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Indie Game Of The Year Winner Pulled From Xbox Over BDS Boycott
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'AAA publishers are abusing early access,' Denis Dyack says, and that's making things harder for everyone else
Dyack believes that games like Subnautica 2 are "skewing player expectations" for early access games.
Variety
Hollywood Marketing Leaders Gather for a Candid Conversation About the Future of Entertainment
Top Hollywood film and TV leaders gathered Oct. 22 for an intimate dinner and candid conversation about the future of entertainment marketing at a gathering moderated in partnership with Amazon Ads and Variety. Executives who convened at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood compared notes and talked shop about the buzzy subjects that are transforming the […]
GameSpot
Xbox Wants To Be More Profitable Than PlayStation And Nintendo By 2030
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has an ambitious goal: not only to make Xbox more lucrative, but to surpass the profit margins of its biggest gaming rivals, Sony and Nintendo. Speaking to CNBC , Sharma said Microsoft was working to achieve this goal by mid-2030 and had a variety of plans in place, from focusing on more exclusive titles to gaining more ground in the casual games market. "We will build long-term plans for our biggest franchises across film, television, consumer products, sponsorship, live experiences, and form new partnerships globally, including China," Sharma wrote in an Xbox memo, adding that the company will invest heavily in Minecraft and that revenue growth is expected to speed up in the 2028 and 2029 fiscal years. "By Financial Year 2030, our ambition is to be halfway to our long-term daily-player goal with sustained double-digit growth in players and engagement and industry-l
Kotaku
A Rare Pokémon Is Being Distributed Again For The First Time In A Decade, But There’s A Catch
Nag your friends to log in to Legends: Z-A and do their part
PC Gamer
It's Amnesia vs Amnesia in the 'scariest game' semifinals—vote now!
In round three of our 'scariest game on PC' tournament, two Amnesias face off, and Silent Hill 2 takes on Alien: Isolation.
Variety
BAFTA Trustees Accused of Potentially Violating Charity Law Over Free Ceremony Tickets
BAFTA trustees may have violated U.K. charity and company laws by accepting complimentary awards show tickets that were not disclosed in the organization’s financial accounts, according to allegations raised at the British Academy’s annual general meeting this week. Michael Pritchett, chair of BAFTA’s membership council, said legal advice he commissioned suggested that trustees who approved […]