The acquisition comes at a time of strong growth for the Group, with its latest financial results showing the company achieving a 27% increase in revenue and more than doubling its profit before tax in the six months to 30 June 2020.
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MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is HERE!
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PlayerLands goes live today – looks to help monetise server-based PC games
"Once installed, PlayerLands does all the leg work, freeing server-owners up to focus on their games and creating new content to sell to fans."
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"Being selective and only focusing on 1 or 2 games at time ensures our devs are taken care of both during and after production"
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“The violent nature of the game has been the cause of many complaints from all quarters”
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According to Xbox head Phil Spencer, Japan is now Xbox's fastest-growing market.
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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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