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Welcome to another edition of Newsbytes, the series of posts at AH that brings together the latest news from around the arcade and pinball worlds. It’s been a little quiet this month, with the IAAPA buzz dying down and a lot of people in the industry seemingly either too busy behind the scenes or on [&hellip

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Welcome to more of our IAAPA 2024 coverage, this time tackling redemption, simulator machines, and VR. Ticket redemption and prize machines continue to be a major revenue driver for most locations out there, thus many companies (if not all of them) tend to have at least a few products designed to cater to that part [&hellip

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Trailmakers dev Flashbulb makes layoffs The maker of Trailmakers Flashbulb Games is laying off staff.  In a statement to Game Developer , the Danish studio said that it was laying off seven staff. This news came in the wake after work ended on an unannounced project.  “While this was a tough decision, the majority of the team previously working on that project has been reassigned to Trailmakers, our flagship game,” the studio…

PocketGamer.biz head of content Craig Chapple, deputy editor Paige Cook and news editor Aaron Astle discuss the big games industry trends of the……

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ZeniMax Online Studios staff have formed a union Staff from ZeniMax Online Studios have set up a union.  The bargaining unit has formed via the Communication Workers of America, who announced the news that 461 employees had unionised. These staff are located across California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin and include web developers, designers, engineers and graphic artists.  “Today, I’m intensely proud of my…

Roguelike indie card game Balatro has sold over 3.5 million copies. 

The game’s official X (formerly Twitter) account shared the news and joked……