Microsoft is poised to add the newest Call of Duty series entry to Xbox Game Pass. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the decision aims to bring new subscribers to the service. The publication adds that consumers will still have the option of purchasing the new shooter for seperately PC or consoles. The announcement … Read more
This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry. This week, we reported on the UK government’s response to … Read more
Video game retail GameStop has reported its preliminary financial results for Q1, which ended May 4. The firm expects net sales from $872 million to $892 million. This would place GameStop’s sales at a decrease of 28% to 30% year-over-year for the quarter. Meanwhile, the retailer’s net loss is expected to range from $27 million … Read more
PWC has tracked that the revenue of Serbia’s top 15 most successful companies totaled €175 million ($190 million) in 2023, up 17% year-on-year. This is according to the 2023 Serbian Gaming Industry Report, which covered the 21 largest companies in the sector. When breaking income by platform, PC led by commanding 34%, mobile was 32%, … Read more
Player1 Events has reportedly laid off an unknown number of staff, believed to be the majority of the company, and shut down long-running UK video games event Insomnia Gaming Festival. Esports News UK reported that several former employees of Player1 Events have shared news of the redundancies online. Sources told GamesIndustry.biz the layoffs included the … Read more
The Finnish Game Awards 2024 were held last night, with Remedy’s Alan Wake 2 taking home Finnish Game of the Year. Eight awards and recognitions were presented at the ceremony, celebrating the best Finnish games of the past year. Survival game Road to Vostok was awarded Best Creative Achievement of the Year, while indie studio … Read more
Sony announced its full-year results for 2023 earlier this week, with the PlayStation business posting continued solid growth that was basically in line with its revised estimates from a few months ago, albeit significantly undershooting the sky-high estimates it had originally forecast at the start of the year. As ever, there were various interesting bits … Read more
Summer Game Fest has announced its first round of partners for this year’s event. As revealed on Thursday, 55 companies will be taking part in the two-hour showcase to be held on June 7, 2024, including Xbox and PlayStation, alongside publishers such as Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, WB Games, and Ubisoft. … Read more
Singularity 6 has gone through another round of redundancies, laying off 36 people. Talking to Game Developer (and confirming information from Polygon’s Nicole Carpenter), the developer said it’ll continue supporting its online cosy sim Palia despite the layoffs, which represented around 40% of its staff. “Unfortunately we have had to restructure and reduce the size … Read more
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