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Recognising and supporting excellence across the breadth of the UK gaming industry, the winners of the TIGA Awards 2021 have just been announced via a virtual awards ceremony.
Read More »Winners of the TIGA UK Games Industry Awards 2021 announced
Sinclair Book of Remembrance aims to honour the memory of Sir Clive with “digital monument”
“What we’ll have created is a number that represents all of our common and shared experiences in respect to this man. It feels right.”
Read More »How the BGI and National Videogame Museum are transforming lives with games: “Games have a unique new role to play within our society, they’re reshaping the world.”
With the games industry more in the spotlight than ever before, Chris Wallace talks to the BGI and the National Videogame Museum to find out how they’re transforming lives with games
Read More »Phil Spencer speaks out after Bobby Kotick allegations, says Xbox is “evaluating” its relationship with Activision
Spencer remarked that he and the leadership team at Microsoft are "disturbed and deeply troubled by the horrific events and actions” at Activision Blizzard
Read More »Activision Blizzard CEO knew about misconduct at the company for years, claims report
According to a report from the WSJ, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick knew about the allegations of sexual harassment at the company for years, and yet failed to make these details known to the board of directors and executives, and even worked to protect those accused of abuse.
Read More »Phil Spencer confirms The Elder Scrolls 6 is an Xbox and PC exclusive
"I fundamentally believe all of the platforms can continue to grow. But in order to be on Xbox, I want us to be able to bring the full complete package of what we have."
Read More »Playing for Better: How EA’s FIFA is helping make football more inclusive
Efforts to improve diversity and inclusion, right across our society, are finally getting the attention they deserve. But football, for better and worse, has been in the spotlight for such issues of late. We talk to EA about its efforts to make sure the beautiful game is for everyone
Read More »Thunderful Games’ CEO Brjánn Sigurgeirsson and Agostino Simonetta on why the time is right for the indie supergroup to make itself known
“It’s the beginning of a great journey"
Read More »1,000 new jobs planned as Cloud Imperium expands into new Manchester studio
“Manchester is where I started my video game career, so it makes me very happy to announce that we have signed a long-term deal for our biggest office yet, in downtown Manchester."
Read More »“Straight indie publishing, signing games, publishing them. It will end, it won’t make it over time.” – Zordix on the future of games publishing
Zordix has come out of Sweden in 2021 to acquire both the UK’s Merge Games and France’s Just For Games. Putting all three under its wizard’s hat. So what’s the strategy behind this latest Swedish force and where does it go next?
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