Below are some of the news items with which our readers engaged in 2015:
Year-In-Review | The Auditrix:
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Year-In-Review | The Auditrix:
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- Physical Game Sales Hit 24-Year Low in Japan
- Revenue up big for casino apps as gamers go wild for digital gambling
- Potential #audit claim for developers? Sony Begins Free Games Compensation Over 2011 PSN Hack - GameSpot
- Former NFL players score again against EA re: #publicity #right #videogames #litigation
- 20 Percent Of Mobile Gamers Are Mobile-Only | alistdaily
- GameMaker Studio creator acquired for $16.4 million
- Sony to Buy Assets of Streaming-Game Pioneer OnLive
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- Carianne Marshall @Songs talking #videogame #music @AIMPorg with panelists from @Disney @Activision and @EA: Original #songs for video #games are not typically works for hire but instead long term licenses per @AIMPorg @Disney @Activision @EA @Songs
- Brandon T. from @Activision talking about #microtransaction model for new #GuitarHero #game @AIMPorg (Click for video - free to all AIMP members)
- Top 25 game companies generate 65% of revenue, as industry grows 10%
- Kabam restructures to focus only on the biggest mobile game hits
- Chart shows which public companies are making the most money from games
- In-app purchases for indie mobile games: A smart freemium strategy
- Gamasutra: Burak Tezateser's Blog - #Funding your #game #startup
- NetEase's (NTES) CEO William Ding on Q1 2015 Results - #Games Earnings Call Transcript:
- #Mobile #games "driving considerable growth in China's online games industry" per NetEase CFO
- NetEase CFO: "Compared with the same quarter in 2014, we saw revenue increases of 64.8% from online games..."
- NetEase CFO: "Our gross profit margins for the online games business for the second quarter of 2015 was 69.3%"
- Starting up a game business: Contemplating processes
- Composing adaptive music for video games using Elias
- Skills-based video game playing, gambling coming to Vegas casinos
- At #E3 Game Law Bar Association cocktail reception sponsored by @lathamwatkins
- Japan's game market hits record high as consoles decline and mobile grows
- E3 2015's Highs, Lows, and Biggest Games
- Gamasutra - Report: 24% of games in Steam's Summer Sale generated 94% of revenue
- Survey: Devs remain unsatisfied with European #game dev #tax breaks
- VICE Vs Video Games: PewDiePie Made Over $7 Million in 2014 Playing Video Games
- Report: Gameloft lays off staff, shutters New York studio
- "15 #metrics all #game #developers should know by heart"
- Buyer's market, as game biz deals drop 89% in 2015 so far
- Blog: The end of video games
- Industry must adapt to gamers as performers, not consumers - Outpost
- Australia to place 10% tax on all imported goods including games
- GameStop sees sales dip for new games, hardware, digital
- Gamestop (GME) Earnings Report: Q2 2015 Conference Call Transcript
- Investors pour over $11M into mobile game livestreaming firm Mobcrush
- Game developers team up to aid children in warzones
- Marty O'Donnell attorney Tom Buscaglia blasts Bungie for betraying its founding composer
- Using people's names and likenesses in video games
- 'Disappointing' revenues account for Gameloft shuttering 7 studios
- Epic Games releases $3 million in art and sound assets for free
- Sony launches PlayStation Now game streaming in Japan
- #China doesn't want your games
- Playboy and Gamblit Gaming partner to make real-money betting mobile games
- Unionized video game voice actors are considering a strike
- Crunching the numbers behind the indie game boom
- Kanye West is pissed about in-app purchases in kids games
- Unionised video game voice actors overwhelmingly approve strike vote | Ars Technica UK
- See the top 100 countries for game revenue, ranked
- Global games market 2015
- Europe's game biz is world champ at creating value, says Supercell investor
- Report: Casino game players pay nearly twice as fast on mobile vs. web
- Zoe Quinn publishing #Gamergate memoir
- #Microtransactions could feature in all of Nintendo's smartphone #games (Wired UK)
- Survival and success in India's budding games industry
- GameStop report sinks video game stocks, sparks debate
- Is GameStop's Future Played Out?
- GameStop Fires Warning Shot at EA - Fortune
- Sega invests millions in fledgling mobile publisher, GoGame
- Sustainable practices for indie success in today's game market
- The Game of Life: Hasbro fights back against #suit over #royalties
