Industry News May 26, 2020 Spanish government to support national video games industry The Spanish government is going to give 20 million euros to CREA SGR, a Spanish non-profit financial organization, to support cultural industries affected the pandemic. Some of that money will go to video games companies.
Industry News May 26, 2020 Chinese lawmaker proposes government-led age rating system Zhu Yongxin, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), proposed a rating system for online games.
Industry News May 25, 2020 Financial Times: Igor Bukhman on how Playrix doubled downloads in April Financial Times published an article about Playrix. It doesn’t offer any new facts, but there are some interesting quotes, about UA, investments and the stock market.
Game Development May 25, 2020 Super Sexy Software founder Marta Szymańska on shades of white, fear of emptiness, and power of unknown The Shattering is a first-person story-driven psychological thriller with horror elements. It came out on April 21 and is currently available on PC.
Industry News May 22, 2020 Pac-Man turns 40 On May 22, 1980, Pac-Man debuted on arcade machines in Japan.
Industry News May 22, 2020 Fortnite premiers second trailer for Christopher Nolan’s thriller Tenet Fortnite is becoming an event platform in its own right. The second trailer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming action thriller, Tenet, debuted in the game yesterday.
Industry News May 21, 2020 Konami reportedly working on Silent Hill reboot for PS5 Twitter user Dusk Golem posted a thread saying that a new Silent Hill title has been in development since early 2019.
Industry News May 21, 2020 Nutaku boasts over 50 million registered users 10 million new users have registered on Nutaku.net since January 2020. This brings the total number of Nutaku users to over 50 million.
Industry News May 21, 2020 Take-Two to release 93 titles over next five years According to Take-Two president Karl Slatoff, the publisher plans to release 93 new titles in the next five years. This is from both internal studios and third-party developers.
Industry News May 21, 2020 GameRefinery now segments players by motivations and archetypes Finland-based mobile game analytics platform GameRefinery has announced its new Player Motivations and Archetypes features.
Industry News May 21, 2020 Amazon’s Crucible finally out Amazon.com Inc. released its first original AAA title, Crucible. Crucible is a free-to-play game set on a planet where teams of players will have to eradicate opponents and creatures.
Industry News May 21, 2020 Tencent officially confirmed as System Shock 3 publisher System Shock 3 developer OtherSide Entertainment confirmed Tencent’s involvement in the project.
Video May 20, 2020 Marta Szymańska of Super Sexy Software on inventing “white horror” genre in The Shattering The Shattering is a first-person story-driven psychological thriller with horror elements. It came out on the 21 Apr, and is currently available on PC.
Industry News May 20, 2020 CD Projekt becomes Europe’s most valuable game company beating Ubisoft CD Projekt’s market capitalisation has reached $8.13 billion, which makes the Polish developer and publisher the most valuable video game company in Europe.
Events May 20, 2020 Game Design of Tactical RPG Games (roundtable discussion) Today at 9:00 (UTC+1) the WN Hub organizers are launching WN Talks. The first installment in the series will be a roundtable discussion on Game Design of Tactical RPG Games.
Industry News May 19, 2020 Kwalee expands to Asia Kwalee, the UK-based publisher and developer of hyper-casual games, is planning to open its first overseas studio in Bangalore, India.
Industry News May 19, 2020 Over $100 million spent on Oculus Quest VR content Oculus announced in a blog post that users have spent more than $100 million on Quest content.
Industry News May 19, 2020 PlayStation Now audience grows to 2.2 million PlayStation Now has more than 2.2 million subscribers, as revealed by Sony in an investor presentation. That’s roughly twice as many as last year.
Industry News May 19, 2020 DARK SOULS III surpasses 10 million copies sold DARK SOULS III came out in 2016 and has sold over 10 million physical and digital copies since then.