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Read More »GDC 2019 to honor Amy Hennig with Lifetime Achievement Award
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Woman’s hour: We talk to every woman leading a session at this year’s Develop:Brighton
From accessibility to art pipelines, studio management to charting on Steam, production tips to dive…
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Numskull Designs launches new trade portal website
Merchandiser expands to include businesses of "all shapes and sizes" …
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Staff blame Amazon’s game engine, Lumberyard, for layoffs and cancellations
"They're still ironing out the kinks," said one developer …
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Niantic acquires UK AR developer Sensible Object
"Joining Niantic feels a bit like coming home" …
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A British horror story: Supermassive on how Until Dawn shaped The Dark Pictures Anthology
We talk to Supermassive CEO Pete Samuels about how to deal with crunch when you plan to release a ga…
The Games Media Brit List Awards 2019 now open for nominations
Award ceremony slated for May 16th, 2019, in London
Read More »Hyper Luminal Games: How the studio went from creating GDPR compliance tools to making its own multiplayer console title
Big Crown: Showdown is coming out on console and PC this Friday. We catch up with the Dundee-based developer as it releases its first homegrown IP
Read More »YouTube Gaming celebrates ‘biggest year yet’ as viewers tune in to 50 billion hours of gaming in 2018
"We’re starting to see mobile games being watched much more often"
Read More »Steam is banning games featuring sex and characters that look underage
"This is a very large userbase to lose out on"
Read More »Sledgehammer co-founder Glen Schofield parts ways with Activision
"I feel it's time to try something new"
Read More »EGX Rezzed 2019 Leftfield Collection is now open for submissions
Applications welcome until January 18, 2019
Read More »State of the union: Is it time for devs to unionise?
As the debate on crunch rises again, we look into how trade unions are increasingly under discussion as a solution for game developers – for better or worse
Read More »Former EA Ireland director fights firing over penis reference
Philippe Grenet secures temporary injunction to prevent EA from replacing him
Read More »Super Smash Bros Ultimate becomes fastest selling Switch title in the UK
Super Smash Bros Ultimate broke records, while Just Cause 4 struggled at launch
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A British horror story: Supermassive on how Until Dawn shaped The Dark Pictures Anthology
We talk to Supermassive CEO Pete Samuels about how to deal with crunch when you plan to release a game every six months and how Until Dawn impacted The Dark Pictures Anthology
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Opinion: How to achieve global gaming success with localisation
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Women in Games Awards’ judges speak out: ‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression’
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Happy angry-versary – How Angry Birds is still shaping Rovio’s future
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Improbable Edmonton: Spatial OS’ creator backs Bioware veteran’s RPG revolution
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Anderona Cole on working at Ukie to ‘make the UK the best place to make, sell and play games across the world’
Every month, we pick the brain of an up-and-coming talent. This month’s Rising Star is Anderona Cole, policy and public affairs manager at Ukie
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The sounds of… Alyssa Menes
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Women in Games Awards’ judges headline June’s MCV, out now
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Here’s the shortlist for the MCV Women in Games Awards 2019
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Iterating for better: Unconscious biases and how to keep them in check
