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Industry News March 23, 2021

FIFA earns almost $160 million from video games licensing, accounting for 60% of total 2020 revenue

Last year, FIFA experienced a huge decrease in revenue. However, it managed to earn almost $160 million from licensing. It is the first time in history when a major part of the association’s revenue came from video games.
Industry News March 23, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 senior game designer leaves CD Projekt RED, says it was ‘honor and pleasure’

Andrzej Zawadzki, who was a senior game designer of Cyberpunk 2077, left CD Projekt RED after almost 8 years. He hasn’t disclosed a reason for it yet.
Industry News March 23, 2021

Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion, may bundle it into Game Pass

Microsoft might be on the verge of another huge deal. According to the latest report, the company plans to acquire Discord for more than $10 billion.
Industry News March 22, 2021

Report: Sony to permanently close PS3, Vita, and PSP stores within months

This summer might bring some bad news for owners of PS3, Vita, and PSP. According to a new report, Sony will completely close these consoles’ stores this summer.
Industry News March 22, 2021

TikTok owner ByteDance buys Mobile Legends creators at $4 billion valuation

ByteDance is now expanding its game development division. The Chinese tech giant has just acquired mobile studio Moonton, developers of popular MOBA Mobile Legends, for an undisclosed sum.
Industry News March 22, 2021

Playrix acquires Ukrainian studio Boolat Games for undisclosed sum

Mobile developer and publisher Playrix has just bought a new studio. Boolat Games joined the company to work on the announced F2P title.
Industry News March 22, 2021

Cyberpunk 2077 digital sales drop to 1% of its launch figures, according to analytics

Digital sales of Cyberpunk 2077 have significantly decreased since its record-breaking performance at launch. According to analytics’ latest projections, CD Projekt could sell “as few as 500,000” digital copies in the quarter ending March 31.
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.
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