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Adam Boyes is leaving Iron Galaxy Industry veteran Adam Boyes is leaving Iron Galaxy.  In a blog post on the company’s website , the co-CEO said that he would be stepping down from his role by the end of 2024. Chelsea Blasko will become the studio’s CEO upon his departure; she was promoted to co-CEO back in 2020 .  Boyes joined Iron Galaxy in 2016 as its chief executive officer having previously worked at the likes of P…

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Payload cuts quarter of staff Terra Tech maker Payload Studios is cutting 25 per cent of its staff.  In a post on LinkedIn , CEO and founder Russ Clarke wrote that the company had tried “very hard” to avoid having to lay off employees but said that things had been too tough within the industry.  “Small independents like us have no protection from this, other than ‘nailing it’ every time, which is much easier said th…

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PC and console sales down 34% at Embracer Swedish games giant Embracer Group has reported a 34 per cent decline in net sales for its PC and console arm.  For the three months ending June 30th, the firm brought in SEK 2.7 billion ($256.8 million), by far the biggest decline within its games divisions. This was due to what the company calls “tough comparisons” aka it didn’t have anything that performed nearly as well as in 2023 when D…

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Amazon reportedly commissions games anthology TV show Streaming giant Amazon has reportedly commissioned a new anthology show that is focused on video games.  Deadline reports that the retail firm is set to publish a new adult animated series named Secret Level, with individual episodes set within the worlds of a variety of games. These include Amazon’s own MMO New World, roguelike indie hit Spelunky and a variety of PlayStation titles. It’s ex…

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Marvelous makes tweaks to US arm and Xseed Games Japanese games firm Marvelous is changing how American branch and Xseed Games operate.  The company is announcing a new structure for these divisions; the former is going to be publishing Marvelous’ first-party line-up of games such as Story of Seasons and Rune Factory while the latter is going to be focused on third-party titles, such as the upcoming The Big catch and Moonlight Peaks. …

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Valve forbids external links in Steam pages Games firm Valve is changing how Steam store pages operate.  In a post on its website , the company said that developers and publishers will no longer be able to have external links in store descriptions. This includes social media pages and links to other games on Steam. Furthermore, companies will no longer be able to have embedded imagery that imitates store UI or buttons such as wishlist…