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Indie publisher Team17 has said that mergers and acquisitions are a core part of its accelerating growth. That’s according to the company’s half-year financial results – for the first six months of 2024 – where the firm said that it was looking to “leverage attractive opportunities as they arise.” Team17 also is looking to double down on the indie space because it has a lower ri…
Fortnite giant Epic Games is releasing its new unified asset marketplace, Fab, next month. The company announced this move in a blog post , which details this platform’s unification of Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab, ArtStation Marketplace and Quixel. From Fab’s launch in October until the end of 2024, Epic is sharing 100 per cent of revenue of any items sold on the platform. From the…
Developer Lighthouse Games is moving into new office space in Leamington Spa. As reported by GI.biz , the studio is moving into a 20,000 square foot space in the town’s Imperial Court and will be taking over four floors. Lighthouse Games was set up by veterans of Playground in 2023. The studio landed an unspecified investment from Tencent later that year. “We’d been looking for new of…
Virtual reality firm nDreams is making layoffs. GamesIndustry.biz reports that the company is planning to let go 17.5 per cent of its staff. LinkedIn has 253 profiles that are listed as currently working at nDreams, meaning that around 45 employees are set to lose their jobs if that’s an accurate figure. “Today, all of our nDreams colleagues were informed of a renewed strategic…
For the second week, the Emperor’s angels are the biggest seller on Steam. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has held onto the top spot and has shifted more than two million copies since its September 9th release . The game has kept Valve’s Counter-Strike 2 in second place, while the company’s Steam Deck hardware rose up four positions thanks to a sale event for the older LCD versions of the…
Dan Houser’s Absurd Ventures has established a brand new developer staffed with workers from Ascendent Studios. The venture will be called Absurd Marin and is to be headed up by Ascendant CEO and founder Bret Robbins. The studio is going to be working on a story-driven action adventure title set within a new universe from Absurd Ventures. The company notes that this is a separate IP to the…
Developer Saber Interactive has secured investment from two private equity firm. The Space Marine 2 has landed financing from Aleph Capital Partners and Crestview Partners, with the studio using this cash to pay off debt owed to Embracer Group following its management buyout . There’s no word as to how much these outfits have invested in Saber, but they do describe the investment as “…
Some of the developers working with Annapurna Interactive have taken to social media to clarify that their projects have been unaffected by the publisher’s implosion. As reported by GI.biz , Control 2 and the TV and film projects based on Control and Alan Wake are not impacted by news. The comms director of developer Remedy, Thomas Puha, has confirmed on Twitter that all is well with these…
Next month sees the big screen release – IMAX, no less – of a documentary film about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The influential computer, released in April 1982, was one of the first home computers to achieve mass market success and had an enduring legacy on the British and international game development scenes. The Rubber Keyed Wonder, directed by Anthony and Nicola Caulfi…
PC giant Valve has introduced Steam Families. It introduces a variety of features , including allowing parents or guardians to put spending and time limits on accounts for children, as well as requiring approval from an adult to allow access to appropriate games. Furthermore, parents can recover a children’s account if they lose access to it. It also lets users to share some title wit…
In a rather unprecedented move, all staff at Annapurna Interactive have resigned. Bloomberg reports that this is due to a dispute with owner Megan Ellison to spin the publishing arm out into its own division. This has resulted in ‘chaos’ for Annapurna Interactive’s development partners. “All 25 members of the Annapurna Interactive team collectively resigned,” Nathan Gary said in…
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has issued a statement conveying its disappointment at Microsoft laying off more staff from its Xbox division. The union pointed to the Big M’s $88bn in profits for the last financial year, also pointing out how brutal the last year or so has been for layoffs within the games industry. “Every worker deserves a voice on the job and a sa…
The Big Screen Gaming Summit 2024 – part of the Pocket Gamer Connects event in Helsinki – is your gateway to opportunities, challenges and key trends in the world of console, PC, XR and web3. The summit will deliver a dedicated forum for discussion, content and connections within this gaming landscape. Whether you’re a seasoned developer in this space, an indie developer, looking for y…
Engine giant Unity is leaving its controversial Runtime Fee behind. In a blog post , president and CEO Matt Bromberg said that this had gone against the company’s core aims, which were to “democratise game development”. The exec confirmed that it was moving back to its initial seat-based model. “However, we can’t pursue that mission in conflict with our customers; at its heart,…