Industry January 29, 2020 Garena acquired the authors of the cooperative indie Dauntless The authors of the successful battle royal Garena: Free Fire bought Phoenix Labs studio. The latter developed the Dauntless frituplein.
Industry January 28, 2020 Stadia users demanded an explanation from Google. The site has not been updated for 40 days At the release of Google Stadia, users and reviewers noted that the site needs to be improved. But over the past 40 days, she has not received a single update.
Industry January 28, 2020 90% of UK game studios employ less than 10 people British scientists have calculated the number of workers in the country’s gaming industry and their contribution to the economy. They also named the largest British cities by the number of gaming companies.
Industry January 27, 2020 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Rises Again in British Retail There are two big surprises in the UK chart. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot bypassed the last Call of Duty, and the third “Witcher” it goes back to the top lines — 5 years after the release.
Industry January 27, 2020 Activision Blizzard chose YouTube over Twitch Activision Blizzard and YouTube have signed a streaming deal. It gives the latter exclusive rights to broadcast the publisher’s esports matches. These rights used to belong to Twitch.
Industry January 24, 2020 River End Games studio has opened in Sweden. It is linked to THQ Nordic through its parent holding One of the subgroups of the Embracer Group holding (formerly known as THQ Nordic AB) has opened a Swedish studio. The staff of the new developer is six people.
Industry January 24, 2020 The authors of Lucky’s Tale fired part of the staff. Recently, they also raised $23 million for game development The studio Playful is undergoing restructuring. Within its framework, “a significant number of employees” were dismissed.
Industry January 23, 2020 Stardew Valley sales exceeded 10 million copies Stardew Valley has reached a big milestone. The hit sold 10 million copies on all platforms.
Industry January 22, 2020 Daybreak Games has divided its IP between three new studios The developer and publisher of Daybreak Games underwent a restructuring. Its result was the creation of three new studios.
Industry January 21, 2020 GTA V sales have become a record of the decade for the American market Grand Theft Auto V turned out to be the best-selling game in the United States over the past ten years. The title was released in September 2013.
Industry January 20, 2020 NPD named the most popular consoles in the USA over the past 10 and 25 years In the USA, the PlayStation 4 has become the most popular console of the last decade. She topped the sales tops both in pieces and in money.
Industry January 20, 2020 TikTok developer to compete with Tencent for Mobile Gaming market share This year, the Chinese startup ByteDance will win back the market share of mobile games from Tencent. The company has bought up a number of game studios and IP and is ready to release the first titles.
Industry January 17, 2020 NetEase will launch a store in China with cheap games from foreign developers A new digital game store will be launched in China. Its owner NetEase plans to sell foreign games to Chinese consumers.
Industry January 17, 2020 Twitch views in the 4th quarter of 2019 sank due to the departure of top streamers In the 4th quarter of 2019, Twitch‘s views began to fall. The indicators of Twitch, YouTube Live and Mixer were compared in a joint report by StreamLabs and Newzoo.
Industry January 16, 2020 Perfect World Europe has had layoffs This week, people were fired at the European branch of Perfect World Entertainment. An unnamed number of employees in Amsterdam lost their jobs.
Industry January 15, 2020 Underwater survival Subnautica sold 5 million copies in two years Unknown Worlds studio has sold more than 5 million copies of Subnautica. This is without taking into account free downloads from the Epic Games Store.
Industry January 14, 2020 During the first year in the Epic Game Store, players spent $ 680 million Since its launch on December 6, 2018, $680 million has been spent in the Epic Game Store digital store. Of this amount, $251 million fell on third-party titles.
Industry January 14, 2020 PlayStation Won’t be Coming to E3 2020 PlayStation will ignore E3 this year. The console manufacturer noted that the format of the event does not fit into its promotion strategy.
Industry January 13, 2020 MediaTek will release a new generation of gaming chipsets for cheap smartphones MediaTek is preparing a line of gaming chipsets for budget smartphones. Thanks to this, the latter will be able to support games with high requirements.
Industry January 10, 2020 Facebook has increased its share in the gaming streaming market to 8.5% Over the past year, Facebook Gaming has strengthened its position in the gaming streaming market. By the end of December, the site’s share in this segment reached 8.5%.