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Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced that it has acquired UK developer and publisher Hutch Games, known for its free to play mobile titles such as Rebel Racing and F1 Manager.
Read More »MTG acquires UK developer and publisher Hutch
Halo Infinite gets a new release window of Fall 2021
After missing its original launch date of November 2020, Halo Infinite has been given a new launch window of Fall 2021.
Read More »Curve Digital appoints John Clark as its new CEO
UK publisher Curve Digital has announced that it has appointed Tencent and Sega veteran John Clark as its new CEO.
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 contains images that could cause epileptic seizures, report warns
A report from Game Informer has warned that Cyberpunk 2077, due to be released on December 10th, contains images that can trigger seizures in epileptic players.
Read More »MY.GAMES buys minority stake in mobile studios Appyfurious, Purple Games and AppLife
MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC) has announced that it is investing in three mobile studios
Read More »Google Stadia expands to eight new European countries
Google Stadia is now available to anyone with a Gmail account in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland.
Read More »[From the industry] Submissions for the 23rd iteration of the Independent Games Festival are now open
Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2021, are now accepting submissions for the 23rd annual iteration of the Independent Games Festival
Read More »Activision sues Netflix for “poaching” their former CFO
"Netflix has a demonstrated pattern of caring only about attracting and employing whoever Netflix wants, regardless of whether it violates the law along the way."
Read More »Assemble Entertainment announces strategic business partnership with Chinese Publisher WhisperGames
Assemble Entertainment and Chinese publisher WhisperGames have announced that they have entered a long-term business partnership, which will see the two companies co-publishing games within their respective portfolios globally.
Read More »The games industry spent $45M in ad spend in the first two weeks of November
The jump in ad spending coincides with the launch of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the data shows that Sony spent significantly more than Microsoft during this period.
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