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Steam currently banned in Vietnam
Local publisher spokesperson alleges ban is due to Valve side-stepping government approval for game releases
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Sony’s PC learning curve hits an incline | Opinion
A rapid but embarrassing climb-down over PSN logins for Helldivers 2 reveals just how much learning Sony still must do if it intends to become a major PC publisher
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Japanese indie publishers steer Tokyo Indie Games Summit: "Companies are paying attention"
The event offered a fascinating look into the state of games publishing in the growing Japanese indie industry
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Study finds YouTube is the most popular and trusted platform for game discovery
Meanwhile, Twitter and online ads were the least trusted sources in consumer survey
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Mike Wilson leaves DeepWell
The founder and co-CEO departs the mental health-focused studio founded back in 2022
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Jobs Roundup: May 2024 | Room 8 Group names Laura Lilley as COO
Update: Astragon Entertainment hires Jan Kuhlmann, Space Ace promotes Derek De Filippo to head of business
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Devolver co-founder says large-scale game dev "crushing under its own weight a little bit"
Nigel Lowrie discusses the publisher's continued focus on small-to-mid-sized games, and competing with live service titles for players' time
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Nintendo breaks silence on Switch 2, promises announcement by April 2025
But platform holder warns that June's Nintendo Direct will only focus on Switch games for the second half of 2024
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Sony backtracks on Helldivers 2 PSN log-in requirement
Requirement saw intense review bombing as game was pulled from Steam in countries without PSN support
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Rusty's Retirement sells over 100,000 copies in five days | News-in-brief
Second title from Mister Morris Games is an idle farming sim that sits along the bottom of your screen
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Live service, subscriptions and F2P: A new reality for console gaming
Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls breaks down the biggest changes in business models across the console space, and what this means for developers and publishers
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Square Enix takes $140 million hit on cancelled games
Publisher slides hit into the final days of its fiscal year as part of strategy to be "more selective and focused" about pipeline
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Jobs Roundup: April 2024 | Ubisoft names Cécile Russeil as executive VP
Update: Nina Adams is named studio director of Auroch Digital, Tara Voelker joins Netflix Games
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Hasbro's $1 billion bet on internal game development
Head of digital product development Dan Ayoub tells us about the toy maker's plans to get back in the game
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Another Crab's Treasure sells 100,000 in four days | News-in-Brief
Developer Aggro Crab says it's the studio's most successful launch ever
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Manor Lords passes 1m sales after one day in Early Access | News-in-brief
Publisher Hooded Horse also reports the games peak concurrent player count so far was over 170,000
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Lars Wingefors on why Embracer is going away, and what happens next
With the group splitting into three, we speak to the CEO about the future of his companies and what led to this point
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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism"
Group owner defends teams and their leaders, says he still believes in the company's mission
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Former Square Enix of America CEO reflects on betting on new IP
Mike Fischer discusses the evolving challenge of making an original property stand out in a crowded games market
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"We never really thought anyone was going to make a Playdate game"
We talk to Panic about finally getting its "ducks in a row," getting more awareness and retail opportunities, and what the future holds for its "weird bizarre device"
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Atari relaunches Infogrames, acquires Totally Reliable Delivery Service
New publishing label to focus on acquiring IP
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Embracer Group splits into three: Everything you need to know
Asmodee and Coffee Stain to be spun out as separate publicly-listed entities, Middle-Earth Enterprises to front remaining group
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Playdate storefront has paid out $544,290 to devs
Over 150,000 games have been sold via Panic's own shop over the past year
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2023 UK game sales "holding the fort" compared to 2022, but still show signs of growth
Sparkers analyst consultant Sam Naji explores how full game UK sales display signs of robustness in consumer spending
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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