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November 2024 Archive

    1. Burnout 3: Takedown | Why I Love
    2. Handheld consoles are the industry's next battleground | Opinion
    3. Helldivers 2 wins Game of the Year at the 2024 TIGA Awards
    4. Star Citizen funding passes $750m | News-in-Brief
    5. Nintendo subpoenas Google, Discord, Reddit and more in ongoing Switch pirate crackdown
    6. Majority of popular mobile games don't comply with UK loot box ad rules
    7. Dave the Diver sells 5m units | News-in-brief
    1. Nintendo Switch ending online support exposes fragility of gaming partnerships in China | Opinion
    2. Xbox's plan to see games via Android app delayed by court order
    3. Wolfire and Dark Catt's antitrust lawsuit against Valve granted class action status
    4. From distributor to developer: GCL's ambition to create Asian IPs for the world
    5. DICE's Rebecka Coutaz to lead Battlefield Studios Europe in new role
    6. Devolver delays Baby Steps, Stick it to the Stickman, and Skate Story into 2025 | News-in-brief
    1. Mac Walters' Worlds Untold studio on "pause" as it seeks new funding partner
    2. What can game developers learn from a live-action Star Trek simulator?
    3. Scopely opens new studio in Saudi Arabia led by EA veteran
    4. Block Blast reaches 40m daily active players | News-in-brief
    5. Codecks secures €1m in funding
    6. PlayStation 2 has surpassed 160m lifetime sales
    7. PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida to retire in January
    1. CD Projekt reports 49% plummet in sales revenue in Q3 2024
    2. Nintendo to close Switch eShop and online services in China in 2026
    3. Making TMNT: Splintered Fate more than a port
    4. Xbox shuts down Avatar Editor app | News-in-brief
    5. 2K Games removes launcher from all Steam and Epic Games Store titles | News-in-brief
    6. Humanoid Origin is closing down
    7. Children's author and film, music experts form Pigs Will Fly Studios
    1. Black Ops 6 is "biggest Call of Duty ever" | News-in-brief
    2. IO Interactive "ceases collaboration" with MMA fighter Conor McGregor "effective immediately"
    3. Report: Ubisoft Barcelona unions file lawsuit against return to office mandate
    4. My Games launches mobile publisher MGVC Publishing
    5. Appcharge raises $26 million
    6. Why has the games industry abandoned events? | GI Microcast
    7. 2K Games' motion capture studio votes to unionise
    8. Video games' festive charity extravaganza Jingle Jam targets 1,000 streamers
    9. CMA calls for investigation into Apple and Google's mobile market dominance
    10. Report: Sony working on new PlayStation handheld
    1. Stalker 2 sells 1m copies in two days | News-in-brief
    2. Samsung launches free mobile cloud gaming platform for Galaxy devices
    3. Sales up 10% following Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launch | US Monthly Charts
    4. Does a Sony bid for Kadokawa make sense? | Opinion
    5. Full Throttle | Why I Love
    1. BAFTA's 2024 Breakthrough Cohort includes game dev talent from the UK, US, and India
    2. Bandai Namco subsidiary Bandai Namco Online to be dissolved and merged with parent company
    3. Itch.io now requires creators to declare if their work uses generative AI
    4. Shenmue 3 publishing rights shift to Inin Games
    5. Game investment and M&A deals pull ahead of 2023 at $10.38bn for Q1-Q3
    6. Majority of GAME head office staff reportedly laid off since August
    7. Hyper Light Breaker dev Heart Machine lays off unknown number of staff
    8. Valve updates guidelines for season passes on Steam
    9. Xsolla to establish Asia-Pacific headquarters in South Korea's Busan Metropolitan City
    10. AFK Journey named Google Play's Game of the Year
    11. Cloud streaming beta launches on PS Portal via PlayStation Plus
    12. European video game sales jumped 12% in October on the back of blockbuster launches | European Monthly Charts
    13. Xbox Cloud Gaming to support titles from players' game libraries
    1. Why Two Point Studios returned to the office
    2. Unknown 9 developer Reflector Entertainment lays off 18% of staff
    3. FromSoftware parent Kadokawa confirms buyout interest from Sony
    4. Final Fantasy 14 coming to mobile
    5. Report: Kwalee lays off "at least 10" people
    6. Lego and UNICEF unveil game design toolbox to help promote children's wellbeing in digital play
    7. Merlin Entertainments to invest over $110m in Minecraft-themed attractions
    8. Starfield reaches 15m players | News-in-brief
    1. Game District acquires majority stake in Gleam Games
    2. Former Quantic Dream writer forms new studio Republic Games
    3. Farming Simulator 25 has sold 2m copies in a week | News-in-brief
    4. Alan Wake 2 sells over 1.8m units | News-in-brief
    5. TIGA: Half of UK game devs found it difficult to fill vacancies in 2024
    6. Xbox's mission to uplift indies in emerging markets
    7. PlayStation names Olivier Courtemanche as head of mobile
    8. Pokémon TCG Pocket has reportedly generated $120m since launch
    9. SuperScale raises $1.2m in funding round
    1. Thought Pennies cuts headcount as project loses funding
    2. Merak Capital launches $80m fund to support MENA games startups
    3. Play Ventures raises $140m in third gaming fund
    4. Roblox adds further changes to safety systems and parental controls
    5. Sam Dyer preserves video game history in hardback
    6. Unity CEO addresses decision to cancel controversial runtime fee
    7. Half-Life 2 reaches new record at over 60,000 concurrent players
    1. Ubisoft's Splinter Cell movie cancelled
    2. Microsoft's Xbox transition moves into high gear | Opinion
    3. New York Game Awards to honour Sam Lake
    4. WASD expo cancelled, organiser enters liquidation
    5. EA's four evergreen principles to keep your service games fresh
    6. Bit Odd raises €17m in funding round
    7. SAG-AFTRA announces new agreement for video game localisation
    1. Valve accused of "allowing the proliferation of hate" on Steam
    2. Many Cats Studios appoints second Impact cohort to champion disabled gaming professionals
    3. EA Sports NHL 25 announces multi-year deal with Professional Women's Hockey League | News-in-brief
    4. Ruckus Games raises $19m in funding round led by Krafton
    5. SayGames to invest $30m in hybrid casual studios over next three years
    6. Thunderful announces second restructuring program resulting in more layoffs
    7. Making games for India: "There's no replacement for being on the ground"
    8. Embracer PC and console sales plummet during Q2
    9. Embracer divests Easybrain to Miniclip in $1.2bn deal
    1. Ubisoft appoints new chief people officer
    2. Casual studio Funstop Games secures $5 million in Series A funding
    3. ZeniMax QA workers to strike over concerns about return to office mandate and outsourcing
    4. 76% of US kids want consoles and games for Christmas
    5. Microsoft interested in more M&A, Spencer says
    6. The state of the indie games industry in 2024
    7. Swedish games industry revenue increased 6.4% in 2023
    8. Xsolla: Mobile gaming market forecast to reach $98.7bn in 2024
    9. Dungeon & Fighter Mobile boosts Nexon's Q3 revenue
    1. New Steamwork APIs make it easier for players to switch game versions and beta branches
    2. Rime developer Tequila Works files for insolvency
    3. More layoffs at Payload Studios
    4. Metalstorm developer Starform raises $6 million
    5. Modern Times Group to acquire Plarium for $620m
    6. Neowiz signs $8m publishing deal with game dev Zakazane
    7. Ubisoft faces lawsuit for allegedly misleading players by shutting down The Crew
    8. Dragon Ball and Undisputed deliver big sales in October, as Call of Duty claims No.1 | UK Monthly Report
    9. The former Hollywood exec looking to transform Sega into the next Disney
    10. Winking Studio raises $10m as part of dual listing on London Stock Exchange
    11. Lightspeed launches new Japan studio led by Hideaki Itsuno
    1. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Half-Life actor Tony Todd dies aged 69
    2. How Nintendo's past will shore up Switch 2's future | Microcast
    3. Why India's games spending is expected to reach $9.2bn in five years
    4. Super Mario Party Jamboree launches at No.1 | Japan Monthly Charts
    5. Raw Fury appoints new CEO
    6. Roblox adds more safety features to protect under 13s
    7. Nintendo suing streamer for broadcasting ten games ahead of release
    8. Death Stranding reaches 19m players globally | News-in-brief
    9. NetEase execs arrested for alleged money laundering and bribery
    1. GeForce Now to establish 100-hour playtime limit
    2. Pocketpair shares Nintendo, The Pokémon Company's demands from Palworld lawsuit
    3. Quantifying the impact of creator programs
    4. PS5 Pro signposts a disc-less future that few actually want | Opinion
    5. Sony on Concord's failure: "With new IP, you don't know the result until you actually try it"
    6. Sega's half-year results driven by 22% rise in games revenue
    7. PlayStation's rising game sales boost Sony financials as PS5 passes 65m shipped
    8. Amplitude Studios regains independence from Sega
    1. Unity appoints new CFO Jarrod Yahes
    2. Unity revises fiscal projections as Q3 2024 financials "exceed guidance"
    3. Warner Bros Discovery says its games division is "substantially underperforming"
    4. A Mass Effect TV series is in development at Amazon
    5. FromSoftware parent Kadokawa expands into console and PC publishing
    6. Digital Bros rebrands Hook Indie Publishing label as 505 Pulse
    7. Zelnick on Take-Two's packed 2025, and why PC is increasingly crucial for AAA
    8. Nintendo Switch 2 will avoid the fate of Wii U | Opinion
    9. Kojima Productions announces full ownership of Death Stranding IP | News-in-brief
    10. London Games Festival launches new consumer games expo New Game Plus
    11. Number of UK game dev freelancers triples amid layoffs and studio closures
    12. Sega to delist multiple games from Classics collections
    13. Call of Duty Mobile reaches 1bn downloads | News-in-brief
    14. Tencent confirms layoffs at Sharkmob London
    1. Take-Two Interactive hails "strong results" as Q2 2025 net bookings rise to $1.47 billion
    2. Zelnick on Private Division sale: "Those projects were smaller, we're in the business of big hits"
    3. Feeling seen: Handling marginalised representation in Usual June
    4. Don't Nod workers to strike on November 8
    5. Steam launches game recording | News-in-brief
    6. Clinical director Raffael Boccamazzo to leave Take This
    7. Nintendo confirms backwards compatibility on Switch 2
    1. Around 21% of European games professionals have been laid off in the past year
    2. Why the European Court of Justice's decision on cheats is not a milestone | Opinion
    3. Kingdom Come Deliverance has sold 8m units | News-in-brief
    4. Dozens of staff laid off at Inflexion as part of restructuring
    5. Square Enix to seemingly move away from platform exclusivity
    6. Incredibuild acquires dev-ops pipeline acceleration firm Garden | News-in-brief
    7. Nintendo lowers full-year forecast as H1 sales fall 34% to $3.4bn
    8. PS5 Pro to launch with over 50 enhanced titles | News-in-brief
    9. GAMM Game Museum to open in Rome
    1. Netflix's Mike Verdu reveals new role as VP of GenAI for Games
    2. Atari acquires Transport Tycoon IP
    3. Radical Forge raises £2.6m
    4. Supercell acquires Space Ape
    5. Call of Duty flies, Concord falls | Microcast
    6. Pokémon TCG Pocket reportedly makes $12m in first four days
    7. How accessible is being a gaming content creator?
    8. Bethesda to shut down The Elder Scrolls Legends
    9. Remedy revenue rises 129% during Q3 2024
    1. Phasmophobia has sold 20m copies | News-in-brief
    2. Discord management platform Levellr raises $1.75m in funding round
    3. Baldur's Gate 3 surpasses 50m mod downloads | News-in-brief
    4. Respawn blocks Apex Legends on platforms using Linux including Steam Deck
    5. Roblox bookings jump to $1.1bn in Q3
    6. IWGB Game Workers launches first manifesto
    7. Black Ops 6 does the business for Microsoft | Opinion
    8. Unity appoints Alex Blum as COO