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Gamasutra - Paris Court of Appeals backs Quantic Dream in legal battle over misconduct allegations

Paris Court of Appeals backs Quantic Dream in legal battle over misconduct allegations
Detroit: Become Human and
The company said allegations that it created a toxic workplace have been dismissed by the Paris Court of Appeal, completing four previous rulings which had already invalidated the 2018 investigations against the French company.
The legal case centered on a number of reports published by French media outlets that levied serious misconduct allegations against Quantic Dream co-founders David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumiere, and detailed other instances of toxic and predatory behavior at the studio.
Le Monde, Mediapart, and Canard PC all collaborated on the reporting.

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Gamasutra - The Epic Games Store is haemorrhaging cash to deliver exclusives and free games

The Epic Games Store is haemorrhaging cash to deliver exclusives and free games
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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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Gamasutra - Press Releases- Alawar Announces 2D Space Western

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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.

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Gamasutra - Press Releases- Hi-Rez Studios "Unchains Creativity" with Groundbreaking Remote Work Policy

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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.

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Gamasutra - Press Releases- Crystal Raiders VR Open Beta Announced

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- 12.4.2021 - Oulu, Finland -
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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Gamasutra - Press Releases- Bungee Turtle Out Now on iOS and Android

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Vienna, Austria –April 12, 2020– Independent game developer Nader Tawil announces the release of Bungee Turtle on iOS and Android.

Join Bantu and Banta on their epic journey to collect as many coins as you can and unlock all the turtles.

Eat all veggies and fruits to set new high scores but be careful of spikes, falling rocks and enemies that can also fly and bungee.

44 levels

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Gamasutra - Report: PlayStation 3 patches are vanishing for some users ahead of store closure

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The patches for a number of PlayStation 3 titles have seemingly vanished for some users ahead of the closure of the PlayStation 3 digital marketplace.
Back in March, Sony confirmed it would be shutting down the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PSP stores on web and consoles, leaving many fans worried about how the company would look to preserve titles on those platforms.
Journey,
Twisted Metal can no longer be patched on PlayStation 3.
That means new players looking to acquire those titles before the PlayStation 3 marketplace closes in July won't be getting the most up-to-date version, potentially restricting access to features like PlayStation Trophies and online play.

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Gamasutra - Ethan Levy's Blog

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I agree. This tactic of ...I agree. This tactic of hiding the price is a short term optimization that I suspect loses players and thus revenue over the long term. r n r nI remember once clicking a button to unlock a cart in Angry Birds Go and experiencing extreme sticker shock. If memory serves ...
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To EA 's credit, Origin ...To EA 's credit, Origin really does get better every time I log in. I wish I had the ease of managing my whole PC game library from a single client, but know that will never happen. But as it stands today, I 'm pretty happy with Origin as a ...

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Gamasutra - The Epic Games Store is hemorrhaging cash to deliver exclusives and free games

Epic's bid to disrupt the digital distribution status quo with the Epic Games Store is costing the company hundreds of million of dollars each year.

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Gamasutra: Simon Carless's Blog - Analysis: Apple vs. Epic - the key monopoly takeaways

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.

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