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Gamurs Group reportedly lays off unknown number of staff

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JULY 2, 2024

Former staff revealed the cuts via social media, although it is unclear how many of the group's sites have been affected. Affected staff include Destructoid's social video lead Brett Medlock and video editor Dan Roemer , PC Invasion writer Alejandro Josan , and Dot Esports staff writer Scott Robertson. Read more

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Aldora market forecast 2025: Game Industry is slowly moving upward

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AUGUST 26, 2024

growth), while PC gaming shows the strongest growth at 4.2%, reaching $31.4 However, this downturn is partially offset by the resilience in the gaming PC and laptop market. billion in 2025E Esports & Live-Streaming face ongoing monetization challenges. Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6

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

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

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APRIL 13, 2023

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

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Why Multiplayer Games are Good? Here’re the Reasons

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APRIL 5, 2023

The now immensely successful eSports game cost up to $250 million to create and market. It doesn’t matter what device you choose: Mobile, console and PC all support advanced multiplayer games in 2022. Every major game publisher wants to have an eSports game. Fortunately, the game’s return on investment has been over 400%.

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

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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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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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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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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

With AWS, the #1 cloud service in the world, and Twitch, the #1 video game streaming platform, Amazon’s product strategy is naturally centered around 1) network heavy MMOs and 2) social first, streaming first eSports games. Since Lost Ark is free to play on PC, there is no revenue data publicly available (Amazon has not shared their revenue).

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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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2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

But please keep in mind that Hearthstone is cross-platform title making likely over 80% of its revenue on PC. With two out of the three titles being cross-platform, it may just be that the disappointment was more on the mobile site and that the games made most of their revenue on the PC side. Legends of Runeterra.

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

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

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

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JANUARY 14, 2025

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

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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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Early bird tickets for EGX 2023 are now available

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

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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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Why Do PC Gamers Care About FPS & Why FPS Matters? [2023]

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AUGUST 25, 2023

PC gamers care about FPS because it affects their gaming experience in a number of ways that we’ll discuss in this article. This occurs naturally in movies and other media due to the nature of cameras. Video credits: NVIDIA What is the average fps for a gaming PC? 50 FPS: Not bad for puzzle games.

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

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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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Why Marvel Snap became a hit and for how long will it remain one?

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Cross-platform isn’t there yet Despite its massive reach on mobile, Marvel Snap has had limited success on PC where the game has also been available since launch. Additionally, it’s likely that the CCG audiences are galvanized on PC, and favor the already existing slower and deeper games. How does Snap adapt CCGs to mobile?

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

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JUNE 6, 2023

Here are the system requirements for Apex Legends: Processor: Core i3 6th Gen/AMD FX-4350 or Better RAM: 6GB Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640/Radeon HD 7730 Disk Space: 22 GB+ Operating System: Windows 7 or higher After knowing the required specifications, you can see that a PC with basic hardware can run Apex Legends without any problem.

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Riot's Runeterra Declares War Against Blizzard's Hearthstone

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Riot combined a full-blown media blitz with a Twitch integration that awarded beta keys to people viewing Runeterra streams to secure approximately a zillion eyeballs on their new game for a few days. It is built for mobile but will first debut on PC. So, in the meantime, what do we know? Runeterra is coming in 2020.

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Gamurs Group reportedly lays off unknown number of staff

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

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

Why Multiplayer Games are Good? Here’re the Reasons

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

Develop:Brighton is now open to speaker applications

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

The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

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

2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

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

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

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

Early bird tickets for EGX 2023 are now available

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

Why Do PC Gamers Care About FPS & Why FPS Matters? [2023]

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

Why Marvel Snap became a hit and for how long will it remain one?

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

Riot's Runeterra Declares War Against Blizzard's Hearthstone

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