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Industry News March 19, 2021

Square Enix reveals Project Athia official name, casts ‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot star

Project Athia is now officially named Forspoken. Square Enix has shared new details about the upcoming project and showed its gameplay footage.
Industry News March 19, 2021

Quantic Dream to publish “ambitious new title” from third-party dev

Quantic Dream announced they are teaming with Paris-based developer Parallel Studio to work on an “ambitious new title” featuring “narrative, atmospheric, and poetic cinematography”.
Industry News March 19, 2021

Australia rejects Disco Elysium: The Final Cut classification due to offending ‘standards of morality’

The extended edition of Disco Elysium is set to come out this month. However, the Australian government rejected the game’s classification because it depicts crime, violence, and different forms of addiction.
Marketing March 19, 2021

Chris Zukowski rolls out free class How To Make A Steam Page

Game marketing consultant Chris Zukowski has launched a free class How To Make A Steam Page.
Marketing March 19, 2021

Among Us community director Victoria Tran on importance of failures: “Success is built on trash”

Victoria Tran, community director at InnerSloth, thinks that the best lessons come from failure. Here’s how she explains the importance of mistakes and what companies and employees can learn from them.
Industry News March 18, 2021

Embracer Group to raise almost $900 million and spend them on buying even more studios

Swedish holding Embracer Group is ready to buy more studios. Almost $900 million the company is about to raise will definitely help in reaching this goal.
Industry News March 18, 2021

Game developers discuss how pandemic and remote work affected their efficiency

Journalist Jason Schreier asked game developers to share their experience of how remote work has affected them since the beginning of the pandemic. While some people noticed that they become more efficient, the others opened up about being less productive.
Industry News March 17, 2021

Over 60 EA Play titles being added to Xbox Game Pass on PC

Microsoft announced that starting tommorrow, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC members will be able to play over 60 Electronic Arts titles from the EA Play subscription service on Windows 10. This is at no extra charge.
Industry News March 17, 2021

For first time in six years, CD Projekt not named Poland’s top public company, falls to 61st place

The problematic launch of Cyberpunk 2077 continues to take its toll on CD Projekt. The studio hasn’t become the Public Company of the Year in Poland for the first time in six years.
Industry News March 17, 2021

Bobby Kotick to receive $200 million payout amid new layoffs at Activision Blizzard

Soon after the reports of 50 people losing their jobs at Activision Blizzard, it’s been revealed that the company’s CEO Bobby Kotick will receive a payout of $200 million. Meanwhile, a group of investors isn’t pleased with such a whopping sum.
Industry News March 17, 2021

Jade Raymond starts independent studio Haven to develop new original IP for PlayStation

Jade Raymond is now creating an announced IP for PlayStation, with her new studio Haven. Sony, who invested in the team, has great faith in the famous producer and developer.
Industry News March 16, 2021

Google cuts its commission to 15% for a dev’s first $1M in annual revenue

Google is reducing its 30 percent cut to 15 percent for all Android developers for the first $1M of revenue every developer earns each year. This is effective from July 1st.
Industry News March 16, 2021

Star Citizen surpasses $350 million in crowdfunding after 10 years in development

Star Citizen has been in development since 2011. After 2020 became the game’s most successful year to date, it reached another milestone.
Industry News March 16, 2021

Chess streams hit record-breaking 21 million hours watched on Twitch following ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ success

Chess streams have never been among the most popular categories on Twitch. However, they reached a new milestone last month — all thanks to the huge success of “The Queen’s Gambit.”
Industry News March 16, 2021

Rockstar pays $10,000 to modder who reduced GTA Online load times by 70%

Insane loading times have been a huge problem of GTA Online for a while. Now Rockstar has paid $10,000 to a modder who found a way to reduce them by 70%.
Game Development March 16, 2021

Russian modders release first chapter of Half-Life: Blue Shift remake based on Black Mesa

A group of modders from Russia is working on recreating Half-Life: Blue Shift, the second add-on to Valve’s iconic shooter. It’s based on the Black Mesa game, and now its first chapter is available for free download.
Industry News March 15, 2021

Square Enix soft-launches mobile F2P action Tomb Raider Reloaded in two countries

Tomb Raider Reloaded, which received mixed reactions from fans after its announcement, has now entered soft launch. It happened ahead of the series’ 25th anniversary that will be celebrated later this year.
Industry News March 15, 2021

EA suspends all content granting, launches investigation amid FIFA Ultimate Team scandal

EA confirmed allegations of its employees selling rare Ultimate Team cards to FIFA players for thousands of dollars. The company is now investigating the case.
Industry News March 15, 2021

NPD: US game spending reaches record $4.6 billion in February

US game spending hit a new record in February, reaching $4.6 billion. It’s up 35% from the same period last year, according to the latest NPD Group report.
Marketing March 15, 2021

META Publishing’s Oleg Zelikman: “We deliberately limit the size of our catalog so as to only publish 4-6 games per year”

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Oleg Zelikman, business development director at META Publishing.
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