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Jambox Games raises $1.1m to support independent developers in Southeast Asia
The company specialises in casual and hypercasual mobile titles that are hugely popular in the region
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AppLovin IPO raises $1.8bn
Offering values the mobile games firm at nearly $30 billion, shares to be listed on NASDAQ Global Select Market today
The Five Games of Brenda Romero | Podcast
We speak to the long-running developer about early RPGs, social games, modding, and raising a young game developer
The secret to publishing games overseas: Be more local than locals
Man Zhou shares Tencent's experience of helping to make Chinese games popular in Japan through successful localization
Capcom closing USA online store
But European merchandise outlet will continue to operate as US arm seeks new licensing partners
Apex Legends hits 100m players globally
Respawn's battle royale celebrated its second anniversary in February
Microsoft tests removal of Xbox Live requirement for free-to-play games
Release notes in Insiders testing program say Microsoft will no longer require a paid subscription to play free-to-play games online
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Packaging per unit is between 93-99% plastic-free
Ubisoft launches gTV channel in the UK
The channel will celebrate gaming culture with a host of industry personalities
Twitch continues to grow in Q1 2021, but YouTube Gaming is lagging
Hours watched on Twitch are up 97%, but Facebook is poised to overtake YouTube
New database of diversity resources PixAll launches
Site lists organisations, articles, videos and conference talks that offer advice on diversity, inclusivity and accessibility
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
Games spending passes €2bn but audience has shrunk | Italy Annual Report
38% of Italian population spends an average of eight hours per week playing video games
Starbreeze to relaunch Payday: Crime War with PopReach
Mobile shooter originally shut down in 2019, development team will now contribute to Payday 3
ByteDance games division acquires Chinese developer C4games
Beijing-based studio develops China-only Command & Conquer spin-off Red Alert Online
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
Apple attempts to block Epic from calling witnesses in antitrust trial
Update: District Judge denied Apple's demands, saying Epic didn't breach disclosure requirements
New PlayStation update adds USB storage and cross-generation Share Play
PS5 owners will be able to save game data onto an external drive, but the games won't be playable from there
Epic raises $1bn to pursue its metaverse
Sony invests another $200m as part of a funding round that values the Fortnite maker at $28.7 billion
CD Projekt has no plans to shelve Cyberpunk 2077
CEO Adam Kicinski says abandoning the game is “not an option”
Capcom confirms no credit card information was accessed during ransomware attack
The Japanese firm's internal systems are now "near to completely restored"