Balatro dev bumps update to avoid crunch

"I am working slowly, but I like it that way"

• development
• crunch
• balatro

It's now easier for devs to see impact of discounts on Steam

Valve has introduced more data for studios, including how much revenue a game has generated in a sale per day

• Steam
• developers
• discounts

Kamiya: Scalebound would have been different with a Japanese publisher

“Japanese companies tend to be more open to new challenges"

• publisher
• scalebound

IGDA appoints Limpho Moeti as its chair

The developer organisation has also brought in a new vice chair and secretary

• Job News

CHARTS: Borderlands 4 debuts at No.1 on Steam

This is despite reports of performance issues with the looter shooter

• Steam
• charts
• steam top ten
• borderlands 4

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now sold 4.4m copies

But it has 'officially' shifted 3.3 million units

• data
• sales data
• clair obscur: expedition 33

Initiative boss Gallagher leaves Xbox

He joined Microsoft back in 2018

• Job News

Poncle launched publishing arm to "give something back" to indies

"Basically, we got very lucky with Vampire Survivors"

• Publishing
• vampire survivors

Hades 2 leaving Early Access later this month

"[This] is our team's first-ever sequel, and we've been giving it everything we've got for more than four and a half years"

• early access
• development
• hades 2

Gearbox: "Take-Two does not use spyware in its games"

"We know there have been some concerns from fans about [Borderlands 4's] terms of service.

• terms of service
• borderlands 4

Newzoo: PC to make $39.9bn globally in 2025

Strong performance in China and Japan is helping the sector

• data

Testronic closes Madrid and Belgrade studios amid restructure

4.8 per cent of the company's workforce is being laid off as a result

• Job News
• layoffs

Ubisoft staff push back against Saudi dealings

• france
• assassin's creed
• saudi arabia

Lighthouse taps industry vets to head live service and platform teams

The duo has worked at the likes of Microsoft, EA, Jagex and Bossa Studios

• Job News

Ubisoft makes job cuts within its publishing team

These redundancies are related to the company's new Tencent-backed subsidiary

• Job News
• layoffs