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Pentiment and We Are OFK win Peabody Awards
The narrative-focused titles each won the Immersive and Interactive Award
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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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Sega's full-year sales jump 20% as Persona and Like a Dragon sales surge
Addition of Rovio helps drive revenue growth as new RPG releases drive those franchises nearly on par with Sonic sales
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Playtika cuts two executive roles amid leadership restructure
CEO says the actions "are designed to position us to return to growth in the mobile gaming sector"
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Warner Bros. CEO cites Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice sales performance for Q1 losses
David Zaslav called it a "disappointing release" as it took a hit of $200 million for the quarter
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Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Business
If you're a developer working for Xbox, what can you do to secure your job?
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Xbox president: "Our commitment [is] to make sure that the business is healthy for the long term"
Regarding Tango Gameworks shuttering, Sarah Bond said, "We look at a whole variety of factors when we're faced with sort of making decisions"
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Around 30 people laid off in CI Games' final round of job cuts
Company says Lords of the Fallen dev Hexworks is unaffected
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Xbox mobile store to launch this summer
Storefront to launch with first-party titles such as Candy Crush and Minecraft
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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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Lightforge Games lays off "majority" of workforce
Development on its collaborative online RPG has been paused, a "skeleton team" to remain in place
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Unity restructuring increases losses to $291m in Q1 2024
But engine provider says the "cost reset" process has now been completed
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Fallout 4 rules the roost in April | UK Monthly Charts
But console market decline continues in 2024
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Capcom reports record profits for seventh year running
Street Fighter 6 was the publisher's biggest seller of the year at 3.3 million units, while Dragon's Dogma 2 sold 2.6 million
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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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Yellow raises $5m in seed funding round
The AI start-up's says it YellowSculpt tool allows developers to create pre-rigged 3D character meshes in minutes
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Overwolf acquires Nitropay
With the deal, the content marketplace aims to become the leading gaming ad tech platform
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Meet Amir Satvat, the man leading efforts to find laid-off developers new jobs
We find out more about Satvat's initiatives to support those affected by widespread job cuts, already helping more than 1,800 people find work
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Nintendo forecast doesn't include Switch 2 before April 2025
During an investor call, president Shuntaro Furukawa said he doesn't expect supply issues, but platform holder "[hasn't] yet discussed launch timing"
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Roblox revenues increase to $801m in Q1
Firm's daily active user count rose to over 77 million during the quarter
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London Games Festival 2024 gathered over 100,000 people
Event already set for a 2025 edition next April
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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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Nintendo also dropping Twitter integration on June 10 | News-in-brief
Switch owners will no longer be able to share screenshots and clips or find friend suggestions, follows similar move from PlayStation last year
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Altera raises $9m in seed round to fund AI software
The company recently built an AI agent that can play Minecraft without human input
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Dead Island 2 reaches 7m players | News-in-brief
The highly-anticipated sequel title launched on April 21, 2023, and sold 1 million copies three days after release