[ad_1] SINGAPORE—Beijing removed a key official overseeing China’s videogame industry, days after authorities proposed curbs that wiped tens of billions of dollars off the market value of Chinese game companies.…
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TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.
[ad_1] SINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy game makers. Now it is winding down those efforts,…
Microsoft’s Next Act: Bending the Videogame Business Without Breaking It
[ad_1] Microsoft now owns some of the biggest videogames in the world. What it does with them could ripple across the entire industry—for good and bad. The biggest of those…
New Unity fees are ‘critical to the foundation of the company,’ exec tells videogame developers
[ad_1] Unity Software Inc. updated its new fee structure and apologized to game developers Friday, with the game-engine and game-ad-monetization company announcing a revenue-sharing/engagement option that will go into effect…
Video-Game Company Unity Closes Offices Following Death Threat – Slashdot
[ad_1] Unity canceled a planned town hall and closed two offices Thursday after receiving what it said was a credible death threat in the wake of a controversial pricing decision…
Rebooting This College Football Videogame Might Be Harder Than Winning a Title
[ad_1] Electronic Arts’s long-dormant NCAA Football series is slated to return next year with a new name. But legal barbs, threats of a boycott and other hurdles could keep student-athletes…
Vona/She: A videogame to save Kharkiv’s unique Gender Museum
[ad_1] Closed down by the current infighting in Ukraine, a group of artists and human rights activists are determined to keep the one and only Gender Museum of Eastern Europe…