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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
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North Beach Games opens new studio in Prague
Team will develop recently unveiled Stranded Deep 2
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Riot Games shuffles leadership for esports and entertainment
Two new studios have been set up for live-action and animation
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Adam Boyes steps down as co-CEO of Iron Galaxy
Chelsea Blasko will take over as the studio's sole CEO
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New game tech report claims biggest issue affecting game dev right now is funding
"Lack of talent" and "aggressive timelines" were also cited as issues
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New report says the games industry is "showing signs of a recovery"
DDM's Games Investment Review reports "sizeable uptick" in investments, recovering ground lost in 2023
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Rare and Dlala to discuss leadership through times of change at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit
Craig Duncan, Harriet Manson, AJ Grand-Scrutton and Gemma Foster to lead the conversation
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12 must-see sessions at Devcom 2024
Our highlights from next week's two-day developer conference in Cologne
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Mad Crusader to invest $30 million in AA games
Company will share investment in four rounds over two years to support graduates in its incubator program
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Payload Studios lays off 25% of staff
Development will continue on TerraTech and TerraTech Worlds
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Eschatology Entertainment secures $11.3m in Series A funding round
Studio intends to use investment to help launch release of first title
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FRVR closes $12.7m funding round to "further develop AI-powered game creation"
CEO says "platform is designed to simplify game creation and distribution, making development accessible"
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Evil Dead: The Game dev Boss Team Games partners with John Carpenter for two new Halloween titles
Carpenter is said to be "intimately involved" in the development
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Four years offers "the right balance" to make a new Assassin's Creed game
Lead producer Karl Onnée shares insight into what it takes to build a new Assassin's Creed in 2024
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Reforged Labs raises $3.9m in funding round
The company aims to use the investment to further development of its video ad technology
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Krafton acquires Tango Gameworks and Hi-Fi Rush IP from Xbox
Microsoft previously announced plans to close the Japanese studio in May
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Xsolla opens new office in Montreal
Game commerce firm will hire up to 50 regional employees over next two years
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VR developer and publisher Thirdverse appoints new CEO
Thirdverse said the appointment will "realise its mission of creating a new virtual world for 1 billion people"
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Oxide Games appoints former Nickelodeon and Paramount VP Adrian Wright as GM
"Adrian's tenacity and experience are perfect for Oxide Games," says president Marc Meyer
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Foretold Studios is struggling to pay wages, leaving staff "begging" for help
Leadership says it will "compensate [staff] once we raise money"