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This Week In The Business_ No Designers, No Dancing Unicorns, No Problem

By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001

QUOTE | “I think one of the things that we H25 won’t be looking to do very soon is World of Dancing Unicorns.” – Wargaming’s head of EU marketing Keith Anderson, talking about what new games Wargaming will and will not be working on Elsewhere in the business of gaming this week… QUOTE | “Halfbrick remains a design focused company and this change will empower everyone in our teams to contribute to design rather than concentrate design control in the hands of a few.” – Halfbrick CEO Shainiel Deo, explaining how the company still plans H25 to develop new “fun and innovative” mobile games after laying off all its designerscnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1731808989","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"culture","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"culture","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); QUOTE | “I’m pretty sure if a game has something interesting, it will find its public.” – Digixart founder Yoan Fanise, talking about why he’s not so concerned about the potential for an “indiepocalypse” that has many indie developers h25 com สล็อต​ worried QUOTE | “As an industry, we’ve lost our internal compass for what ‘good’ even means any more.” – Kabam’s president of studios Aaron Loeb, talking h25 com สล็อต​ about why mobile game developers need to decide what type of games to make for the more demanding audiences of today STAT | 30 million – Number of VR headsets projected to have shipped by 2020, according to research firm Juniper; Juniper expects VR “to transform the entertainment industry” With games and video being the major applications QUOTE | “I think there’s a bit of skepticism right now with motion control so it might take a while to come back.” – Smoking Gun Interactive CEO John Johnson, talking about why the developer is not working on more Kinect titles after doing 11 of them QUOTE | “We are still challenged somewhat with a censorship regime that we have to work with. This can be time-consuming.” – Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House, talking about why the PS4 is off to a slow start in China QUOTE | “We usually don’t comment on rumours but this one has become quite viral and we think h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ it deserves to be put to bed. We are not talking with anyone regarding selling CD Projekt Red or GOG.com. Period.” – CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcus Iwinski, talking about rumors the company is about to be sold to Electronic Arts STAT | 62% – Percentage of game industry employees who still consider crunch time to be an inescapable part of their careers, according to an IGDA survey; half of those working crunch are pulling 60 hours a week, with 17% clocking 70 or more hours per week QUOTE | “Where some may say the Apple TV has limitations, I instead see these limitations as solutions to problems which caused previous consoles to fail in gaining acceptance h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ​ in the living room.” – Game consultant Graham McAllister, explaining why he thinks Apple TV will do well with games QUOTE | “The NCAA recently informed EA Sports that these 13 student-athletes would be risking their eligibility for collegiate athletics by being included in FIFA 16. We do not agree with this position.” – Electronic Arts, in a statement about why they removed 13 women from FIFA 16 who are attending NCAA-sanctioned schools STAT | $765 million – Global revenues expected from eSports in 2018, according to research firm Newzoo; the company expects eSports fans to total 165 million by 2018 Top image via Shutterstock

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