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Industry News September 6, 2022

Chucklefish announces £4,000 pay raise for all staff to cope with ‘horrid bill increases’

UK indie developer and publisher Chucklefish has announced another pay increase across the company. This is the second raise for employees this year.
Events September 6, 2022

AppsFlyer’s MAMA Cyprus to take place in Limassol on September 15

The conference is positioned by its organizers as the “space for visionaries from advertising, marketing, and technology spheres in the mobile industry.” They are also waiting to see tech startups founders and investors who are interested in the mobile application business.
Industry News September 6, 2022

PlayStation hardware architect Masayasu Ito to retire after 36 years at Sony

Sony Interactive Entertainment executive vice president Masayasu Ito will leave the company. He worked at Sony for almost four decades and led engineering on several PlayStation consoles.
Industry News September 5, 2022

State of Survival hits 150 million downloads three years after launch

Mobile publisher FunPlus and its subsidiary KingsGroup Games have celebrated the third anniversary of State of Survival with some big announcements.
Industry News September 5, 2022

Xbox Studios head Matt Booty on delays and new reality of AAA development: “How we make games is evolving”

Matt Booty, the man at the helm of Xbox Game Studios, has opened up about the new reality of AAA game development. He says companies now need multiple studios to finish big titles, which ultimately affects the schedule.
Industry News September 5, 2022

Mark Brown’s Platformer Toolkit, playable essay on platformer game design, hits 100k downloads

Mark Brown, creator of the Game Maker’s Toolkit blog, has announced that his latest project Platformer Toolkit has reached a new milestone. It is an interactive video essay where the player has to fix a bad platformer.
Dev Interviews September 2, 2022

Mixed Realms on Gordian Quest, blending RPG and deckbuilding genres, and the Rule of Cool: “The devil is in the details”

Polished deckbuilding roguelite with RPG-like progression and some DnD feel to it? Well, it is all about Gordian Quest. We caught up with Singapore-based indie studio Mixed Realms to discuss the challenge of mixing multiple genres, the benefits of Early Access, and their favorite Ultima game.
Industry News September 2, 2022

Report: Garena Free Fire parent company Sea cuts jobs after reporting almost $1 billion quarterly loss

Singapore-based tech company Sea has cut some jobs. The layoffs reportedly affected several business units, including Free Fire developer Garena.
Industry News September 2, 2022

League of Legends: Wild Rift hits $750 million in revenue globally

League of Legends: Wild Rift has reached another milestone, remaining the highest grossing mobile game in Riot’s portfolio.
Legal September 1, 2022

UK regulator might expand its investigation into Microsoft-Activision deal due to multiple competition threats

UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has expressed its concerns over Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The regulator says the deal might lessen competition, asking both companies to address these concerns.
Industry News September 1, 2022

Raphael Colantonio says Akrane didn’t want to call its game Prey: “That was very hurtful to me”

Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio has revealed that Bethesda basically forced the studio to call its 2017 game “Prey”. He also noted that it was one of the reasons he ended up leaving the company.
Industry News September 1, 2022

Former Riot devs form new studio Sprocket Games and raise $5 million for its debut game

Sprocket is a new studio founded by a group of former Riot Games developers. The team has raised $5 million to build a cross-platform multiplayer title.
Deals August 31, 2022

Chinese tech giant NetEase snaps up Quantic Dream as part of its global expansion

NetEase has announced its decision to acquire Quantic Dream. The Detroit: Become Human developer will become the Chinese tech giant’s first studio in Europe.
Deals August 31, 2022

Tencent and Sony to take 30% combined stake in FromSoftware

Tencent and Sony have announced their decision to buy minority stakes in FromSoftware. The deal will make the Chinese tech giant the second largest shareholder in the Eldend Ring and Dark Souls developer.
Industry News August 30, 2022

Terraria becomes first game on Steam to cross 1 million reviews with ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ rating

Terraria, one of the biggest indie games of the past decade, has now surpassed 1 million reviews on Steam. It is now the only title with “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating to reach this milestone.
Industry News August 30, 2022

Meta to shut down Facebook Gaming app in October, two years after its launch

Meta has announced its decision to end support of the Facebook Gaming app. It was used as a hub for players, and now much of its functionality will be migrated to the main app.
Deals August 30, 2022

ironSource shareholders to vote on Unity deal on October 3, analyst says AppLovin might be back with another offer

ironSource has set a date for a shareholder vote on Unity’s proposed acquisition of the company. This came just a few weeks after Unity decided to reject AppLovin’s offer.
Industry News August 29, 2022

Mobile companies increasingly using sexualized in-game ads to attract new users, UK regulator says

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA),  the UK’s regulator of advertising, has raised concerns about the use of misleading and sexualized in-game ads by mobile game companies. The organization noted that these clips might be harmful to users.
Events August 29, 2022

Gamescom 2022 attracted 265k visitors, show program generated 130 million views

Organizers of Gamescom 2022 have shared official numbers about the latest event. It was a huge success, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors on site.
Deals August 29, 2022

PlayStation acquires Savage Game Studios as part of its mobile expansion

Savage Game Studios has joined the PlayStation family. Sony announced the deal, which should strengthen its position in the mobile gaming area.
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