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Halfbrick Once Made A Game So Good They Banned It From Their Office Share Image: YouTube (People Make Games) Sometimes you know you’re onto a good thing when you can’t stop playing. Aussie studio Halfbrick, apparently, went one step too far. The Brisbane devs are the focus of People Make Games’ latest episode, titled The Game Prototype That Had to Be Banned by Its Own Studio. It’s about a game that fans of  Neptune’s Pride will immediately see the appeal of, because it’s full of elaborate planning, espionage and the kind of strategising that leaves people thinking about their ...

Storms today announced its strategic partnership with Smartie Pants to bring the "Smartie Pants" ad revenue management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to mobile game developers around the world. Smartie Pants is an AI-powered solution that allows mobile game developers to increase their eCPM [2] by up to 87% by enabling automated waterfall and bidding optimisation using machine learning algorithms. Smartie Pants maximises the value of in-game ad inventory by working as an additional layer to ad mediation platforms. (Credit: Storms) The partnership between Storms and Smartie Pants will ...

Gaming industry tax offset brings standards in line with film, TV Save Share Local gaming industry stalwarts have welcomed the new 30 per cent tax offset to be introduced as part of the government’s new digital economy strategy, but are quick to point out that their growing sector extends far beyond just game makers themselves. Chris Smith, a peak games industry analyst and founder and chief executive of Big Esports, said the tax incentive is a great start, but he wants outsiders to understand that game development is a small sliver of a much bigger picture. Fruit Ninja is an Australian-...

About the author Steve Wright Steve's the owner of this very site and an active games journalist for the past ten years. He's a Canadian-Australian gay gaming geek, ice hockey player and fan. Husband to Matt and cat dad to Wally and Quinn. Stevivor is an independent video games outlet that has serviced Australia, New Zealand and the world since 2009. We’ve been featured on Google News since 2014, and Apple News, OpenCritic and Metacritic since 2016. We were added to The Game Awards’ jury in 2017 and the Game Critics Awards E3 panel in 2018. Stevivor was named as Highly Commended in the ca...

The biggest expansion yet 30 new games have been added to the Apple Arcade service, bringing the total now up to 180 games. This marks the biggest expansion of the service so far, with new games also coming in the form of Timeless Classics and App Store Greats. Apple Arcade is a subscription service for games, somewhat similar to Xbox Game Pass, but for Apple products. Some of the new games that have been added also include Arcade Originals such as NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition, Star Trek: Legends and Fantasian, the new game from the creator of Final Fantasy. The Timeless Classics include class...