A look at the UK's $5.5B gaming industry, as private equity firm EQT makes a £2.2B offer for Keyword Studios, and other developers shore up their balance sheets
Developers shore up their balance sheets after a difficult few years — Pass the controller. LinkedIn: Patrick O'Donnell LinkedIn: Patrick O'Donnell : Happy to share my thoughts on the Video Games In...
A September 2023 survey of 3,000+ game developers: 84% were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI and 35% were impacted by layoffs
but here's why that's not a bad thing Jason Nelson / Decrypt : Half of Game Devs Use AI, But Creatives Are Wary: Survey Chris Scullion / Video Games Chronicle : A third of developers saw layoffs at th...
A look at sexism in the video games industry; State of the Game Industry 2023 report: ~23% are women, up from 20% in 2022, 5% are non-binary, and 70% are men
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times : X: @dannygroner X: Danny Groner / @dannygroner : “Mara McGreal, a 25-year-old environmental artist at Radical Forge in north-east England, hosts monthly meetups f...
The UK CMA says Microsoft's revised offer to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, addresses its concerns
new consultation suggests an end to the drawn-out Activision Blizzard acquisition saga Oli Welsh / Polygon : A Ubisoft sale clears the final obstruction for the Microsoft-Activision merger Siôn Geschw...
A profile of Debbie Bestwick, the video games industry's longest-serving female CEO, ahead of her year-end departure from UK studio Team17, which released Worms
The outgoing Team17 chief executive on her battles in a sector known for its sexist attitudes — and the role …