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Materia Music acquires video game record label Boss Battle Records
The companies had been in acquisition talks since 2019
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Keywords acquires The Multiplayer Group from Improbable for £76.5m
MPG has worked on titles including Fall Guys and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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Ubisoft pulls over The Crew
The racer will go offline next year due to licensing and infrastructure constraints
News
Human Fall Flat ships 50m units | News-in-brief
The puzzle platformer originally launched back in 2016
News
Downsizing of Ukrainian games market continued in 2023 after Russia invasion
A new report says that the game industry in Ukraine has seen shifts in its workforce and operational structures
News
China games market revenue sees 13% bump
International consumer spending on Chinese titles fell by 6% due to national security concerns
Feature
End of an E3ra | This Week in Business
With the show officially gone for good, we recap the Winners and Losers of E3 one last time
Opinion
2023's great games were a backdrop for industry failure | Opinion
A constant tolling bell of industry layoffs defined 2023 – with job losses for thousands being in stark contrast to a stellar release schedule and record-beating acquisition numbers
News
Xbox Games Pass comes to Meta Quest
The Xbox Cloud Gaming beta app is available on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro headsets
News
The Game Awards reached 118m views | News-in-brief
Geoff Keighley confirms this was the most-watched ceremony in the event's ten-year history
Feature
Alan Wake 2 | Games of the Year 2023
Sophie McEvoy formed an unexpected connection with a certain fictional writer in this long-awaited sequel
News
Naughty Dog cancels The Last Of Us Online
The developer didn't want to become a "solely live services games studio"
News
Stephen Totilo launches Game File
The new platform will serve as a reader-supporter site and newsletter
News
Barnyard Games secures $3.4m in seed funding round
The newly established studio aims to create AAA titles using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite
News
Kojima Productions and A24 to adapt live-action Death Stranding movie
The news comes years after the Hideo Kojima-led firm established a music, TV, and film division
News
E3 is dead. Now what?
Publishers, developers and journalists reflect on the show's downfall, the current state of game events, and whether anything can (or should) fill the void
News
MyGamez closes €1.5m in new funding round
The firm aims to expand its publishing operations in the Chinese mobile game market
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Niko Partners: Asia and MENA spending $78.5bn on in-game purchases in 2023
Microtransactions account for 87.8% of spending, $7.8 billion spent on premium titles
News
Thunderful shakes up leadership team
Four new execs appointed as Agostino Simonetta leaves the company
Data
Game sales dip but PS5 drives console market up 60% | European Monthly Charts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 tops the charts but cannot match Modern Warfare 2
Opinion
Baldur's Gate 3 | Games of the Year 2023
Marie Dealessandri says Larian's latest represents the triumphant culmination to a story 25 years in the making
News
Netflix has 90 games in development | News-in-brief
Platform launched 40 games this year, 86 since its initial foray into games in November 2021
News
Hasbro says it will cut nearly 1,100 positions
"Market headwinds we anticipated have proven to be stronger and more persistent than planned," says firm
News
ESA CEO says ending E3 was based on shifting industry needs
The executive said "Video game companies have new and exciting ways to reach people"
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November game spending slides 7% | US Monthly Charts
Hardware drops 24% as new release slate can't measure up to last year's God of War and Pokémon games