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Chapeau Mario, chapeau – the Steam Deck is Valve's effort to grow the PC gaming ecosystem and it's one we should all support
Read More »Did Nintendo just instigate the next step in PC gaming with Steam Deck?
“I’ve never wanted gaming hardware to stick the landing so much” – The industry reacts to Valve’s Steam Deck
"Valve is much better positioned than others to enter this market"
Read More »Valve reveals the Steam Deck, a £349 handheld gaming PC
The portable device will launch this December, at a £349 price point.
Read More »Mod Mode – a legal view on mods and your game
"Modding can present some thorny legal issues which developers heading down this path should bear in mind"
Read More »Netflix hires EA veteran to head up gaming development – so what’s the plan?
Like Google, Netflix has the cash to throw at such an effort, unlike Google it already has 210m eyeballs pointed straight at TVs
Read More »Avoid the mounting costs of multiplayer games with hybrid cloud
“While relying on the cloud might eat up your budget, relying on bare metal alone might not allow a studio to scale up fast enough if a game becomes popular.” [In association with Improbable]
Read More »[ICYMI] Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
With 60m users Adopt Me! is the gaming titan you might (still) not have heard of. Now the team behind it is taking on a new identity as Uplift Games – a globally-distributed mix of Roblox natives and industry veterans, all set to help define the metaverse
Read More »Xbox Family Settings App introduces spending controls
"One of the top pieces of feedback we've received from parents about the Xbox Family Settings app is to include options to track and manage kids' spending"
Read More »Green Game Jam 2021 winners announced
The winners of the 2021 Green Game Jam, organised by the UN-facilitated Playing for the Planet Alliance, have been announced.
Read More »Northgard developer Shiro Games launches new publishing label
“The team at Shiro is proud of what we’ve built over the years and are driven to apply that collective knowledge and experience to lifting up other talented independent studios"
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