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Jacob Blazewicz, 15 April 2024, 04:43

Gamers are complaining about incomplete games, but one of the developers of Falcon 4.0 and GeForce Now points out that it is impossible to fully complete game development.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 February 2024, 00:22

Massive layoffs in the industry are only partially the result of an overextended market in times of pandemic. According to devs, game development has become expensive and risky.

Marcin Przala, 06 February 2024, 01:18

The latest report on the video game industry provides us with a number of interesting insights into the health of development teams. The main conclusion? Games-services continue to rule, although their creation is burdened with increasing costs as well as risks.

Jacob Blazewicz, 26 January 2024, 06:16

Microsoft alone just fired as many developers as the industry in general had by mid-2023. Lay-offs included Call of Duty developers and Activision Blizzard's physical editions and customer service departments, as well as others.

Marcin Przala, 11 January 2024, 07:10

In 2023, the mobile game segment recorded a decline in revenue. However, it is still the absolute leader of the video game market, and the sums it generates make one's head spin.

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 January 2024, 05:39

Live-service games will remain on top, but will lose heavily in the eyes of game developers in 2024. That's one of the predictions of analysts, who also expect, among other things, the debut of Switch 2.

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 January 2024, 03:22

Analysts believe that in 2024 developers will use artificial intelligence more often in game development, but it will also allow for more people to be making games.

Marcin Przala, 31 October 2023, 06:23

The ongoing year 2023 is full of releases of truly excellent games, and critics' ratings suggest that the last few months in gaming may have been the best period in the history of digital entertainment. Nevertheless, the industry is struggling with a wave of mass layoffs.

Kamil Kleszyk, 03 October 2023, 13:56

According to Fable creator Peter Molynuex, the current realities of the gaming industry effectively block developers from creating entirely new, revolutionary brands.

Maciej Gaffke, 29 September 2023, 12:25

The fate of the strike in the game industry is at stake. One of SAG-AFTRA's main demands is to protect voice actors from artificial intelligence.

Adam Celarek, 11 July 2023, 12:46

For many years, the game industry has faced the problem of perpetuating its own heritage. Sad conclusions about the current state of affairs are presented in a report by the Video Game History Foundation.

Adam Celarek, 20 June 2023, 16:37

A report revealing the shape of the US gaming market can lead to surprising conclusions. In particular, the progressive disparity among the major branches of the industry seems particularly interesting.

Wiktor Szczesny, 22 November 2022, 12:33

The gaming industry has significantly increased its reach over the past two years. As a result, there are more and more players every year. At the same time, the value of the market has shrunk significantly in 2022, making the situation complicated.

Michal Ciezadlik, 06 September 2022, 11:26

Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty explained the reason for the current wave of delays in the industry during a panel at PAX West. On the occasion, the developer expressed his wish to harness artificial intelligence to test games.

Hubert Sledziewski, 02 August 2022, 15:21

Co-creator of the iconic Journey, Jenova Chen from thatgamecompany studio, says that working on live-service games is much less stressful than on a classic titles. It also allows for a healthy work-life balance.

Hubert Sledziewski, 05 July 2022, 18:06

The developer responsible for Diablo Immortal - Chinese company NetEase - has invested several million dollars in Polish studio Something Random. Its debut game is expected to be released in 2023.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 24 May 2022, 13:35

Game Pass is an ideal service for many gamers. However, the former Xbox vice president has a different opinion, believieng the service could have a bad impact on the industry.

Adrian Werner, 18 May 2022, 12:01

Take-Two's financial report included a lot of interesting information about the overall health of the video game market and the directions of its development.

Adrian Werner, 06 May 2022, 13:30

This year, video game market revenues are expected to exceed $200 billion for the first time. The console segment will grow the fastest.

Michal Ciezadlik, 17 March 2022, 14:10

This morning Russian troops attacked Ukrainian territory, starting a war. This shocking situation has caused an avalanche of comments and opinions - also in the gaming community.

Jacob Blazewicz, 10 March 2022, 14:56

Game developers and publishers (and more) are pulling their products out of Russia en masse, and in doing so are rejecting a market that generates billions of dollars in revenue.

Miriam Moszczynska, 21 January 2022, 14:24

If the vision of making money while playing games sounds like a dream to you, you'll have to wait another five years for it to come true. At least that's what one of Reddit's founders, Alexis Ohanian, thinks.

Miriam Moszczynska, 21 January 2022, 12:09

The organizers of the Game Developers Conference have released the State of the Game Industry 2022 report, which addresses a number of important issues affecting the video game industry.

Hubert Sledziewski, 18 January 2022, 15:09

Microsoft will purchase the holding company Activision Blizzard. Publisher of games such as Call of Duty: Vanguard and World of Warcraft will end up under the wings of the Redmond giant for a huge amount of money.

Adrian Werner, 09 December 2021, 14:00

Analysts predict that in 2022, the pandemic will continue to cause major delays in game development and further trouble with hardware availability.

Adrian Werner, 19 November 2021, 14:52

Thanks to the pandemic, 2020 was a record year for the gaming industry. This year, however, the coronavirus dealt it a severe blow. All due to numerous delays.

Przemyslaw Dygas, 28 September 2021, 13:56

It seems that Ubisoft is the most hated publisher in the world. Such conclusions can be drawn from research based on the opinions of Twitter users.

Michael Kulakowski, 27 July 2021, 22:36

Shawn Layden, formerly one of the key figures in the decision-making process for Sony Interactive Entertainment, expressed his concern over the recent consolidation in the digital entertainment industry. According to Layden, the merger of development studios and major companies is a threat to game diversity and will hinder the further growth of interest in gaming platforms.

Ignacy Ziarkiewicz, 21 July 2021, 11:03

Netflix has officially confirmed that it is entering the video game market. Initially, the company will focus on developing mobile games.

Gabriela Sicinska, 23 May 2021, 19:27

The pandemic changed the gaming industry forever - Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick commented on the past financial year in an interview with Gameindustry.biz.

Angelika Kaldus, 17 May 2021, 18:18

Newzoo claims that the video game market will see a decline in revenue compared to last year. Reasons for such assumptions include Apple's policies and the universal deficit of chips.

Angelika Kaldus, 11 May 2021, 15:00

The gaming market has overtaken the movie industry - valued at nearly $180 billion in 2020 - and Gen Z values it more than sports.

Karol Laska, 15 December 2020, 21:46

How to obtain funding from the largest venture capital companies for your own gaming project? This is what LVP, Google or BetaDwarf representatives are going to talk about during the upcoming webinar titled „Funding the dream in gaming”.

Bart Swiatek, 29 September 2020, 16:30

Futuresource Consulting analyst Morris Garrard argues in a recent report that the video game industry is ready for Netflix's business model - a subscription that provides access to an extensive catalogue of games at a fixed monthly price.

Frozen, 15 August 2020, 18:51

According to the latest report of the analytical company DFC Intelligence, gamer represent as much as 40% of the world's population.

Bart Swiatek, 11 August 2020, 12:30

One youtuber decided to prove that a week's work is enough to create a fully functional diablo clone. It turns out that this is possible provided that we use Unreal Engine and ready tools, models and maps.

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 July 2020, 21:47

Analysts from SuperData and Fancensus analysed the popularity of this year's game presentations. The reports leave no doubt: the big E3 style fair is unnecessary - at least for big publishers.

Michael Kulakowski, 12 May 2020, 19:31

According to forecasts for 2020, the pandemic will not prevent large increases in value of the video game industry, which is to generate revenues of nearly $160 billion in that period. The mobile market is expected to grow the most this year, which will largely contribute to the global number of active players exceeding 2.7 billion.

Bart Swiatek, 23 April 2020, 16:33

European Games Developer Federation conducted a survey on the condition of European gamedev companies and their concerns about the coronavirus crisis. 17% of such companies are worried that they may not survive three months. Small studios are in the worst position.

Michael Kulakowski, 07 April 2020, 20:58

Contrary to previous assurances, the E3 2020 organizers will not prepare an online event to present the most important announcements in the schedule of the canceled fair.

Michael Kulakowski, 01 April 2020, 21:20

Unlike other developers and publishers, Bethesda has no intention of organizing an online event, stream or show in June that would replace the company's traditional conference at E3.

Peter Doron, 28 February 2020, 13:07

The new refund policy at GOG.com has triggered a wave of online discussions about the validity of this solution. Developers, especially the independent ones, are mostly against. The feelings of the players are extremely mixed.

Peter Doron, 13 January 2020, 14:59

Clutch conducted a survey on „gaming disorder”, a new disease to be included in the International Classification of Diseases in 2022. Thanks to it, we got to know potentially the most addictive video games.

Michael Kulakowski, 20 November 2019, 21:51

The founder and former head of Arkane Studios (Dishonored, Prey) introduced his new development team, Wolfeye Studios. The studio's debut game will be shown for the first time at the TGA Awards ceremony, next month.

Paul Wozniak, 05 November 2019, 20:47

At Reboot Develop conference, Devolver Digital co-founder Mike Wilson compared developers to drug dealers and their productions to addictive drugs. He also asked for thoughtful serving of content that would broaden the horizons of players, and not only take their time and money.

Christian Pieniazek, 22 October 2019, 20:50

Research by the Oxford Internet Institute has shown that there is currently no evidence that excessive gambling is a illness. Instead, they argue that it is merely a symptom of wider problems unrelated to video games.

Frozen, 29 May 2019, 20:39

In response to the World Health Organisation's decision to classify gaming addiction as a disease, the American ESA, in agreement with several other institutions, issued a statement calling for the withdrawal of the controversial decision.

Adrian Werner, 26 May 2019, 16:37

The World Health Organisation has officially adopted the new version of the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. The controversial gaming disorder was added to the list.

Michael Kulakowski, 26 January 2019, 22:35

According to the GDC report for 2019, based on a surver sent to four thousand developers from around the world, PC remains the most attractive platform for game development.

Bart Swiatek, 18 January 2019, 12:54

Netflix published a financial report which states that it does not compete with other streaming platforms, but with video games, especially Fortnite.