Unity Technologies Employees Protest Runtime Fees By Leaving The Company

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Developers aren’t the only ones protesting Unity Technologies plans to add runtime fees as several of the company’s employees have decided to leave rather than be a part of its new money-making scheme. Senior Software Engineer Jono Forbes and other developers who opposed the runtime fees recently tendered their resignations after the company ignored their advice and announced the pricing [...]

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Game Developers Unite Against Additional ‘Runtime Fees’ For Unity Engine

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Earlier this week, Unity Technologies faced massive backlash from video game developers when it announced its plans to add “runtime fees” for the Unity game engine. Basically, the company will be charging developers a small fee for every installation of a game that uses the engine on top of the annual licensing fee. The said runtime fees could reportedly be [...]

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Embracer Group Is Reportedly Selling Gearbox Entertainment And Its MMOs

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Embracer Group’s failed $2 billion partnership deal is generating bigger waves than we initially expected. With the company undergoing major restructuring, cancelling games, and laying off employees to stay afloat, its now reportedly considering selling off Gearbox Entertainment and its portfolio of MMOs. According to Reuters, the Swedish video game holding company is currently talking with advisors on potentially selling [...]

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Former Star Citizen Developer Paints A Picture Of A Struggling Development Studio

A former Cloud Imperium Games developer has spoken out about his views on the studio’s management of Star Citizen’s development. The exposé comes hot on the heels of our report on the game’s total crowdfunding numbers and layoffs within the studio. The anonymous developer, who reportedly worked on multiple gameplay systems for the sci-fi sim in the seven years that [...]

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BioWare Restructures And Downsizes To Become A ‘More Focused’ Studio

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BioWare will be joining the growing list of development studios and publishers that have undergone some form of restructuring to better cope with the economic challenges being faced by the video game industry. According to General Manager Gary McKay, restructuring will allow them to become a “more agile and focused” studio but will unfortunately require them to layoff several of [...]

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Enad Global 7 Reports Minimal Growth In Q2 2023, MMOs ‘Predictably Stable’

It looks like Enad Global 7’s unprecedented revenue growth is finally flattening out after a two-year run. The Swedish video game holding company’s Q2 2023 financial report shows a mere 4.3% increase in revenue compared to the same period last year which saw a 48.2% increase year-over-year. According to EG7, Big Blue Bubble’s My Singing Monsters has once again been [...]

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Square Enix Reports CY Q2 2023 Earnings - MMO Revenue Drops 22% While Profit Tanks 65%

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Square Enix reported their calender year Q2 2023 (April-June) earnings report today and in it there were some disappointing figures. While total revenue increase 14.4% year over year (thanks to 8 days of Final Fantasy XVI revenue contribution), profits collapsed 65%. The company attributed the weak profits partially to increased amoritzation of FF16 development costs. The MMO and mobile game [...]

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UK’s CMA Asks Interested Parties To Weigh In On Microsoft-ABK Acquisition

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority is giving Microsoft another chance to convince them to approve its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Readers will remember that the CMA had already blocked the merger back in April but reopened negotiations after Microsoft agreed to additional provisions. More recently, the CMA asked interested parties to weigh in on the matter, asking for comments [...]

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