Swedish studio is led by former EA Ghost Games development director Jugo Mirkovic
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Focus Home Interactive acquires Dotemu for €38.5m
"The arrival of Dotemu marks a key step in the acceleration of the Group's growth and in the diversification of its expertise"
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"Connecting with others online and in person is so important to our wellbeing and we are looking forward to celebrating those who supported others during the pandemic, we know how uplifting that will be."
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For game designers, ‘finding the fun’ is a serious undertaking. In a competitive market, more fun equals more players, equals a thriving and happy community. The question is: how do you create a retentive, rewarding experience that gamers connect with and come back to, over and over again?
Read More »Xsolla fires 150 employees based on big data analysis of their activity – “Many of you might be shocked, but I truly believe that Xsolla is not for you.”
"You received this email because my big data team analyzed your activities in Jira, Confluence, Gmail, chats, documents, dashboards and tagged you as unengaged and unproductive employees."
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"Events are my favourite part of what we do, and I’ve missed getting out, hearing about how my peers have been getting on, and having some fun."
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"Brick by brick we continue to improve our operating groups and consequently Embracer as a whole."
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Gaynor's move follows complaints about his leadership, and particularly his treatment of women.
Read More »[From the industry] Former Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier appointed Non-Executive Chair of nDreams
“I am delighted to join nDreams’ board to help the company achieve its mission to become a world leading developer and publisher of VR games"
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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