1 in 3 Gamedevs Sees Potential of NFT in Video Games
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.
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Miriam Moszczynska
January 21, 2022
Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard
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.
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Hubert Sledziewski
January 18, 2022
2022 Will Bring More Game Delays and Hardware Shortages
Analysts predict that in 2022, the pandemic will continue to cause major delays in game development and further trouble with hardware availability.
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Adrian Werner
December 9, 2021
COVID Hurt the Gaming Market in 2021; 2022 Could be a Record Year
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.
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Adrian Werner
November 19, 2021
Survey Names Ubisoft the Most Hated Game Publisher in the World
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.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
September 28, 2021
SIE Worldwide Studios Ex-CEO: Industry Consolidation is Killing Game Diversity
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
July 27, 2021
Netflix Confirms It is Entering the Gaming Industry
Netflix has officially confirmed that it is entering the video game market. Initially, the company will focus on developing mobile games.
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Ignacy Ziarkiewicz
July 21, 2021
Take-Two's CEO on Pandemic's Impact on Games: „This Change is Permanent”
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.
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Gabriela Sicińska
May 23, 2021
Video Game Industry Will See a Dip in 2021, Newzoo's Report Claims
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.
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Angelika Kaldus
May 17, 2021
Video Games Industry Is Bigger Than Film, Sports and Music
The gaming market has overtaken the movie industry - valued at nearly $180 billion in 2020 - and Gen Z values it more than sports.
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Angelika Kaldus
May 11, 2021
„Funding the Dream in Gaming” Webinar Will Teach You Exactly That
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”.
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Karol Laska
December 15, 2020
Video Games are Ready for Netflix Model, Claims Analyst
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.
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Bart Swiatek
September 29, 2020
Over 3 Billion Inhabitants of Earth are Gamers
According to the latest report of the analytical company DFC Intelligence, gamer represent as much as 40% of the world's population.
video games
August 15, 2020
It Takes Only a Week to Make a Diablo Clone These Days
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.
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Bart Swiatek
August 11, 2020
We Don't Need E3 - Analysts on Success of Publishers' Conference
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.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 30, 2020
Gaming Industry With Significant Growth in 2020
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
May 12, 2020
European Gamedevs are Afraid of the Crisis; Some May Not Survive
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.
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Bart Swiatek
April 23, 2020
E3 2020 Canceled Without the Announced Online Event
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
April 7, 2020
Bethesda Drops Its June Conference and Announcement of New Games
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
April 1, 2020
Game Refunds on GOG - Developers Share Their Concerns
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.
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Peter Doron
February 28, 2020