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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

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Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. It led him to realise that Kiro’o Games was not just about entertainment anymore. This is his story.

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High on Life to get animated series

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Squanch Games' High on Life will be getting an animated comedy series adaptation. Squanch Games and Striker Entertainment's Mandy Bardisbanian and Russell Binder will also serve as executive producers alongside Alternate Side Productions. Read more

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Indie hit Stray is getting an animated movie

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BlueTwelve Studio's indie game Stray will be turned into an animated film. As reported by Entertainment Weekly , the 2022 title will be adapted by Annapurna Animation and led by Blue Sky Studios co-founder Chris Wedge.

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Poncle's Vampire Survivors is getting an animated series

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Vampire Survivors has joined the list of video game adaptations as it's been greenlit for an animated tv show. Poncle announced that it will be working with entertainment firm Story Kitchen, which is overseen by Dmitri Johnson, Derek Kolstad, and Mike Goldberg.

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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India

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He worked on some of the most well known entertainment IP during his time in the US. Later, at Pixar, he worked on animated classics like Toy Story 3 and Brave that went on to win three Oscars. Now its an independent studio of 30 developers, animators, storytellers and artists.

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Sega's $102.5m full game sales help offset overall decline

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The Entertainment Contents division – which encompasses video games, toys and animation – saw sales rise 34% to ¥72.7 year-on-year) Entertainment Contents net sales: ¥72.7 The publisher generated ¥15.1 billion ($102.5 million) from full game sales, up nearly 40% compared to the same period last year.

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Studio Bolland and the highs and lows of entering the South African game dev scene

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So far during this South Africa Games Week special, we've highlighted some established studios – Nyamakop , 24 Bit Games , as well as Sea Monster Entertainment and Free Lives to be published later this week – and a more recent studio founded by South African industry veterans ( Six Peaks Games ).

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