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Game publisher VRKiwi announced that the upcoming VR game Crystal Raiders will go into open beta from Friday 23th of April to Sunday 2nd of May (Pacific Time). Crystal Raiders is a co-op action-adventure game by Nieko developers, where the players explore an ancient castle, filled with crystal guardians, traps and puzzles, to find the mystery of the forgotten Wizard Lord. To join the free open beta, go to Crystal Raiders official Discord community and check the #beta-submission channel for detailed information. All open beta participants will be rewarded with the Oni mask, a legendary player headgear.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Hi-Rez Studios announced an industry-leading remote work policy today, allowing creative game industry professionals to work wherever they feel most productive.
The new
Creativity Unchained program allows and encourages over 80 percent of Hi-Rez Studios employees to work remotely in a collaborative, creative environment. Employees can work from most locations in the USA or UK, with work being done to expand the program across Europe.
The Creativity Unchained program formalizes proprietary work processes developed at Hi-Rez Studios during the pandemic, which led to a surge in both employee satisfaction and company revenues.
Analysis: Apple vs. Epic - the key monopoly takeaways by Simon Carless on 04/12/21 03:00:00 pm The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]
Good morning/afternoon, fellow campers, and welcome to another fine week in ‘transmitting bytes across the Internet for video game leisure fun times’. And this entire newsletter is devoted to a lawsuit smackdown that we just can’t turn our heads away from, hurrah.
The Epic Games Store is haemorrhaging cash to deliver exclusives and free games ); }
Epic s bid to disrupt the digital distribution status quo with the Epic Games Store (EGS) is costing the company hundreds of million of dollars each year.
Court documents submitted by Apple ahead of its high-profile showdown with Epic indicate the
Fortnite creator lost around $181 million on the EGS in 2019, and was projected to lose another $273 million on the storefront in 2020.
The filing also notes that Epic has committed $444 million in minimum guarantees for 2020 alone, and is anticipating a further loss of $139 million in 2021. Epic had previously revealed that PC customers spent over $700 million on the EGS in 2020, of which third party games represented 37 percent at $267 million.
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Alawar has announced the development of
They Always Run a game about a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy.
Alawar has announced the development of a 2D action game that s sure to appeal to fans of space westerns. They Always Run is being developed by the company s internal division, known for such projects as Distrust and I am not a Monster. Alawar will be serving as publisher.
The game takes place in an alternate future in which the Empire has fallen and all inhabited worlds have descended into crime. In such times, there s a high demand for people who can find anyone, anywhere – from the central worlds to the outskirts of civilization.