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UK launches new $40.5m fund to support British game development

AuthorJune 23, 20250

The UK Government has launched a new $40.5m (£30m) fund and pledged to expand the UK Games Fund to support British game development. It has also established a new UK Video Games Council, comprising industry representatives, to establish closer links with Whitehall and drive growth in the UK’s creative industries, which will benefit overall from […]

Promising Minecraft-like Hytale cancelled after ten years in development

AuthorJune 23, 20250

Promising Minecraft-like sandbox adventure Hytale has been cancelled after a decade of development, and creator Hypixel Studios is “winding down” its operations. Hytale began development in 2015, and was Hypixel’s attempt at combining the mini-games found on its hugely popular eponymous Minecraft server – which has been visited by more than 18m visitors […]

Sega Sammy inadvertently posts internal sale data to its public website

AuthorJune 23, 20250

Sega Sammy has inadvertently shared internal sales numbers publicly in a presentation posted to its investor relations website. A table of sales – thought to have been hidden from public view – was archived online before Sega noticed the error and removed the document from its website. The figures recounted sales of most of Sega […]

MindsEye developer confirms layoffs as it “focuses on updates and performance optimization for MindsEye”

AuthorJune 23, 20250

MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has confirmed it has “had to make the painful decision” to lay off staff. The studio’s inaugural title was met unfavorably by both critics and players alike, with the team saying on Discord that it was “heartbroken” about the ongoing optimization and performance issues. According to IGN sources and […]

Dune: Awakening studio is adding “partial warfare” endgame zones to address PvE player woes

AuthorJune 23, 20250

To date, my Dune: Awakening experience has largely consisted of building an ungainly box and hanging from the ceiling in my underwear. But more driven players have already barrelled their way to the endgame, where its “extremely competitive” PvP focus has become something of a concern for PvE players. Enter developer Funcom, which reckons […]

Fable Town tops $5m in lifetime revenue since its 2024 launch | News-in-brief

AuthorJune 23, 20250

Fable Town tops $5m in lifetime revenue since its 2024 launch | News-in-brief

Dune: Awakening tops 1m players, becoming Funcom's "fastest-selling game ever" | News-in-brief

AuthorJune 23, 20250

Dune: Awakening tops 1m players, becoming Funcom's "fastest-selling game ever" | News-in-brief

Sega’s leaked sales figures show Sonic’s new frontier is heading in the right direction

AuthorJune 23, 20250

Over the weekend, Sega accidentally leaked sales figures for a number of its key franchises, revealing – among others – the sales of its open zone game Sonic Frontiers. The numbers were accidentally included on the company’s latest fiscal report and have since been swiftly removed, but not before fans shared the numbers on ResetEra. […]

Dune Awakening worms its way past one million sales, Funcom’s best performing game to date

AuthorJune 23, 20250

Dune Awakening has passed one million sales, making it the best performing Funcom game ever. Just 18 days since the early adopter launch, the game has managed to do what Conan Exiles took a year to achieve. Even now, the game is pulling in roughly 175,000 concurrent player peaks. In an infographic released alongside the […]

MindsEye developer reportedly prepping for layoffs after botched launch

AuthorJune 23, 20250

MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has reportedly started the layoff process at the studio, after an underperforming launch. The report, written by Wesley Yin-Poole at IGN, states the developer has informed staff the redundancy process has begun, with sources stating over 100 employees could be impacted. A source who wished to remain anonymous told […]

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