Thursday, 5 December 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 5 December 2024.

General2 stories

Eurogamer

Shown off at Siggraph Asia 2024
The demo states this feature "tracks the position and posture" of the users' hands, and the "library is available with the latest SDK of PlayStation 5".

Eurogamer

Business6 stories

Eurogamer

"After a long and difficult road of trying to get Deceive Inc in a state where it could thrive, we have reached the breaking point," co-founder says

GamesIndustry.biz

All affected employees will receive severance packages and have been allowed to keep their work computers. Piggott added that the company is "working hard to help people find positions at other studios where we can."
The news follows the early access launch for the studio's latest game, zombie shooter No More Room In Hell 2. Despite the cuts, Piggott emphasised that the studio is "fully committed as we move forward with a full 1.0 release in 2025."

GamesIndustry.biz

Through the agreement, Smilegate - the company behind Amazon Game's MMORPG, Lost Ark - will work with Absurd Ventures' new IP. The company said it will "benefit from Houser and his team’s proven narrative, AAA game and business expertise in the Western market, while Absurd will benefit from Smilegate’s expertise in the Asian market."

GamesIndustry.biz

With funding primarily from firms The Open Platform and s16vc, the company is hoping to get in HTML5's "renaissance" in games. In the announcement on December 3, it outlined its plans for its PaaS ecosystem, which will include a unified SDK to allow for publishing across multiple platforms, a QA tool that consolidates those platforms' requirements into a single list, and tools for monetization, marketing, and payments.

Game Developer

After years of using Mamboo to court hypercasual players, MyGames is putting its focus back on 'mid-core' releases.

Game Developer