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Osama Dorias: Progress fighting crunch is at risk

Brass Lion developer says the industry has made progress when it comes to burnout and mental health, but some are reverting to old habits during a difficult year

Nov. 15, 2023 Brendan Sinclair

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Strong release slate can't avoid sales dip in October | US Monthly Charts

Spending down 5% as Spider-Man and Super Mario can't offset the impact of Call of Duty's move back to November

Nov. 15, 2023 Brendan Sinclair

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Newzoo lowers 2023 games market value forecast to $184bn

But data firm expects industry to remain stable at 0.6% growth following last year's 4% decline

Nov. 15, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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Wargaming raises over $1m for Ukraine aid | News-in-brief

Proceeds from 90,000 bundle sales will go toward buying ambulances to save lives

Nov. 15, 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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Atlus to raise employee salaries by 15% in April 2024

This is on top of the 5% raise provided earlier this year

Nov. 15, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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ByteDance reportedly planning to sell Moonton Technology

Discussions have been held two years after TikTok owner acquired developer of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Nov. 15, 2023 James Batchelor

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Humble Games affected by layoffs

Publisher explained that it has "experienced trends that required restructure"

Nov. 15, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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League of Geeks: "It's a very serious time for a studio of our size"

Co-founder and studio director Trent Kusters talks resilience in the triple-I space, Jumplight Odyssey, and the evolution of the Early Access scene

Nov. 14, 2023 Marie Dealessandri

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Twitch gets an 8% bump in viewership for October

Daily hours watched hit 57 million for the month as it recovered from September's dip of 55 million

Nov. 14, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Digital Bros is posed to cut 30% of its workforce

The restructuring program was attributed to prioritizing "high-quality and long-standing successful titles"

Nov. 14, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Transcend Fund amasses nearly $60m in second seed fund

Since its founding in 2020, the venture capital firm has been an early-stage investor in gaming

Nov. 14, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Super Mario Wonder leads a raft of new releases | Japan Monthly Charts

Detective Pikachu Returns and Spider-Man 2 finish second and third in an October marked by big new games

Nov. 14, 2023 Brendan Sinclair

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GTA 6 is not being made by the same Rockstar that made GTA 5 | Microcast

Latest episode available to download now, also discusses reportedly strained development of Modern Warfare 3

Nov. 14, 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Staff

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SIDE expands to Tokyo

The new office will offer dubbing, casting, and talent negotiation services in Japan

Nov. 14, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Report: Modern Warfare 3 devs complain of crunch, rushed development

Update: Sledgehammer Games studio head says project has been "years in the making" and "anything said to the contrary is simply not true"

Nov. 14, 2023 James Batchelor

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Bandai Namco names Nintendo-focused team Studio 2 and Studio S

The development studio has collaborated with Nintendo on games like Smash Bros and Mario Kart

Nov. 14, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau

Adventure Forge UI showing an isometric viewpoint of a scene in Venice. Parts of the scene have light bulb indicators on them and there is an interface of various logos and data surrounding the scene.

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Code your own adventure, without code

Jordan Weisman talks about applying the Roblox model to narrative-game-making software with Adventure Forge, and the industry's evolution on M&A

Nov. 14, 2023 Brendan Sinclair

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Remedy's upcoming free-to-play title Vanguard to become premium

Multiplayer project's codename changed to Kestrel

Nov. 14, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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OnePlus, Samsung say they were restricted from including Fortnite in app stores | Epic vs Google

Google says OnePlus omitted Epic game by choice, and Samsung inclusion enabled malicious 'fake Fortnite' app

Nov. 14, 2023 James Batchelor

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Squido Studio raises CA$1.5m in funding round

Investment will go towards development of a mixed reality multiplayer game

Nov. 14, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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Steam Deck 2 will be a "generational increase" as original sells "multiple millions"

Valve says it now has a roadmap for future handhelds, expects successor in two to three years

Nov. 14, 2023 James Batchelor

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Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 lead Game Awards 2023 nominations

Nintendo received the most nominations for a publisher

Nov. 14, 2023 Sophie McEvoy

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PlaySide on growing Dumb Ways To Die: "We just passed Pokémon on TikTok"

Ben Kelly and Ryan McMahon on the studio's future in original IP and helping the next generation of Australian devs

Nov. 13, 2023 Marie Dealessandri

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Summerfall Studios on life after Stray Gods

We talk to the three co-founders about not wanting to be "the studio that does musicals" and how to cultivate a caring studio culture

Nov. 13, 2023 Marie Dealessandri

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Neowiz invests in Blank Game Studios

The investment aims to increase the Korean game firms' global console presence

Nov. 13, 2023 Jeffrey Rousseau