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Harry Potter: Magic Awakened to shut down | News-in-brief
Collectible card game will end operations in the Americas, Europes and Oceania territories on October 29, 2024
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Argonaut Games returns as publisher after 20 year hiatus
British developer also announces console and PC remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos
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Finding ways to better understand your players
Metacore Games' Tim Shepherd explains how to better understand player motivations to create games that truly speak to your target audience
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Report: Bungie dismissed ex-Marathon reboot director Chris Barrett over misconduct
Women from studio claim he sent "a barrage of text messages that blurred the lines between professional and personal"
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CD Projekt profits up nearly 90% following success of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Developer also provided updates for the next instalments in The Witcher and Cyberpunk franchises
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Bandai Namco cancels Blue Protocol release in the West
Title was due to be published by Amazon, servers also to be shut down in Japan in January 2025
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Slitherine acquires Combat Mission developer Battlefront | News-in-brief
Battlefront team, including co-founders Stephen Grammont and Charles Moylan, to integrate into Slitherine
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Techland: Shorter standalones like Dying Light: The Beast are "the future of games"
Franchise director Tymon Smektała explains why new title isn't DLC, Dying Light 3, or current-gen exclusive
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Thunderful calls 2024 "a transitional year" as net revenue drops 14.5% YoY
Switch to a "pure-play company" has led to a "very eventful" first half-year
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Dieter Schoeller: "Headup might have been a little bit too quirky for Thunderful"
Founder and CEO discusses the decision to part ways with its former parent, and what the future holds for the publisher
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Tencent expands Venture Lab initiative to better support early-stage developers worldwide
"A lot of the biggest successes start with a small studio," says team lead Juno Shin
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New Key Fact report says 75% of video game players in Europe are adults, and average age is 31
And the overall workforce in Europe is up by 6.7% to nearly 115,000
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Team17: "Indies need to demonstrate they understand what players are looking for"
Head of game scouting Jasper Barnes advised devs on nostalgia, replayability, and making sure players aren't "bored after seven minutes"
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Virtuos acquires British indie game developer Third Kind Games
Virtuos says the acquisition will enhance its "AAA co-development capabilities"
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Space Ape shuts down its nine-year-old RTS Rival Kingdoms
"All games have a life cycle, and Rival Kingdoms is no exception," the developer said
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Masters of Albion is Peter Molyneux's final shot at redemption (probably)
The game designer on his return to PC and console, his quest for an Edge 10, reuniting with old friends and why this is likely his final game
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Exploring the challenges of AI-generated art in game development
Red Meat Games creative consult strategist discusses the ethical practices of using generative AI tools
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The biggest challenges for indie developers, with Jason Della Rocca | Podcast
Episode available to download now, part of our Devcom and Gamescom daily podcasts
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Kelsey Beachum: Telling story solely through cutscenes is "actual madness"
Outer Wilds writer likens this approach to making films in black and white in only fixed shots
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How Stray Fawn survived eight years as an indie with no investors or publisher
Co-founder Philomena Schwab shares how community support and crowdfunding helped build the studio
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Climax opens new studio in Scotland
Developer is offering new roles in engineering and programming to support expansion
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89% of Devcom speakers believe AAA games don't need additional purchases
Premium was most popular business model, with only one respondent favouring free-to-play games with ads
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Games actors raise concerns over recording sexually explicit scenes without notice
Arts union Equity issues guidance for recording explicit or intimate sequences
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Ubisoft lays off 45 from US offices
Restructuring results in job cuts across Ubisoft San Francisco and Red Storm Entertainment