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Industry News February 2, 2021

Google shuts down Stadia’s internal game studios, plans to refocus its streaming service

The future of another Google’s product seems hazy. The company is about to stop developing games for Stadia, meaning the streaming service will have no more exclusive titles.
Industry News February 1, 2021

New antitrust lawsuit accuses Valve of abusing Steam market power to prevent competition

Five gamers filed an antitrust class action, accusing Valve of forcing developers to list the same prices for their games as on other stores. The suit alleges that it destroys the competition.
Featured February 1, 2021

Kefir’s Yuri Lyashenko: “Don’t be afraid to ask and discuss”

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Yuri Lyashenko, Producer at Kefir.
Industry News January 29, 2021

Ninja Theory ends support of Bleeding Edge to focus on new projects

Bleeding Edge won’t receive updates anymore, Ninja Theory said. The studio accepted the game’s failure and decided to focus on its upcoming projects.
Industry News January 29, 2021

Rumor: Microsoft planning another big-name acquisition

Last year, Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion. Apparently, the tech giant is now ready for more.
Industry News January 29, 2021

Brawl Stars surpasses $1 billion in lifetime gross revenue

According to Sensor Tower’s report, Brawl Stars has become Supercell’s fourth title to surpass $1 billion in lifetime revenue.
Industry News January 29, 2021

Musk’s tweet on Cyberpunk 2077 boosts CDPR stock 19%

“The esthetics of Cyberpunk are incredible btw,” Elon Musk casually tweeted yesterday, and CD Projekt’s stock soared 19%, in its highest increase since June 2015. The company’s trading volume nearly reached six times its three-month average, according to Bloomberg.
Featured January 29, 2021

Untold Tales’ Grzegorz Drabik: “The team is very important — experience of each member but also chemistry between them”

As part of WN Dev Contest, we are discussing the industry with the jury members. In this installment, we catch up with Grzegorz Drabik, VP, Head of Business Development at Untold Tales.
Industry News January 28, 2021

Tencent acquires minority stake in Dontnod for €30 million

Tencent became a minority shareholder of French studio Dontnod, investing €30 million in Life is Strange creators.
Industry News January 28, 2021

Activision rejects proposal aimed at implementing diversity hiring practices

AFL-CIO made a proposal to Activision Blizzard to increase diversity and interview at least one minority candidate. The company called the whole initiative “unworkable.”
Industry News January 28, 2021

Atomic Heart developer Mundfish secures investments from Tencent, Gaijin & GEM Capital

Russian studio Mundfish secured a Series B funding round of investments led by Tencent. Among other investors are Gaijin and GEM Capital.
Industry News January 28, 2021

Yakutian studio Fntastic announces survival MMO The Day Before

Fntastic, a studio based in Yakutsk, Russia, announced open-world survival MMO The Day Before. The game is set in a deadly, post-pandemic America overrun by flesh-hungry infected and survivors killing each other for food, weapons, and cars.
Industry News January 27, 2021

IO Interactive to double its staff to develop James Bond game

IO Interactive revealed new details about their upcoming James Bond game, which could turn into a new trilogy. The studio is now looking to hire 200 more employees.
Industry News January 26, 2021

The Last of Us Part II tops The Witcher 3 as most awarded game in history

The Last of Us Part II currently holds 261 “Game of the year” awards. It puts Naughty Dog’s hit ahead of such recognized titles like The Witcher 3, The Elder Scrolls V, and Red Dead Redemption 2.
Industry News January 26, 2021

Konami clarifies restructure, says it will continue to develop its own games

The day after announcing an internal restructure Konami decided to elaborate on its purpose. The company assures it won’t impact the development of future projects.
Industry News January 25, 2021

Rumor: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game in development without BioWare and EA

According to an insider, a new installment in the famous KOTOR series is in development. It’s still unclear whether it’ll be a sequel or remake, but BioWare reportedly has nothing to do with it.
Industry News January 25, 2021

SuperData: Cyberpunk 2077 had the biggest launch month ever in terms of digital sales

CD Projekt Red has sold 10.2 million digital copies of Cyberpunk 2077 in its launch month, according to SuperData. It became an all-time record and contributed to the massive growth in digital sales on PC.
Industry News January 25, 2021

Google workers unionize

Google employees are launching a global union alliance called Alpha Global. The coalition will include 13 different unions representing workers across 10 countries.
Featured January 25, 2021

Babil Games’ MJ Fahmi: “Numbers give the best answer as to what players prefer most”

As part of WN Dev Contest, we’ll be discussing the industry with the jury members. In this first installment, we catch up with MJ Fahmi, CEO of Babil Games.
Featured January 25, 2021

Simon Carless on how free prologues on Steam influence games’ performance and success

In his latest blog post, Simon Carless analyzes free prologues on Steam in an attempt to find out whether they affect games’ sales and the number of wishlists.
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