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Total worldwide audience was pegged at 770m, up by 165m over the year

Ukie's policy and events officer, Grace Shin, brings us a breakdown of how yesterday's budget will impact game businesses

“This acquisition will be instrumental in growing our iconic licenses and brands from mobile to PCs and consoles, while helping to further expand Zynga’s total addressable market.”

45 companies will be offering a total of 115 roles across the UK, with paid six-month placements across a range of disciplines available to out of work young people.

"We can confirm that Hardsuit Labs recently experienced layoffs."

Epic Games has acquired Tonic Games Group – which includes Fall Guys creator Mediatonic

“Given the privacy-related changes to iOS 14 and the industry at large, it is more important now than ever to find inventive ways of understanding the context of an ad placement..."

Games will no longer have to compete with films and TV series

13 nominations for The Last of Us Part II sets new record

Forty-five games businesses – including EA, Nosebleed Interactive, Plan of Attack, Drumroll HQ and Futurlab - will be advertising 115 roles