubisoft's NEO NPCs on the potential and challenges around player-facing gen AI
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Command & Conquer invades European March charts as sales improve | European Monthly Charts
EA Sports FC 24 reclaims No.1 from Helldivers 2
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PowerWash Simulator maker FuturLab joins Miniclip Group
CEO Kirsty Rigden will continue overseeing the development team while it retains creative control
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EA raising price of EA Play subscription
Change will come into effect on May 10, annual fee rising to $39.99 while Pro up to $119.99
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Saber's Matthew Karch: "The AAA model is going to change"
CEO discusses the challenges facing AAA and how developers can lower their costs, plus more on reclaiming independence from Embracer