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Former EA devs' Simply Sweet Games aims to "raise the bar for the entire industry"
Tina Merry and Carina Kom tell us the new studio will create "polished, deep, and ad-free" mobile experiences
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Why Bandai Namco is betting big on Unknown 9's transmedia universe
Reflector Entertainment CEO and Bandai Namco exec Hervé Hoerdt offers insight into telling a story across games, novels, comics, podcasts and more
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Balatro sells 500,000 copies in ten days | News-in-brief
LocalThunk's deck-building roguelike launched on February 20, 2024
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Best time to remake a video game? Between 10 and 20 years later
New study also reveals that remasters perform best when the game is under 5 years old
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Why external and distributed development is the future of AAA games
Virtuos shares its experience on working with major developers to help them complete projects
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Sea Monster: "Play with a purpose can change the world"
CEO Glenn Gillis discusses Games for Change, what South Africa has to offer to the world of games, and how the industry across the continent has matured
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Limpho Moeti: Collaboration is key to South Africa's future in games
RocketRide Games' business development manager on the importance of being able to connect with the wider industry, and the structural challenges hindering growth
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Apple calls Epic 'verifiably untrustworthy' and blocks Fortnite and App store on iOS
UPDATE: European Commission has requested "further explanations" from Apple, is also reevaluating compliance with Digital Services Act
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Rocket Science launches Atomic Theory
The new co-developer will be based in Cardiff and overseen by Sav Fileccia
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Eggnut ceases operations
The studio will continue supporting its launched titles Tails Noir: Prologue and Tails Noir
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Industry group reveals new indie-focused publisher Rock It Games
Its first releases will be Space Invaders Deck Commander and Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
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Mattel begins self-publishing mobile games
Global head of digital gaming says "We'll still continue to do most of our projects through licensing and we can't do everything ourselves"
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Xbox's Partner Preview reveals slate of new games launching in 2024
The showcase introduced titles such as Sleight of Hand, Creatures of Ava, and The Alters
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Rooster Teeth shutting down
Warner Bros. Discovery laying off about 150 as it closes gaming and entertainment brand
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Top 20 UK video game sales are 38% physical
Diablo 4 was 85% digital, while Spider-Man 2 was just 46% digital
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Glow Up Games on bringing Black stories to games and why AI doesn't recognize rap
At DICE 2024, co-founders Mitu Khandaker and Latoya Peterson discussed the challenges in building games around hip-hop culture
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Capcom increasing all salaries by around 5%, 28% rise for new graduate hires
5% average increase will be implemented in Fiscal 2024, while higher starting salary will come into effect the following year
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Torus Games lays off team, goes on hiatus
Founder Bill McIntosh says they'll "make a decision on finally closing the company dependent on how the rest of this year plays out"
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Spearhead Games lays off majority of staff
Development on RPG sandbox Unforetold: Witchstone will end indefinitely as of March 8
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SteamWorld's Brjánn Sigurgeirsson: "We were terrified of making the same game over and over"
Thunderful and Image & Form co-founder explains why the franchise changes genre with every release
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Studio Bolland and the highs and lows of entering the South African game dev scene
Richard Bolland shares the studio's experience of its first year trying to make its foray into games, and why South Africa is such a "fertile ground"
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24 Bit Games' journey to joining Annapurna Interactive
We talk to Pieter Koornhof and Tarryn van der Byl about being acquired by the indie darling, and how it will "make a difference" to South Africa's dev scene
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Warner Bros. addressing "volatile" AAA console space with live services, mobile free-to-play
CEO of streaming and games JB Perrette eager to make games "where people can come in and live and work and build and play… on an ongoing basis"
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Persona series moves over 22m units | News-in-brief
Atlus' RPG franchise hits the sales milestone a month after launching Persona 3 Reload
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The bleatings will continue until morale improves | Creature Comforts
The news in gaming has been 'ruff' of late, but here are a bunch of cute pet pictures that might help us all cope