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Add eSports mode to expand your game and gain a new income stream with Moxy

PreMortem.Games

JUNE 1, 2023

Disclosure: This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Moxy Moxy , founded by a group of game industry veterans and blockchain experts, aims to transform the gaming landscape by providing a platform for eSports-style competitive gaming with real rewards for existing games. And that’s where Moxy steps in.

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QORPO brings generative AI features to AneeMate with AWS

AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict. Using Amazon Bedrock, developers built an AI agent that analyzes near real-time game data streaming from Amazon Kinesis.

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Technology Advancements Impacting Esports Gaming

iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Esports has taken the gaming world by storm in recent times. With lucrative tournaments and millions of fans globally, eSports gaming has become a flourishing sector that doesn’t show any signs of slowing down soon. According to Statista market forecasts, the eSports user base is expected to reach over 856 million by 2028.

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[From the industry] The Esports World Cup Foundation has announced a strategic partnership with Tencent

Game Development News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Esports World Cup Foundation has announced a partnership with Tencent, making Tencent E-sports the EWCFs strategic partner in China

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Aldora market forecast 2025: Game Industry is slowly moving upward

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

Console gaming is on track to reach $44.9 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 in 2025E Esports & Live-Streaming face ongoing monetization challenges. billion (3.6% billion (3.1%

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Bukola Akingbade of Kucheza Gaming on nurturing dreams and shaping industries

PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

So far she has facilitated the awards of esports athletes between the ages of 8 and 18 with rewards such as dedicated gaming laptops and Amazon vouchers. The Commodore 64 console was her first gaming experience. She therefore inherited consoles from older siblings and cousins. Bukola grew up surrounded by siblings and cousins.

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A new esports venue will open up in Liverpool later this year

Game Development News

APRIL 13, 2023

Level Tap will open at the Liverpool ONE shopping and leisure complex later this year

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These are the categories for the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2025 (and nominations are now open!)

Game Development News

JANUARY 16, 2025

The MCV/DEVELOP Awards will be back this June at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, which overlooks Londons Hyde Park

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AWS gears up for action-packed Gamescom and Devcom 2024

AWS Games

AUGUST 15, 2024

One of the world’s most anticipated games industry events, the conference brings together developers, publishers, hardware manufacturers, and cloud providers from around the world alongside the gaming community to celebrate industry achievements and discuss the trends shaping the industry’s future. Register here.

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Why Multiplayer Games are Good? Here’re the Reasons

Game Errors

APRIL 5, 2023

In 2017, developers invested $30 billion to advance the sector. Hefty Investments Earlier, we mentioned that developers and publishers invest billions of dollars to advance multiplayer gaming each year. This money is spent on research, acquiring human resources, developing and marketing games that can dominate the industry.

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2023: Year in Retrospect for the Gaming Industry

iXie gaming

JANUARY 19, 2024

This implies that players switch between mobile, PC, and console. But what does this mean for developers? Well, this implies that developers have had to work more on cross-platform games, ensuring they deliver seamless cross-platform experiences. As of 2022, the eSports market was about USD 1.38

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New report shows game investment slowdown

Game Daily

AUGUST 21, 2023

Digital Development Management’s newly released report on financial activity in the video gaming sector is a mixed bag, showing a decline in mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and investments in the second quarter of this year, but noting that the market is likely to heat up in the months ahead. Investments DDM counted $0.7

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Business Savvy – Brian Ward on what Savvy is currently up to in the games and esports industries, and why

Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2023

Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group, tells Vince Pavey about its mission to drive the growth and development of the games industry in Saudi Arabia and beyond

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Japanese Games VS Western Games:

Game Errors

APRIL 19, 2023

Japanese games have gained a significant following in the West, with many gamers eagerly anticipating the latest releases from developers like Square Enix and Capcom. Storytelling In terms of storytelling, Japanese games tend to rely heavily on intricate narratives and well-developed characters to engage players.

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Industry Voices: Social mobility and the games industry: how an industry worth £4.6 billion is failing its talent

Game Development News

JUNE 12, 2023

Dan Ahern, QA lead at Radical Forge talks about social mobility in the games industry - MCV/DEVELOP

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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Just like in the years prior, the blog post travels at lightspeed across the mobile gaming industry, achieving two distinctive outcomes: EXCITEMENT: Ilkka’s annual blog posts excite game developers everywhere. Ilkka’s words often portray Supercell’s game development model as straightforward and simple to carry out.

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American Mcgee is trying to get his new game greenlit. I know that his games are profitable and well received. However, it’s taking aver 4 years for a response, and I’m puzzled to why it is so. What exactly causes a company to consider greenleting a game? Does it require more than the creators reputation?

Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2023

You probably don’t want to cannibalize the sales of the game you’re already paying to develop, and you don’t want to split the audience. You’ve already got one African Mythology-inspired Action RPG with card mechanics in development, you really don’t need a second slightly-different one. You’re already working on a similar game.

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Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

eSports I think there’s a few of them. That’s eSports. And again, that plays right into eSports. ESports is long term, it’ll be driven by games that involves squad play and team work and so on. So eSports is a big deal. #3. Well, what’s easier for Google to do and for any developer to do is to put their P.C.

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Apex Legends vs. Fortnite: Assessing Popularity in 2023 – Who Takes the Lead?

Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Platform preferences: Both Fortnite and Apex Legends are available on mobile, PC, and console. If we look at Fortnite, we can see that 69% of players play it on Console, which includes both Xbox and PlayStation. It is because some players play this title on both PC and Console or even all of these three platforms.

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GameStop circles the drain

Game Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

video games and esports revenue in the U.S. game and esports revenues now.” From a console player experience or from a consumer experience.” Yesterday, GamesBeat reported on a survey from PwC that celebrated total U.S. billion in 2022, which is forecast to rise at a six percent annual rate over the next five years.

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TIGA has called for the Shortage Occupation List to be expanded with more games industry jobs

Game Development News

JUNE 6, 2023

The Independent Game Developers' Association has called for the UK Government to expand the list of jobs on the Shortage Occupation List - MCV/DEVELOP

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Develop:Brighton is now open to speaker applications

Game Development News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Tandem Events is now open to speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton 2024

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Tekken 8 will have a Closed Beta Test in October

Game Development News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Bandai Namco are holding a Closed Beta Test for Tekken 8 this October - MCV/DEVELOP

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Early bird tickets for EGX 2023 are now available

Game Development News

JUNE 12, 2023

Tickets are now on sale for EGX 2023, and there's a discount on prices until later this month - MCV/DEVELOP

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Playtika goes from social casino to casual - and that’s not good

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

billion, but profits up Everybuddy raises $15M for casual mobile games like Lucky Buddies Nintendo shaves its Switch console forecast by 10% Activision Blizzard reveals its third quarter financials, with mobile now accounting for 52% of the gaming giant's net revenue 54.9 million despite lowest quarter since 2020 ?

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Viva Game Republic: Jamie Sefton on Yorkshire’s 20 years of interdependence

Game Development News

MAY 15, 2023

Game Republic el presidente Jamie Sefton grants an audience to Richie Shoemaker as Yorkshire’s industry network celebrates 20 years of interdependence

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Develop:Brighton is now accepting speaker applications for its 2025 conference

Game Development News

JANUARY 14, 2025

Tandem Events has launched an open call for speakers for Develop:Brighton 2025

Esports

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[From the industry] Xsolla powers web shop launches for 40 of the top 100 mobile games

Game Development News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, shares insights that 40 of the top 100 mobile games have launched their Web Shop using Xsolla's solution

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Industry Voices: AI is an essential tool in tackling online hate in gaming

Game Development News

MAY 12, 2023

Arnaud Chemin, head of gaming at Bodyguard.ai talks about the benefits of AI moderation in online communities

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The UK Government has announced additional tax relief for the games industry

Game Development News

MARCH 16, 2023

The UK Government has announced that the Video Games Tax Relief system will be replaced with a Video Games Expenditure Credit system as part of the 2023 Spring Budget

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Outright Games, Naomi House and Jacksplace are calling for UK gamers to stream for a Children’s Hospice Charity Fundraiser

Game Development News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Naomi House and Jacksplace, local hospices for children and young adults, have announced the return of their gaming fundraiser event Game On!

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Are Video Games a Sport?

Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The introduction and rising popularity of home consoles and arcade games in the 1970s transformed entertainment for children and adults worldwide. However, esports enthusiasts argue that professional gaming requires extensive practice, effort, and dedication like traditional sports.

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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team.

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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

It specializes in game development. . Specialties: – Game Development, Motion Capture, Art Outsourcing, 3D Animation, 2D Animation, VR, Concept Art, and Co-Development. Specialties: – Tech and Art Outsourcing, Game Development, and Game Training. Winking Corporation. Nuare Studio. Keywords Studio.

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Industry Voices: Games are the media altar every brand should be praying at

Game Development News

JULY 11, 2023

Harry Lang, VP of Marketing at Kwalee on why games are bigger than a new religion - MCV/DEVELOP

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The Game Developer’s Guide to AWS re:Invent 2022

AWS Games

JANUARY 26, 2023

This blog details the service launches, customer sessions, and partner announcements most relevant to game developers. Service Launches Across more than 100 service launches from Amazon Web Services (AWS) at re:Invent, these are the top services for developers to build, run, and grow their games. Watch the re:Invent breakout session.

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The Gang readies to scale its games catalog with LootLocker and AWS

AWS Games

JANUARY 16, 2025

To boost visibility and engagement for its growing library of titles, international game development studio The Gang overhauled its backend with LootLocker , powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), and bolstered its server hosting with Amazon GameLift. It helps developers connect disparate systems across titles.

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Add eSports mode to expand your game and gain a new income stream with Moxy

QORPO brings generative AI features to AneeMate with AWS

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Technology Advancements Impacting Esports Gaming

[From the industry] The Esports World Cup Foundation has announced a strategic partnership with Tencent

Aldora market forecast 2025: Game Industry is slowly moving upward

Bukola Akingbade of Kucheza Gaming on nurturing dreams and shaping industries

A new esports venue will open up in Liverpool later this year

These are the categories for the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2025 (and nominations are now open!)

AWS gears up for action-packed Gamescom and Devcom 2024

Why Multiplayer Games are Good? Here’re the Reasons

2023: Year in Retrospect for the Gaming Industry

New report shows game investment slowdown

Business Savvy – Brian Ward on what Savvy is currently up to in the games and esports industries, and why

Japanese Games VS Western Games:

Industry Voices: Social mobility and the games industry: how an industry worth £4.6 billion is failing its talent

Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company

Trip Hawkins on The New High Score | Past and Future of Video Games

Apex Legends vs. Fortnite: Assessing Popularity in 2023 – Who Takes the Lead?

GameStop circles the drain

TIGA has called for the Shortage Occupation List to be expanded with more games industry jobs

Develop:Brighton is now open to speaker applications

Tekken 8 will have a Closed Beta Test in October

Early bird tickets for EGX 2023 are now available

Playtika goes from social casino to casual - and that’s not good

Viva Game Republic: Jamie Sefton on Yorkshire’s 20 years of interdependence

Develop:Brighton is now accepting speaker applications for its 2025 conference

[From the industry] Xsolla powers web shop launches for 40 of the top 100 mobile games

Industry Voices: AI is an essential tool in tackling online hate in gaming

The UK Government has announced additional tax relief for the games industry

Outright Games, Naomi House and Jacksplace are calling for UK gamers to stream for a Children’s Hospice Charity Fundraiser

Are Video Games a Sport?

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

Industry Voices: Games are the media altar every brand should be praying at

The Game Developer’s Guide to AWS re:Invent 2022

The Gang readies to scale its games catalog with LootLocker and AWS

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