Gies | Video Games Industry Executive Summary
Mighty Diamonds, Emmanuel Rosier, Casey Al-Kaisy, Dave ThierWeekly intelligence on the video game industry, for executives, analysts, and investors. Published every Friday.
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Anthropic takes steps to block Claude from reverse-engineering video games
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PHP flaw knocks games offline | Switch 2 jailbroken | FC 27 gets PEGI 16 over loot boxes
Final Fantasy 14, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, and more impacted as PHP vulnerability outages hit games around the globe
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BioWare closes after 30 years | Project Helix reportedly late 2028 | Mobile games hide dark patterns
BioWare is closing after 30 years
Project Helix reportedly launching in late 2028, projected to cost between $1,200 and $1,800
Mobile developers use hidden ‘dark patterns’ to manipulate gamers
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Epic goes AI-first on its Disney game | Galactic Racer lead on dopamine fatigue | Nvidia Vera starts shipping
Epic Games Delays Disney Project, Asks Developers to Use More AI
After Burnout, Star Wars: Galactic Racer studio lead says “games should challenge players,” because have too many dopamine hits and “you start to tune it out”
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Skydance merges Paramount and WB game studios | Krafton cancels PUBG Black Budget | Sony sells its VR patents to Meta
Skydance Is Merging Paramount And Warner Bros.’ Game Studios Into One Unit
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Mighty diamonds is a strategic video game consultancy collective focused on the design, publishing, production, management and marketing of video games.
Director of Market Intelligence at Newzoo. Previously at EA across demand planning, Asia publishing, and strategic growth. I write and analyze gaming industry trends for executives and investors.
Casey is a games industry veteran with extensive experience from creating, marketing and operating live service games. He currently helps studios with product, production and management. Games: Helldivers 2, Battlefield, Need for Speed and more.
Helping everyone get a handle on things.
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