Game industry business news

We talk to Dan Salvato and Serenity Forge about the challenges of releasing a premium version of a free game, and the introduction of content warnings to Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

Kotick's statement, which comes almost a full week after news of the lawsuit broke, takes a remarkably different tone to the first statement put out by the company.

Indie champion Agostino Simonetta is moving on from seven years at ID@Xbox to Swedish publisher Thunderful Games. We tap into his immense insight into the publishing market.

"We want to encourage the industry as a whole to make itself a healthier place to work, and we look forward to seeing the calibre of entries for the Healthy Leaders award at MCV/DEVELOP IRL later this year."

Genvid Holdings Inc., parent company of Genvid Technologies, announced that it has closed a Series C funding round of $113 million.

“This is a natural fit for Hamleys and in time, we would like to see gaming roll out across our wider global retail estate.”

"We believe these statements have damaged our ongoing quest for equality inside and outside of our industry."

Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's July/August issue.

"I hear you, I believe you, and I am so sorry to have let you down."

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