Mingzhen Li is the founder and CEO of Playful Digital, which provides market entry strategies for launching and growing international gaming titles in China. For years, breaking into China’s gaming market has meant dealing with uncertainty, long processes, and strict rules, but a new policy from Shanghai might finally offer international developers a faster, clearer … Read more
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Electronic Arts has published its financial results for the first quarter of this fiscal year, claiming a “strong start” to FY26 with net bookings for the quarter exceeding the high end of Q1 guidance. The earnings report also confirms Q1 saw better-than-expected performances for EA Sports — particularly EA Sports F1 25 and Global Football, … Read more
“The situation developed rapidly,” said itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran, in what might turn out to be the understatement of the year. Almost overnight, game developers have awoken in a much more censorious atmosphere than the one they’ve grown used to. The rise of digital distribution has long allowed creators to dictate the content of their … Read more
Sony has filed a copyright lawsuit against Tencent, alleging the latter’s upcoming game Light of Motiram is a “slavish clone” of its tentpole Horizon series, calling the franchise “among its most valuable intellectual property.” In court papers, as first reported by Reuters, Sony demands a jury trial for copyright and trademark infringement and prevent the … Read more
Aheartfulofgames, the Spanish studio behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, says it faces closure after its owner Outright Games signalled its intention to make all employees at the studio redundant. “This decision would result in the permanent closure of our studio and the loss of employment for all 28 professionals who make up our … Read more
A new report has revealed that the UK Games Fund (UKFG) is expected to generate £30 to £58 million ($40.6 to $78.5 million) in productivity benefits for the UK economy. The Evaluation of the UK Games Fund report, published on July 18, is an independent evaluation commissioned by Alma Economics and evaluates the economics and … Read more
Advances in virtual reality headset technology may have slowed in recent years, but the audience for them continues to grow, and even develop new branches. An interesting example of this is the relatively new phenomenon of VR natives. VR natives are people whose primary – and possibly even first – gaming platform is a VR … Read more
Appcharge, the direct-to-consumer payment platform for mobile game publishers, has analysed data from $500 million in web store transactions, revealing a complex variation in payment preferences from country to country. The report has found that credit cards account for around 35% of web store transactions overall, but there is considerable regional variation in their use. … Read more
New data has revealed the best performing third-party titles that launched with the Switch 2 on June 5, with Deltarune and Fortnite leading the pack. Newzoo product manager Max Otten used the platform’s Game Performance Monitor to provide GamesIndustry.biz with an analysis of the digital sales of Switch 2 third-party launch titles on the US … Read more