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Sega Europe's Brian Ayers has died
Former Konami, Paradox and Capcom marketing manager passed away last week "after a short illness"
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G2 Esports CEO steps down following Andrew Tate controversy
Update: Carlos Rodríguez was on unpaid leave and has now resigned after defending his links with the controversial influencer
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Physical edition of Stray launches at No.3 | UK Boxed Charts
Splatoon 3 racks up third consecutive week at the top of the retail charts
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Nihon Falcom's Legend of Heroes franchise has sold 7m units to date
The first RPG launched in 1989 and all titles after 2004 have been sequels of The Legend of Heroes VI: Trails in the Sky
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17-year-old reportedly arrested over GTA 6 hack
London Police announce hacking arrest; journalist says youth suspected in breaches of Rockstar, possibly Uber
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Newzoo: 43% of Brazil's game users spend money on titles
Report also says that with a player base of 101 million, the country is the fifth largest for active users globally
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Keep the gambling stigma alive | This Week in Business
Betting is increasingly normalized in the video game world and beyond, but we don't need to embrace it so eagerly
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Ubisoft staff call for more change, "explanations" around harassment
Update: A Better Ubisoft makes additional claims about low pay and ignored questions around toxicity
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Epic, Women in Games and Dove launch campaign to improve female character diversity
Programme also aims at "supporting young girls with self-esteem education across the virtual world"
Opinion
Leaks and hacks are not the same as investigative reporting | Opinion
Leaks of GTA 6 footage and the uncovering of NDA breaches stand to make life harder for developers and media alike – but beware false equivalences with investigative reporting
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Valve launches new Steam Charts section
New listings will be ranked by total revenue, including DLC and in-game transactions
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Wired Productions launches Black Razor Records
Music label to donate its first album's Bandcamp proceeds to mental health non-profit, Safe In Our World
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Life after Armello: How League of Geeks wants to "nip at the revenue of the big guys"
Co-founder Trent Kusters on remaking cult classic Solium Infernum, the challenges met along the way, and the thriving Australian industry
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Theorycraft Games raises $50m in Series B funding
League of Legends game director Jon Belliss joins the studio as its newest talent acquisition
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Return To Monkey Island | Critical Consensus
Critics praise Ron Gilbert's return to the long-absent adventure game franchise as Guybrush is introduced to a new generation
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Growing the Icelandic games industry beyond CCP Games
From Web3 to indie narrative games, 50% workforce growth and record investment shows Iceland's games industry soaring to new heights
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YouTuber Dunkey forms indie games publisher Bigmode
"We've put a lot of effort into making the most developer-friendly contracts possible," content creator says
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Cyberpunk 2077 ramps up to 1m active players following Netflix anime, Edgerunners update
CD Projekt recently told investors it will continue building franchise beyond video games
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Logitech takes on Switch and Steam Deck with cloud-centric handheld this October
G Cloud will launch with access to Xbox, Nvidia GeForce Now and Steam Link, priced at $349.99
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Anemone Hug Interactive forms the first Canadian video game union
The group joins the multiple industry unionization efforts that have taken place throughout 2022
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US Dept. of Homeland Security funds research into extremism in gaming
Anti-terrorism agency gives almost $700,000 to a program for monitoring, evaluating, and preventing extremist activities in gaming spaces
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Twitch lowers top streamers' revenue share
Partners who had been receiving a 70/30 split will be downgraded to a standard 50/50 split after first $100,000
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Digital Confectioners receives Tencent investment
The games studio says the funding will go towards two new game development projects and staff expansion
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Ex-Rocksteady dev says studio offered money after harassment complaint, but no apology
In withdrawing from consideration for an award sponsored by the Suicide Squad developer, Kim MacAskill says Rocksteady is "image over intention"
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Deep dive: The Riftbreaker's Metal Terror DLC
GameDiscoverCo's Simon Carless follows up with EXOR Studios' Pawel Lekki to find out how the add-on did and why pricing was an issue, but only for players from one region