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  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] Boston, MA, May 5 2021 - Notable speedrunner Eric “Omnigamer” Koziel and business partner Kristopher Cost today announced the upcoming launch of Game Ventures, a community-driven platform dedicated to challenging and expanding the idea of what’s possible in gaming through speed and challenge runs.   Game Ventures takes the idea of ...

  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2021 - Owlcat Games has announced that the second beta for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is now available on Steam for backers who contributed to the title’s Kickstarter or Slacker Backer campaigns in the relevant tiers. Fans that had access to the game’s first beta may simply update their file to participate in the secon...

  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] Red Bull Campus Clutch is an international, collegiate focused, VALORANT tournament, which looks to crown a global champion among student competitors. The Canadian leg of the event kicked off on March 27th when its first qualifier took place. After 3 qualifiers, the best 12 teams in Canada’s collegiate VALORANT scene were decided, and n...

A host of Stadia developers have left Google to join Jade Raymond at Haven Studios ); } 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 Entertainme...

  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] London (UK) – 5 , 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 ...

); } 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 publishers 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, an...

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  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] 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 eve...

There has been a long-running battle between Epic Games (Fortnite makers) and Apple over Apple’s policy of 30% commission. This means that apps on the Apple App store will pay a 30% commission for every revenue-generating transaction. The 30% commission will be payable if the total sale of the seller exceeds $1 million. However, if it is less than $1 million, then the commission rate will be 15%. Since Epic Games sale is well over a million dollars, it will have to pay 30% commission. For thi...

The director of The Witcher 3, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, has resigned from his role at CD Projekt after accusations of bullying. The VP of Game Development had been with the company for 17 years and was also the design director on Cyberpunk 2077. However, he decided to quit regardless on account of the “bad blood” caused. “Nonetheless, a lot of people are feeling fear, stress or discomfort when working with me,” he reportedly wrote to colleagues in a final apology email. “I am going to ...