UK games industry fundamentally misunderstood, new report calls for unified research framework
… UKIE and OKRE are calling on the games industry, government, and academia to collaborate on this framework to address identified research gaps. …
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Union raises concerns over gender pay gaps, bonus management, and crunch at Rockstar
Rockstar union members have raised concerns regarding potential gender-based pay gaps, contractual overtime requirements, and the management of bonuses. …
Mobile gaming has a new, and growing, measurement problem | Opinion
… What looks like a revenue decline may simply be a measurement gap. I've spoken with some studios reporting that D2C now accounts for somewhere in the range of 50 to 60% of their revenue. …
As AI costs rise, there’s little evidence of major utility in game development | Opinion
… What emerges most clearly from talking to people with actual experience of these tools is that there has been a sharp enthusiasm gap between developers themselves and executive-level decision makers. …
Krafton, Inc. vs the former Subnautica 2 lead developers: a timeline of events so far
… "Due to a gap between the current state and the content volume assumed during the initial launch planning, it is necessary to reassess the release timeline and roadmap," one slide concludes. …
"This is going to be a niche device" – Analysts react to the $1,000+ Steam Machine price reveal
… From Valve's own statements and the reporting around launch, the price came in well above the $700 to $800 band Valve had originally targeted. Valve attributes the gap to higher DRAM and NAND costs as AI data-centre demand absorbs supply." In short, he says, "Valve is not subsidizing the hardware. …