GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 11, 2024

What was surprising, however, was that not only is the game coming to PlayStation 5 and PC (as expected), but it is also coming to Nintendo Switch. Let's take a moment to process that: a PlayStation-owned IP on a Nintendo platform. As is often the case around major debuts, hints and details had leaked out in the days before.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The global games market is navigating a period of slow but steady growth, according to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report 2024. billion in revenue in 2024, representing a modest 2.1% billion in 2024, a 4.5% Biggest growth The market dynamics reveal a notable shift among gaming platforms. year-on-year in 2024.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Microsoft laid out a slate of five big games for its 2024 software lineup in a Developer Direct video today, capping the event off with the news that MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will arrive on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass "later this year."

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 7, 2025

Mobile gaming alone has grown by 9% since 2020, and 82% of them play on their phonesbut theyre also active on PC and console. Mobile, PC, consolethey dont pick one, they pick all of them. Older generations tend to be device-first they choose a platform, then find games to play on it. What Makes Gen Z Unique? Gen Z flips this.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Slovak games industry is relatively young and slowly growing with 69 active companies in 2024. The industry employs approximately 1,100 professionals in 2024, up from 1,017 in 2023. The majority of these games target the PC platform, accounting for 72.5% The remaining 34% are distributed across other locations.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 2, 2024

In the wake of 2023, a year marked by blockbuster game releases, the global PC and console gaming market is facing a period of moderation. According to the latest PC and Console Gaming report by Newzoo , the PC and console gaming market generated $93.5 billion in revenue in 2023, representing a modest growth rate of 2.6%

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 16, 2024

Google has opened applications for its 2024 Indie Games Fund. The fund is open to indie game developers that have already launched a game on Google Play or other mobile platforms, PC and console. A group of Latin American game studios will receive a share of $2 million, with each recipient receiving between $150,000 to $200,000.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The success is also made evident by Lily’s Garden, which added its own Wordle-inspired minigame, Juice Bar , in July 2024. It’s somewhat reminiscent of the classic PC game Minesweeper, except without the danger of mines. Once all the gems have been found from a grid, players receive a reward, and they unlock a new temple to dig up.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In their latest free report , Newzoo is optimistic about the total market outlook for PC and console. Mobile devs go PC Speaking of mobile gaming, more game companies focus on evolving existing games instead of launching new games. Another way of diversification is to develop new games specifically for PC (and console).

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

year-over-year to $186 billion in 2024. growth), while PC gaming shows the strongest growth at 4.2%, reaching $31.4 Console hardware sales are projected to decline sharply by 31% in 2024 and another -11% in 2025E, due to the end of the current console generation cycle. billion (3.6% growth), and is forecasted to reach $115.7

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Jesper Juul

DECEMBER 6, 2024

On the occasion of my upcoming book Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer , I am writing The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects , posted weekly from November 1 st , 2024: (C64 Wiki) Object #6: Wizball and other Scrolling Games What even is the 1987 game Wizball (Sensible Software)?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While this includes companies beyond game development — such as platforms, tech solutions, and web3 startups — all the entities in our study operate within the gaming sector. The average check size for Early-stage VC-backed gaming studios has fluctuated notably between 2020 and 2024. in venture capital across 40 funding rounds.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What had been brewing on PC for years before with games like Counter-Strike, was now dominant cross-platform and reaching the “masses” on console. Battlefield was in a comfortable #2 slot, Overwatch owned Hero Shooters, and Counter-strike continued to own its niche on PC. Valorant was the last.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

Recently, I had the privilege of discussing the latest market insights with Devan Brennan, Senior Consultant at Newzoo, dissecting their August 2024 market forecasts. This conversation painted a nuanced picture of the current market, particularly the PC/console segment, and offered a glimpse into its future trajectory.

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Game Development News

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Big Screen Gaming Summit, a new two-day event dedicated to PC, console, web3, VR, and AR games, will debut alongside Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki on October 1-2, 2024. One ticket, two events!

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 23, 2024

Back in February, Microsoft ended a few torrid weeks of swirling speculation (not helped by its own cryptic pre-announcement of a forthcoming announcement) when it revealed that four of its formerly exclusive games – Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded – would be launching on other platforms. Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai Overall downloads have declined on both iOS and Android platforms , with Play Store downloads seeing a more significant drop. At the same time, we’ve seen a strong push for off-store payment with platforms like Xsolla onboarding clients across the industry.

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Cocos

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mini-Game Runtime In China, many popular mini-game platforms, such as WeChat, Douyin (TikTok), QQ, and Kwai, have opted for Mini-Game Runtime technology architecture rather than the traditional H5/Webview as their runtime environment. Supports multiple operating systems, such as iOS, Android, PC, HarmonyOS, and others.

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AWS Games

MAY 7, 2024

For Singularity 6 (S6) , creators of the hit game “Palia,” which released across platforms in 2023 and 2024—their developers needed to craft an immersive and captivating gaming experience while managing the vast resources and infrastructure required to keep the game’s services running smoothly. across six EKS clusters in a few hours.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

If market trends, especially on PC and Console, are something you want to hear more about, I highly suggest you check out my conversation with Newzoo’s Head of Consulting, Ben Porter below. Tools, tech and platforms (aka. During the lockdown years companies grew in headcount to supply content against the massive surge of demand.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The platform killed the booming gaming business by handicapping the distribution channels used to grow our games. I believe that mobile games could be facing the same deliberate death-by-a-platform as games Facebook suffered a decade ago. Facebook used games for growth and discarded them quickly as it didn’t need them anymore.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This might involve the introduction of new platforms, novel distribution methods, or innovative monetization models. This period saw the rise of social gaming, mobile gaming, and digital distribution platforms. Today, the platform sees the release of almost 15,000 new titles each year. Similarly, Microsoft’s $68.7

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AWS Games

MAY 14, 2024

Omeda released the first build of “Predecessor” for PC as Paid Early Access at the end of 2021, then as a free online test in April 2022. The change was implemented ahead of its latest release, which made the game free-to-play across platforms. The game’s new backend debuted on March 5, 2024.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Since its launch in 2018, Epic Games Store has spent bucket loads of money on giving away free games, in order to attract PC gamers away from Steam. “In 2024, we have plans to level up both the partner and player experience.” Success has been hard to come by.

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Game Errors

MARCH 24, 2023

One of the most popularly reported Battlefield 2042 errors that affect a large number of players across all platforms by prompting them with an error message suddenly and restricting them from continuing the game is the “ unable to load persistence data.” Clear download cache (for PC users only) Time needed: 3 minutes.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

However, many use cases that would benefit from running LLMs locally on Windows PCs, including gaming, creativity, productivity, and developer experiences. AT CES 2024, NVIDIA announced several developer tools to accelerate LLM inference and development on NVIDIA RTX Systems for Windows PCs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Make sure to sign up for our newsletter to be the first one to read our predictions for 2024. The importance of app stores as a discovery platform has been on a steep decline ever since Apple’s App Store received its design update in 2017 , which puts emphasis on editorial over what users actually care about.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

The problem is that at the end of 2024, the market is still noticeably smaller than it was three years ago in 2021. PC games grew driven by dominating live service franchises and a slew of innovative AA titles. The console business is not growing in terms of audience and time spent on platforms.

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Moonmana

JULY 4, 2022

The same relates to lifestreaming, which is now widely used on many platforms and social media. That’s why cross-platform games development is in demand. in 2024, according to Finances Online. Lifestreaming impacts the game industry and e-sports, and it clearly blurs the line between actual and digital sports.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

It is also used for console and PC games, as well as in the metaverse, such as reality shows and simulating megacities. Unity is used for use cases beyond games, and these new use cases may not run on traditional game platforms, so being able to build for a wide variety of platforms is critical.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

2022 predictions: Casual games will become more audience-led because of ATT Hypercasual will continue to see more hybrid IAP/ad monetisation and will become even more ‘Android first’ Midcore games will go increasingly cross-platform (particularly on PC). ATT in iOS 15 went harder.

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Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 1, 2024

To take an extreme example, there are obviously different considerations when developing for mobile vs desktop, and the results of the different decisions made to optimize a design for the target platform is also why ports between various platforms don’t always come out the same, whether technically or in terms of feel.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most of the games on blockchain run either on browser or PC. It will help big platforms like the App Store to meet on a common ground. There are cross platform games that sell items outside the App Store that can be used with the mobile version on the App Store.

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Jesper Juul

JANUARY 10, 2025

Where the original 1990 Turrican was a C64-first release, Turrican II was released in 1991 for the Amiga and later for the C64, PC, and other platforms. According to interviews with developer Manfred Trenz, Turrican II development started on the C64, but this platform apparently was no longer the primary focus. As the Zzap!64

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2025

2024 was a year of recovery and strategic recalibration for the gaming industry. b) The PC & console segment stood out with reputable developers undergoing sales processes (e.g., b) The PC & console segment stood out with reputable developers undergoing sales processes (e.g., Written by our friends at InvestGame.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

Twitch has unbanned Donald Trump's account three years after he was permanently banned from the platform. As reported by PC Gamer , the decision was made in light of becoming the 2024 Republican nominee for president. "We

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