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Xbox's Summer Games Fest Demo Event could change the way we look at game events forever
Read More »Can Xbox pull off bringing a major showfloor booth direct to living rooms?
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2K announces prices and terms for next-gen and cross-gen versions of NBA 2K21 – but it could be simpler
£5 premium for next-gen versions plus cross-gen editions available at a premium …
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Paradox acquires Airlines Manager developer Playrion Game Studio
Playrion becomes eight internal studio at fast-growing strategy specialist …
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OFCOM reports that only 3 to 6% of all gamers have ever purchased loot boxes
And only five per cent are signed up to game library subscriptions, and 21 per cent have received up…
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Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot sends open letter regarding sexual harrassment: “Change Starts Today”
“I want to be clear: you are heard, and you are helping drive necessary change within the company” …
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Lord Grade takes to BBC Breakfast to call for loot box regulation – could it happen and when?
House of Lords Gambling Committee calls for urgent action on loot boxes …
Tencent to open new west coast studio to work on AAA next-gen console game
"We're ushering a new era of game culture by combining world-class development with a stress-free work environment"
Read More »Shuhei Yoshida launches PlayStation Indies to take on ID@Xbox
Nine indie games also featured in announcement
Read More »Nintendo stops sales of digital download codes through European retailers
"After careful examination of the evolving European marketplace in recent years, Nintendo has decided to end the availability of download codes for its own-published software via retailers, effective 1st July 2020."
Read More »Gamers prefer to buy from brands with a purpose outside of profit, says Gameloft
Conversely however, gamers are more trusting of companies and brands
Read More »Games industry veterans launch new independent studio, Mountaintop Studios
A new independent, remote-first studio has launched, founded by four games industry veterans.
Read More »Ubisoft’s battle royale game has broken cover: Hyper Scale launches July 12th
New free-to-play shooter to tackle Warzone, Apex and Fortnite
Read More »Starbreeze to raise £21.8m to support further development of Payday 3
New share issue will allow continued development after publishing deal is delayed by pandemic
Read More »Switch hardware supply to return to normal during summer – software development currently unaffected
"Currently, we do not see any impact on software set to go on sale this year"
Read More »A Disco Elysium TV show is planned from Sonic the Hedgehog film producer
“’Disco Elysium’ is a phenomenal property with an expansive world and unlimited potential"
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“I wanted to get bits of British culture in the game that aren’t seen” – Can games help us understand what it means to be British?
We talk to the creators of Pendragon, Landlord’s Super and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture about their take on Britain and how they engage with our biggest issues
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The Yorkshire Games Community – “Yorkshire has a friendliness to it unlike anywhere else I’ve been to”
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Mediatonic launches 300-strong Tonic Games Group – “It means that we can all be much more resilient and stand the test of time”
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“It’s illegal to discriminate based on race. So why does it still happen in the games industry?” – POC in Play explains how to make real change.
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“As streaming platforms like Stadia reduce technical limitations, studios will be given new design possibilities” – ZeniMax Online talks The Elder Scrolls Online on Stadia
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Sensor Tower: How the mobile games market is faring amid the global pandemic
Q1 2020 was by far the best quarter ever for mobile game downloads, hitting more than 13 billion installs across the App Store and Google Play
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Emotion Engine: Video game music to motivate or relax you during lockdown – Thomas Quillfeldt, Laced Records
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Mobile games industry M&A heads into overdrive – Craig Chapple, Sensor Tower
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“Onboarding remotely is uncharted territory for most studios” – Amiqus’ Liz Prince gives tips on onboarding new staff in a pandemic
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Pride in gaming – Gayming Magazine’s Robin Gray on 12 transformative months for LGBTQ+
