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Creative Assembly seem to have come up with the best strategy yet for the tricky Epic exclusive
Read More »So why is Creative Assembly giving away Total War for 24 hours on Epic Games Store?
Konami wants to publish your game – from indie to AA – with new third-party publishing unit launched
A turnaround at the Japanese publisher as it dives back into the console and PC publishing market
Read More »Gaming presses pause in respect of US protests – Activision joins EA and PlayStation – but what about the other ‘E3’ shows?
Multiple gaming giants have announced the delay of major announcements over the last 24 hours. Activision, PlayStation and EA lead the move, with all three postponing events which were to have taken place this week, in response to the continuing protests in the US after the death of George Floyd. …
Read More »BAFTA announces this year’s Young Game Designers finalists
BAFTA has announced the 53 individual finalists for the tenth anniversary of the Young Game Designers competition.
Read More »Avalanche Studios Group to open new location in Liverpool
A core team of five developers will be starting work in June, and the studio will immediately begin recruitment to fill an additional 20 positions.
Read More »Xbox launches Family Settings app to empower parents – with special Minecraft feature
No new ways of managing store-based purchases yet in this preview version of the app
Read More »“If we released this game now, everyone would assume it was about the quarantine” – Why Kind Words is the perfect lockdown game
We take a look behind the scenes of Popcannibal’s BAFTA-winner, its surprisingly political beginnings and why it’s the perfect game for the current crisis with over 1.6 million messages sent to date
Read More »The SSD revolution – developers on why fast storage is the real game changer for PS5 and Xbox Series X
Th next gen will also bring the first SSD-equipped consoles, capable of loading data one hundred times faster than ever before. Developers tell us about the impact on engineering and design, as well as some exciting possibilities for the future
Read More »“Working on Get Packed from home during COVID-19 has been business as usual, thanks to Stadia” – Coatsink and Moonshine studios on developing for Stadia
We find out how Stadia’s cloud-based development is helped deliver Get Packed to market
Read More »How are you managing? Remote management advice from across the industry
We reach out to the industry to find out how best to manage your team during the pandemic
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