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"The industry response to Stop Killing Games has tended to be pretty dismissive," writes Rob Fahey. "The hand-waving about impossibility has been joined by some fairly bad-faith mischaracterisation of what Stop Killing Games is even asking for." gamesindustry.biz/stop-being-dis…
New data from Newzoo has revealed the best performing Switch 2 third-party launch titles, with Deltarune leading the pack in units sold on the US eShop. At the bottom of the list are Sonic X Shadow Generations and Survival Kids. gamesindustry.biz/newzoo-data-re…
Appcharge, the direct-to-consumer payment platform for mobile game publishers, has analysed data from $500 million in web store transactions, revealing a complex variation in payment preferences from country to country. gamesindustry.biz/paypal-dominat…
A new demographic has emerged: 13 to 24 year-old VR natives. "They feel like it's a space where, because they're in there as early adopters, they feel cool," explains Callum Godfrey, head of nDream's Compass Studio. gamesindustry.biz/meet-vr-native…
1047 Games has announced that its free FPS Splitgate 2 has been pushed "back to beta" and that the studio will undergo a second wave of layoffs as a result. gamesindustry.biz/1047-games-sen…
A new report has revealed that the UK Games Fund (UKFG) is expected to generate £30 to £58 million ($40.6 to $78.5 million) in productivity benefits for the UK economy. gamesindustry.biz/uk-games-fund-…
Sandsoft shutters two internal studios, impacting 65 jobs in Riyadh and Barcelona gamesindustry.biz/sandsoft-shutt…
Sandsoft shutters two internal studios, impacting 65 jobs in Riyadh and Barcelona gamesindustry.biz/sandsoft-shutt…
Indie game platform itch.io has "deindexed" all adult NSFW content from its browse and search pages following pressure from its payment processors regarding some of the content hosted on the site. gamesindustry.biz/itchio-has-dei…
"Father of The Elder Scrolls" and OnceLost Games' co-founder Julian Lefay dies aged 59 gamesindustry.biz/father-of-the-…
Nintendo Switch 2 is now the fastest-selling console in U.S. history gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-switc…
Square Enix has confirmed that the source code for Final Fantasy Tactics was overwritten, forcing the developer to rebuild the upcoming remake, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, from scratch. gamesindustry.biz/the-final-fant…
Microsoft reverses $80 first-party price hike to keep "full priced holiday releases in line with current conditions" gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-reve…
Sandsoft shutters two internal studios, impacting 65 jobs in Riyadh and Barcelona gamesindustry.biz/sandsoft-shutt…
"Father of The Elder Scrolls" and OnceLost Games' co-founder Julian Lefay dies aged 59 gamesindustry.biz/father-of-the-…
Nintendo Switch 2 is now the fastest-selling console in U.S. history gamesindustry.biz/nintendo-switc…
Microsoft reverses $80 first-party price hike to keep "full priced holiday releases in line with current conditions" gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-reve…
A new report has revealed that the number of companies and employees in the German games industry has fallen in the last year "after years of growth." gamesindustry.biz/number-of-germ…
Sloclap's online multiplayer football game, Rematch, has reached five million unique players just one month after launch. gamesindustry.biz/sloclap-rematc…
