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Industry News December 26, 2023

David Gaider on why evil paths in games often inferior to good ones: “Possibly the problem is an inherent one”

Players often complain that games lack depth in terms of roleplaying an evil character. Former BioWare writer David Gaider has tried to explain the roots of this problem and what developers can actually do about it.

Industry News December 26, 2023

10% discount was enough for Baldur’s Gate 3 to once again become top-grossing game on Steam

Let’s take a look at the results for the final week of 2023 on Steam. The beginning of the Winter Sale has led to numerous shifts in the top-grossing games chart.

Industry News December 26, 2023

2023 recap with Games and Names and MY.GAMES: market correction, mass layoffs, key trends, and decline in investment

This year’s last episode of Games and Names, a games industry podcast launched by AppMagic in partnership with WN Media Group, wraps up 2023 for the mobile games market and the industry in general. Here is a recap of the main trends and the biggest challenges that developers and publishers have faced over the past 12 months.