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More Game Adaptations of Movies, TV Series and Comic Books. Independent Developers Are to Take Care of Their High Quality

More Game Adaptations of Movies, TV Series and Comic Books. Independent Developers Are to Take Care of Their High Quality

Devolver has set up a publishing brand focusing on gaming adaptations of movies, TV series, and comic books. Big Fan Games is currently working on 6 projects.

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Martin Bukowski

October 2, 2024

More Game Adaptations of Movies, TV Series and Comic Books. Independent Developers Are to Take Care of Their High Quality
Are „Dead” Games a Good Thing? Palworld Dev Believes That Emphasis on „Endless Development” Is Bad for the Industry

Are „Dead” Games a Good Thing? Palworld Dev Believes That Emphasis on „Endless Development” Is Bad for the Industry

John „Bucky” Buckley of PocketPair studio joined developers criticizing current trends of looking at the success of games (including Palworld) only through the prism of the number of players in a given title.

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Jacob Blazewicz

July 31, 2024

Are „Dead” Games a Good Thing? Palworld Dev Believes That Emphasis on „Endless Development” Is Bad for the Industry
Tim Bender From Hooded Horse Gave Another Piece of Advice to Independent Devs Looking for Publisher

Tim Bender From Hooded Horse Gave Another Piece of Advice to Independent Devs Looking for Publisher

Manor Lords' publisher warns developers not to be guided by the companies' conduct toward their big hits when choosing a partner, but by how they treat less successful projects.

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Jacob Blazewicz

May 28, 2024

Tim Bender From Hooded Horse Gave Another Piece of Advice to Independent Devs Looking for Publisher
Manor Lords Publisher Criticized Publishing Methods Hitting Devs. 'This Is a Silly Way to Do Business'

Manor Lords Publisher Criticized Publishing Methods Hitting Devs. 'This Is a Silly Way to Do Business'

Tim Bender from Hooded Horse criticized the industry's „ingrained” habit of including cash-flow clauses by publishers. In his opinion, this is bad for both developers and players.

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Jacob Blazewicz

May 15, 2024

Manor Lords Publisher Criticized Publishing Methods Hitting Devs. 'This Is a Silly Way to Do Business'
CI Games Financial Report for First Half of 2023

CI Games Financial Report for First Half of 2023

CI Games' financial report for the first six months of 2023 provided some interesting information about the Polish company's video game projects.

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Marcin Przała

October 2, 2023

CI Games Financial Report for First Half of 2023
Amazon Wants to Bring Throne and Liberty to the West

Amazon Wants to Bring Throne and Liberty to the West

Korean media are reporting that one of the most anticipated MMORPGs, Throne and Liberty, may be coming to the Western market thanks to Amazon. The game was intended to be a heir to the Lineage series and became famous for its impressive graphics.

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Damian Gacek

August 11, 2022

Amazon Wants to Bring Throne and Liberty to the West
Fall Guys and Enter the Gungeon Publisher Goes Public; Sony Among Investors

Fall Guys and Enter the Gungeon Publisher Goes Public; Sony Among Investors

Devolver Digital, publisher of games such as Fall Guys, Enter the Gungeon, Gris and Shadow Warrior 2, has gone public. The once small company immediately attracted industry giants like Sony, which became one of its investors.

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Hubert Sledziewski

November 4, 2021

Fall Guys and Enter the Gungeon Publisher Goes Public; Sony Among Investors
Survey Names Ubisoft the Most Hated Game Publisher in the World

Survey Names Ubisoft the Most Hated Game Publisher in the World

It seems that Ubisoft is the most hated publisher in the world. Such conclusions can be drawn from research based on the opinions of Twitter users.

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Przemyslaw Dygas

September 28, 2021

Survey Names Ubisoft the Most Hated Game Publisher in the World
A Plague Tale Publisher Changes Name to Focus Entertainment

A Plague Tale Publisher Changes Name to Focus Entertainment

The publisher of A Plague Tale, GreedFall, SnowRunner and many other games is changing its name. From now on, these and other brands will be released under the banner of Focus Entertainment.

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Jacob Blazewicz

September 6, 2021

A Plague Tale Publisher Changes Name to Focus Entertainment
Embracer Group Exceeds Ubisoft in Terms of Market Value

Embracer Group Exceeds Ubisoft in Terms of Market Value

Ubisoft is no longer the most valuable company in the European games industry. Yesterday it was overtaken in terms of market capitalisation by Embracer Group, which includes THQ Nordic and Deep Silver, among other entities.

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Adrian Werner

February 10, 2021

Embracer Group Exceeds Ubisoft in Terms of Market Value

Activision Blizzard - CEO's Bonus Sparks Controversy

Activision Blizzard shareholders made an appeal in connection with the proposal of another bonus for Bobby Kotik. Their case is that the CEO's bonus is much too high for his achievements and in the context of mass layoffs in 2019.

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Jacob Blazewicz

June 5, 2020

Activision Blizzard - CEO's Bonus Sparks Controversy

Paycheck of Activision Blizzard's New CEO Revealed

Activision Blizzard hired its new CEO, Daniel Alegre, a few days ago. However, already yesterday the official information about his planned annual earnings appeared on the web.

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Paul Wozniak

March 14, 2020

Paycheck of Activision Blizzard's New CEO Revealed

Best Streamers Earn Over $50,000 per Hour

The Wall Street Journal took a closer look at the earnings of the most popular streamers. Some of them are able to earn more than $50,000 for an hour of playing a new production.

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Bart Swiatek

May 21, 2019

Best Streamers Earn Over $50,000 per Hour

Here's How Devs Manipulate Release Dates on Steam

Mike Rose, the founder of No More Robots, has noticed a peculiar unfair practice adopted by some developers on Steam. Here's the trick - a fake release date is being set, and changed, to keep the title on top of the recommended upcoming titles list.

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Milosz Szubert

March 6, 2019

Here's How Devs Manipulate Release Dates on Steam

Activision and EA Chairmen Among Most Overpaid CEOs of 2019

Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick and Electronic Arts' Andrew Wilson are on the list of 100 most overpaid CEOs of 2019. The list was prepared and published by the As You Sow website.

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Konrad Serafinski

February 23, 2019

Activision and EA Chairmen Among Most Overpaid CEOs of 2019

The best publishers of 2018 according to Metacritic

Capcom dethronizes Bethesa in Metactritic's best publisher ranking of 2018.

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Christian Pieniazek

January 30, 2019

The best publishers of 2018 according to Metacritic

Top game publishers of 2018

In the fourth chapter of our last year's summary, we check the best video game publishers of 2018. Also, we have provided a list of the most popular companies.

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Adrian Werner

December 28, 2018

Top game publishers of 2018

The creators of Dying Light go global as Techland Publishing

The company that gave us Dying Light, Dead Island, and the Call of Juarez series is becoming a global video game publisher, under the name Techland Publishing. They're aiming to release two AAA games a year.

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June 2, 2016

The creators of Dying Light go global as Techland Publishing