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Read More »Animal Crossing provides setting for H&M’s new sustainability campaign
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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 …
18 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…
18 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…
19 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 …
19 hours ago
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.” …
PS5 April Update brings more storage options but no M.2 SSD support yet
Expanded storage still has no ETA
Read More »Oliver Twins announce new studio to work on mysterious Panivox project
"A completely new genre of digital media that can be applied to both entertainment and information"
Read More »Creative Assembly expands with new studio and dedicated motion capture facility
UK-based developer now has 800 employees
Read More »Quantic Dream overturns unfair dismissal decision at appeal
Quantic Dream claims that decision supports its stance that there was no toxic culture at developer
Read More »Epic committed $444m to exclusives in 2020 – Apple claims store won’t be profitable until 2027
With Epic Games Store (EGS), the Fortnite-creator is undoubtedly targeting Steam’s market dominance on PC. But the store has now been drawn into the legal fight between Epic and Apple as well. In court papers for an upcoming hearing, spotted by PC Gamer, Apple uses EGS as an example of …
Read More »Update: Kwalee postpones hypercasual event in Bangalore due to COVID
Hypercasual specialist looks to engage local development community
Read More »Wargaming opens new office in Vilnius, Lithuania
Wargaming officially opens its newest office in Vilnius this month.
Read More »Steam launches an open beta for UTM traffic analytics
Valve has updated its Steamworks platform with an open beta test for UTM traffic analytics.
Read More »Atari splits into Gaming and Blockchain divisions, announces new CEO
Atari has split its business into two divisions: Atari Gaming and Atari Blockchain, as well as announcing a new CEO at the company.
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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!
