Business
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Newzoo: Revenue across all video game market segments fell in 2022
The new report also says that China and the US made up 49% of consumer spending
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How Microsoft hopes to defeat the CMA's block against its ABK acquisition
Update: Activision Blizzard also challenges ruling as Xbox firm tells Competition Appeal Tribunal the UK regulator based its decision on "fundamental errors"
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Front Mission 2: Remake gets delayed | News-in-brief
The re-release of the 1997 strategy game is now aiming to launch in Q3
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Jobs Roundup: May 2023 | John Beech is named creative director of Media Molecule
UPDATE: NDreams expands its executive team with two appointments, Elise Favis joins Possibility Space
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IGI Origins developer Antimatter Games closing down this summer
Parent EG7 said it will shut down UK developer to improve group profitability
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Redundancies hit Marvel Contest of Champions publisher Kabam
The studio lays off 12% of its staff "in light of current economics and the industry’s market realities"
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Embracer's $2bn+ deal collapsed due to "external factors"
CEO Lars Wingefors offers more insight into partnership that "would have set a new benchmark for the industry"
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Microsoft vows to appeal as the UK regulator blocks its acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Update: Appeal officially filed after CMA said allowing Microsoft to take a strong position in cloud gaming would undermine innovation
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Focus Entertainment CEO steps down after four months
Fabrice Larue will succeed Sean Brennan as the firm's new chief executive officer
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Cloud gaming stalls Microsoft-ABK deal, but how big will it be?
Analysts weigh in on whether streaming will become the primary format for video games, and whether one company can dominate that market
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Embracer Group net sales rise to $3.5bn in "challenging year"
CEO Lars Wingefors warns potential partnership collapse and big game delays will impact years ahead
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Shareholders call for a sale of EG7
The cohort said that the firm is among the world's cheapest publicly traded gaming stocks
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Nintendo receives lawsuit over Mario Kart Tour microtransactions
The filing calls for a refund for all US minors that have spent money on the racing title's loot boxes
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UK investigation into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions on hold
Competition and Markets Authority has requested permission to continue from the Court of Appeal
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Rusty Lake can not claim username in Discord and issues warning
Following platform's changes to display names the studio is concerned over possible trademark infringement
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China approves Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Update: Microsoft confirms deal was granted "unconditional clearance" by Chinese antitrust regulators
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My.Games opens regional office in Abu Dhabi
New branch will handle publisher's operations for the MENA region
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Take-Two forecasts, Ubisoft's losses, and taking E3 for granted | Microcast
New episode available to download now, also discusses next week's PlayStation Showcase
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Will players tolerate Overwatch 2’s broken promises? | Opinion
By cancelling much of the sequel’s new content, and with other F2P options a click away, Blizzard’s choice is a huge risk
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Jackalope Games is now Jackalyptic Games
The studio's first game is an announced title based on the Warhammer IP
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Take-Two's Q4 brings higher sales, deeper losses
CEO Strauss Zelnick brushes off GTA 6 speculation stemming from an $8 billion bookings forecast for fiscal 2025
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BlizzCon 2023 set for November | News-in-brief
The event will be online and in-person at California's Anaheim Convention Center on November 3 and 4
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Mobile games accounted for 66% of App Store spending in 2022
Data.ai's new report also says that Candy Crush Saga amassed $660 million in the US alone during the year
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DDM: Game investments hit a four-year low in Q1
Undisclosed M&A price tags and "prolonged crypto winter" have 2023 off to a slow start
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