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Lost Boys lays off 139 staff Embracer-owned Lost Boys Interactive has cut 139 jobs.  That’s according to a WARN notice filed with Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development – spotted by GI.biz – which shows that staff across 28 different states have been impacted by this cull.  Lost Boys announced last week on LinkedIn that it was cutting jobs, but did not specify how many members of staff were goi…

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Merge Games axes Chelford office Publisher Merge Games is closing down its office in Chelford in the UK.  As reported by GI.biz , there’s no indication as to how many staff are impacted by these changes at the company. Merge’s portfolio is being integrated into parent company Maximum Entertainment as part of these changes.  “Within the context of previously announced reductions, we made the difficult but necessary deci…

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Roblox increases revenue share for paid titles, sometimes Games platform Roblox is increasing the share of revenue that developers can receive from their premium titles on the service.  The news comes out of the Roblox Developers Conference 2024 , in which the company revealed that if players on desktop pay with real-world money, creators will be able to keep between 50 and 70 per cent. This is coming out later this year, with Roblox saying that th…

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The founder of Tango Gameworks, Shinji Mikami, has said that he was shocked by Microsoft’s decision to close the studio.  Speaking to IGN , the Japanese development vet said that he thought that the outfit would be safe so long as it continued making games in the Hi-Fi Rush series. He added that this was part of the reason he left the studio.  “I had thought the studio would be safe as…

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Street Fighter 6 has sold 4m copies Street Fighter 6 has shifted over four million units since its release in 2023.  That’s according to the game’s official Twitter , which posted the milestone and thanked its players for supporting the fighting title. Street Fighter 6 was launched in June 2023 and sold over one million copies within its first week on sale.  For the sake of comparison, 2016’s Street Fighter 5 took four ye…

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80 games teams join SAG-AFTRA union The developers of 80 titles have agreed to become members of SAG-AFTRA.  In a post on the union’s website , the organisation wrote that it had agreements from 80 games, including Ark maker Studio Wildcard and indie developer Little Bat Games. This follows SAG-AFTRA members going on strike over concerns about artificial intelligence. The union recently secured an AI protection deal for actors…

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Black Myth: Wukong hits 18m sales Chinese smash hit Black Myth: Wukong has sold more than 18 million units to date.  That’s according to Daniel Wu, the largest external shareholder in developer Game Science, who shared the figure with Bloomberg . The outlet also told that Black Myth: Wukong had a $70 million budget, a large chunk of which has come from Wu’s Hero Games.  The investor also believes that Black Myth can shi…