A year after the introduction of a controversial Cost of execution that has sparked outrage among game developers and sparked growing interest in alternative game engines, Unity is scaling back its policies. The change isn’t happening in a vacuum. Unity is also raising prices for its Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise subscriptions, which CEO Matthew … Read more
Mintrocket, the studio behind the 2023 hit Dave the diver, has been converted into a complete company from parent company Nexon. This “new” company will exist as a subsidiary of Nexon Korea and David Director Jaeho Hwang has been named CEO. Nexon is looking to grow Mintrocket as a studio with a “reputation for rapidly … Read more
From the outside, you get the sense that Atari CEO Wade Rosen has steadied the ship since taking the helm in 2021. Before that, the company had struggled with uneven finances, struggled to realize its vision for the Atari VCS console (after allegedly failing to pay hardware manager Rob Wyatt) and began dabbling in the … Read more
Sony, supplier of original franchises such as The Last of Us, Uncharted, Horizon, Killzone, Ratchet and Clank, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, God of War, LocoRoco, and Astro Bot believes it could do more to develop domestic IPs. Speaking to the Financial Times Regarding the company's place in the entertainment world, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki said it needs … Read more
One day after collaborating with Expert gaming group to provide financial support to developers in Saudi Arabia, Xsolla is now under fire because its CEO treats the company like his “personal piggy bank.” For BloombergSix former executives have filed lawsuits against Alexander “Shurick” Agapitov since 2019. Two of them have raised concerns about how he … Read more
Earlier this year, developers of Apple Gallery have aired their complaints to the tech giant. Now, another report from Mobile player shows that the relationship has become further strained. Some of the complaints from sources are based on what was discussed earlier in February. Developers are now waiting up to six months to get paid, … Read more