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Respawn Entertainment has announced that they have established a third studio in Madison, Wisconsin in the United States Of America, which will be led by Ryan Burnett. Burnett has almost 20 years of experience in the games industry, having previously worked at Raven Software and Epic Games. This is their third studio after the one in Los Angeles...
The BAFTA (British Academy Film Awards) has announced Shuhei Yoshida will be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship at the upcoming BAFTA Game Awards on 30 March 2023. According to BAFTA (via GamesIndustry.biz), Shuhei Yoshida is being recognised for his work "as a champion of independent developers", as well as "through his personal social media presence a...
Malaysian Creative Multimedia Art institution Claz'room College has announced its partnership with Level Infinite, a global gaming brand under the world-renowned Tencent Games, to enhance education quality and support the development of young talent in Malaysia's digital creative industry. The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding signals bot...
It hasn't been a great week for those working in the games industry. The publisher behind League Of Legends and Valorant, Riot Games, has allegedly been laying off its employees. The source comes from esports reporter Jacob Wolf, who tweeted that "multiple people" have told him that Riot Games have been making layoffs across multiple departments...
Mobile games have been growing and growing, but the industry is a fickle one. New genres and games can live or die in an instant, with some fading into obscurity and some booming into popularity. According to statistics provided by analytics company data.ai, the mobile games landscape has changed over the past year. Creative sandbox games such a...
Mike Uyama founded Games Done Quick (GDQ) back in 2010. 13 years later, he has announced that he will be leaving the role of managing director after the upcoming 2023 Awesome Games Done Quick Online event. The current GDQ operations director, Matt Merkle, will take over the role. https://twitter.com/GamesDoneQuick/status/1611014672869720064 I...
It's almost the New Year and most companies, including developers and publishers in the video game industry, are taking a break. However, speaking with Japanese publication Famitsu, Japanese game developers have teased what's coming in 2023. Some of them even tease vague new titles and announcements. Get the notable tidbits below. ArtPlay Shut...
Fortnite developer Epic Games will pay a total of US$540 million to settle allegations made by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC, the fine is due to two separate "record-breaking" settlements. One is a US$275 million fine for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection [COPPA] rule, which imposes limitations on webs...
Publisher Thunderful Games has acquired Somerville developer Jumpship. Under Thunderful Games, Jumpship will retain creative autonomy and continue to develop “top-class story-driven narrative games.” Jumpship was originally founded in 2017 by Chris Olsen alongside Playdead ex-CEO and co-founder Dino Patti. Following the acquisition, Patti w...
Nintendo has announced that they are establishing a new joint venture company with mobile games company DeNA, which will launch on 3 April 2023. For those unfamiliar, DeNA co-developed and handles the service infrastructure and Nintendo Account integration for various Nintendo titles available on mobile platforms like iOS and Android, including ...
It looks like earlier reports and premature rumours of the Amazon EA acquisition turned out to be inaccurate. It all started when USA Today sources claimed that Amazon will formally announce its offer to purchase EA earlier today. However, CNBC has since refuted that claim. Speaking on CNBC, reporter David Faber said: "I have talked to some ...
Does gaming longer make you happier? How many hours of gaming in a day would it take to make you happy? One, two, three, 24? Well, according to a study made by the Oxford Internet Institute (via BBC), gaming longer does not make you happier. The research conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute on a whopping 39,000 gamers was to investigate ho...
Earlier this year, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced that E3 2022 has been completely cancelled. However, they later confirmed that E3 2023 will still happen. Now we know more details, courtesy of Variety. The Entertainment Software Association, the organisers of E3, also announced a partnership to produce E3 2023 with Reed...
How the mighty have fallen. It looks like things aren't looking good for Pokémon Go developer Niantic. According to a Bloomberg report, Niantic CEO John Hanke informed the company that 8 percent of the staff was being laid off, around 85 to 90 people, and have cancelled four projects. One of those projects was Transformers Heavy Metal. Another ...
THQ Nordic has established a new office in Southeast Asia; specifically in Singapore. The new base will be tasked with serving the region, specifically with public relations, marketing, and securing of Southeast Asia content region. The SEA markets that will be sorted by THQ Nordic Singapore include: Singapore (duh) Malaysia Thailand ...
It was originally reported that the Chinese government would be starting another round of approval process for games back in November 2021. After several months, that has finally happened. According to a report from Reuters, China's gaming regulator approved the publishing licenses of 45 games in the country. These 45 games include Baidu and XD...
Gamescom asia 2022 is back from 20 to 23 October 2022 after its prelude debut in 2021, continuing the successful hybrid model with a larger-scaled physical Trade Zone, Conference, and a physical Entertainment Zone for the first time. Online segments will still be made available to serve a worldwide audience. Mathias Kuepper, Managing Director of...
Many gamers around the world remain skeptical of cloud gaming as a whole, but according to statistics provided by Newzoo, the new tech is growing rapidly. Cloud gaming generated US$1.5 billion from 21.7 million paying users in 2021. According to the same report, paying users will almost triple to 58.6 million while revenues will quadruple to US$...
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced that E3 2022 has been completely cancelled, including the previously-announced online event. In a statement to Polygon, the ESA said: E3 will return in 2023 with a reinvigorated showcase that celebrates new and exciting video games and industry innovations. We previously announced th...
It seems like almost every company in the video games industry is currently evaluating going into NFTs or the Metaverse. However, the backlash against NFTs and the Metaverse has made their sales and adoption slower than expected. According to statistics provided by a recent report from Newzoo, this will change soon. While many companies have exp...
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