The Myth of Metacritocracy
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10 Years Ago This Month: EA learns a costly lesson about striving for excellence and Take-Two tells it to take a hike
The Myth of Metacritocracy
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-01-the-myth-of-metacritocracy
10 Years Ago This Month: EA learns a costly lesson about striving for excellence and Take-Two tells it to take a hike
Keywords expects $186m in revenues after 11 acquisitions in 2017
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Service empire’s studio count has grown eightfold in the last five years
EA stock reaches all-time high ahead of Battlefront II loot box return
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Company’s stock rose 7%, peaking at $131 following recent #Financial results
Gigantic servers shutting down in July, developer Motiga confirms
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Developer “unable to find an impactful solution that would help Gigantic break through in a crowded market”
Nintendo announces Super Mario movie in partnership with Illumination
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Animation studio behind Despicable Me and Minions franchises to co-produce with Shigeru Miyamoto
Microsoft responds to indie retail backlash over Xbox Game Pass
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Platform holder “pleasantly surprised” by store demand, considering broadening its distribution plans
UK game dev sector grows more than four times the rate of the economy in 2017
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Games development sector contributes nearly £1.5 billion to the UK’s GDP, says TIGA report
Nintendo Switch Online service will launch in September
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Switch owners will continue to play online for free until that date
Nintendo will release a Mario Kart #Mobile game by March 2019
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Mario Kart Tour will launch in the next financial year, the publisher said today
GDC backtracks on Bushnell award; Bushnell approves
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“If my personal actions... offended or caused pain to anyone at our companies, then I apologize without reservation,” says Atari founder
Microsoft gaming business up 8%
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Xbox One X launch drives year-over-year revenue growth for the holiday quarter
AIAS honouring Genyo Takeda
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Nintendo #Hardware designer will receive Lifetime Achievement Award at DICE Awards next month
“We want Battalion 1944 to change the shooter genre - even if it fails and dies”
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Bulkhead Interactive’s Joe Brammer on how an indie-developed FPS can stand toe-to-toe with Call of Duty
Rockfish Games: Building success, piece by piece
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CEO Michael Schade on using digital platforms to take Everspace from publisher rejection to an audience of hundreds of thousands
Coffee Stain to acquire Gone North Games
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Goat Simulator publisher strikes a deal for majority share in Swedish studio behind Goat Z and Waste of Space expansions
Call of Duty Endowment awards $30,000 each to two UK charities
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RFEA - The Forces Employment #Charity and Walking With The Wounded are awarded the ’Seal of Distinction’
Scotland now home to more than 4,000 games staff
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Local industry grew by 27 per cent last year, with almost 100 companies based within the nation
Sales and profits both climb at Konami
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Decent mobile performance and 80m downloads for mobile PES lead to increased profits guidance
212 games approved for UK games tax relief in 2017
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-01-31-212-games-approved-for-uk-games-tax-relief-in-2017
Government initiative to fund more games #Development continues, although certification seems to be slowing
Games industry generated $108.4bn in revenues in 2017
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$82bn generated by free-to-play games, #eSports on track to be a $1bn business in 2018