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?

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Amazon abandons open-world racing game by former Forza Horizon devs

Maverick Games is seeking a new publisher for its debut game, which remains in development.

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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

The company will use the cash to expand its nascent publishing label.

Game Developer

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.

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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.

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Pocketpair won't publish games that use generative AI

Pocketpair communications director and publishing manager John Buckley explains how AI can harm even its most vocal detractors.

Game Developer

🃏 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/

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Hadi Barkat is always ready to play a new hand

EPFL graduate Hadi Barkat pivoted from the venture-capital industry to game publishing. This 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.

I've finished building out the 3D assets for Rune Rite. The scene is a little messy on the uneven rocky surface, and the lighting needs some work. Lots of tweaks to tweak. But I think this is going to make a bangin' animation. #wip #boardgames #gamepublishing 🎲✂️
Let’s get some testing done! #boardgames #gamepublishing 🎲✂️