Looks like Amazon's gaming division is shifting gears again! They've parted ways with Maverick Games, leaving an ambitious open-world racing title by former Forza Horizon devs in search of a new publisher. Is it just me, or does Amazon's game dev strategy feel like a never-ending beta?

#Amazon #GamePublishing #GamingNews #DevLife #Tech
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/amazon-abandons-open-world-racing-game-by-former-forza-horizon-devs-170234100.html?src=rss

Coyote Time Publishing is a new game publisher from Finland with the ambitious goal of bringing small indie studios to global recognition.

Jussi Loukiainen is the founder of the game publisher Coyote Time Publishing and the game studio Platonic Partnership. He has been active in the Finnish game industry for a long time and has seen firsthand how difficult it can be for even excellent indie games to find their audience. He has extensive personal experience working with publishers and developing games.

Their website: https://coyotetimepublishing.com/
Press release: https://visionist.fi/lehdistotiedotteet/coyote-time-publishing-is-a-new-global-game-publisher-from-finland/

#gamedev #finnishgameIndustry #indiegame #coyotetimepublishing #gamepublishing

Micro-Indie Publisher Pantaloon Closes Pre-Seed Funding Round

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/micro-indie-publisher-pantaloon-closes-pre-seed-funding-round

#gamedev #indiedev #gamepublishing #indiegames #videogames #gaming

INDUSTRY TREND: Sony lost exclusive leverage.

✅Final Fantasy VII Intergrade → Switch 2 day-one
✅Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined → Multiplatform day-one
✅Code Vein II → All platforms simultaneously

Publishers pivoting away from console exclusivity = consumer WIN.

#Gaming #GamingIndustry #Multiplatform #PlayStation #Xbox #Nintendo #GamePublishing #ConsoleWars #2026Trends #TrendingGames #Baskingamer

Welp, it's clear, trying to remake or remaster an very old game it's between impossible and hard AF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=710Gthu07WA

Imagine trying to negotiate with three different publishers and the platform owner.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Retro #Remake #Remaster #MaximilianDood #YouTube #Video #GameDevelopment #GamePublishing #VideogameDevelopment #GameDev

Palworld Maker Pocketpair Won’t Publish Games That Use Generative AI

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-we-don-t-believe-in-it-palworld-maker-pocketpair-wont-be-publishing-games-that-use-generative-ai

#ai #gamedev #gamepublishing #indiegame #videogames #gaming

🃏 EPFL graduate Hadi Barkat pivoted from the venture-capital industry to game publishing. Tomorrow, Thursday, 25 September, the founder and CEO of Helvetiq will give a campus lecture about his unusual career path and how games can be powerful tools for learning, forming bonds and prompting new ways of thinking.

Read more: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/hadi-barkat-is-always-ready-to-play-a-new-hand/

📅 Register for tomorrow's conference (6pm-8pm): https://memento.epfl.ch/event/campus-lecture-de-hadi-barkat-fondateur-et-directe/

#EPFL #GamePublishing #EPFLalumni