Publisher 505 Games is expanding its its focus in the free-to-play market with the acquisition of Australian developer Plus Two, creators of the Puzzle Quest series and successful F2P puzzle RPG Gems of War.
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Barclays and NSE (National Student Esports), the official body for university esports in the UK, have announced the first Games Innovation Challenge, a games development competition for students across the UK to test their skills and creativity.
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2020 proved to be a bumper year for the Switch in Japan, as it recorded its highest annual sales in its four-year history.
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Latest generation of consoles not well suited to efficient media playback either
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Streaming in data for the dense open world city is the key culprit
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We speak to the team at Frontier Developments about taking players out of the cockpit for the first time
Read More »Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment to make Star Wars title – ending EA’s exclusive deal
Open world game looks to be very early in development
Read More »The UK games industry on course for growth in 2021, but just 48 per cent regard the UK as a favourable environment for business
Despite that the fact that the UK games industry is set to see further growth in 2021, just 48 per cent of survey respondents regard the UK as a favourable environment for business.
Read More »Payload Studios launches games incubator for underrepresented developers
Payload Studios is calling for up to eight early-stage game developers from underrepresented groups to apply to its new Tentacle Zone Incubator programme.
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