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Xbox revenues slide as 2022’s sparse release schedule bites | Opinion

With several major titles pushed to 2023 and Microsoft’s first-party investments yet to bear fruit, it's a weak year for new games – but that also creates opportunities

July 29, 2022 Rob Fahey

News

Government blocks Krafton's India-only version of PUBG

Two years after PUBG Mobile ban, Battlegrounds Mobile India is delisted over 'national security concerns'

July 29, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

News

Fired Ubisoft director Ashraf Ismail now working for Tencent

Chinese giant says Ismail shows “an eagerness to learn and grow as a person” as he consults for TiMi Studios

July 29, 2022 James Batchelor

News

PlayStation’s Q1 revenues dip by 2% to $4.5 billion amid sales decline, increasing costs

Earlier-than-expected completion of Bungie acquisition, now costing $3.7 billion, also a factor

July 29, 2022 James Batchelor

Stub

MTV VMAs adds awards category for best virtual concert in a video game

The category is called Best Metaverse Performance, and includes concerts in Roblox, Fortnite or PUBG. Winners will be revealed on August 28

July 29, 2022 Press Release

News

Vox Media fires 39 staffers across company due to economic uncertainty

The media company saw cuts across various departments and publications including games website Polygon

July 28, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Talent company Loaded announces new consultancy business and production studio Open World

Nadia Tseng will lead the company's gaming consultancy division while Cesar Martinez will oversee its production branch

July 28, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Bungie planning ‘reduced communications’ with players following harassment

Developer says “real threats” have been made towards staff, wants to ensure “folks are safe and taken care of”

July 28, 2022 Danielle Partis

Feature

Ubisoft’s Lisa Opie on leaving TV to help fix the games industry

The managing director for the publisher’s UK studios reflects on the challenges games firms face in trying to improve their company culture

July 28, 2022 James Batchelor

Feature

The industry catches Ouya fever | 10 Years Ago This Month

"A freight train plowed into the console games business on July 11th, forever changing the console games landscape..."

July 28, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

News

Diablo Immortal generates $100m in lifetime revenue

Blizzard title becomes second-fastest mobile game to reach financial milestone, behind Pokémon GO

July 28, 2022 Danielle Partis

News

Concept Ventures launches $60m pre-seed fund for UK gaming ventures

The program intends to support over 60 gaming start-ups over the next four years

July 28, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake delayed indefinitely

The halt was in part attributed to the firing of two directors and the project not meeting expectations

July 28, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

University of Oxford study says playing video games doesn’t affect your mental wellbeing

The report examined the gaming habits of nearly 40,000 people as they played titles such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Apex Legends

July 28, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

Academy

How viral marketing and cultural history propelled The Wagadu Chronicles

At Develop:Brighton, Twin Drums' Allan Cudicio gave an overview of his strategies to gain traction with the studio's Afro-fantasy MMORPG

July 28, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

News

ADL studies hate, harassment on Minecraft servers

Anti-Defamation League finds strong community guidelines and mod-to-player ratio tied to more positive social spaces

July 28, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

News

FTC objects to Meta purchase of Within

US regulator sues to block deal from going through, accuses Facebook parent of "trying to buy its way to the top"

July 28, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

News

Leaked documents show Roblox agreement plans in China

2017 plans detailed content moderation, segregating Chinese user base, potential Tencent 'copycat' and more

July 28, 2022 Danielle Partis

Stub

Star Wars: Hunters delayed to 2023

Zynga pushes back multiplayer title, but soft launch territories will continue to receive content updates

July 28, 2022 Press Release

News

Microsoft Q4 gaming revenues decline, but Game Pass grows

Over four million people have streamed Fortnite via Xbox Cloud Gaming - and one million of those were new to Microsoft's ecosystem

July 28, 2022 James Batchelor

News

Rockstar devs report improvements to crunch culture and a GTA that doesn't “punch down”

Employees report dramatic changes, dubbing studio “a boys’ club transformed into a real company”

July 28, 2022 James Batchelor

News

GI Live: London returns to EGX in September

Valve, Xbox, Square Enix, Sega and more all set to meet developers at two-day show

July 28, 2022 Christopher Dring

News

Capcom revenue declines 48% to $184m for Q1 2022

The quarter saw the publisher's digital contents business also decrease 55% to $146 million while Monster Hunter Rise continues to sell

July 26, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

Feature

Meta Quest 2 price going up $100

Company says VR headsets will start at $400 next month so it can "continue to invest for the long term..."

July 26, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

News

Wizards of the Coast opens new Austin-based studio, Skeleton Key

Games industry vet Christian Dailey is appointed the developer's studio head and vice president

July 26, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau