Business
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Jobs Roundup: March 2024 | Roblox team grows with duo appointments
Update: Chris Paulson joins Skybound Games as executive VP, Keywords names Global business development director
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Reef Creative Group acquires 70% stake in Bitmap Bureau
The developer has also partnered with Reef Entertainment to work on two unannounced games
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Tencent reportedly takes over two ByteDance games teams
The companies have allegedly merged to form a new Shenzhen-based studio
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Naughty Dog, Id Software, and Activision alum form Empty Vessel
Led by Emanuel Palalic and Garrett Young, the new AAA studio is developing a sci-fi shooter
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Stellar Blade studio Shift Up files for IPO
Firm to float on the Korea Stock Exchange, 7.25 million shares to be sold during the public offering, at $0.15 each
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Former Loaded director launches Beck Interactive Partners
Company aims to pair developers and influencers to support games in early development
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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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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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Nine Dots branches out into publishing
CEO Guillaume Boucher-Vidal believes this is the "natural next step" in the studio's business model
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NetEase revenue rises 7.2% to $14.6bn in 2023
Publisher's games segment saw a 9.4% increase due to success of mobile titles
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City State Entertainment is now Unchained Entertainment
The studio aims to fully release its first title, Final Stand: Ragnarok later this year
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Toys For Bob splitting from Activision Blizzard
Skylanders and Crash Bandicoot 4 studio being spun out, currently in talks on a partnership with Microsoft
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Wildlife Studios cuts 21% of its staff
The mobile game firm lays off 133 employees in its third year of consecutive job cuts
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Report: Saber Interactive buys itself back from Embracer in $500m deal
The developer of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was originally acquired back in 2020
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New single-player Battlefield campaign set to continue, with "some" Ridgeline employees reportedly joining Ripple Effect
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Report: Rockstar mandates return to office five days a week
The new policy will reportedly take effect in April to increase productivity and security
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Jobs Roundup: February 2024 | CD Projekt Red grows Project Orion team
Update: Dan Wood joins Bastion to lead new division , Daniel Svärd is named Co-CEO of Drest
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Marcus Lehto leaves EA studio he founded
Industry veteran says it was "a very tough decision" to make
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Supermassive to cut staff by 90
Update: Studio issues statement following reports of layoffs at the company
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Unity revenue rises 57% to $2.1 billion in 2023
Engine provider's full-year net loss narrows to $826.3 million
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Sony tests out PC support for the PSVR 2
The platform holder aims to have the functionality available to users later this year
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Apple disables web apps in the EU
iOS firm cites "complex security and privacy concerns" as it changes to comply with Digital Markets Act
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Suicide Squad failed to meet Warner expectations
CFO says "games business up for a tough year" compared to same period in 2023
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Developer cohort unveils Fun Dog Studios
CEO says, "As independents, we're free to forge our own path to make games we all can't wait to play ourselves"
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Gameloft sees staff redundancies in Lviv and Toronto offices
The Ukrainian office lost 38 employees; an unknown number were let go in Canada