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Indie studio Radical Forge has been hit with a round of layoffs, with an unspecified number of employees affected.

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The distressing news of video games layoffs continues, with over 8,000 reported job losses this year so far.

Sega has appointed former Disney and Scopely executive Justin Scarpone as executive vice president and head of its newly established Global Transmedia Group.

Electronic Arts has announced the closure of Ridgeline Games, the studio working on a new single-player Battlefield campaign.

Rockstar is set to move back to working in-office five days a week from April.

Electronic Arts today announced that it is laying off approximately 5% of its employees as it leans in on the parts of the business it feels will be the most successful in the years to come.

Remedy has reacquired the rights to its hit action game Control from 505 Games.

Pearl Abyss' Black Desert Online consumer revenue has hit €2 billion

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For developers just starting in the industry, the task of choosing the best game engine can be daunting. Here, we'll try to address many of the issues concerning one of the most popular game engines, GameMaker, so you can see if it's the right game engine for your project.

NetEase Games has opened another new studio in the West in the form of BulletFarm, and has hired Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar to lead the team.

Ridgeline Games founder Marcus Lehto has left the EA studio working on the Battlefield franchise.

Life Is Strange: True Colors developer Deck Nine Games has cut 20% of its total workforce.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staff.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment is cutting 8% of its global PlayStation workforce, including the complete closure of PlayStation London Studio.

In Europe, Immortals of Aveum was the 469th best-selling game of 2023.

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Unity released its fourth quarter full-year financial earnings for 2023 yesterday, which saw a jump in revenue and decrease in net losses both in its Q4 and FY 2023 results.

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Die Gute Fabrik is done for now, as the studio announced today that it stopped work last week after being unable to land funding for its next project.

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Apple has disabled the distribution of Progressive Web Apps in the EU to comply with the European Union's Digital Market's Act.

Supermassive Games is poised to lay off approximately 90 employees from the company.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League didn't meet Warner's expectations, according to its CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels.

Getting your game noticed isn't easy, and it's particularly tough for indie game developers right now. Players' gaming backlogs are bigger than ever, and with an abundance of AAA games constantly entering the market – not to mention over 75,000 listed titles on the Steam marketplace – it's no wonder we're all being more selective with what we play.

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This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry.

Electronic Arts is set to lay off "a small number of staff" due to its decision to close two of its mobile titles: EA Sports MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing.

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This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. You can find previous Playable Futures articles and podcasts here.

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EA has offered more than 11,000 college football players $600 to appear in EA Sports College Football 25.

IGN parent company Ziff-Davis has voluntarily recognised the recently formed IGN Creators Guild.

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Games media group Network N has acquired a controlling stake in UK-based events company Roucan.

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Most developers focus on just one genre for their first title, but Ironwood Studios decided to create a fresh take on two for its debut game, Pacific Drive.

The finalists for the UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 have been announced, with Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2024 and Sad Owl Studios' Viewfinder picking up the most nominations.

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Valve has released a new report that revealed over 500 games earned more than $3 million in gross revenue on the platform last year.

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Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Sigtrap co-founders Gary Lloyd and Luke Thompson, who launched the Time Crisis-inspired Under Cover on Meta Quest earlier this month.

Five years ago, we spoke with former Bioware general manager Aaryn Flynn as his new Edmonton-based development studio was announced as part of the cloud computing startup Improbable.

Xbox head Phil Spencer has clarified that Microsoft will continue to support physical media.

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Humble has raised more than $250 million in charity donations

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Console gaming is dying.

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Stormgate developer Frost Giant Studios has asked players to invest in the company to support marketing costs for the upcoming real-time strategy game.

PR and marketing agency Neonhive is branching out into publishing, with Harvest Hunt (from Villainous Games Studio) and Slopecrashers (Byteparrot) as its debut titles.

Everywhere developer Build A Rocket Boy has reportedly been hit with layoffs.

It's been a perfect storm.

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Indie game studio and publisher Monumental has entered another agreement to acquire mobile developer Game Circus.

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Activision Blizzard is reportedly planning redundancies at its Irish office located in Blackpool, Cork.

The CEO and former star player of Call of Duty League team Optic Texas filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard yesterday, accusing the publisher of wielding an unlawful monopoly over professional Call of Duty leagues and engaging in anti-competitive and extortionate behavior to the detriment of players and teams.

Epic today published its Epic Games Store 2023 Year in Review blog post, revealing some metrics for the PC storefront and affirming plans to launch an iOS store in Europe this year.

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This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry.

Bandai Namco has released its financial results for the nine months ending December 31, 2023, reporting a drop in sales in its Digital Entertainment segment and overall profit while its total net sales showed a slight increase.