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Nexon fined $8.9m for misleading MapleStory players
Penalty is highest amount given for violating South Korea's Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce
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Xbox accused of using AI art to promote indie games
The post was subsequently deleted following backlash
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New hardware, more layoffs, AI in game dev: Analyst predictions for 2024
Our annual panel of industry-watchers look back at their calls for 2023 and offer new forecasts for the year ahead
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CD Projekt Red uninterested in being acquired
Adam Kiciński says "We are passionate about what we do. We value our independence"
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Game dev coworking space The Gaming Hub opens in Portugal
Fortis Games is one of many studios to occupy the space
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Chinese regulators approved 1,000 games in 2023
That's more than double the number of titles cleared for release in 2022
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Baldur's Gate 3 leads 2023 Steam Awards
Starfield, Hogwarts Legacy, and Dave the Diver are also among the winners
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Hogwarts Legacy wins | UK Boxed Charts
EA’s football game isn’t the UK’s biggest boxed game for the first time in 10 years
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Frogwares is now publisher of The Sinking City
The horror title developer resolves its dispute with Nacon, which began back in 2020
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Chinese official removed following stock tumbles from new game proposals
The move comes a week after regulatory body backtracked on planned gaming restrictions
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Sony fined €13.5m by French antitrust regulator
Autorité de la Concurrence accused platform holder of restricting third-party PS4 controllers
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Jurgen Post returns as Sega Europe shakes up leadership
President and COO Gary Dale and chief studios officer Tim Heaton both departing from the publisher
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Rebellion's Chris and Jason Kingsley receive CBEs in New Year's Honours list
UK development veterans make The King's 2024 List
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New Square Enix president pledges "aggressive" AI push in 2024
Further blockchain and cloud investments also in the works
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Stray Souls developer Jukai Studio announces closure
Poland-based dev cites cyberbullying, poor reception, and bad sales for shut down
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Insomniac Games victim of ransomware hack
Update: Studio issues response and says that it is still determining what data was impacted by the breach
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Versus Evil shuts down
Indie publisher's staff laid off just weeks after leadership settled a legal dispute with parent company TinyBuild
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Epic Games Store to host blockchain games rated Adults Only
Titles that use NFT technology and meet guidelines are the only exception to the age rating
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China to ban some monetization and engagement tactics in games
Daily log-in rewards, loot boxes for minors, auctions for in-game items among the prohibited mechanisms; spending limits also imposed
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Jill Braff named head of studio for Bethesda and ZeniMax
The executive will also continue to oversee the Microsoft Casual Games team
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Tearing up the pea patch | This Year in Business
2023 was a difficult year for many, but our annual recap of 52 quotes and stats finds reasons to look on the bright side
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GTA 6 hacker receives indefinite hospital order
Last year's hack cost Rockstar Games $5 million in damages
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Firewall studio First Contact shuts down
Developer says "lack of support for VR" was deciding factor
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Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows Mixed Reality
The move comes a year after it reported the tech giant dropped plans for a HoloLens 3
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Consumer spending on VR content dipped by 10% in 2023
Report says headset sales during the year also fell by 24%, as the Meta Quest 3, PSVR2, and Pico 4 underperformed