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Sony donates $3m to USC Games' Gerald A. Lawson Endowment Fund
The investment will go towards securing over 60 scholarships for Indigenous and Black students
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GameStop chairman's co-defendant in insider trading suit found dead
Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Gustavo Arnal dies weeks after he and Ryan Cohen were accused of pump-and-dump scheme on homeware retailer's stock
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Arcane is awarded Emmy for Oustanding Animated Program
The show inspired by Riot Game's League of Legends is the first streaming series to win the category
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How to get a job as a product manager
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy explores the routes into this sometimes broadly defined but business-driven and very crucial role
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PlayStation hardware architect Masayasu Ito retires this month
Sony veteran who engineered PS4, PS4 Pro and PS5 will leave the company on October 1
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ByteDance reportedly lays off hundreds from games division
But TikTok owner will maintain operations for projects that are already live
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Virtuos opens co-development studio in the Bay Area
New location to offer art, design and engineering services
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What UKIE is doing to protect game IP
Intellectual property coordinator Mo Ali details how the trade body is combating not only piracy but the other ways people are exploiting content
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Nintendo removing Mario Kart Tour loot boxes in October
Mobile game will replace randomised rewards with a rotating item shop
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Microsoft launches shared Xbox Game Pass plan in Ireland and Colombia
Feature lets up to five people share one subscription, new countries may be added in the coming months
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Snap confirms layoffs of around 1,300, games business on hold
Move to reduce costs will see company put its games and mini-apps into "maintenance mode"
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The Last of Us Part 1 leads wave of new releases | UK Boxed Charts
Naughty Dog's epic back at No.1, other Top Five new entries include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and F1 Manager
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Glen Schofield back pedals Callisto Protocol crunch comments
Striking Distance boss followed up deleted tweet, claiming the studio values "passion and creativity, not long hours"
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Splitgate maker ceases updates and announces new game project
1047 Games says that its new title will be within the same universe, free-to-play, and share similar gameplay
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Meta acquires haptic VR start-up Lofelt
Company confirms purchase of another VR outfit as FTC objection to its previous VR acquisition remains unresolved
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After a $1bn quarter loss, Garena's parent company halts projects and lays off some staff
Firm to stop updating its gaming livestream service app and says focus will turn to long-term business operations
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Xbox says Call of Duty will be on PlayStation after current deal expires
Microsoft committed to keep shooter series on rival platform "for at least several more years" beyond its existing obligations
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Lockwood Publishing to lay off 15% of its workforce
Gaming firm to cut 34 roles from its staff nine months after being accused of unlawfully firing 33 workers
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Girls Who Code making women the future of warfare | This Week in Business
Non-profit organization's partnership with defense contractor Raytheon raises questions about who it takes money from and where it draws the line
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Domina removed from Steam after studio's anti-trans post
Developer see relationship with platform ended after using patch notes to spout transphobic rhetoric
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Riot and Take This launch mental health tools for marginalised creators
Program gives streamers and players practical tools and resources to support their wellbeing
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Two Point Campus reaches 1m players in two weeks
Milestone was reached "even faster" than predecessor Two Point Hospital, Sega Europe and Two Point Studios say
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League of Legends: Wild Rift pulls in $750m global player spending
The MOBA hits the revenue amount two years after release, it's also the second highest grossing mobile game of H1 2022
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Pokémon Company sues over Chinese game Pocket Monster Reissue
Copyright infringement claim filed in Shenzhen court for mobile game that has been running for seven years