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Square Enix has revealed that their recent live service title Marvel's Avengers has failed to meet their sales targets.
Read More »Square Enix says Marvel’s Avengers sales were “lower than we expected”
tinyBuild invests $3M in Secret Neighbor developer Hologryph
The publisher also released some new figures for the Hello Neighbor franchise, revealing that the series has exceeded 60M downloads
Read More »“If you love doing a whole load of arty things, being a generalist is a wonderful and very useful job” – Sophie Knowles, Playdeo
Sophie Knowles, 3D artist at Playdeo, talks about being a jack of all trades artist, her addiction to learning and a new-found love of game engines
Read More »Fall Guys dev Mediatonic settles on location for Leamington Spa studio
Plans to have a 60-strong team in place by 2022
Read More »EG7 to acquire two Canadian studios – Mechwarrior dev Piranha Games & My Singing Monsters dev Big Blue Bubble
Group now consists of Toadman Studios, Petrol Advertising, Sold Out, Antimatter, and the new studios
Read More »“We want to engage with people that are serious about VR” – What Koch’s acquisition of Vertigo Games means for the VR space
Koch Media recently acquired Vertigo Games for €50m. So just what is the Embracer Group company getting for its money and what does it say about the broader VR space?
Read More »“Stadia has certainly changed a lot in the way that we develop the game” – Making a Splash on Stadia with Outcasters
No mobile version, no cheat protection, no uploading builds... We talk to Splash Damage about its Stadia exclusive title Outcasters, the benefits of cloud development and the future of the platform
Read More »Xbox is exploring various payment models for studios on Game Pass, saying “we don’t think we have it figured out”
"Our deals are, I’ll say, all over the place"
Read More »Square Enix moves to work from home permanently
After moving to a work from home model due to the coronavirus pandemic, Square Enix is set to make the change permanent as of December 1.
Read More »“We’re going to create something… that I think the British games community has wanted to work on for a long time” – Sharkmob’s new triple-A team in London
Has the UK scene been under-utilised in terms of new teams creating new IP? Sharkmob thinks so, and so it has swum over from Malmö to set up in London
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