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GameSpot lays off portion of staff
Job cuts at Fandom gaming outlet come almost exactly a year after last round of layoffs
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SF6 and RE4 continue to drive Capcom results
Revenues are up 33% through the first nine months of the company's fiscal year
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EA Sports FC 24 beats expectations, leads EA to Q3 growth
Football series grew 7% for the quarter despite rebrand as EA sees profits jump 42%
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Guessing Nintendo's next move | 10 Years Ago This Month
With the Wii U struggling and the company signaling changes, January of 2014 saw lots of people take (mostly wrong) guesses at what Nintendo would do next
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Riot and Microsoft layoffs the same, but different | This Week in Business
The League of Legends maker's accountability falls on people not at fault, while Microsoft celebrates the Activision Blizzard acquisition by disposing of devs
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Apple clears the way for Game Pass streaming on iOS
A day after UK CMA resumes investigation of cloud gaming restrictions, Apple says it will allow game streaming apps
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An arms race for games industry tax breaks
Nordicity's Kristian Roberts weighs in on the worldwide state of tax credits, where they're effective, and where they aren't
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Mighty Kingdom fends off ex-CEO's takeover attempt
Fewer than 10% of Conan Chop Chop studio shareholders voted for former boss' resolution to replace board
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Getting used to it | This Week in Business
GAME is ending its trade-in program, once denounced as a scourge of the industry. So why aren't we seeing more celebrating?
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle leads Microsoft's 2024 lineup
Hellblade 2 arrives May 21, Visions of Mana hits in the summer, Avowed and Ara follow in the fall
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35% of devs affected by layoffs last year, says GDC survey
7% of respondents had been laid off, while 17% saw colleagues let go, and another 11% reported layoffs elsewhere in their companies
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4% December sales boost sees 2023 finish up 1% year-over-year | US Monthly Charts
Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game of the year, the first time a non-Call of Duty, non-Rockstar game has done that since 2008
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Netspeak laying off 25
Sunshine Days studio cites difficulty in finding new funding as it confirms entering consultation process
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Build A Rocket Boy lands $110 million in funding
Leslie Benzies' studio will put the money toward three "flagship" products: Everywhere, AAA franchise MindsEye, and UGC tool Arcadia
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UK chain GAME to exit pre-owned business
Update: Retailer's parent company Frasers Group confirms it will no longer accept trade-ins "over the coming months"
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3 top GDC Award nominations
Acclaimed blockbusters lead the field with seven nominations each as Cocoon wraps up five nods
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Street Fighter 6 sells over 3 million worldwide | News-in-brief
Capcom's latest fighting game surpasses milestone after half a year on shelves
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Double Loop Games shutting down
Mobile studio cites "very hostile funding and marketing environment"; most of staff picked up by Scopely
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Sony gives Gran Turismo Sport the boot | This Week in Business
When the servers go dark, the ability to save progress in the single-player parts of the game goes with it. How could publishers better handle sunsetting online games?
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Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"
Head of publishing Benoit Clerc and president of Nacon USA Jack Reynolds discuss the challenges facing the mid-tier publisher and peripheral maker
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Ex-Activision exec accuses publisher of discriminating against "old white guys"
Former employee says he was laid off for whistleblowing about company preference for younger, non-white employees
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TinyBuild shut down Versus Evil on the last day before Christmas | This Week in Business
Also, Nexon swallows a fine for fudging loot box odds and we look back at a difficult year for esports
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Study finds most social media ads ignore loot box label requirements
Only 7% of ads for loot box games on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and TikTok disclose loot boxes as required
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New hardware, more layoffs, AI in game dev: Analyst predictions for 2024
Our annual panel of industry-watchers look back at their calls for 2023 and offer new forecasts for the year ahead
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Versus Evil shuts down
Indie publisher's staff laid off just weeks after leadership settled a legal dispute with parent company TinyBuild