Industry News July 8, 2020 11 Bit Studios working on seven games 11 Bit Studios is investing over $21 million in the production of seven new titles.
Industry News July 8, 2020 The White Nights Summer’20 to span five cities The White Nights Conference organizers have upgraded the summer edition of the famous trade show. The White Nights Summer’20 will run on the WN Hub July 20 through 24 uniting over 10,000 video games industry professionals.
Industry News July 7, 2020 Microsoft reportedly interested in acquiring Warner Bros. Interactive In June, to CNBC reported that telecommunications giant AT&T is considering selling its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division for about $4 billion. At the time, parties reportedly interested in in purchasing WBIE included Take-Two Interactive Software, Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.
Industry News July 7, 2020 Ice-Pick Lodge working on 4 titles including next Pathologic 2 installment Russia’s Pathologic 2 developer Ice-Pick Lodge announced it’s currently working on four projects.
Industry News July 7, 2020 HTML5 Game Developer Day HTML5 Game Developer Day is being held on the WN Hub today. It’s an event focused on the creation of HTML5 games. Speakers include representatives of Cocos, Snap, Facebook, SoftGames, CoolGames, OK.ru and other companies.
Industry News July 6, 2020 Xbox to reveal next-gen games on July 23 Microsoft will hold Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, at 9am PT.
Industry News July 6, 2020 Video Games Deluxe working on AAA VR game for Rockstar Rockstar is adding a new AAA VR title to its portfolio. The company may have been inspired by the success of the LA Noire VR spin-off, as well as this year’s release of Half-Life: Alyx.
Industry News July 3, 2020 UK Charts: The Last of Us Part II sells more copies in June than rest of top ten combined According to the UK boxed charts, The Last of Us Part II became June’s top game, selling more copies than the rest of the top ten combined.
Industry News July 3, 2020 Game prices for PS5 and Xbox Series X likely to grow 17% Prices for the next-gen console games might go up, driven by the increased development costs.
Industry News July 3, 2020 PlayStation stops all Facebook and Instagram activity PlayStation has suspended advertising on Facebook and Instagram until the end of July.
Industry News July 3, 2020 Westworld creators working on Fallout series HBO’s Westworld producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are working on a Fallout TV series for Amazon. Nolan and Joy’s Kilter Films is producing the show in partnership with Bethesda.
Industry News July 2, 2020 Facebook and Kongregate announce changes as Flash end of life approaches Facebook announced it would end new game submissions for Web Games on Facebook by December 31, 2020 and Gameroom will be closed entirely on June 30, 2021.
Industry News July 2, 2020 Apple begins sweeping App Store in China Apple has kept its word. It’s removing all IAP and premium games from the App Store in China that had not received a government approval by June 30.
Industry News July 2, 2020 Sony introduces PlayStation Indies program PlayStation’s Shuhei Yoshida announced the launch of the PlayStation Indies initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to support indie devs capable of advancing the medium though risky untested concepts.
Industry News July 1, 2020 Analytics in Game Development (workshop) Today, on July 1, at 11:00 (UTC+1, London Time), tune in on the WN Hub for an exclusive workshop on Analytics in Game Development.
Industry News June 30, 2020 Discord softly rebrands as it reaches over 100 million MAU. It’s not just for gamers anymore Discord has launched a new website and introduced a new tagline: “Your Place to Talk.”
Industry News June 30, 2020 CD Projekt Red to change Cyberpunk 2077 for release in Japan The Japanese release of Cyberpunk 2077 will be heavily censored when the game comes out on November 19.
Industry News June 30, 2020 Microsoft reportedly pulls advertizing from Facebook Microsoft has paused advertising on Facebook (including Instagram) despite being its third-biggest advertiser in 2019. This is coming from Bloomberg, which cites its unnamed sources.
Industry News June 30, 2020 Starni Games announce a new WW2 title following Nazi propaganda allegations from Russian Senate Starni Games have announced a new title in the Strategic Mind franchise, called Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism. It’s a turn-based strategy with strong RPG elements offering the USSR’s perspective on WW2. The game will follow the historical path up to Berlin, but will also have an alternate history ending after the end of WW2. This will apparently include “staging the world Communist revolution,” according to the game’s description on Steam.