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Longtime Blizzard art director Sam Didier departs studio

Game Developer

During his time at Blizzard, Didier drew art for nearly all of the studio's games, and famously created the Pandaren race for World of Warcraft.

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EA cutting 5% of workforce

GamesIndustry.biz

Electronic Arts today announced that it is laying off approximately 5% of its employees as it leans in on the parts of the business it feels will be the most successful in the years to come. Read more

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EA cutting "small number" of staff as it sunsets two mobile games

GamesIndustry.biz

Electronic Arts is set to lay off "a small number of staff" due to its decision to close two of its mobile titles: EA Sports MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing.

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2021 Predictions #5 Sports Games Race into a Billion Dollar Club

Deconstructor of Fun

Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B Sports saw YoY growth of +29% ($880M) , while Racing registered +23% YoY ($331M). The sports category is divided into two genres: Sports and Racing.

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Deathgrip by Reclaim Interactive takes us back to the podracers of the future

PreMortem.Games

I think racing games have fallen out of favor because there’s a lack of innovation as they focus more on graphics and realism than creativity and feel”, says founder and Art Director Brian Young. Young got his podracing fix through the Star Wars Episode 1 Racing games (SWE1R). I like the design of the Star Wars racers. “But

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Hypercasual games market keeps shrinking, still 3.38 billion downloads last 3 months

PreMortem.Games

a remarkable +100% QoQ; read a full case study on Supercent’s games); Car Race 3D: Car Racing (+22% QoQ); Race Master 3D – Car Racing (+4% QoQ); Going Balls (+0.1% QoQ); Bridge Race (–4% QoQ); Magic Tiles 3 (–12% QoQ); and Build A Queen (–20% QoQ). Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.

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Mythical’s Web3 NFT racer goes live

Game Daily

Mythical Games’ NFT-based mobile racing game Nitro Nation World Tour (NNWT) is out now on Android and iOS. The report points out continued activity in the NFT space from the likes of Roblox, Take-Two, and Electronic Arts Inc. billion in 2022 rising to $9 billion in 2028, representing 18 percent annual growth.

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