News February 5 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 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.
News February 4 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.
News February 4 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.
News February 3 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.
News February 3 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.
News February 3 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.
News February 3 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.”
News February 2 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.
News February 2 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.”
