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July 2024 Archive

    1. Sony Music, Aniplex, and Pocketpair form Palworld Entertainment
    2. Xbox increases Game Pass prices, introduces new tier
    3. Star Wars Outlaws began life in a café at E3
    4. ASA rules Golf Clash ad misled around loot boxes disclosure
    1. Roblox launches new range of analytical tools for developers
    2. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin tops 2m copies sold | News-in-brief
    3. Voice-controlled game developer Volley closes Series C fundraising with $55m
    4. Minecraft, Candy Crush and Goat Simulator among games that represent Sweden's cultural heritage
    5. Kristian Segerstrale: Cross-platform, not new platforms, will drive growth
    6. Elden Ring sales jump 467% on Shadow of the Erdtree release I UK Monthly Charts
    7. Pokémon Sleep earns $100m in first year revenue
    8. Trends shaping the mobile gaming industry in 2024
    9. Respawn changes Apex Legends battle pass pricing
    1. Former Piranha Bytes devs form Pithead Studio
    2. US game spending fell 6% in May | US Monthly Charts
    3. Paradox Interactive delays Cities Skylines 2 console version for a third time
    4. Zenless Zone Zero tops 50m downloads worldwide | News-in-brief
    5. Manor Lords publisher says devs should not be "forced to run on a treadmill until their mental health breaks"
    6. Embracer-owned studio Piranha Bytes has been shut down
    7. Levelling up healthcare: Understanding games' life-changing medical potential | Playable Futures
    8. Brightmine: UK games industry's gender pay gap is 17.1%
    9. Blumhouse Games is more than a year ahead of schedule
    10. Kotaku Australia to shut down
    11. Summer Games Done Quick 2024 raises $2.5m | News-in-brief
    12. Apple approves Epic Games Store for iOS after rejecting it twice
    13. Ubisoft to discuss neurodiversity at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit
    1. Nintendo adopts wait-and-see on generative AI | Opinion
    2. Everything we learned from GI Sprint
    3. Kwalee makes minority investment in Devolver Digital
    4. Gamescom Latam and smart game delays | Microcast
    5. Sporty Group acquires Sociable Soccer
    6. Network N lays off eight from games marketing agency Project N
    7. Ubisoft's Watch Dogs film has started filming
    8. PlayStation to attend Tokyo Game Show 2024
    1. Adult Swim delists four more indie games, stating developers are "not available" to take over as publisher
    2. Nintendo says AI "can be more creative", but "also recognises that it has issues"
    3. Keywords Studios reaches £2.2bn acquisition agreement with Swedish investment company EQT
    4. Hilmar Pétursson: Making CCP tech open source will enable Eve Online to live forever
    5. Squad Busters reaches $24m in first month revenue
    6. Niko Partners: 62% of China PC players spending more on games than last year
    7. Four ways AI and cloud can make game dev easier (and one thing they can't do) | GI Sprint
    8. Gen AI platform Bitmagic raises $4m in funding round
    9. Skillz suing Voodoo for unlawful conduct and false advertising
    1. EA is "sunsetting" three last-gen Battlefield games | News-in-brief
    2. Guilty Gear Strive reaches 3m players worldwide | News-in-brief
    3. Surgent Studios cuts jobs months after launch of debut title Tales of Kenzera: Zau
    4. Nintendo sues two Switch pirates for "substantial and irreparable harm"
    5. Daybreak acquires Singularity 6
    6. It's not too late to enter the 2024 UK Best Places To Work Awards
    7. Which Not-E3 show was the most effective at showcasing games?
    8. BeReal hit with layoffs following Voodoo acquisition
    9. Cloud Imperium Games ordered to compensate former staff in disability discrimination case
    10. Gamurs Group reportedly lays off unknown number of staff
    11. SNK opens Singapore office | News-in-brief
    1. Nintendo aims to avoid scalping of Switch successor by meeting console demand
    2. Minimum Studios becomes Capcom subsidiary
    3. Life without layoffs, or why they are an avoidable part of game development | GI Sprint
    4. Indie publisher Mystic Forge raises €2m in funding
    5. Chants of Sennaar takes top prize at inaugural Gamescom Latam Awards
    6. Arc System Works opens European branch | News-in-brief
    7. World of Tanks Blitz passes $1bn in lifetime revenue | News-in-brief
    8. Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs?
    9. Ubisoft Toronto affected by layoffs