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The East Asia games market generated $30.1 billion in 2023, and is expected to decline by 2.9% in 2024 to $29.2 billion according to a new report by Niko Partners. The East Asia Games Market Model report covers Japan and Korea, markets that also saw a slight increase in their number of gamers in 2023,…
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Moon Rover Games has raised $3.5 million in funding from NCsoft. The investment will go towards the development of its co-op shooter codenamed Project Aldous, due to release on PC and consoles. NCsoft’s investment marks the start of a “long term partnership” between the Korean publisher and Moon Rover Games, the announcement said. Read more
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Web-based mobile distribution platform Dotplay has secured $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. Led by venture capital firm Transcend Fund, the investment will be used to develop its platform further and expand its core team of developers and engineers. Dotplay was co-founded by CEO Iskander Pataudi (former director of core product at AppLovin’s Lion…
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Gamescom is continuing on its mission to build a global brand of international events, with its Asian show due to take place in Singapore this October. Between a very successful inaugural Gamescom Latam earlier this year, the original trade show returning to Cologne in just a few weeks, and Gamescom Asia from October 17 to…
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Early editions of the original Xbox One console running on dated firmware are failing to download the latest updates, essentially making the 2013-era systems unusable. That’s according to our sister site Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry team, which tried to update and use three separate Xbox One consoles. According to its own testing, all three failed to…
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The face of Supermassive Games’ Dark Pictures Anthology, Tony Pankhurst, has died aged 67. Although Pankhurst died in May 2024, Supermassive only today (July 29) shared the news across its social media channels. “We are all saddened to hear of Tony Pankhurst’s passing,” the studio said in tribute. Read more
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The Communications Workers of America (CWA) – which includes members from a range of high-profile game developers and publishers, including Activision, Bethesda, Blizzard Entertainment, Sega, and ZeniMax – says it stands in “complete solidarity with striking members of SAG-AFTRA.” The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) called a strike…


