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Industry News December 14, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 dethrones World of Warcraft: Shadowlands as fastest-selling PC game of all time

Of the 8 million pre-orders for Cyberpunk 2077, the PC version accounted for 4.72 million. This makes Cyberpunk the biggest day one launch ever for a PC game — the title previously held (even if briefly) by World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.
Industry News December 12, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 devs to receive bonuses regardless of reviews. Studio head takes responsibility for buggy release as negative Metacritic reviews pile up

CD Projekt executives took the responsibility for Cyberpunk 2077‘s buggy release. They also changed the system for bonus payouts to the devs.
Industry News December 11, 2020

Jason Schreier: Makers of AAA titles should embrace Early Access

In his latest piece for Bloomberg, Jason Schreier looks at Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 and sees bugs everywhere.
Industry News December 11, 2020

CD Projekt Red stock declines 29% as Cyberpunk 2077 Metacritic score drops to 90

CD Projekt Red’s share price continues to drop like FPS in Cyberpunk 2077 on the past-gen consoles. The stock fell 29% from PLN 443 per share on December 4 to PLN 313.9, according to gamesindustry.biz.
Industry News December 11, 2020

JJ Abrams launches Bad Robot Games Studio

JJ Abrams’ film company Bad Robot has launched Bad Robot Games Studio. Left 4 Dead creator Michael Booth has stepped in as the studio’s GM.
Industry News December 11, 2020

Telltale developing all episodes of The Wolf Among Us 2 at once

While a certain The Wolf Among Us 2 developer update was rumored to take place at The Game Awards, it never happened, as we now know. The update, however, did arrive in the form of a tweet from Telltale’s community manager.
Industry News December 11, 2020

Reveals and announcements from TGA 2020

Here’s a look at the biggest reveals from The Game Awards 2020.
Industry News December 11, 2020

TGA 2020: The Last of Us Part II named Game of the Year, takes home six other awards

The Last of Us Part II was named the Game of the Year at the 2020 Game Awards. It also took home six other big awards including best direction, narrative, action/adventure game, audio design, innovation in accesibility and performance for Laura Bailey.
Industry News December 10, 2020

App Annie: consumets to spend over $120 billion in mobile games in 2021

According to App Annie’s latest report, consumer spend on mobile games will exceed $120 billion in 2021.
Industry News December 10, 2020

Control clears 2 million copies sold over 15 months

Control has sold over 2 million units across all platforms, according to Thomas Puha, Communications Director at Remedy. It took the title 15 months to get there.
Industry News December 10, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 clears 1 million concurrent players on Steam and brings in over $500m in revenue prior to release

Cyberpunk 2077 broke the single player record on Steam hitting 1 million concurrent players on its launch day.
Industry News December 9, 2020

Disco Elysium devs potentially tease console release

ZA/UM, the studio Disco Elysium, has posted a teaser on their site.
Industry News December 9, 2020

2020 in video games: Black Mesa dev on their new IP, putting rogue-lite ideas into FPS games, and Hades’ breakthrough

Joining us today for a quick end-of-the-year interview is Benjamin Truman, lead writer on Crowbar Collective’s Black Mesa.
Industry News December 9, 2020

CD Projekt shares dip as Cyberpunk 2077 fails to earn top marks from reviewers

CD Projekt shares have dipped 9.4% in Warsaw after Cyberpunk 2077 scored 91 out of 100 based on the average of 44 journalist reviews on Metacritic. This makes the title only the fourth-best PC game of 2020.
Industry News December 9, 2020

New game in PUBG universe to be revealed at The Game Awards 2020

Geoff Keighley teased another game reveal to be featured at the upcoming The Game Awards 2020 show. It’s a new game in the PUBG universe developed by Striking Distance.
Industry News December 9, 2020

Halo Infinite pushed to Fall 2021

343 Industries will be shipping Halo Infinite in Fall 2021. That’s almost a year later than the originally planned November 2020 release date.
Industry News December 8, 2020

Christopher Nolan to present an award at The Game Awards

Another celebrity from the film industry is joining the stellar cast of presenters of The Game Awards 2020.
Industry News December 8, 2020

100 billion hours of gaming content watched on YouTube, with Minecraft being most watched game

2020 is YouTube Gaming’s biggest year, with 100 billion hours of gaming content watched, according to Ryan Wyatt, Head of Global Gaming, You Tube.
Industry News December 8, 2020

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands named fastest selling PC game of all time

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands sold 3.7 million copies globally during its launch day, according to Blizzard, which makes it the fastest-selling PC game of all time industry-wide.
Industry News December 8, 2020

No More Robots’ Mike Rose on success in video games industry

“Video game studios are so obsessed with GROWTH and ACQUISITIONS and WEALTH, that they quite often fail to make sure that all of their employees and developers are happy and looked after properly.”
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