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"2020 is set to be an encouraging year for our industry"
Read More »The UK video games industry is ‘on course for growth’
18 hours ago
Sony to increase Playstation 5 production to 10m units by 2021, say reports
Sony seems to be expecting a higher demand for the upcoming Playstation 5, having reportedly increas…
18 hours ago
“Hypnospace Outlaw is the game you tell people not to make” – How Hypnospace Outlaw captured the 90s internet aesthetic through creative self-sabotage
"Extremely skilled people intentionally breaking their work to make it better is an absurd design dy…
19 hours ago
Rising video games and console prices push up UK inflation as lockdown eases
Video games' contribution to the rising inflation rate likely a result of recent high-profile releas…
20 hours ago
Nifty Games opens first internal development studio
Mobile developer and publisher Nifty Games has opened its first internal development studio in Chica…
2 days ago
New EU regulation strengthens hand of developers and publishers in dealings with storefronts
Regulation will provide the industry with greater transparency into the workings of the big mobile s…
Register now to run a Global Game Jam later this month
"Working with this amazing charity has opened my eyes to what a great impact a small staff and a massive team of volunteers can have on a global scale"
Read More »Nexon sells mobile dev Gloops for a single Japanese Yen
"Keeping up with such changes in game development and operations has continued to be more difficult than initially expected"
Read More »Sony appoints Veronica Rogers as new SVP of business operations
"I am excited to join a company that has such a passionate community, legendary history"
Read More »UK retailer GAME will close dozens of stores unless landlords offer ‘realistic’ rents
"GAME with its extensive retail footprint, needs to restructure and landlords need to work with us in setting realistic, fair rents"
Read More »Only 20 per cent of parents use parental controls but half worry about time kids spend gaming – as Ukie launches Get Smart About P.L.A.Y initiative with Rio Ferdinand
New initiative will promote existing parental controls to the vast majority of parents who do not take advantage of them
Read More »Death Stranding leads the nominations for the 20th annual Game Developers Choice Awards
Control and Outer Wilds also pick up several nominations
Read More »Brenda and John Romero headline Interactive Futures 2020
"Their knowledge will provide delegates with invaluable insight"
Read More »Australia games retailer EB Games to close 19 ‘unprofitable’ stores
"EB Games [will] continue to be one of Australia’s largest specialty retailers"
Read More »Simon Prytherch joins Kwalee as its new head of publishing
"I’m looking forward to working with developers from around the world and recruiting a world-class team"
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Beyond a Steel Sky – How Revolution went from a modem to the App Store and reimagined a 25-year old IP
One of the UK’s longest-running studios is bringing back a cult classic IP after a huge 25 year gap
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“We’re not looking for a particular number, or a particular genre of game. We’re interested in the best and boldest studios” – EA’s Originals Recipe
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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?
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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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“Hypnospace Outlaw is the game you tell people not to make” – How Hypnospace Outlaw captured the 90s internet aesthetic through creative self-sabotage
"Extremely skilled people intentionally breaking their work to make it better is an absurd design dynamic."
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Ins and Outs – July 2020’s industry hires roundup
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“Companies who are highly creative and authentic can catch the winds of trends in the attention economy and really succeed” – Roberta Lucca, Bossa Studios
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“Substance is a place to thrive and display your individuality” – Elisha Brown, Substance Global
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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
