Sports Interactive, the studio behind the Football Manager series, has struck a deal with the Premier League organization over the next four years worth of games. Starting with the 2024-2025 season, the 20 clubs that make up England’s football league will be fully licensed within the games, from player photos to team logos and kits. …
MiHoYo’s newest action-RPG Zenless Zone Zero has garnered 50 million downloads worldwide since its launch on July 4. The game released on PlayStation 5, Windows, and mobile, and builds on the developer’s ongoing success in recent years. Last year’s Honkai Star Rail opened with 20 million players at launch, which itself built on the 17 …
In the midst of a layoff crisis impacting game developers across the globe, a disheartening trend has emerged: American studios are being crushed under the weight of the country’s high cost of living. This phenomenon is hitting companies of all shapes and sizes. Big players like EA, Microsoft, and Sony have cut workforces in the …
Video platform YouTube is entering games through a new avenue: a free arcade of games that can be played directly in the app. Dubbed “Playables,” the feature was first reported last summer shortly ahead of public testing. After a limited rollout in select countries, it’s now getting a full launch over the next few months. …
Kabam Entertainment is shutting down Disney Mirrorverse on December 16 and has already pulled the mobile action RPG from Android and iOS stores. A specific reason wasn’t given for the sunsetting, but the studio said players who still have the game downloaded can keep playing until the end date, including “remaining content released over the …
NetEase and Bungie have announced Destiny: Rising, a free to play mobile shooter set in the Destiny universe. Officially licensed by Bungie, Rising will offer both first and third person gunplay, playable either via touchscreen or with a controller. Rising is the first visible result of 2018’s $100 million dollar partnership between Bungie and NetEase. NetEase …
Swedish video game trade association, Dataspelsbranschen, has selected 15 titles it believes should be added to the country’s “cultural canon” to improve recognition of the artform. The list includes classic and contemporary titles such as Stugan, BackPacker, Ground Control, Minecraft, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, It Takes Two, and Sayonara Wild Hearts. It was curated by …
Japanese mobile and web3 game developer Gumi wants around 80 employees to accept voluntary redundancy so it can downsize to “achieve sustainable growth.” The company broke the news in a press release (via Google Translate) spotted by Game World Observer and said it reported a net loss of 5.9 billion yen ($37.8 million) during the …
Update 9/27: The company previously known as “Dusk” has renamed itself to “Rune.” A spokesperson for the company informed Game Developer that its app will now be known as “RuneMatch.” A new app has launched for multiplayer phone games in the form of Dusk, and its creators have already secured more money to build it …
Sony’s reportedly making big steps toward mobile games in the form of a PlayStation platform for phones. TweakTown spotted a new job listing for a mobile platform architect. The description mentions designing the architecture and backend for a PlayStation-specific ecosystem that can be used to “develop, publish, and operate free-to-play mobile games.” Other than Fate/Grand …
