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January 2024 Archive

    1. Toca Boca and Mojang alum unveil games studio Roro
    2. Roughly half of Devolver's Artificer studio laid off
    3. Volition alum launch Shapeshifter Games
    4. Mountaintop raises another $30 million
    5. GameSpot lays off portion of staff
    6. Nimble Giant Entertainment reportedly reduces staff by 28
    7. Square Enix dissolves Tokyo RPG Factory
    8. What can developers learn from the Palworld vs Pokémon debate?
    9. Developing Overwatch 2's Samoan hero
    10. SF6 and RE4 continue to drive Capcom results
    11. Sega of America to lay off 61 employees
    12. Mobile studio Order of Meta raises $3.3 million
    13. Xbox revenues up 49% following Activision Blizzard acquisition
    1. EA Sports FC 24 beats expectations, leads EA to Q3 growth
    2. Jobs Roundup: January 2024 | Hutch appoints Peter Hansen-Chambers as co-CEO
    3. Apple fees, Microsoft layoffs and the future of Deus Ex | Microcast
    4. Farming Simulator 22 moves 6m units | News-in-brief
    5. Guessing Nintendo's next move | 10 Years Ago This Month
    6. Loric Games raises $4m in funding round
    7. Aonic unveils new publishing division, Megabit
    8. How to effectively communicate through change
    9. Xbox's Sarah Bond: Apple's new EU policy "a step in the wrong direction"
    10. Kwalee invests €1.5m in mobile studio 8SEC
    11. Enshrouded reaches one million players in four days | News-in-brief
    12. Nexon preliminary injunction against Dark and Darker dev is dismissed
    1. Day of the Devs becomes a nonprofit organization
    2. Blizzard Entertainment names Johanna Faries as president
    3. Eidos Montreal lays off 97 staffers
    4. Carry1st receives investment from Sony
    5. Krafton receives wrongful termination lawsuit
    6. Steel City Interactive moves to larger Sheffield studio
    7. Navigating the legal landscape of four-day work weeks
    8. Players prefer offline, free-to-play games, says African games study
    9. German state proposes ban on loot boxes
    1. Riot and Microsoft layoffs the same, but different | This Week in Business
    2. Fntastic's now-deleted statement rebuffed allegations about The Day Before's development
    3. The complete collection of GamesIndustry.biz's Get into Games guides
    4. Everything you need to know about applying for your first job in game development
    5. Counterfeit Square Enix products seized in China
    6. Only 12% of German games companies expect industry growth in 2024
    7. Nexon's Warhaven shutting down this April
    8. Ruiner developer Reikon Games reportedly lays off more than half its staff
    9. Genshin Impact's protesting players aren't just "entitled gamers" | Opinion
    1. CWA says Microsoft's job cuts did not impact the staffers it represents
    2. GameSquare reveals Moonlight Studios
    3. Apple clears the way for Game Pass streaming on iOS
    4. True Gamers secures $45m investment
    5. Microsoft cuts 1,900 staffers from its games division
    6. Grim Fandango | Why I Love
    7. Navigating neurodiversity: What you need to know about the games industry
    8. Koji Kondo to join the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame | News-in-brief
    9. Xbox announces Indie Selects program
    10. Twitch expands partner program to give more streamers access to higher revenue shares
    11. Nier Reincarnation to end service in April | News-in-brief
    12. Pokémon Company to investigate potential IP rights infringement amid Palworld debate
    13. Black Forest Games reportedly cuts 50% of employees
    1. People Can Fly reduces its workforce
    2. Dmitrii Filatov and Grigory Bortnik launch Narwhal Accelerator
    3. Technical art roles: What they are, and how to get one
    4. Grand Theft Auto trilogy reaches 18m downloads on mobile
    5. 2025 could very well be the best year in video games sales to date | Opinion
    6. Baldur's Gate 3 wins big at New York Game Awards 2024
    7. China removes proposed bans on monetisation tactics from government website
    8. Activision updates Call of Duty code of conduct to combat toxicity
    1. UK video game developer union membership has been on the rise
    2. Focus Entertainment's Q3 revenue dips 43% and it announces a rebrand
    3. An arms race for games industry tax breaks
    4. UK recruitment firm OPM closes after 26 years
    5. How to get into games without making games
    6. News-in-brief: Palworld reaches 6m copies sold in four days
    7. Newzoo: Global games market expected to grow to $189bn in 2024
    8. Riot lays off 530 staff, Riot Forge shutting down
    1. Up to two years of pain, and subscriptions vs ownership | Microcast
    2. How to land your dream job in game art
    3. Obelisk Studio raises $2m from The Games Fund
    4. TapNation acquires UA Hero
    5. Games industry leaders braced 'for up to two years of pain'
    6. Talofa Games secures $6.3m in funding round
    7. Playdemic founders' new studio ForthStar Games will "test and kill" to find its next Golf Clash
    8. Palworld sales hit 4m and boasts the fifth highest concurrent Steam players ever
    1. Mighty Kingdom fends off ex-CEO's takeover attempt
    2. Getting used to it | This Week in Business
    3. Square Enix wants to slim down lineup
    4. TIGA: UK games studios "cautiously optimistic" about the industry in 2024
    5. Not everyone bows to the inevitability of subscription models | Opinion
    6. Seven practical steps to becoming a voice actor in games
    7. 31st Union lays off "small number" of staff
    1. Take-Two reportedly in trademark dispute with Remedy over logo design
    2. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle leads Microsoft's 2024 lineup
    3. 35% of devs affected by layoffs last year, says GDC survey
    4. Report: Behaviour Interactive lays off 45 employees
    5. 4% December sales boost sees 2023 finish up 1% year-over-year | US Monthly Charts
    6. An introduction to video game production
    7. Until Dawn is getting a movie adaptation
    8. How the Prince of Persia can finally speak Persian
    9. Rocksteady co-founders create Hundred Star Games
    10. CI Games lays off 10% of staff
    11. Choices developer Pixelberry Studios lays off staff
    12. Apple now allows direct payment links but charges 27% commission
    13. Amazon and Serenity Forge veterans announce new publisher Astra Logical
    14. Harmonix ending Rock Band DLC releases after 16 years | News-in-brief
    15. Wimo Games confirms shuts down
    1. Netspeak laying off 25
    2. Larian will keep Baldur's Gate 3 and other games off subscription services
    3. Square Enix confirms Foamstars uses AI-generated assets
    4. Build A Rocket Boy lands $110 million in funding
    5. EA Sports FC 24 back at No.1 | UK Boxed Charts
    6. Ten tips for overcoming imposter syndrome
    7. UK chain GAME to exit pre-owned business
    8. Supreme Court rejects Epic vs Apple appeals
    9. Pole to Win reduces staff across several countries
    10. Thunderful announces restructuring that will cut 20% of its workforce
    1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3 top GDC Award nominations
    2. Twitch sees a 4% increase in viewership for December
    3. Street Fighter 6 sells over 3 million worldwide | News-in-brief
    4. Martha is Dead to get film adaptation
    5. Video game sales up 1.7% in Europe during 2023 | European Annual Report
    6. Reducing barriers for underrepresented groups
    7. European game sales up slightly in December | European Monthly Charts
    8. Tencent slashed investments in 2023
    9. Microsoft passes Apple as most valuable company in the world
    1. The new Ubisoft+ and getting gamers comfortable with not owning their games
    2. AI voice acting and too many games | Microcast
    3. Valve asks developer to take down Nintendo 64 version of Portal
    4. Double Loop Games shutting down
    5. We need to talk about tech tests (and how to improve them)
    6. Get into Games: Essential guides to start your career in video games
    7. Introducing GamesIndustry.biz's Get into Games special
    8. GameStop closes crypto marketplace
    9. Lost Boys Interactive is latest Embracer Group studio to suffer layoffs
    1. Into Games launches fundraiser to diversify UK games sector
    2. Sony gives Gran Turismo Sport the boot | This Week in Business
    3. Capcom donates $830,000 to support earthquake relief | News-in-brief
    4. Shuji Utsumi appointed CEO of Sega America and Europe
    5. Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince at No.1 | Japan Monthly Charts
    6. Cyberpunk’s redemption took both hard work and uncanny luck | Opinion
    1. Konami's eFootbal hits 700 million downloads | News-in-brief
    2. Discord cuts workforce by 17%
    3. Six IronSource founders step down from their executive roles at Unity
    4. Playtika reduces staff by 10%
    5. AI, online platform regulation and loot boxes: Legal trends to watch in 2024
    6. Hogwarts Legacy retains top spot | UK Boxed Charts
    7. Nintendo shares hit record high due to Switch 2 anticipation, Saudi investment speculation
    8. Twitch laying off 35% of staff
    9. Spider-Man 2 receives most nominations for 2024 DICE Awards
    1. Data.ai: Global mobile game revenue declined by 2% to $107bn in 2023
    2. Legal hacks to eliminate cheating in games
    3. Nacon exec says industry's problem is "too many games"
    4. Esports Wales receives £50,000 in funding
    5. Steam's revised policy to allow "the vast majority of games" using AI
    6. Square Enix donates $345,000 to earthquake relief | News-in-brief
    1. SAG-AFTRA and Replica Studios pen AI voice agreement
    2. MSI unveils new handheld PC device, the Claw
    3. Pokémon TV app will be going offline
    4. How can Nintendo Switch 2 surpass its predecessor? | Opinion
    5. Second Dinner raises $100m in Series B funding round
    6. ByteDance confirms it is in talks to sell games business
    7. Unity restructuring results in largest round of layoffs
    8. Netflix reportedly considering in-game purchases and ads
    9. Video games is no longer the biggest entertainment medium in the UK
    10. UK PC and console sales grew 2.6% in 2023 | UK Annual Report
    1. Apple Vision Pro to launch in February
    2. More AI, fewer risky bets, and finding footing in a changing industry: 2024 predictions
    3. Layoffs and AI debates kick off 2024 | Microcast
    4. EA Sports FC 24 and PS5 delivered December growth | UK Monthly Charts
    5. Pokémon Company donates $346,000 for earthquake relief | News-in-brief
    6. Last of US TV series sweeps 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards
    1. Ex-Activision exec accuses publisher of discriminating against "old white guys"
    2. Phoenix Labs vets unveil Critical Path Games
    3. TinyBuild shut down Versus Evil on the last day before Christmas | This Week in Business
    4. Getting the most out of a games incubator
    5. New Zealand continues 20% tax rebate for game makers
    6. VR game studio Archiact announces layoffs
    7. Baldur's Gate 3 leads New York Games Awards 2024 nominations
    8. Bossa Studios lays off one third of its staff
    9. Football Manager 2024 reaches 6m players | News-in-brief
    10. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty sells over 5m units | News-in-brief
    1. Study finds most social media ads ignore loot box label requirements
    2. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood shutting down this April
    3. How digital showcases helped make A Little To The Left an indie hit
    4. Dave the Diver sells 3m | News-in-brief
    5. Nexon fined $8.9m for misleading MapleStory players
    1. Xbox accused of using AI art to promote indie games
    2. New hardware, more layoffs, AI in game dev: Analyst predictions for 2024
    3. CD Projekt Red uninterested in being acquired
    4. Game dev coworking space The Gaming Hub opens in Portugal
    5. Chinese regulators approved 1,000 games in 2023
    6. Baldur's Gate 3 leads 2023 Steam Awards
    7. Hogwarts Legacy wins | UK Boxed Charts
    1. Frogwares is now publisher of The Sinking City
    2. Chinese official removed following stock tumbles from new game proposals
    3. Sony fined €13.5m by French antitrust regulator
    4. Jurgen Post returns as Sega Europe shakes up leadership
    5. Rebellion's Chris and Jason Kingsley receive CBEs in New Year's Honours list
    6. New Square Enix president pledges "aggressive" AI push in 2024
    7. Stray Souls developer Jukai Studio announces closure