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Development
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News
Paradox Interactive delays Prison Architect 2 indefinitely
Developer "can't commit to a new release date" until "scope of work needed to be done" is assessed
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News
Mobile developers describe working with Apple Arcade as a "very difficult and long process"
Developers note issues with poor tech support, response times, and discoverability
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News
Former Unity and Scopely developers form Outer Haven Games
Founders Austin Ashcraft, Stephen Fong, and Chuck Beaver are already working on their first title, RPG Techno Infierno
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News
Devcom Developer Conference announces new speakers
In all, there'll be over 200 sessions across 18 topics, including AI, VR/XR, and multiplayer
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News
Bungie lays off another 220 staff, acknowledging it was "overly ambitious"
155 people also move to SIE; another 75 again are moved to work "with PlayStation Studios"
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Feature
How to survive until 2025 in the games industry
Developers and business leaders from across the industry share their advice on weathering the tumultuous times we currently face
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News
Warner Bros hires Bethesda studio director to lead WB Games Montreal
Yves Lachance will be vice president and studio head for Gotham Knights developer
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News
Fable developer Playground Games appears to have opened third studio
Discrepancies between its website and LinkedIn suggest Playground has added another Leamington Spa studio
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News
Dotplay obtains $1m in funding
Company aims to expand its core team and enhance its platform with investment
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News
CWA union says it "stands in "complete solidarity with striking members of SAG-AFTRA"
CWA includes workers at "Activision, Bethesda, Blizzard, SEGA, Tender Claws, and ZeniMax"
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News
Over 90% of Call of Duty players play less without skills-based matchmaking
The quit rate of matches rose by 80% when skills-based matchmaking was decreased
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News
Games in development prior to September 2023 exempt from SAG-AFTRA strike
Grand Theft Auto 6 one of many titles exempt, union calls for members working for non-struck games to stand in solidarity
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News
Look North World raises $4.5m in overall funding
Studio will use investment to further support development of original titles
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Opinion
Devil May Cry | Why I Love
C2 Game Studio's Luis Correa shares how Capcom's 2001 action brawler inspired his career in games development
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News
German games market increases 6% to €10bn in 2023
Mobile games revenue was also up by 4% to €2.9 billion led by in-app purchases
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News
Former Activision staff concerned about gen AI tools used in development, including Midjourney
Publisher reportedly trained 2D artists with AI post-layoffs, assured employees gen AI "would not replace them"
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News
500+ World of Warcraft developers unionise
"What we've accomplished at World of Warcraft is just the beginning"
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Feature
EA vets' new studio Play By Play aims to revive the spirit of NBA Street
We speak to CEO Scott Probst and creative director Mike Young about what the sports games market is missing while serious simulations dominate
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News
Discover how to maintain morale during troubled times at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit
Brightmine's Sheila Attwood will share how organisations outside of games are managing their teams in the economic climate
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News
LightSpeed LA opens new performance capture facility | News-in-brief
The studio was built to support work on The Last Sentinel, will be utilised for other internal projects
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News
Xsolla opens new office in Beijing
Expansion will support marketing, game development, and monetisation strategies
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News
Former Pixelberry devs band together to form Candlelight Games
Founders say they've "put together a dream team of Pixelberry alums"
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News
Forte shuts down Rumble Entertainment, its second studio closure in two months
Rumble Games staff were allegedly "laid off with one month's pay in a Zoom meeting that lasted five minutes"