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Hades, Ghost of Tsushima, and Last of Us Part 2 lead GDC Award nominees
All three titles receive seven nominations, including one in Game of the Year category
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Pragma raises $12m in Series A funding
Investment to help build backend-as-a-service offering for game studios
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BitSummit set to return as an in-person event this September
Attendance for Kyoto-based indie game event will be limited to visitors from Japan
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Lightheart raises $6.8m in Series A funding
Finnish developer will use investment for studio growth and creation of new games
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Respawn reveals details on Apex Legends Mobile
Cross-play will not be available for mobile version of free to play battle royale
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App downloads up 8.7% in first quarter
Sensor Tower finds gains on Google Play offset declines on App Store, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run starts strong
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The Games Fund launches $50m early-stage investment fund
Venture capital fund plans to invest approximately $2 million each in companies across the US and Europe
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Activision permanently bans over 475,000 Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters
New progress report details efforts to thwart cheaters with hardware bans, two-factor authentication
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Creative Assembly opens third UK studio
Total War developer continues growth with Horsham, West Sussex office
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New research reveals growing number of older gamers
Global Web Index's new report finds the ranks of gamers between 55-64 have grown 32% in three years
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CrazyLabs exceeds 4bn downloads
Publisher reaches new milestone with its portfolio of titles across mobile landscape
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Wargaming opens new Lithuanian studio
The new office is to focus on increasing the size of MS-1, the development team behind World of Tanks Blitz
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Twitch sets new record with over 2bn hours watched in March
Grand Theft Auto V becomes the number one game watched for the first time as sleeping streamers gains popularity
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Grid secures $10m in Series A funding
German-based esports data company will use the "investment to take on the US"
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Microids signs Smurfs license for four more games
French publisher commits to follow-up this year's Mission Vileaf with Smurfs games from a variety of genres
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EA gets golf game exclusivity for The Masters
In wake of 2K securing Tiger Woods rights, EA Sports PGA Tour becomes the only game with all four golf majors
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2021 mobile hits 400m downloads
Konami sports franchise reaches new milestone across iOS and Android platforms
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Jenna Owens joins GameStop as chief operating officer | Jobs Roundup
Microsoft hires Marcos Waltenberg as Xbox director of global partnerships, Stephen Totilo moves to Axios as gaming reporter
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Nearly 26% of Discord user reports in back half of 2020 were acted upon
Harassment complaints acted upon 15% of the time, while extremist or violent content reports led to action 38% of the time
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Certain Affinity hires Dan Ayoub to head Toronto studio
Industry veteran joins expansion studio as vice president and general manager
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Consumers spend $32b on apps in Q1 2021 - App Annie
Total consumer spend on gaming hit $22 billion up 32% year-over-year
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Sandbox & Co. acquires edutainment company Fingerprint
Newly formed Sanbox Kids Divisions will combine properties from both outfits
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Manticore Games raises $100m for user-generated content platform
XN led latest investment as Core hits user base of 1 million players in alpha testing
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Graffiti Games raises $1.5m in funding
New investment will allow publisher to increase team and acquire new projects
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PAX East cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
The annual convention will be replaced by PAX Online 2021 digital event running July 15 to July 18