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EA cutting 5% of workforce | GamesIndustry.biz
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Electronic Arts today announced that it is laying off approximately 5% of its employees as it leans in on the parts of the business it feels will be the most successful in the years to come.

In its most recent annual report, the publisher gave its headcount as 13,400 as of the end of March 2023, which would put the job losses around 670 people.

Le site Kotaku liste tous les plans de licenciements lancés en 2024 dans l’industrie du jeu vidéo mondiale :

►https://kotaku.com/game-industry-layoffs-how-many-2024-unity-twitch-1851155818

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Gimme some truth | This Week in Business | GamesIndustry.biz
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Risk Factors are sort of the Murphy’s Law of corporate communications. Companies identify an extensive list of things that can go wrong, and they spell them all out for investors so even someone without in-depth knowledge about their specific industry could understand the myriad ways the business could go south, whether it’s the company’s fault or not.

And just because something is listed as a Risk Factor that doesn’t mean it’s likely to happen. It’s more a recognition that if a thing did happen, it could hurt the business.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #business #finance #risques #étude_des_risques #ea #electronic_arts #take_2 #activision_blizzard

How are investors feeling about video games today? | GamesIndustry.biz
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“Investors certainly do not see video games as recession proof”

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #finance #investissement #économie #récession #business #marché

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard: What’s going on and what happens next? | GamesIndustry.biz
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Microsoft’s proposed $70bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard is currently being scrutinised by regulators around the world.

The latest headlines centre around the US Federal Trade Commission, which, after its own investigation into the potential impact of the deal, has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft and Activision in an attempt to block the merger.

The regulation process is complicated, and involves various different bodies from different countries that must look at the deal before it can go ahead.

Here’s everything you need to know about what’s going on, and where the key issues lie.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #business #finance #concurrence #microsoft #activision_blizzard #ftc #federal_trade_commission #ue #competition_and_markets_authority #cma #commission_européenne #federal_trade_commission #jeu_vidéo_call_of_duty

How much does From Software crunch? | GamesIndustry.biz
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Current and former staff at the Elden Ring developer respond to claims of excessive overtime and low pay

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PlayStation: Xbox’s Call of Duty offer was “inadequate on many levels” | GamesIndustry.biz
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Microsoft has promised to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for three years beyond the current agreement between Activision and Sony, says PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan.

In a statement provided to GamesIndustry.biz, Ryan says the offer was “inadequate on many levels.”

The disagreement between the two companies follows Microsoft’s offer to buy Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard in a deal worth nearly $69 billion. The deal is currently being scrutinised by competitions regulators, with the UK regulator (The Competition and Markets Authority) concerned over the possibility of Microsoft “withholding or degrading” Activision Blizzard’s content from other consoles or subscription services.

Last week, Xbox revealed that it had “provided a signed agreement to Sony to guarantee Call of Duty on PlayStation, with feature and content parity, for at least several more years” beyond Sony’s existing contract with Activision. Xbox said this offer “goes well beyond typical gaming industry agreements.”

The current deal between Sony and Activision Blizzard around Call of Duty is believed to cover the next three releases, including this year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

However, Sony says the offer fails to consider the impact on PlayStation gamers.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #business #microsoft #activision_blizzard #sony #playstation #xbox #jeu_vidéo_call_of_duty #contrat #continuation #poursuite #competition_and_markets_authority #call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2 #jim_ryan #phil_spencer #console

John Romero recalls Sierra’s attempt to acquire Id Software | GDC 2022 | GamesIndustry.biz
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Designer says $2.5 million deal during Wolfenstein 3D development fell apart over a request for $100,000 in cash instead of stock

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #business #jeu_vidéo_wolfenstein_3d #id_software #sierra #histoire #culture #post_mortem #culture #cash #actions #année_1992 #john_romero #game_developers_conference #gdc #jeu_vidéo_king_s_quest #roberta_williams #commander_keen #red_baron_online #jeu_vidéo_castle_wolfenstein

The first ever Paralympics video game | GamesIndustry.biz
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What you may be less aware of is the officially licensed Paralympics game, The Pegasus Dream Tour, which launched back in June and hosted its own in-game concert as a closing ceremony over the weekend.

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“According to the International Paralympic Committee, about 15% of the world’s population — or 1.2 billion people — are considered to have disabilities. With diversity and inclusion becoming the norm in the world of movies and TV dramas, we believe that diversity in the representation of avatars, the player’s alter ego, is equally necessary in games. We hope that this game will serve as a springboard point and help encourage the games industry to consider this level of inclusivity during their own game development.”

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #handicap #olympiades #jeux_olympiques #jeux_paralympiques #accessibilité #sega #sonic #mario #the_pegasus_dream_tour #jp_games #can_i_play_that #taeko_yoshimoto #

Shipwright Studios cuts ties with Tripwire Interactive over president’s anti-abortion views | GamesIndustry.biz
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US developer Shipwright Studios has begun cancelling all contracts with Maneater creator Tripwire Interactive after the latter’s president sparked controversy over his views on abortion.

Il n’est pas bon de clamer ses opinions politiques pour faire du business, en particulier quand celles-ci sont réactionnaires et provoquantes.

Suite au départ des clients du studio après les déclarations de son P-DG, celui-ci laisse sa place à l’un des co-fondateurs, comme l’annonce à l’instant le studio dans un communiqué de presse :

▻https://www.tripwireinteractive.com/#/news/tripwire-appoints-new-interim-ceo-alan-wilson

The comments given by John Gibson are of his own opinion, and do not reflect those of Tripwire Interactive as a company. His comments disregarded the values of our whole team, our partners and much of our broader community. Our leadership team at Tripwire are deeply sorry and are unified in our commitment to take swift action and to foster a more positive environment.

Effective immediately, John Gibson has stepped down as CEO of Tripwire Interactive. Co-founding member and current Vice President, Alan Wilson, will take over as interim CEO. Alan has been with the company since its formation in 2005 and is an active lead in both the studio’s business and developmental affairs. Alan will work with the rest of the Tripwire leadership team to take steps with employees and partners to address their concerns including executing a company-wide town hall meeting and promoting open dialogue with Tripwire leadership and all employees. His understanding of both the company’s culture and the creative vision of our games will carry the team through this transition, with full support from the other Tripwire leaders.

Ce retour de baton a été rapide et expéditif.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #politique #avortement #législation #loi #militantisme #shipwrit_studios #jeu_vidéo_maneater #tripwire_interactive #controverse #polémique #avortement #pro-vie #pro-life #john_gibson #échec #business #affaires

EA shares five innovations via Accessibility Patent Pledge, wants other devs to do the same | GamesIndustry.biz
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The initiative, dubbed the Accessibility First Patent Pledge, involves five solutions the company’s own developers have invented to make its games more accessible to those with disabilities or medical issues, including anyone with various vision, hearing, speaking or cognitive issues.

Electronic Arts met à disposition de tous ses brevets dans le domaine de l’accessibilité des jeux vidéo à destination des personnes souffrant de handicap, qui seraient de 15 % auprès des joueurs.

#ea #jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #business #propriété_intellectuelle #habdicap #accessibilité #brevet #chris_bruzzo #positive_play

Amazon Lumberyard goes open source | GamesIndustry.biz
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-07-07-amazon-lumberyard-goes-open-source

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“We believe that creating a first-class, community-driven, open-source option will revolutionize real-time 3D development, as Linux did for operating systems and Apache did for the web.”

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #amazon_lumberyard #open_3d_engine #moteur_de_jeu #développement_informatique #open_source #linux_foundation #logiciel_libre #open_source

Yodo1’s AI-driven whale hunt is a bad look for the games industry | Opinion | GamesIndustry.biz
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We’ve learned a lot about making money from games, and making and managing good games. About a year ago I decided, what if I could teach AI how to do all of this? What if I could teach #AI how to make money from this? What if I could teach AI how to find whales inside of games? What if I could teach AI how to moderate a game community of millions of players?

(note : whale = joueur qui paie — l’un d’eux a payé 150,000$ dans un jeu, lequel emploie des techniques d’#intelligence_artificielle pour définir les propositions commerciales et moduler la partie de manière à extraire le max de pognon des gogos)

#extractivisme #addiction #jeu_vidéo

Immortals rebrands, raises $30m in Series B funding
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Now-named Immortals Gaming Club also acquires Brazilian matchmaking platform Gamers Club

#eSports

Capcom restructures #eSports and media licensing business units
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-01-capcom-restructures-esports-and-media-licensing-business-u

Company forms Capcom Media Ventures to manage global esports projects

Zynga’s Q1 revenues, losses top expectations
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-01-zyngas-q1-revenues-losses-top-expectations

Publisher credits “outstanding performances” from Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons for helping top line and hurting bottom line

#Financial

Original Earthworm Jim team reunites for new, Intellivision Amico-exclusive entry
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Ten of the game’s original developers participating in creation of new title for upcoming, exclusive-heavy console

#Hardware #Development

Squad sells 1m copies
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-01-squad-sells-1m-copies

Offworld Industries’ early access tactical FPS sees new update alongside milestone

#Publishing

Epic Games acquires Psyonix
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-01-epic-games-acquires-psyonix

Rocket League to continue being supported on Steam, coming to Epic Games store later this year

#Publishing #Development

Borderlands 3 is about more bullets, not new bullet points
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-01-borderlands-3-is-about-more-bullets-not-new-bullet-points

Gearbox developers say the latest entry was about broadening the familiar, share thoughts on collaboration, crassness, and crunch

#Development

What does « additional polish » mean ?
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-01-what-does-additional-polish-mean

10 Years Ago This Month: Red Dead Redemption home stretch shows a disconnect between press and creative process

#Publishing #Development