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Marvel Rivals publisher walks back negative review clause for previews
NetEase says the development hopes to have "consistent feedback, suggestions, and criticisms through more in-depth cooperation"
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Let's talk about those Xbox studio closures... | Microcast
Latest episode available to download now, also discusses Nintendo Switch 2
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How ex-Blizzard devs Frost Giant got players to invest nearly $1m into the studio
Stormgate developer's CEO Tim Morten on equity crowdfunding and revolutionising real-time strategy games
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Warner Bros. transferring ownership of titles under Adult Swim Games label back to some devs
The move comes months after the firm said it was delisting titles from the publishing division
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Steel City Interactive raises £15m in funding
Indie studio is preparing for the full release of its boxing game Undisputed
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Mighty Kingdom lays off 28% of staff
Australian studio shares details for affected staff online in hopes of helping them find new roles
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Why Sweden's games industry is still growing
Trade body Dataspelsbranschen and Swedish studio heads discuss the nation's talent pipeline and collaborative culture
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Square Enix embarking on "aggressive multiplatform strategy" as profits drop 70%
Following disappointing financial year, company unveils three-year plan targeting long-term growth
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Report: Sony forms new studio with ex-Deviation Games devs
Deviation co-founder Jason Blundell said to be involved in new studio
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Little Kitty Big City sells 100,000 units in 48 hours | News-in-brief
Double Dagger Studio's title released on May 9 on Steam, Xbox, and Switch
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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