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Industry News July 19, 2019

Epic Games to give out loot for watching Fortnite matches

The success of big games is measured, among other things, by the viewership they amass on video services. Epic Games decided to boost this metric.
Industry News July 19, 2019

Slow gaming experience from former Witcher developers

Wanderlust Travel Stories is the upcoming title from Different Tales, a company founded by two developers who worked on the Witcher games.
Industry News July 18, 2019

Cross-play for Borderlands 3 confirmed

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford announced this week on Twitter that Borderlands 3 will get cross-play support. Just not at the time of launch.
Industry News July 18, 2019

Heaven’s Vault allowed on GOG after initial rejection

GOG curators had a change of heart about Heaven’s Vault by inkle which they initially refused to allow on the store. 
Industry News July 17, 2019

Subscriptions: good or bad for developers?

There is no denying that subscriptions will once rule the gaming world.
Industry News July 17, 2019

Germany’s games market

What kind of video games market does Germany have? A post by “game – the German Games Industry Association” answers that.
Featured July 16, 2019

Perks of being indie, or How Platonic Games found their niche

Indie developers are no match for big studios. But it’s ok, according to Valeria Castro, CEO & Founder at Platonic Games, a small dev team based in Madrid. At a recent event hosted by GameAnalytics, Valeria shared her experience entering the crowded hyper-casual scene.
Industry News July 16, 2019

Success ratio on Kickstarter highest since 2012

Thomas Bidaux, CEO of gaming consultancy firm ICO Partners, has shared data on how the first half of 2019 has treated video games on Kickstarter.
Industry News July 15, 2019

ROKiT will invest up to $500,000 in “the next great game” on mobile or console

The ROKiT Group of Companies, smartphone manufacturer and provider of wireless services, has launched ROKiT Games Limited. It’s a game development fund to support indie developers of mobile and console games. The size of the fund is $50 million.
Industry News July 15, 2019

Newzoo dissects battle royale phenomenon

According to Newzoo, as of May 2019, 41% of the U.S. gamers play either Fortnite, Apex Legends, or PUBG. It might be tempting to recognize battle royale as a genre in its own right that is distinct from shooter. However, the three titles do not share the same community, with people attracted to various battle royale games for different reasons.
Industry News July 12, 2019

Valve rolls out Steam Labs to test new features

Valve launched Steam Labs, a service that allows users to check out experimental features designed to increase discoverability of games.
Featured July 12, 2019

Wargaming Nexus: “We’ll give you $100K to create a prototype”

In June, Wargaming announced the launch of a new business unit called Nexus. Wondering what exactly the new team is up to? Nexus head Mike Belton is here to explain.
Industry News July 11, 2019

Over 4,000 developers applied to Stadia Partners program

Sam Corcoran, technical account manager for Google, said that the tech giant received over 4,000 applications from developers for its upcoming Stadia platform.
Industry News July 11, 2019

Jordan bans PUBG, Fortnite might be next

Jordan becomes another country where you can no longer play PUBG. Jordan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) banned PUBG last Thursday and is planning to ban six other video games. Fortnite is on that list too.
Industry News July 10, 2019

Makers of Million Lords raise $1.4m, with $0.50 ARPDAU

French mobile games start-up Million Victories has raised $1.4m to scale up the team.
Featured July 10, 2019

Warframe developer on fair monetization and avoiding crunch

Warframe has been around for seven years, with new content arriving at an impressive rate. Digital Extremes chief operating officer Sheldon Carter explains how the studio avoids crunch while maintaining a tight update schedule.
Industry News July 9, 2019

EA value drops by $3.3b as Apex Legends enters season 2

Last week wasn’t very lucky for EA. Company’s market cap fell by nearly 10%. This is due to players’ cold reception of Apex Legends 2.
Featured July 9, 2019

Troubled history of Vietnam’s mobile game market

Vietnam’s game industry is in a difficult place right now. With over 60 million internet users and over 50 million smartphone owners, of which gamers make up 30 million, it is a small market.
Industry News July 8, 2019

China’s state-backed newspaper pushes for age rating system

People’s Daily, which is considered to speak on behalf of the Communist party, leads the initative to introduce age rating systems for games.
Industry News July 8, 2019

Sensor Tower: Users spent $29.6 billion on mobile games in first half of 2019

Mobile games brought in about 75% of the global $39.7 billion app revenue in the first half of the year. So far, customers have spent $29.6 billion on games.
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