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Industry News August 18, 2020

Australia requires microtransactions to be disclosed on front covers of physical video games

In Australia, all games featuring in-game purchases must disclose it on the box art of their retail versions. This applies to all games submitted to the Australian classification board since May 2020.

Industry News August 18, 2020

Simon Carless explains what percentage of gross revenue devs actually get

In the latest blog post, discoverability guru Simon Carless discusses how developers or publishers’ net revenue compares to what gamers actually spend on the game.

Industry News August 18, 2020

Tencent buys minority stake in Voodoo

Chinese giant Tencent acquired a minority stake in Voodoo, French hyper-casual developer and publisher. Following the deal, Voodoo is valued at $1.4 billion.

Industry News August 18, 2020

Firewatch movie or TV show in development

Film production company Snoot Entertainment is working with studio Campo Santo on a film adaptation of 2016 indie hit Firewatch.

Industry News August 18, 2020

Empire strikes back: Apple to terminate all Epic Games developer accounts severing Unreal support on iOS

Last week saw a major standoff between Apple and Epic Games. In response to a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by Epic against Apple, the latter decided to terminate all Epic’s developer accounts and block iOS and Mac development tools for the Fortnite company. The decision will come into force on August 28.