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"In an effort to further strengthen business operations, SIE can confirm PlayStation Studios Japan Studio will be re-organized into a new organization on April 1"
Read More »Sony is shutting down development at Japan Studio
Mid-to-hardcore, cross-platform games played on weekdays – Unity’s predicts 2021 trends
Non-mobile gaming grew by over 38 per cent in 2020
Read More »Sony is creating a VR headset for the Playstation 5, with dev kits being sent out soon
“Given this was our first foray into virtual reality, it gives us a chance to apply lessons learned. One of the very vivid illustrations of that is that we will be moving to a very easy single-cord setup.”
Read More »UK courts will not rule on Epic vs Apple until after US courts have had their say
Epic will reconsider case against Apple in the UK after the resolution of the US case
Read More »Dualsense sticks have a lifespan of 417 hours, claims PS5 drift investigation
“After this research, it’s bizarre to us that console makers don’t consider joysticks to be consumable parts and design them to be easily replaced."
Read More »EA completes its $1.2 billion acquisition of Codemasters
“This is the beginning of an exciting new era for racing games and content as we bring together the talented teams at Electronic Arts and Codemasters."
Read More »Guildford’s Turbulenz becomes Larian Guildford – to work on Baldur’s Gate 3
Turbulenz becomes part of Larian and is set to double in size
Read More »Developers can now send their games to Microsoft to test its accessibility
Microsoft has now expanded its Xbox Accessibility Guidelines, and is now offering to assess developers' games to see how accessible they are.
Read More »“73 per cent of Reddit users find out about new games on Reddit” – How to market your game on Reddit
We talk to Reddit’s Harold Klaje, to get a survival guide to an often misunderstood marketing channel
Read More »“A huge learning curve was understanding and being OK with not being able to be as effective as I was pre-COVID” – Joining the games industry post-COVID
We discuss what it’s like to begin a career in our new normal
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