Epic removes Fortnite from mobile app stores to prepare for own store launch
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 26, 2024
Epic Games is pulling Fortnite and other games from mobile app stores ahead of the launch of its own digital storefront on iOS and Android.
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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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DIY desserts and tie dye shirts – Mobile games inspired by social media (part 2)
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
For example, the DIY home improvement retail market was valued at $848.20B in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.73% from 2022 to 2030. No wonder it scores so well as mobile games. views on TikTok, and it also has a ‘simulator’ following in the mobile games industry. views on TikTok.
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Niantic’s Peridot is mobile AR’s biggest opportunity in years
Game Daily
MAY 10, 2023
Despite massive hits like Niantic’s own Pokemon Go, augmented reality games on mobile have yet to live up to their promise. ” The post Niantic’s Peridot is mobile AR’s biggest opportunity in years appeared first on GameDaily.biz | We Make Games Our Business.
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Bandai Namco is opening a store in London
Game Development News
JUNE 28, 2023
Bandai Namco has announced it is opening a new ‘interactive retail experience’ store in July 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP
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Drive-Up Your Revenues with Seasonal Events
Game Refinery
MARCH 16, 2023
From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.
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The Play Pendulum • A theory of innovation cycles in interactive entertainment
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
I’ll start by defining these two types of innovation: Content innovation periods are characterized by a focus on developing new types of games, expanding game portfolios, and pushing the boundaries of gameplay mechanics and storytelling. EA’s strategy focused heavily on developing and acquiring new intellectual properties.
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Epic’s ‘biggest ever bet’ is a Web3 game creativity tool
Game Daily
MARCH 23, 2023
Tim Sweeney’s stage presence isn’t likely to attract the attention of the Oscars or Grammys live show organizers, but in yesterday’s State of Unreal presentation at Game Developer Conference, he fairly electrified his audience. His nerdy mannerisms aren’t something he decided to develop in order to gain social favor.
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Transmedia Triumphs and Traps: Lessons from the Convergence of Gaming and Media
Deconstructor of Fun
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Hogwarts Legacy was an instant hit, selling 12 million units in its first two weeks after its February 2023 launch, and reaching a total of 24 million units sold with retail sales grossing $1 billion by December 2023. Levin highlighted the growing opportunities in indie games , driven by developers exploring new business models.
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Aldora market forecast 2025: Game Industry is slowly moving upward
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 26, 2024
Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6 Some highlights from the report: The global market for interactive entertainment is on course to reach $250.2 billion in consumer spending in 2025E , up 4.6% year-over-year. Content stays king. year-over-year to $186 billion in 2024. billion (3.6%
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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
How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life
Game Daily
APRIL 20, 2023
Initially, the company struggled to compete in a hyper-competitive global market, and in a development sector that lacks sophisticated off the shelf game engines. “While our games were web2 focused, we had been following the development of the NFT market,” says Rössig, who also serves as iCandy’s head of Europe.
iXie’s approach to achieving 100% first-submission pass on all platforms
iXie gaming
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Legendary developer and Industry Icon Shigeru Miyamoto once said, “ A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.” Today, games are available on various platforms like home consoles, mobile devices, handheld gaming devices, cloud gaming services, and the various launchers available on PCs.
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How Developers and Publishers Can Use HTML5 Games to Drive Revenue
iXie gaming
JUNE 16, 2023
In today’s ever-evolving digital landscape, the gaming industry is undergoing remarkable growth, driven by the soaring popularity of online and mobile gaming. Traditionally, game development necessitated the use of intricate and platform-specific software.
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GameStop circles the drain
Game Daily
JUNE 20, 2023
Of course, this still happens, but the rise of digital sales has significantly diminished their financial significance, and thereby the power of GameStop, America’s biggest physical games retailer. Over the years, various attempts to diversify into digital retailing, mobile phones and, most recently, NFTs, have come to nothing.
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The finalists have been announced for the Game Developers Choice Awards 2024
Game Development News
JANUARY 18, 2024
The list of finalists for this year’s Game Developers Choice awards has been announced
Xsolla Enhances Game Developer Experience with Web Shop Innovations, Parental Controls, and Localised Payments
Game Development News
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Xsolla Expands Its Offerings to Support Developers with Advanced Web Shop Features, Robust Parental Control Solutions, and New Payment Options in Cambodia and Indonesia. …
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Liverpool’s Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced a pledge to develop a new generation of creators in the city
Game Development News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Liverpool's Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that he intends to develop a new generation of video game creators in the region - MCV/DEVELOP
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Jingle Jam has announced its charity partners for 2023
Game Development News
AUGUST 21, 2023
Jingle Jam has announced the charity partnerships for its 2023 fundraising event, which is set to take place over two weeks in December - MCV/DEVELOP
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MY.GAMES’ War Robots is returning to China
Game Development News
JANUARY 19, 2024
MY.GAMES has announced that its mobile shooter War Robots will return to stores in China
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IoT Applications in Education – The Future of Learning
Logic Simplified
JULY 11, 2024
Source: AlliedMarketResearch ) From the traditional ways of teaching in a classroom to online learning using mobile devices and laptops - ways of teaching as well as learning have changed digitally. They enrich academic knowledge, develop creative skills, and thus, higher learning outcomes can be expected. from 2023 to 2032.
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Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023
Deconstructor of Fun
MARCH 14, 2023
Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.
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Game companies enact callous layoffs, amid their own competence controversies
Game Daily
OCTOBER 4, 2023
One example is Christina Grace, a senior producer who currently works for developer Caged Element. ” Developers who suddenly find themselves in urgent need of a job are a common sight on places like Twitter. She is running a Google Doc for unemployed gaming workers. At the time, staff were told further layoffs would not occur.”
The Role of Computer Science in Video Games
Game Designing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
If you’re an avid gamer who loves computers, you may be thinking about pursuing a career as a game developer. Game development is a specialized, comparatively small, and lucrative industry. Retail gaming in the United States is estimated to be worth $4.19 Computer science in gaming will help you develop games.
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Web3 Gaming Consolidates to Survive
Deconstructor of Fun
APRIL 25, 2023
Our mission is to bring together the largest players in the gaming market to help smaller developers reach their potential. The majority of blockchain gaming teams, whether they were publishers or developers, were concentrating on decentralization and becoming independent from larger organizations. Read more and get accelerated!
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Q&A: The games industry looks back on gamescom 2023
Game Development News
OCTOBER 10, 2023
We pulled aside five of them to see what they thought of it - MCV/DEVELOP There were 320,000 people at this year’s gamescom.
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The final speaker and sponsor line-up is now available for Games Growth Summit North
Game Development News
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The Manchester edition of the Games Growth Summit North is taking place in November - MCV/DEVELOP
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The shortlist has been revealed for the TIGA Game Industry Awards 2023
Game Development News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
This year’s shortlist for the TIGA Awards has been announced - MCV/DEVELOP
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Starfield is officially Bethesda’s biggest game launch ever
Game Development News
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Bethesda has announced that Starfield is now its biggest launch title ever - MCV/DEVELOP
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NetEase Games has opened up a new studio called PinCool in Tokyo
Game Development News
JUNE 8, 2023
NetEase Games has announced a new game studio named PinCool in Tokyo, Japan - MCV/DEVELOP
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What Web3 Games Should Learn from Designing Fun Game Markets
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 24, 2023
TWIG #216 Ubisoft Staff Threatens to Strike over 4-Day Work Week / Laying out the Bull case for Mobile ? Moreover, different thematics appeal to different people – mobile games will relaunch the same game with a reskin (ex: change the dragons to fairies ), to attempt to appeal to a broader audience. Signups liver January 25th!
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MY.GAMES’ retreat from Moscow
Game Development News
JUNE 22, 2023
Richie Shoemaker questions MY.GAMES’ CEO Vladimir Nikolsky about cutting ties with Russia and the future beyond its borders - MCV/DEVELOP
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New Kids On The Block: Wayne Meazza on Behaviour’s UK expansion
Game Development News
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Vince Pavey checks in with Wayne Meazza, executive vice president for Behaviour Interactive, to ask about group as it expands into the UK - MCV/DEVELOP
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Keywords’ Player Research has announced a new accessibility initiative and services suite
Game Development News
AUGUST 21, 2023
Player Research, a Keywords Studio, has announced a brand new accessibility services suite as part of a new initiative ahead of gamescom 2023 - MCV/DEVELOP
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Chris Charla on the past, present and future of ID@Xbox
Game Development News
JUNE 13, 2023
Chris Charla tells Richie Shoemaker and Vince Pavey all about Microsoft’s independent developer initiative ahead of his ID@Xbox keynote session at the Develop:Brighton 2023 conference
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Party Chat: RallyHere’s Trevor Williams on the changes to Hi-Rez, and what their live service game tools can do
Game Development News
OCTOBER 6, 2023
Vince Pavey met with Trevor Williams, CMO at RallyHere, to discuss the Hi-Rez backed platform and what its tools can do for live service games - MCV/DEVELOP
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When We Made… Wildfrost
Game Development News
JUNE 27, 2023
Developers Will Lewis and Gaz tell card game aficionado Vince Pavey about their roguelike Wildfrost before it kills them in one turn and makes them start over with a new deck
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Geoff Keighley on what makes gamescom Opening Night Live special, and why there’s no Autumn Game Fest
Game Development News
AUGUST 15, 2023
Ahead of this year's gamescom Opening Night Live showcase, Geoff Keighley has taken the time to talk to Vince Pavey from MCV/DEVELOP about how, when and why the live show happens each year
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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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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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[From the industry] The TIGA Games Industry Award Winners 2023 have been revealed!
Game Development News
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The great and the good of the games sector were celebrated at the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023 on November 16, 2023 at the iconic Troxy London - MCV/DEVELOP
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