…The future of the modern publisher is just a marketing agency, offering platform support but not necessarily developer support. Massive legacy publishers may move towards AA-scale titles, but for others, this…
…On the other hand, we also recognise that such high evaluations have yet to translate into a further increase in unit sales. "While continuing to hone our development capabilities – the source of…
…and community building platform, and we would run it very much the same way that we do for our internal games." Avalanche won't provide funding for external developers, but it will…
Former and current staff at Gunzilla Games, publisher/developer of blockchain game Off The Grid and owner of US games publication Game Informer, say that the company has not been paying salaries…
…and co-founder Maor Sason. "He has led major mobile publishing businesses, scaled global consumer platforms, and built the kind of deep understanding of how players engage and spend that is directly…
…For comparison, the similar Australian rule around loot boxes actually requires previously released games with loot boxes that have since been updated substantially to also have their age ratings updated and increased…
…by the former leadership of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds became public in July last year. The complaint concerns a $250 million bonus payout tied to revenue targets for the 2025 Early…
…However, the real threat lies in "private cheats." For a monthly fee, players receive bespoke software that updates automatically whenever a game developer issues a patch. Cheaters evolve faster than anti-cheat…
…That would be a calculated gamble – it could work out, though the downside risk would see the company ending up stewarding an aging platform that’s lost its market inertia but still…
…Behind the scenes, the company has built a platform for developers to submit builds, and a team of six staffers play and rate them and spend several weeks arguing over what should…