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Report: 94% of devs say AI is going to play “critical role” in QA’s future News Feb 5th, 2025

Report: 94% of devs say AI is going to play “critical role” in QA’s future

Exclusive: "Game development budgets are climbing to new heights, which is great news for the industry, but that means more opportunities for bugs"

US Copyright Office denies DMCA exception for game preservation News Oct 29th, 2024

US Copyright Office denies DMCA exception for game preservation

Big publishers appear to have lobbied against the proposed changes

Newzoo: PC games revenue up 3.9% in 2023 News Apr 3rd, 2024

Newzoo: PC games revenue up 3.9% in 2023

Sector brought in $40.4 billion for the year

Harassment in online games on the rise, according to ADL News Dec 8th, 2022

Harassment in online games on the rise, according to ADL

This is the fourth year in the row the organisation has seen an increase

Newzoo: PC only games sector to grow in 2022 News Nov 16th, 2022

Newzoo: PC only games sector to grow in 2022

Global market to drop by 4.3% overall

Google’s 2022 PC & Console Insights Report highlights what’s important to players Special Report Aug 18th, 2022

Google’s 2022 PC & Console Insights Report highlights what’s important to players

Read Google’s latest insights report that seeks to help game developers grow their game throughout the entire game development lifecycle with useful PC & console player insights.

Blizzard boss says firm isn't doing NFTs News Apr 19th, 2022

Blizzard boss says firm isn't doing NFTs

Follows polling to gauge interest in the business model

Report: Games investments hit $38.5bn in 2021 News Mar 2nd, 2022

Report: Games investments hit $38.5bn in 2021

New record for the industry, already dwarfed by 2022

Revenue generated by Australian studios has doubled since 2016 News Dec 15th, 2021

Revenue generated by Australian studios has doubled since 2016

Country's development talent brought in $160.9 million during 2021

Report: Cloud games market to be worth $13.6bn by 2026 News Nov 17th, 2021

Report: Cloud games market to be worth $13.6bn by 2026

Currently worth around $1 billion

Sweden's games industry brought in $3.8bn revenue in 2020, workers up 11% News Nov 10th, 2021

Sweden's games industry brought in $3.8bn revenue in 2020, workers up 11%

Companies made $834 million in profit last year

IGDA dev survey shows unionisation level has doubled since 2019 News Oct 19th, 2021

IGDA dev survey shows unionisation level has doubled since 2019

12 per cent of workers are involved in a union

UK charity GambleAware says loot boxes "structurally and psychologically akin to gambling" News Apr 7th, 2021

UK charity GambleAware says loot boxes "structurally and psychologically akin to gambling"

Research claims that five per cent of spenders generate 50 per cent of total loot box revenue in a given year

New research shows 1 in 10 young people getting into debt over loot boxes News Dec 24th, 2020

New research shows 1 in 10 young people getting into debt over loot boxes

1 in 6 have taken money from their parents without permission

Leaked PlayStation report shows single player games are "thriving" News Dec 1st, 2020

Leaked PlayStation report shows single player games are "thriving"

Research suggests that the bulk of users aren't turning to multiplayer experiences

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