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December 2024 Archive

    1. Clear Angle Studios opens new location in Los Angeles
    2. Why gaming is India's "new entertainment frontier"
    3. GamesIndustry.biz's India Games Week kicks off today
    4. Build A Rocket Boy acquires PlayFusion
    5. Making a Monument Valley for the Netflix generation
    6. Infinity Nikki reaches 10m downloads | News-in-brief
    7. FTC starts issuing refunds to Epic Games users following settlement
    1. Xsolla teams with StarNest to establish new game development academy
    2. Marvel Rivals tops 10m players in 72 hours | News-in-brief
    3. Rocksteady ends Suicide Squad development less than a year after release
    4. Croc: Legends of the Gobbos delayed to 2025 | News-in-brief
    5. Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D remake tops November charts | Japan Monthly Charts
    6. Why Cult Games decision to acquire Neonhive was a no-brainer
    7. Itch.io back online after temporarily takedown by "bogus phishing report" from Funko
    8. Crazy Taxi | Why I Love
    9. The end of XDefiant and the state of live service games | GI Microcast
    10. Tencent and Guillemot Brothers' Ubisoft buyout reportedly held up by dispute over control
    11. Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact banned in Australia
    12. Deck Nine Games lays off more staff
    1. 75% of UK students in favour of esports education in schools
    2. Apple faces UK class action lawsuit for "anti-competitive" 30% fee
    3. Stories from 30 years of PlayStation
    1. Google's Genie 2 AI tool can generate a playable 3D world from a "single prompt image"
    2. UK specialist media publisher Future signs strategic partnership with OpenAI
    3. EA expands free library of accessibility patents to make more games inclusive
    4. Ex-Disco Elysium devs at Dark Math Games secure seven-figure investment
    5. PTW opens new studio in South Carolina
    6. Top App Games raises $10m in funding
    7. Blue Owl Capital acquires minority stake in Bitkraft Ventures
    8. The challenges and opportunities Black Myth: Wukong created for China's developers
    9. Reforged Studios acquires Yellow Lab Games
    10. Fortnite UGC studio Creators Corp receives $2m investment
    11. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 to release a week early | News-in-brief
    1. IllFonic "re-aligns to a refined strategy" as it makes "cuts" to its teams
    2. Nintendo delays Alarmo's public launch in Japan
    3. Tantalus Keywords Australia CEO steps down
    4. Deceive Inc studio Sweet Bandits shuts down
    5. Why Raphaël Colantonio's next game is and isn't like Dishonored
    6. The Dundee effect: How industry hubs are elevating more than games | Playable Futures
    7. Chivalry developer Torn Banner Studios lays off staff
    8. Ubisoft to sunset XDefiant in 2025, nearly 300 people affected by layoffs
    9. Phasmophobia has sold 1m copies on consoles | News-in-brief
    1. Call of Duty tops revenue chart for October 2024 | Newzoo Charts
    2. Game Developer publisher Informa merges with TechTarget
    3. Smilegate makes strategic investment in Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures
    4. Report: Staff laid off at NetEase after relaunched Hyper Front fails to meet expectations
    5. SpecialEffect's One Special Day 2024 raises over £600,000 | News-in-brief
    6. Will the third time be the charm for new Sony handheld? | Microcast
    7. Unpacking the BEUC complaint against in-game purchases | Opinion
    8. Pokémon TCG Pocket reportedly surpassed over $200m in first month
    9. RNIB launches accessibility toolkit for devs to support gamers with sight loss
    10. How Nintendo Switch has changed Firaxis' approach to making Civilization
    11. Ryosuke Yoshida leaves Ouka Studios to join Square Enix
    1. New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games
    2. Project Party developer Lilith Games lays off 40 employees
    3. Motorsport Games sunsets NASCAR games following IP license transfer
    4. My.Games sells hyper-casual game publisher Mamboo
    5. Tencent acquires majority stake in Kuro Games
    6. Yasuyuki Oda on why it's taken over a quarter of a century for a new Fatal Fury game
    7. Riot Games to issue penalties for "off-platform conduct"
    8. UK counter-terrorism unit demands ban on pro-Palestinian shooter