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Paris-based Ubisoft's stock drops ~15% after the company slashed its forecasts, reported "markedly and surprisingly slower" holiday sales, and delayed games (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Paris-based Ubisoft’s stock drops ~15% after the company slashed its forecasts, reported “markedly and surprisingly…
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Apple's Eddy Cue says App Store developers have made $320B+ since 2008, there are 900M paid subscriptions, 200+ Arcade games, 70B all-time Shazams, and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple’s Eddy Cue says App Store developers have made $320B+ since 2008, there are 900M paid…
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A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune difficulty, find world geometry flaws, and sniff out situations that make it impossible to win (Matthew Smith/Wired)
Matthew Smith / Wired: A look at the use of AI to design and test games, such as to tune…
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A look at the disastrous 2022 for NFT-based games, after interest from EA, Ubisoft, Zynga, Niantic, and others, as the community grew more niche and scam-filled (Ryan Broderick/Polygon)
Ryan Broderick / Polygon: A look at the disastrous 2022 for NFT-based games, after interest from EA, Ubisoft, Zynga, Niantic,…
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Behind the rise of "cozy" games that encourage players to take their time in open worlds devoid of competition and went from niche to video game fixture in 2022 (Makena Kelly/The Verge)
Makena Kelly / The Verge: Behind the rise of “cozy” games that encourage players to take their time in open…
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A look at Embracer Group, which owns more video game studios than any other company in the world, overseeing 237 games being developed across 132 studios (Jaweed Kaleem/Los Angeles Times)
Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times: A look at Embracer Group, which owns more video game studios than any other…
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China's online game regulator approves 45 foreign video games, including Nintendo's Pokémon Unite, effectively marking the end of Beijing's crackdown (Josh Ye/Reuters)
Josh Ye / Reuters: China’s online game regulator approves 45 foreign video games, including Nintendo’s Pokémon Unite, effectively marking the…
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Amazon quietly launches Prime Gaming in India, weeks after testing the service, offering Prime and Video subscribers access to mobile, PC, and Mac games (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon quietly launches Prime Gaming in India, weeks after testing the service, offering Prime and Video…
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Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to settle two allegations that it violated kids' online privacy rules and tricked users into making unintended purchases (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Epic Games agrees to pay the FTC $520M to settle two allegations that it violated kids’ online…
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Amazon plans to publish Crystal Dynamics' next Tomb Raider game, which is early in development, the first major, single-player game published by Amazon Games (Kellen Browning/New York Times)
Kellen Browning / New York Times: Amazon plans to publish Crystal Dynamics’ next Tomb Raider game, which is early in…
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