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May 3rd, 2021 – Reykjavík, Iceland – Today, CCP Games revealed Foundation, the second Quadrant of 2021 for the deep and uniquely player-driven spacefaring MMORPG,
EVE Online. Honoring the history and legacy of New Eden’s four empires,
EVE Online: Foundation launches for free to all players on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.
Over the course of the
Foundation Quadrant, New Eden’s four Empires will be brought into the spotlight across four video featurettes, celebrating the unique identities that define and connect them. Throughout the Quadrant, each Empire will take center stage with themed events and activities in which players can participate.
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Part 2 focuses on the PC market, especially the use of the Steam backdoor. Find out how game devs from around the world have found success in the Chinese market by localizing their game in unique ways that you can use today.
I agree It s incredibly .I agree It s incredibly effective, but definitely not perfect. But considering if you re launching on Steam, I wanted to cover things that an individual dev can do to help themselves out. But again, Steam has done wonders in their own regard
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Gtarcade, May 3rd, 2021 - Gtarcade, the leading mobile game publisher known for its popular titles such as Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming or Legacy of Discord, is excited to announce that a new simulation RPG, Simure Vikings is now soft-launched on Google Play in selected regions. The game is now open for pre-registration globally and set to launch soon on Google Play and iOS.
In history, the Vikings were formidable people that valued strength and bravery, who sailed the savage seas in search of new lands. In Simure Vikings, players are put in the role of a Viking Jarl in the medieval Scandinavia where they will lead their clans to fight for survival and glory.
Marketing for Game Devs: Store Page by Michael Wagner on 05/03/21 07:46:00 am 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.
Oof. this got way longer than I thought, and between this and some personal goings on behind the scenes, this was challenging to write. I definitely want to come back to this and improve it more, but I think this gets your 95% of the way there.
Building the sales funnel
Understanding marketing is understanding human behavior. Every year, companies spend billions of dollars on consumer behavior research and there s no better example of this than walking into a grocery store. But, when you don t have a physical store, you have to entice people along the buying process. In sales and marketing, we call
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Microsoft was, at one point, considering a change to its revenue share scheme on both console and PC but eventually decided to reduce its cut on PC only.
According to documents obtained by The Verge just ahead of Epic Games vs. Apple court date, Microsoft did consider reducing its 30 percent cut of digital Xbox game sales to only 12 percent as recently as January 2021, but seemingly abandoned that plan at some point since.
The idea, according to that partially redacted court document, was to shift all of Microsoft s video game storefronts to an 88/12 revenue share at some point this year, ultimately giving a larger cut to developers on both PC and Xbox and matching similar splits from the likes of the Epic Games Store, Apple s App Store, and Google Play.