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Industry News October 12, 2020

Game Industry Legal Conference wrapped up last week

Game Industry Legal Conference ran October 6 through 7. The event brought together over 700 participants from USA, Russia, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Germany, Israel, Poland, and other countries.

Industry News October 12, 2020

Program announced for WN Fall’20

The WN Conference 2020: Fall Edition is just around the corner. The event will run on the WN Hub October 26 through 30 uniting video games industry professionals from all over the world.

Industry News October 9, 2020

4 monetisation tips to help grow your mobile game internationally

There is massive potential for publishers looking to grow beyond borders. But not all game expansions are success stories. How do you launch a game internationally and achieve off-the-charts growth?

Industry News October 9, 2020

Kitfox Games’ Victoria Tran on how marketing strategies differ depending on IP familiarity and market saturation

Victoria Tran, Communications Director at indie developer and publisher Kitfox Games (Boyfriend Dungeon, Lucifer Within Us), recently posted a useful thread on the logic behind some of the company’s marketing campaigns.

Industry News October 9, 2020

Report: Microsoft to bring xCloud to iOS as web app in 2021

Microsoft has been developing a “direct browser-based solution” to bring xCloud to iOS in early 21. This is coming from the sources familiar with the matter who confided the information to The Verge.

Industry News October 8, 2020

Steam Game Festival Autumn goes live

Industry News October 8, 2020

PS5 dominates US next-gen pre-orders

Market analytics company VGM found 72% of US players who have pre-ordered a next-gen console chose the disc version of the PlayStation 5.

Industry News October 8, 2020

Epic Games and Apple to meet in court in May 2021

A quick update on Epic vs. Apple case. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has set a trial date of May 3, 2021.

Industry News October 7, 2020

Sensor Tower: Genshin Impact brings in $60 million in first week

During its first week on sale, Genshin Impact became the world’s second best-selling mobile game, right behind Honor of Kings. Between September 28 and October 4, it generated $60 million across the App Store and Google Play.

Industry News October 7, 2020

US House committee labels Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook as “gatekeepers” and calls them on monopolistic practices

Following roughly a 16-month investigation, a US House of Representative antitrust committee has found that Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook have engaged in anti-competitive policies.

Industry News October 6, 2020

Co-founder of SuperData Research releases book on business strategy in video games industry

Joost van Dreunen, co-founder of SuperData Research and its former CEO, has written a book titled One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games. It’s coming out today, October 6.

Featured October 6, 2020

Josh Bycer: How to design effective difficulty in video games

Industry News October 6, 2020

Game Industry Legal Conference goes live

Game Industry Legal Conference has kicked off today, October 6.

Industry News October 5, 2020

25% of Ubisoft staff have seen or experienced misconduct

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has outlined the steps the company is going to take to change the toxic workplace environment.

Industry News October 5, 2020

Google postpones enforcement of its new Play Store billing policy in India

Google is delaying the implementations of its new Play Store payment rules in India to April 2022. Everywhere else, the new policy will come into force in September 2020.

Industry News October 3, 2020

Game Informer names top games of current gen

Industry News October 2, 2020

Poland’s Bloober Team and Forever Entertainment to make horror games for Switch

Industry News October 2, 2020

Of trolls, mods, and election

PC modding site NexusMods has temporarily disabled uploads of any content “based around current sociopolitical issues in the United States.” The measure will last at least until November 3 when the US presidential election takes place.

Industry News October 1, 2020

GOG Galaxy testing option to buy games from other stores

GOG GALAXY has started testing a new option to buy games from other stores via the GOG GALAXY launcher. As part of the internal beta, select GOG GALAXY users will be able to purchase certain “hand-picked Epic Games Store exclusive titles.”

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Amazon scraps Crucible

Game Industry Legal Conference wrapped up last week

Program announced for WN Fall’20

4 monetisation tips to help grow your mobile game internationally

Kitfox Games’ Victoria Tran on how marketing strategies differ depending on IP familiarity and market saturation

Report: Microsoft to bring xCloud to iOS as web app in 2021

Steam Game Festival Autumn goes live

PS5 dominates US next-gen pre-orders

Epic Games and Apple to meet in court in May 2021

Sensor Tower: Genshin Impact brings in $60 million in first week

US House committee labels Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook as “gatekeepers” and calls them on monopolistic practices

Co-founder of SuperData Research releases book on business strategy in video games industry

Josh Bycer: How to design effective difficulty in video games

Game Industry Legal Conference goes live

25% of Ubisoft staff have seen or experienced misconduct

Google postpones enforcement of its new Play Store billing policy in India

Game Informer names top games of current gen

Poland’s Bloober Team and Forever Entertainment to make horror games for Switch

Of trolls, mods, and election

GOG Galaxy testing option to buy games from other stores