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Industry News September 8, 2021

Movie Games launches Kickstarter campaign for MythBusters: The Game

Polish publisher Movie Games has launched Kickstarter campaign for MythBusters: The Game. The title is being developed by Byte Barrel with unspecified input from Discovery, which licensed the the IP.
Marketing September 8, 2021

Activision restores its logo in Call of Duty marketing after previously omitting it

Activision rolled out a reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Vanguard’s multiplayer mode, which proudly sports the publisher’s logo in the trailer’s end slate. That’s unlike last month’s debut trailer for the title, which ran with the slate “Call of Duty presents” while noticeably omitting any Activision branding.
Industry News September 7, 2021

Report: Xbox Game Pass continues to be most active subscription service in market

Ampere Analysis has shared some insights on the state of game subscription services as of August 2021. Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass continues to dominate the market.
Industry News September 7, 2021

Tencent sues 20+ platforms for selling and renting game accounts in wake of China’s latest regulations

Buying game accounts online was the only way for underage gamers in China to bypass the playtime restrictions. Tencent decided to sue more than 20 platforms that sell and rent these accounts.
Industry News September 7, 2021

Alan Wake Remastered to come out this fall, with PC version being EGS exclusive

Sam Lake has officially announced Alan Wake Remastered, saying that it is “nearing its completion.” The upgraded version of the game will come out this fall on consoles and PC and will be published by Epic Games.
Industry News September 7, 2021

Honor of Kings servers in China crash following new playtime restrictions for minors

After Chinese regulators restricted playtime for minors to only three hours a week, servers of Honor of Kings crashed on the weekend.
Industry News September 7, 2021

John Gibson steps down as Tripwire Interactive CEO following backlash over his support of Texas anti-abortion law

One day you publicly support a new Texas anti-abortion law. The next day you step down as CEO of a video games company. That’s exactly what happened to John Gibson, the head of Tripwire Interactive.
Industry News September 7, 2021

CD Projekt Red runs its first Kickstarter campaign. It’s for The Witcher: Ronin manga. And some concept-testing?

CD Projekt Red has launched its first Kickstarter campaign. The publisher is raising money to release a hard copy collector’s edition manga set in an ancient-Japanese-inspired world where monster slayer Geralt trails the mythical Lady of Snow Yuki Onna.
Industry News September 6, 2021

Report: 69% of Paradox Interactive female workers experienced mistreatment at work

The latest internal survey highlighted problems with the work culture within Paradox Interactive, including mistreatment and gender discrimination. However, it wasn’t the reason for the recent resignation of the company’s CEO Ebba Ljungerud.
Industry News September 6, 2021

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden predicts $200-million budgets for PS5 games

Shawn Layden has shared his thoughts on the costs of game development. According to his predictions, PS5 titles will cost $200 million to make, with prices growing exponentially from there.
Industry News September 6, 2021

Microsoft debunks rumors about bringing Android apps to Xbox

Speculations about Android apps coming to Xbox appeared last week. However, the information has been eventually denied by Microsoft.
Industry News September 6, 2021

Big victory for Chinese tech employees, as court declares 996 work schedule illegal

Chinese tech companies like Tencent and Alibaba have been forcing their employees to work 72 hours a week due to the so-called “996 schedule.” After years of workes’ fighting against it, the court has officially declared this practice illegal.
Industry News September 6, 2021

Tripwire Interactive president hails Texas anti-abortion law leaving dev community deeply concerned

John Gibson, the president of Tripwire Interactive, which is know as the publisher of Chivalry 2  and developer of Maneater and Killing Floor, took to Twitter to hail a new Texas anti-abortion law passed by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. Backlash from fellow devs ensued.
Industry News September 3, 2021

Ultima Online lead designer Raph Koster on why no game can be considered real metaverse yet

Raph Koster, famous game designer known for his works on Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, has shared his thoughts on what metaverse actually is and why no video game or any other project falls under this description.
Industry News September 3, 2021

Twitch introduces new “Software & Game Development” streaming category, boosting gamedev content discoverability

Twitch announced that it’s introducing new Software & Game Development streaming category to improve the discoverability of content for devs.
Industry News September 3, 2021

Chris Avellone asks Elon Musk to buy Fallout franchise: “I will work on it for free”

While Fallout and Obsidian Entertainment fans have been waiting for the New Vegas sequel for years, Chris Avellone has shared his own idea on how to make it happen. The famous game writer jokingly asked Elon Musk to simply buy rights to the franchise.
Industry News September 3, 2021

How publisher PlayWay strives by promoting dozens of Steam games that might never come out

Poland-based publisher PlayWay is known for its bizarre marketing strategy, which is pretty unique for the Steam titles. Although it promotes dozens of games on Facebook, most of them don’t even have a release date. So how does this approach help the company win in the PC market?
Industry News September 3, 2021

China’s grey market identity crisis: country’s second-biggest online vendor stops selling unlicensed games

China’s second-largest e-commerce platform JD.com will no longer sell unlicensed “grey market” video games.
Industry News September 3, 2021

Valve opens requests for Steam Deck dev kits

Valve has started accepting requests for Steam Deck dev kits. Developers can now get the hardware, but the company notes that supplies are limited.
Industry News September 3, 2021

Apple extends its privacy restrictions to its own apps

Apple has humbly extended privacy restrictions for third-party apps to its own products. On iOS 15, App Store and Apple News will now ask users for permission to access personal data used for targeted ads.
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