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The latest episode of The GamesIndustry.biz Microcast is available to download now, offering a quick dive into the biggest stories of the past week. This week, we talk about the struggles of Concord, PlayStation’s latest foray into the live service space, and the potential reasons behind the hero shooter’s failure to pull in the number…
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Zynga has pulled out of its web3 project Sugartown, and sold it to a new company called D20. The move was announced by the latter on social media, saying it had “acquired all products and assets under Sugartown from Zynga.” D20 was co-founded by Matt Wolf (previously VP of web3 gaming at Zynga) and Tommy…
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US-based indie studio and Risk of Rain developer Hopoo Games appears to be taking a break as multiple members of the team, including its two co-founders, take on roles at Valve. The developer announced the move in a series of posts on X, stating that co-founders Duncan Drummond and Paul Morse — “alongside many other…
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Narcos developer Tilting Point is in the process of laying off up to 90 employees. The information was confirmed to MobileGamer.biz, with CEO Kevin Segalla telling the publication that the studio has done “everything [it] can to maintain the shape of the business as long as possible” but layoffs were necessary to “continue operating a…
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Toadman Interactive – an original and work-for-hire studio – has announced it is closing its offices in Stockholm, Visby, and Oslo. Some positions at the Immortal Unchained developer’s Berlin office are also at risk. “Like many other game companies, we have gone through a tough period over the last 12 months, and, unfortunately, that means…
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Until Dawn Remake developer, Ballistic Moon, has laid off at least 11 staff, although the official number of developers affected has not been divulged. Whilst its latest game, Until Dawn Remake, won’t be released until October 4, almost a dozen former Ballistic Moon employees have now announced their redundancies via their LinkedIn profiles. The British…
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Capcom’s tentpole horror series, Resident Evil, now requires an internet connection to play on Apple devices. As noted by Resident Evil fans and shared across the community on Reddit, the iOS versions of Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, and Resident Evil 4 – which are chiefly single-player horror games – had hitherto not…
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Andrew C. Greenberg, the co-creator of Wizardry, has died aged 67. The news – first reported by PC Gamer – was announced on Facebook by Greenberg’s long-time friend and collaborator, Robert Woodhead. Together, the men created the 1981 game Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, one of the world’s first role-playing games, complete with…

