Remedy enters into €15 million loan agreement with Tencent
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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
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Time spent gaming in Southeast Asia up 53% after post-pandemic drop
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Players in Southeast Asia are engaging more with video games in 2024, with a 53.2% year-on-year increase in the average individual weekly gaming time.
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Waiting For Godot 4.4
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GameFromScratch.com Waiting For Godot 4.4 Just over a month ago Godot 4.3 was released so now of course it is time for us to start waiting for Godot… Godot 4.4 that is. There have been two Godot 4.4 Dev releases, these releases are essentially pre-Beta versions and are certainly not considered for use in production. […] The post Waiting For Godot 4.4 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Zoochosis by Clapperheads will make you fear those lovely animals in the zoo
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Exclusive: Unity is killing its controversial Runtime Fee
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The company is reverting to a seat-based subscription model, but will be increasing the price of Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise in January 2025.
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