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From extra content to extra revenue: DLC works best for strategy games

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Top image: Europa Universalis IV expansion, Lions of the North Downloadable content (DLC) has become an essential tool for game developers and publishers. It enhances the gameplay experience, provides additional content, and attracts new players. With the rise of live-service games, releasing constant new content has become crucial.

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Trends that shape the future of the PC & console market according to Newzoo

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According to Newzoo’s PC & Console Gaming Report , the PC and console market still outperformed previous forecasts despite a slight decline of revenue (-2,2% year over year) in 2022. With over one billion PC players and 611 million console players, there are still plenty of opportunities for growth and expansion.

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PlayStation 5 shipped 4.9m units during Q2 2023

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Looking at GN&S more closely, growth was attributed to an increase of sales in hardware, non-first-party titles including add-on content, and the impact of foreign exchange rates. million copies sold across PlayStation consoles. Software sales were up 26% to ¥479 billion ($3.16 billion), representing 67.6

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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement

Game Refinery

That’s even more true now than it was back in April 2023. Perhaps the most notable example is the Magic Cauldron event, launched in September 2023, which we named the “Best Minigame Event” for the Casual Market in this year’s Mobile GameDev Awards.

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Take a break from busy GDC and meet Dutch developers at The Netherlands Lounge

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But we are considering expanding to consoles and VR as well.” Our commercial team will be looking to engage with game developers working on exciting projects”, says Content & Communications Specialist Zahaid Rehman. Edwin van Gessel is CEO of this newly formed studio and he’s showing off his first title to their publishing partner.

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AWS for Games at GDC 2023

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Over 28,000 developers, artists, visionaries, and storytellers came from around the world to meet, learn, share experiences, and celebrate the global video game industry at the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco March 20 – 24. Stay tuned for follow up content on these sessions! Learn more.

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The Play Pendulum • A theory of innovation cycles in interactive entertainment

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Succinctly, the Play Pendulum theory suggests that the video game industry alternates between two primary types of innovation: content innovation and distribution innovation. With this framework in mind, we can explore how different eras of the industry have oscillated between content and distribution innovation.