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Industry News February 5, 2021

Studio behind AI-generated text sandbox game AI Dungeon raises $3.3 million

All the stories in AI Dungeon are AI-generated, and the studio assures that their technology could dramatically lower development costs for AAA titles in the future.
Game Development February 5, 2021

chaosmonger’s Nicola Piovesan on old school sci-fi, avoiding moon logic puzzles, and breaking the fourth wall

ENCODYA is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game that came out on PC on Jauary 26. We caught up with ENCODYA’s developer Nicola Piovesan to discuss the game and the team behind it at chaosmonger studio.
Industry News February 4, 2021

New mobile hit Project Makeover earns $21 million in US in January, tops Gardenscapes in US revenue

Project Makeover is a match-3 mobile game that continues to climb to the top. The title’s revenue for January exceeded $20 million which helped it surpass a few projects from Playrix and King.
Industry News February 4, 2021

G-Core Labs launches multiplayer indie game contest

International provider of cloud and edge solutions G-Core announced a contest for the best online indie game. Five winners will receive up to $5,000 to spend on the premium infrastructure.
Industry News February 3, 2021

Electronic Arts’ earnings from Star Wars games top $3 billion

EA has no plans to slow down on developing new Star Wars projects despite losing exclusivity.
Industry News February 3, 2021

Sony reports over $8 billion in quarterly revenue, while PS5 sales reach 4.5 million units

Sony released a financial report for the third quarter ended December 31, 2020. The company sold 4.5 million PlayStation5, and its revenue exceeded $8 billion.
Industry News February 3, 2021

Embracer Group acquires three more studios, including Gearbox

Swedish video game holding company Embracer Group continues its shopping spree. Today the company announced three major acquisitions.
Industry News February 3, 2021

Tune in on WN Winter for Tenjin’s iOS14 talk “Your App May Be Blocked Soon”

Tune in on games industry conference WN Winter’21 on February 10, at 12:00 (CET time), for a keynote session “Your App May Be Blocked Soon; Plus 5 Essential Things That No One is Telling You About iOS 14.”
Industry News February 2, 2021

Carmack and Romero discuss their favorite id Software projects amid studio’s 30th anniversary

The legendary id Software celebrated its 30th anniversary on February 1. The studio’s cofounders reminisced about the old days and recalled their favorite projects, including Quake 3 and Doom.
Industry News February 2, 2021

BlizzCon coming on February 19 and 20 with all-online format and “epic announcements”

BlizzCon will take place online for the first time ever. Blizzard revealed new details on the upcoming event, promising “epic announcements.”
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.”
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