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New share issue will allow continued development after publishing deal is delayed by pandemic
Read More »Starbreeze to raise £21.8m to support further development of Payday 3
18 hours ago
Could Sony be about to acquire Xbox work-for-hire stalwarts Splash Damage?
Bloomberg sources believe that Sony is in talks to acquire parent Leyou which includes Warframe's Di…
19 hours ago
Will Rishi Sunak become the ‘next-gen Chancellor’ with £500 giveaway?
£500. For every adult. In the same year as a new console generation. You couldn't make it up. …
20 hours ago
PC gamers blame VPN abusers for huge Horizon Zero Dawn price hikes
Prices have almost tripled overnight in some regions …
21 hours ago
“I like the problem-solving aspect of my role; trying to figure out why we see certain patterns in the data” – MAG Interactive’s Lucy Hill
Lucy Hill, business Intelligence analyst at MAG Interactive talks about her break into games, helpin…
4 days ago
Paradox acquires Airlines Manager developer Playrion Game Studio
Playrion becomes eight internal studio at fast-growing strategy specialist …
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"
Read More »Lifetime spending in Roblox Mobile surpasses $1.5 billion
The mobile version of MMO sandbox title Roblox has seen players spending over $1.5 billion
Read More »Microsoft to close all of its physical retail locations
Microsoft is looking to repurpose some of its stores, and will open four "Microsoft Experience Centers"
Read More »Focus Home Interactive acquires Deck13 and reports record year
Focus Home Interactive have strengthened their already successful year with the acquisition of German studio Deck13 Interactive.
Read More »Keywords Studios acquires Unreal specialist Coconut Lizard
Deal valued at £2m with 29 staff joining the XDev giant in its first post-COVID acquisition
Read More »Jagex reports best ever results as Runescape subscribers rise by half a million
Revenue increased by 19.4 per cent year-on-year, up to £110.9m
Read More »Phil Spencer: Xbox All Access could be critical to Xbox Series X launch post-pandemic
“Xbox All Access [will let you] get into a new hardware generation without the big upfront cost”
Read More »Swift Spotlight: How accessibility and design impact play
Aardvark Swift speaks to INT/NIGHT’s Craig Allen on why UI design must be considered early on and is at the core of making games more accessible.
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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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“I like the problem-solving aspect of my role; trying to figure out why we see certain patterns in the data” – MAG Interactive’s Lucy Hill
Lucy Hill, business Intelligence analyst at MAG Interactive talks about her break into games, helping grow a game into a hit, and taking up Call of Duty
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Sensor Tower: How the mobile games market is faring amid the global pandemic
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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
