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2023 UK game sales "holding the fort" compared to 2022, but still show signs of growth

Sparkers analyst consultant Sam Naji explores how full game UK sales display signs of robustness in consumer spending

April 16, 2024 Sam Naji

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Latoya Peterson: "Studios are at the mercy of this house of cards that is the funding system that we've built"

At GDC 2024, the Glow Up Games co-founder explained how funding is a structural issue impacting the labour market

April 15, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Image of an org chart with a number of red Xs, but only on some of the people on the bottom of the chart.

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Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business

Industry leadership likes to pay lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions too often suggest otherwise

April 12, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

Opinion

Could subscription services rescue the AA-tier game? | Opinion

The move to $70 has highlighted the games industry’s "missing middle" – the gulf between indies and premium games that was once occupied by a wealth of AA titles

April 12, 2024 Rob Fahey

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20 years of the BAFTA Games Awards

We speak to the organiser behind the prestigious awards about how they have evolved over time and the role they have played in bringing the best games to a wider audience

April 11, 2024 James Batchelor

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Ubisoft: "If there is no value in gen AI for creatives, it is not going to be adopted"

We speak to the team behind Ubisoft's NEO NPCs on the potential and challenges around player-facing gen AI

April 11, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Command & Conquer invades European March charts as sales improve | European Monthly Charts

EA Sports FC 24 reclaims No.1 from Helldivers 2

April 11, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Making Tetra Tactics, the Final Fantasy mini-game inspired title that wasn't meant to exist

We talk to lead developer Jabari Alii about how a side project became a full-blown title releasing after almost two years of early access, and his work at Hidden Genius Project

April 10, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Group picture of the Hidden Grove leadership team

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ProbablyMonsters unveils Hidden Grove

Harold Ryan talks about company's expansion with a new team headed up by former Destiny design lead Chris Opdahl

April 9, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

Elder Scrolls Online 10th anniversary art showing a collage of characters and events from the game

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A decade in Tamriel: Takeaways as Elder Scrolls Online turns ten

Creative director Matt Firor talks about MMOs, the metaverse trend, and what keeps him working on ESO 17 years after he started

April 9, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Rafif Kalantan’s mission to champion MENA and SWANA devs

The member of the Ensemble 2024 cohort shares her journey as a developer and how the industry can better support underrepresented talent

April 9, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Lisette Titre-Montgomery: "We will keep knocking on doors and pitching until we find the right person"

The Cornerstone Studio CEO says finding the right VC partnership is like marriage

April 8, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

Data

Helldivers 2 drives UK March game sales up 26% | UK Monthly Charts

Dragons Dogma 2 and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth also perform strongly, while hardware sales continue to fall

April 8, 2024 Christopher Dring

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The accidental, inimitable success of Monument Valley

Danny Gray on the impossibility of manufacturing a hit, how premium mobile games survive through subscription models, and how the last decade irrevocably shaped Ustwo Games

April 8, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

Among Us VR promotional image showing a red character looking at the camera and holding up a hand to indicate "be quiet" to the viewer. A yellow character's lower body (bisected with bone sticking out) lies next to it. In the background, an orange character runs away

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AI's biggest triumphs are not AI | This Week in Business

Among Us VR and Candy Crush Saga are billed as success stories for the latest trend, but they don't necessarily belong under the AI umbrella

April 5, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

Opinion

We're in the era of the perennial game: plan accordingly | Opinion

Technological progress once swept games into the retro bin within a few years, but no longer – publishers must learn about how to support, not destroy, their older titles

April 5, 2024 Rob Fahey

PS5, a red Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X grouped together in front of a white background

Opinion

Does a stuttering console space offer an opportunity for others? | Opinion

With Xbox pushing towards third-party, and PlayStation and Nintendo braced for a fallow year, the door is open for disruption in the games market

April 4, 2024 Christopher Dring

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Japan's Galapagos Syndrome shows signs of globalization

Niko Partners' Darang Candra helps us explore some of the biggest changes that have occurred in the Japanese market

April 3, 2024 Alicia Haddick

Academy

"Guess I'll just piss on the floor": Baldur's Gate 3's top TikTok tips

Larian creative content manager Ben Maltz-Jones on running your TikTok like a fan account and other takeaways for the social media platform

April 3, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Saber's Matthew Karch: "Don't bet against Embracer"

Studio founder shares his view of the story behind Embracer's struggles, and why he's bullish on the group's recovery

April 3, 2024 James Batchelor

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons screenshot showing the game's two young brothers kneeling and hugging next to a stream. The younger brother has buried his face in the older brother's shirt. The older brother's eyes are closed with his head pointing down and to the side.

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Why I Love

Distant Bloom game director Cruz Segovia Ardiz dives into how the 2013 adventure evoked emotions through gameplay

April 2, 2024 Cruz Segovia Ardiz

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Unlocking Portugal's game development industry

We talk to Portuguese Game Developer Association executive director Diogo Rato about its booming industry, the opening of the Gaming Hub in Lisbon, and what's ahead

April 2, 2024 Marie Dealessandri