Should the games industry go fully remote? | Podcast 3 years 4 months ago Link GamesIndustry We discuss the perks and perils of downsizing your office on our latest episode, available to download now Tags GamesIndustry
VR spending to pass $1bn in 2020 3 years 4 months ago Link GamesIndustry Market analyst Omdia says 6.4 million virtual reality headsets will be sold this year Tags GamesIndustry
Uri Geller retracts 20-year ban on Kadabra Pokémon trading cards 3 years 4 months ago Link GamesIndustry Illusionist apologises for legal action against Nintendo after two decades of emails from upset fans Tags GamesIndustry
Key questions to ask before hiring a QA vendor 3 years 4 months ago Link GamesIndustry Keywords Studios' Adam Rush provides indie studios with the answers to the most common QA questions Tags GamesIndustry
Super Nintendo World now opening in February 3 years 4 months ago Link GamesIndustry But opening of $578 million theme park could be delayed as Osaka faces fresh coronavirus outbreak Tags GamesIndustry
Black Friday physical game sales drop 20% over 2019 l UK Boxed Sales 3 years 4 months ago Link GamesIndustry FIFA 21 and Nintendo Switch are the big winners during a major week of discounts Tags GamesIndustry
How meditation and cooperation shaped Vela Games 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry We talk to Vela Games about how its vision for building up a studio was shaken up by the pandemic, and what it means for the "meaningful" co-op experience it's creating Tags GamesIndustry
Crown prince of Saudi Arabia's foundation to buy 51% stake in SNK 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Non-profit organisation starts with purchase of 33.3% stake for $223 million Tags GamesIndustry
Itch.io gives its revenue share to developers for 24 hours 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Until midnight Pacific Time on November 28, the indie games store is giving its portion of each sale back to developers Tags GamesIndustry
Cyberpunk 2077 pre-orders "visibly higher" than any Witcher title 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry CD Projekt Red expects at least 50% of early sales to be digital Tags GamesIndustry
TinyBuild invests $3m in Secret Neighbor developer Hologryph 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Publisher takes a majority stake in the studio, which will work on a next-gen new IP Tags GamesIndustry
Remote work is here to stay -- but it won't be cheap or easy 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Square Enix shifting to permanent remote work makes the transition seem inevitable, but it needs to be embraced for the right reasons Tags GamesIndustry
How 'buoyant' Sega Europe is helping Sega Sammy stay afloat 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry The publisher's Gary Dale and Tim Heaton say arcade closures and the call for voluntary retirement don't paint the full picture Tags GamesIndustry
Gunfire Games' Remnant: From the Ashes has sold 2.7m units 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Publisher Perfect World says milestone includes both the base game and its DLC Tags GamesIndustry
Blizzard veteran Jeremy Dela Rosa launches new charity platform 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Leyline will offer gamers virtual rewards as incentives for supporting good causes Tags GamesIndustry
What are the biggest changes impacting the games industry? 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry At the NG20+ conference, Rami Ismail looked back at a decade of games industry and how it can inform indies' decisions going forward Tags GamesIndustry
Nicalis issues DMCA against free Cave Story games 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Publisher reportedly targeting freeware original, plus fan projects derived from it Tags GamesIndustry
The Witcher 3 is the bedrock of CD Projekt Red's financials one last time 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry The Polish firm records a modest rise in revenue in the last full quarter before Cyberpunk 2077 Tags GamesIndustry
Kwalee's hypercasual games portfolio passes 500m downloads 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry 90% of downloads secured in the past two years, Draw It is studio's biggest game at 87 million downloads Tags GamesIndustry
Square Enix confirms Avengers missed expectations 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Publisher hopes "to make up for slow initial sales" with new content in coming months Tags GamesIndustry
Piranha Games acquired by Enad Global 7 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Mechwarrior developer purchased by Swedish gaming group for $24.1 million with $48.6 million more contingent on performance Tags GamesIndustry
How to build your back-end in the cloud 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Linode's Will Blew explores the options available to developers who want to use the cloud to host their back-end Tags GamesIndustry
PS5 is biggest console launch in history 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Platform holder says demand is unprecedented, surpassing sales of previous record-setter PS4 Tags GamesIndustry
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale question use of likeness in FIFA 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Bale's agent says legal action "is being looked into" but EA insists it has contractual rights to for all players in its games Tags GamesIndustry
Sakuna: Of Rain and Rice passes 500,000 units shipped worldwide 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Figure from publisher Marvelous incudes both boxed copy shipments and digital sales Tags GamesIndustry
Keywords Studios acquires marketing agency G-Net Media 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry The acquisition brings the number of Keywords' marketing studios to seven Tags GamesIndustry
Supercell invests $2.8m in 2UP Games 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry New remote-first New Zealand studio will focus on co-operative games for mobile Tags GamesIndustry
Square Enix shifts eligible Japanese staff to permanent remote working 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry The company expects around 80% of its employees to be home-based from December Tags GamesIndustry
Can game studios radically transform how they hire? 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Failbetter Games, Sports Interactive and TT Games discuss their approaches to improving diversity in recruitment Tags GamesIndustry
Xbox experimenting with how to pay studios for Game Pass "because we don't think we have it figured out" 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Phil Spencer also decries console fan tribalism as "one of the worst things about our industry" Tags GamesIndustry
Epic adds a subscription service to Fortnite 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Monthly "Fortnite Crew" service includes a Battle Pass and 1,000 V-Bucks to spend each month Tags GamesIndustry
Naughty Dog wins six at the Golden Joystick Awards 2020 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry The Last of Part 2 named Ultimate Game of the Year, Supergiant's Hades picks up Critic's Choice prize Tags GamesIndustry
Red Dead Online gets a stand-alone release 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Rockstar selling the Red Dead Redemption 2 online mode as its own product on Xbox One, PS4, and PC starting December 1 Tags GamesIndustry
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity ships 3 million 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Nintendo tie-in sets new record for Tecmo-Koei's Warriors franchise in just four days of release Tags GamesIndustry
"The time is right to re-evaluate open worlds. We can do better" 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry In his Develop:Brighton talk, Ubisoft Reflections' Chris Jenner suggested ways to achieve world-scale emergent gameplay Tags GamesIndustry
Game Workers Unite UK rebrands to IWGB Game Workers 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Update: The trade union confirmed it's now a separate organisation to GWU, and changed name to prevent "unnecessary confusion" Tags GamesIndustry
Bossa Studios confirms layoffs amid complaints against management 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Surgeon Simulator developer will dismiss 15% of staff as it reshapes for "the new industry we see ahead of us" Tags GamesIndustry
Scalpers and bots reportedly driving PS5 shortages 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry One UK-based group claims to have secured nearly 3,500 next-gen consoles for resale Tags GamesIndustry
TikTok developer launches publishing arm and casual gaming platform 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry ByteDance is set to publish five games in the Chinese market via new division Pixmain Tags GamesIndustry
Hugo Awards adds video game category for 2021 3 years 5 months ago Link GamesIndustry Long-running literary awards is considering making interactive storytelling a permanent addition Tags GamesIndustry