Rachel Kaser

How games companies can attract (and keep) new talent

At our recent GamesBeat Next event, we held our ninth Women in Gaming Breakfast, where I had the opportunity of speaking with Dametra Johnson-Marletti, Microsoft’s CVP of digital gaming sales. Following a theme at our event of looking to the future of gaming — in this case, more growth and an abatement of the layoffs that have plagued 2024 — we spoke about the future of gaming employment and how the industry itself can foster

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Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead, NBA 2K franchises post high sales in Q2 FY24

Take-Two Interactive today released its quarterly earnings report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2024. The company revealed details about its most popular game franchises, including that Grand Theft Auto has again performed at the top of Take-Two’s expectations. According to its report, Grand Theft Auto V has sold over 205 million units worldwide, setting the stage for its successor, Grand Theft Auto VI, which is still planned for a fall 2025 release. Two

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EA Sports FC 25 tops September sales, continues football win streak | Circana

For the third month in a row, a football game has taken the top slot in the U.S. sales charts, according to industry-tracking firm Circana. Granted, the three games represent two different kinds of football — while Madden NFL 25 and EA Sports College Football 25 dominated August and July, respectively, September’s big seller was EA Sports FC 25. Circana reports that the latter also broke a record, having the highest launch month sales of

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Game studios are getting candid about funding problems | Kaser Focus

The games industry’s economic struggles are not exactly an unknown — by now, it’s been over a year since the layoffs, studio closures and game cancellations began in earnest. Somewhere in the midst of this, game companies have become somewhat more transparent about the goings-on behind the scenes. And recently, that’s taken the form of admitting when they’ve simply run out of money. Surgent Studios revealed today it’s put its staff on notice as it’s

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