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After Google Stadia shut down first-party game development operations, a number of developers have reemerged at former Stadia games boss Jade Raymond at her new Sony-backed Haven Studios.
Haven was formed by Raymond earlier this year following her own departure from Stadia, with the veteran developer having initially being hired by Google in 2019 to oversee its Stadia Games and Entertainment Team.
Google decided to shut down its first-party game studios earlier this year to refocus Stadia as a platform provider, resulting in Raymond leaving the company. The former Ubisoft Toronto and EA Motive boss went on to establish Haven a few weeks later, and is currently working on a new original franchise for PlayStation.
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, Inc, announced today they are to become a founding partner of Riot Games’ Valorant Champions Tour. The deal will see HyperX become the official sponsor for gaming keyboards, mice and mousepads.
“We’re excited to welcome our newest partner to the VCT. HyperX joins us as the Official Keyboard, Mouse, and Mousepad Partner of the VALORANT Champions Tour,” said Naz Aletaha, Head of Global Esports Partnerships and Business Development at Riot Games. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome them and have their amazing products supporting our event in Reykjavik and beyond.“
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Activision Blizzard intends to bring all of its franchises to mobile platforms in some form, according to company COO and president Daniel Alegre.
Alegre was outlining the publisher s mobile strategy during a recent investor Q&A (via Seeking Alpha), and explained the company wants to build on the success of
Call of Duty Mobile, which recently topped 500 million downloads and crossed $1 billion in player spending.
The mobile version of the popular shooter launched in October 2019, and its performance over the last two years has Activision Blizzard very, very excited for the future of this platform.
Although the company has already started its mobile expansion with the launch of
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Kraków Technology Park, the organiser of
Digital Dragons 2021, is pleased to announce the finalists of the next week’s
Indie Celebration – an international competition that is a great opportunity for independent developers to present their games to a selected audience of industry peers, veterans and experts, and to win prestigious awards. The event is supported by co-organizers from Reboot – Adria Games Initiative and DevGAMM.
This year game developers from
50 countries submitted over 250 games. The contest jury after testing each of them decided to pick