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Fan demakes are a popular genre on platforms like itch.io. They distil the essence of a beloved IP and marry it to the limitations of older platforms to create something entirely new.

Several of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's most senior developers have admitted it was «tough» to make the highly-anticipated sequel.

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden has opened up on his thoughts about the modern games industry, stating that «exclusivity is the „Achilles' heel“ of the modern development cycle.

Deviation Games has closed down.

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Industry veterans Tina Merry and Carina Kom have formed a new studio, Simply Sweet Games.

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Spearhead Games is ending production of Unforetold: Witchstone, which launched on January 4, and is laying off the majority of its staff.

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Temtem developer Crema has announced it will be dropping microtransactions from the game this June.

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The number of studios in the Brazilian games industry grew by 3.2% in 2023, from 1,009 studios in 2021 to 1,042 in 2023.

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

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

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.

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.

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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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.

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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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.

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.

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

Microsoft is reportedly set to slash more than a hundred jobs at Activision Blizzard's Cork office.

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Disco Elysium developer ZA/UM is reportedly planning to lay off 24 employees, in addition to cancelling a project codenamed X7.

Yoshitaka Murayama, co-creator of Suikoden and writer, producer, and director of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has passed away.

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Nigeria-based games developer Maliyo Games is behind a new Disney game coming to mobile this month.

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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, Godot, so you can see if it's the right game engine for your project.

Helldivers 2 creative director and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt believes games should «earn the right to monetise», adding that whilst players are welcome to «support this title» by buying microtransactions, Arrowhead is «never forcing anyone to do so».

Palworld creator Pocketpair has acknowledged it is «overwhelmingly short» of developers to help the viral hit maintain momentum.

Motion Twin announced that it will be moving from Dead Cells development

It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.

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It can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups.

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This article is part of our Get into Games special , offering students insight on life in the games industry and advice on how to get into the business

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Nexon's live-service multiplayer Warhaven is shutting down on April 5, 2024, four months after entering global early access.

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The Pokémon Company has issued a statement saying it would look into infringement of its intellectual property after having received inquiries regarding "another company's game released in January 2024."

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Activision Blizzard has updated Call of Duty's code of conduct to combat player harassment and provided more insight into its voice moderation system.

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President Takashi Kiryu has shared his plans to slim down Square Enix's lineup of titles.

Game Developers Conference organizer Informa released its annual State of the Games Industry survey today, giving a window into developer experiences and attitudes on a variety of subjects, including layoffs, generative AI, unionization, and on which engines and platforms they're making games.

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Rocksteady co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have created a new London-based studio, called Hundred Star Games.

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Square Enix has confirmed that upcoming online shooter Foamstars includes AI-generated art.

Support studio Pole to Win is the latest games firm to be hit by layoffs.

The developer of the Nintendo 64 version of Portal has taken the game down at the request of Valve.

Working on the basis that time heals all wounds (well, time and a hell of a lot of patches), I finally took the plunge back into Cyberpunk 2077 over the year-end holidays, and found myself enthralled by Night City – just as I’d fervently hoped I would be three years ago when the game originally launched.

It's hard to believe it now, but Dylan "TheBoyDilly" Johnson – CEO and founder of the wildly successful Good Gamers – didn't ever plan to be a game developer.