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Remake sells less than FFXV in opening week but longer-term signs are more promising given launch situation
Read More »FF7 Remake well received in Japan despite lockdown – but Switch hardware sales plunge as supply tightens
Control and Sayonara Wild Hearts top the nominations for the Nordic Game Awards 2020
The awards will take place on May 28th.
Read More »Gamescom 2020 is cancelled, but a digital event ‘will definitely take place’
"The nationwide ban on major events until the end of August will also affect the planning for gamescom 2020"
Read More »Hypixel Studios acquired by Riot Games
Riot has previous experience with Hypixel, having invested in the studio when it was founded
Read More »LabelRadar offers new free to play audio service for games studios
LabelRadar is also waiving its usual platform fees, so it will cost nothing for developers to use the platform.
Read More »Search for a Star and Sumo Digital Rising Star to head online for its final stage
The winners will be announced via Twitch and the Grads in Games social media channels on Monday 27th April at 6pm,
Read More »“It is never a bad thing to have to consider new ideas and approaches.” – How to market your game without events
How does COVID-19 affect your 2020 title’s marketing plan and what can you do to get your game in front of journalists, influencers and players instead?
Read More »Voodoo’s new KPIs are a ‘flexible, pragmatic approach’ for projecting a mobile game’s value
"By acknowledging that retention and CPI are only part of the picture, we have reached many more players worldwide"
Read More »Planet Entertainment responds to allegations it was ‘unauthorised’ to release new Cooking Mama game
"Creative differences arose as Cooking Mama Cookstar was near completion"
Read More »“Rare makes the kind of games the world doesn’t already have” – The Legend of Rare
We talk to Rare about what makes it one of the UK’s longest-running and most important development studios
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