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Industry News August 19, 2019

Why does new Playrix game veer away from the roots?

I have spent a few hours playing Wildscapes and here are some thoughts about the game and a new direction Playrix is taking with it. 
Industry News August 16, 2019

SUPERHOT devs to support “weird but smart” games

Poland-based SUPERHOT developers announced Superhot Presents, a small games fund to help indie developers start or finish their projects. In addition to funding, the studio offers organizational consulting and mentoring.
Industry News August 16, 2019

The rise of non-violent games

While rhetoric goes on that connects real-life violence to violent games, media keep citing research that defies any linear correlation between the two.
Industry News August 15, 2019

Tencent’s revenue climbing after China ends it freeze on game licensing

Tencent is steadily recovering after the Chinese government has lifted the freeze on game licensing in the country. During Q2, the Chinese giant released 10 mobile games.
Industry News August 15, 2019

You can now let Steam know you’ve played some games on other platforms

For all its issues, one thing is true about Steam: it’s continuously working to make its systems better.
Industry News August 14, 2019

UK loves Unity

The UK’s most popular game engine is Unity. 72 percent of local studios make games using this tech.
Industry News August 14, 2019

Call of Duty, Dead Space, and Telltale devs to work on PUBG spin-off

Striking Distance, the studio working on an undisclosed “original narrative experience in the PUBG Universe,” hired former Call of Duty and Dead Space developers, as well as three former Telltale Games artists.
Industry News August 13, 2019

Former id Software director joins Saber Interactive

Former id Software director Tim Willits got himself a new gig at Saber Interactive.
Industry News August 13, 2019

Tapping into Korean video games market

South Korea is the 4th top economy by video games revenue after the US, China, and Japan.
Featured August 12, 2019

Pathologic 2 Mindmap: a Questlog People Actually Read

Pathologic 2 developed by Ice-Pick Lodge is an open-world survival thriller set in a town that’s being consumed by a deadly plague. Its cheerful tagline “You can’t save everyone” pretty much says it all.
Industry News August 9, 2019

Epic Games pledges loot box transparency

Several publisher have recently committed to disclosing odds on loot boxes. Epic Games follows suit and confirms its plans to make it a transparent mechanic.
Industry News August 9, 2019

Activision to drop StarCraft IP?

Sounds crazy, but the StarCraft franchise seems to be getting less and less attractive for Activision Blizzard. At least the publisher’s latest financial report kind of points to that.
Industry News August 8, 2019

Steam toughens up on release date manipulation

No more messing around with release dates on Steam. Now, developers will have to obtain Valve’s approval before they can move the launch of their game.
Industry News August 8, 2019

Japanese mobile gaming market reaches $ 13.3 billion

The revenue of the mobile gaming market in Japan in 2018 reached $13.3 billion. But its growth rate is declining.
Industry News August 7, 2019

Unity launches platform for private lessons on anything Unity

The creators of Unity have rolled out a new platform – Unity Live Help. The service allows game developers to learn from industry experts.
Industry News August 7, 2019

Restaurant sims: niche analysis

How to decide if a particular mobile genre is promising or not? Aleksandr Bezobrazov, Marketing Director at Social Quantum, breaks down the genre of restaurant sims and explains what metrics are important to look at.
Industry News August 6, 2019

Shares of EA and other video game companies plummet after Trump links games to mass shootings

Acts of violence are once again blamed on video games. US President Donald Trump implicated games as the reason for two shootings in Texas that killed more than 30 people. Following Trump’s speech, biggest game publishers saw their shares sink.
Featured August 6, 2019

Blue Manchu’s Jon Chey on Void Bastards, going indie and not having a niche

After 20 years of making games, Jonathan Chey just refuses to settle.
Featured August 5, 2019

Events in Pixonic’s War Robots: How studio developed and tested hypotheses

Vadim Charugin, Lead Game Designer at Pixonic, speaks on the importance of in-game events and the studio’s experience with them.
Industry News August 5, 2019

Ooblets developers shocked by backlash over their “thing” with EGS

Glumberland, the indie studio behind Ooblets, signed a temporary PC exclusivity deal with Epic Games Store. The reaction of the community was overwhelmingly harsh, with the two-people studio of Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser getting “thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful, threatening messages.”
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