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Venture Capital fund Hiro Capital has made investments in three international game studios.
Read More »Hiro Capital leads $15 million of Games VC investment into Snowprint Studios, Double Loop Games and Happy Volcano Games
Sony is shutting down development at Japan Studio
"In an effort to further strengthen business operations, SIE can confirm PlayStation Studios Japan Studio will be re-organized into a new organization on April 1"
Read More »Facebook Gaming: Prepare for 2021 with new gaming audience insights
This research forms the basis for a new report, Games Marketing Insights for 2021, which is available to download for free today.
Read More »Coin Master Surpasses $2 Billion in Lifetime Player Spending
The game earned $1.2 billion in 2020 alone, a 122.4 per cent increase over 2019.
Read More »Mid-to-hardcore, cross-platform games played on weekdays – Unity’s predicts 2021 trends
Non-mobile gaming grew by over 38 per cent in 2020
Read More »GameMaker Studio 2 launches support for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
YoYo Games has announced that its popular 2D games engine, GameMaker Studio 2, will shortly launch support for next-gen consoles, with a date set of March 2021. The feature is currently in closed beta, but once launches will allow users to create titles for the devices. Of course, it’s possible …
Read More »“Current data suggests that over two thirds of job seekers consider a diverse workforce to be important when comparing companies and job offers” – Debugging D&I
Amiqus’ Liz Prince introduces our new regular feature, promoting the importance of diversity and inclusion in the industry
Read More »Tencent takes a minority stake in Terratech developer Payload Studios
“This investment will... provide us with the capital we require to grow, while preserving our autonomy."
Read More »Paradox had the best year in company history in 2020
2020 was the best year in Paradox's history, reporting a 39 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year, with revenues for the year amounting to SEK 1.8 billion.
Read More »Worldwide digital games earnings reaches $11.6bn in January
Worldwide digital spending on digital games reached $11.6B in January, an increase of 15 per cent year-over-year.
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