French game developer Drama Studios has raised $2.5 million in seed funding and plans to invest that money in its debut title, the bodycam shooter Not registered. Most of that funding came from VC firm The Games Fund. That’s a lot of money at a time when game funding has declined, in turn leading to … 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
Midnight Society, the studio behind the NFT shooter Fall, Last week, it laid off an unspecified number of employees. News of the layoffs surfaced on social media over the weekend, with a senior environmental artist Tyler Moore's World saying it was “one of many” affected. The study later confirmed the “significant reduction in the workforce” … Read more
Former Capcom developers Hideaki and Saori Utsumi have founded their own independent team, Birdkin Studio. The husband/wife duo is already working on a project for Nintendo Switch and Steam. In their company presentation, they said their mission is to “publish games that make life fun!” Both Utsumis had previously worked at Capcom in the audio … Read more
Hopoo Games co-founders Paul Morse and Duncan Drummond have left the Risk of Rain developer to join Valve. The study he broke the news in a post on X and revealed “many other talented [team] members” have also been hired by Valve. That group will “work on game development” at the Half-Life maker and Steam … Read more
British studio Ballistic Moon, developer behind the upcoming Until dawn remake for PS5 and PC, appears to have laid off an unspecified number of employees. Linkedin posts from several employees indicate that several roles have been cut at the firm, with Animators, programmersAND designers all apparently affected. “Like many others in this wonderful but turbulent … Read more
Even though it has been around in one form or another since the early 80's, people still have room in their hearts for a good old point and click adventure game. In fact, some people (cough zoomer cough) are just discovering how rewarding it can be to patiently examine a myriad of pixels in the … Read more
Independent developer Sleight of hand revealed that it had to scrap the Xbox Series X|S version of its 2022 game, Haakdue to a tumultuous porting process. Over the weekend, the studio released a statement detailing how it spent “over 14 months” trying to bring its game to Microsoft’s console. This proved to be a “nightmare,” … Read more
British developer Pantaloon is returning the favor to other independent studios with a free platform to help those interested in self-publishing. The titular hub includes brand plans and guidelines, press release templates and pitch deck (presentation deck)and a campaign roadmap. According to Pantaloon, the hub will be updated with new resources on a monthly basis. … Read more
“Why are we creating 100-hour experiences for players when there are still a billion people who have never had a 100-second experience?” asks Alex Johansson, kicking off his Hyper Talk at AMAZE Sheffield. Johansson is an award-winning experimental designer, educator and game creator who creates LED gaming experiences for marginalized groups. He is the creator … Read more