Microids announces in-house distribution arm
Microids Distribution France is to handle the company's own games as well as products from partners
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Marie Dealessandri, Academy Writer
Marie Dealessandri joined GamesIndustry.biz as its first Academy writer in October 2019. After living and working as a journalist in France and Canada, she entrenched herself in the UK games industry in 2015, working for B2B magazine MCV. She can be found occasionally tweeting @mariedeal, usually on a loop about Baldur’s Gate and the Dead Cells soundtrack.
Recent articles by Marie Dealessandri
The Last of Us Part 2 | Games of the Year 2020
Naughty Dog delivered a powerful and introspective story of revenge, obsession and self-destruction
Discord valued at $7bn as it raises $100m
The company is currently in the middle of a series H funding round which could see it raise up to $140 million
China introduces new age rating system
The new guidelines, currently in pilot phase, will see games rated across three age categories: 8+, 12+, and 16+
The Game Awards sets new viewership record with 83m livestreams
At the peak of the event, there were 8.3 million concurrent viewers worldwide
Keywords Studios acquires Indigo Pearl and Jinglebell
The services provider purchased UK PR agency Indigo Pearl for £1.1m, and Italian recording studio Jinglebell for €1.5m
Esports to debut as medal event at Asian Games 2022
Esports will join the "intellectual titles" category of the 19th Asian Games, which already features events such as chess
Parsec raises $25 million in series B round
The investment will go towards the development of its interactive remote access app, Parsec for Teams
UK Members of Parliament call for ban on bulk buying consoles
A motion submitted on Monday asks to make the resale of products bought in large quantities using automated bots illegal
Streamloots launches mental health support program for streamers
Streamloots Strong will give livestreamers access to resources to understand and support their mental wellbeing
Keywords acquires High Voltage Software for $50m
The American studio brings 27 years of development experience to Keywords
Apple introduces privacy labels to make data mining transparent
Apps who do not disclose their privacy policy on the App Stores will not be allowed to be updated
Roblox purchases digital avatar firm Loom.ai
The real-time animation startup will bring emotions and facial expressions to Roblox avatars
SteelSeries acquires KontrolFreek
The gaming accessories company aims at strengthening its console offering
Lessons learnt from business development in Africa
During Africa Games Week, Nyamakop's Limpho Moeti explored how growing your business can benefit your local industry
US law proposal could make streaming copyrighted material a felony
Proposal argues illegal streaming is an offence against the 'right of public performance,' could lead to prison sentences
Cyberpunk 2077 features epileptic triggers
Update: Microsoft promises to improve certification processes to better identify triggers in future games
Steam breaks concurrent users record at nearly 25m
Valve's platform broke its own concurrent users record twice in the past couple of days
Roblox delays IPO to 2021
The company is hoping to get a higher IPO pricing by waiting until next year
Orwell Youth Prize to introduce game design category
Entries will open next week, to encourage 12 to 18 year-olds from the UK to design games inspired by George Orwell
Steam introduces new discovery tools
Steam games are now split across 48 genre categories, eight theme categories, and seven player mode categories, for a total of 63 new categories
72% of all 2020 mobile revenue generated by games at $81bn
Mobile apps will overall hit 130 billion downloads across iOS and Google Play in 2020, 40% of which coming from games
European consumers organisations collaborate on call for Joy-con drift reports
Several associations across Europe invited users to report Joy-Con drift issues
Australia's Victorian government invests $25m in screen industries
Investment in local games development will double in the state
Epic won't hold in-person Fortnite events in 2021
The company said that too much is "still unknown about what is practical and safe" due to the COVID-19 crisis
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