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After missing its original launch date of November 2020, Halo Infinite has been given a new launch window of Fall 2021.
Read More »Halo Infinite gets a new release window of Fall 2021
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Chaos Karts, the UK’s first live action video game, is coming to Shoreditch in August
Described as "the UK's first live action video game," Chaos Karts combines go-karting and augmented …
17 hours ago
IGN aid post row: 71 staff members sign open letter to leadership
Putting any other issues to one side, it looks like a clear case of interference in editorial indepe…
17 hours ago
Former BBC Studios managing director takes charge at Ubisoft studios in the UK
"I am thrilled to be joining Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington at such an exciting time for t…
18 hours ago
Rust finally comes to console: “Right from the start, we tried to keep the game as close to the PC version as possible. That’s why it took so long to develop”
On May 21st, Facepunch Studios’ astronomically popular survival game Rust is finally making its way …
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WarnerMedia to join Discovery – but fate of games businesses remains uncertain
“Some of the gaming arm will stay with AT&T and some will go with the new company.” …
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 »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.
Read More »Why companies need to do more than ‘ticking the box’ – Amiqus’ Liz Prince
Amiqus’ Liz Prince explains why you need to do more than ‘tick the box’ when it comes to diversity
Read More »Kalypso Media fully acquires Realmforge Studios, with Realmforge taking over the Tropico series
Publisher Kalypso Media has announced that it has fully acquired developer Realmforge Studios, and that the developer will take over the future development of the hugely popular Tropico series.
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Rust finally comes to console: “Right from the start, we tried to keep the game as close to the PC version as possible. That’s why it took so long to develop”
On May 21st, Facepunch Studios’ astronomically popular survival game Rust is finally making its way to PS4 and Xbox One, courtesy of Double Eleven.
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“The guiding light is to be the publisher that we would dream for us to have” – Behind the scenes at Playtonic Friends
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[ICYMI] The story of Oddworld: Soulstorm – ‘We’ve always felt that Oddworld was a tremendously undervalued IP’
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“$1.2 billion is a big number. But we think it’s a great opportunity to bring two great companies together” – The inside track on EA’s acquisition of Codemasters
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Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
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Rising Star: Bianca Sarafian, Fall Guys community manager at Mediatonic talks about how Fall Guys inspired her move into community management and her childhood dream come true
Bianca Sarafian, community manager (Fall Guys) at Mediatonic talks about how Fall Guys inspired her move into community management and her childhood dream come true
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Final Boss: “With work from home post COVID; I think we face a very real threat of creating a gig economy if we aren’t careful.” – Bulkhead Interactive’s Joe Brammer
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Ins and Outs – May 2021’s industry hires roundup
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Levelling Up: Media Molecule’s Liam de Valmency on the importance of communication and a flair for problem solving in programming
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DEVELOP JOBS – Your last chance to join Creative Assembly, Firesprite, Sharkmob and many more in our June hiring special!
