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Studio plans to use money to expand, creating around 150 new jobs
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Rainbow Six Siege instantly bans players for using slurs
Bans last nearly half an hour for the first offense, with possible permanent bans after the third
Hangar 13: Diversifying your team protects you from blind spots
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Abusive chat in competitive Overwatch down 26.4% in the Americas
Daily players being abusive down 28.8% after release of Endorsements and LFG features
Fighting a toxic Steam community - and winning
At Develop:Brighton, Creative Assembly's Grace Carroll said the "visible presence of moderation" was enough to turn around a toxic Steam forum in just a week
Facebook invested $88.3 million to expand its Redmond Oculus HQ this year
Company spent $106 million on construction and permits over the last three years
86% of UK parents don't follow age restrictions on video games
Over half allow children to play 18+ games without supervision; far fewer similarly ignore film age restrictions
Roblox creators poised to earn over $70 million in 2018
Community has grown to over four million creators, over twice the size it was last year
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Visit our jobs boardOver 400,000 have pre-ordered iOS version of Hello Neighbor
Meanwhile, Google Play finally acknowledges that tinyBuild owns the IP
Jade Raymond on applying lessons from Assassin's Creed to her new project at EA
The original game was designed as a "sandbox for creatives" with the intention to "hand off the keys to other professionals"
Valve locks Counter-Strike loot boxes for Dutch and Belgian players
Steam item trading returns, but CS:GO's containers are now locked
Arena of Valor revenue passes $3m seven months after US release
Western release fails to find same traction as multi-billion-dollar Chinese original
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Tropico publisher acquires Commandos franchise among others
Kalypso Media: "We see it as our responsibility to want to revive and further develop these beloved games for the fans around the world”
James Ohlen retires from BioWare
Former creative director departs after 22 years to work on something "smaller and more personal"
NetEase's Identity V downloaded over 100 million times
Asymmetrical multiplayer horror game's downloads doubled upon global release
What the Golf? wins Indie Showcase at Develop:Brighton
Skybolt Jack honored with People's Choice award
Former Hearthstone head Ben Brode opens new studio
Second Dinner operational and making games, but no other details given
AppLovin launches publishing division Lion Studios
Pre-launch phase has already seen multiple successful releases, including Love Balls and Weave the Line
How gamers really feel about loot boxes
Latest GameTrack data reveals that most players are indifferent to loot box mechanics
Epic Games adjusts Unreal Engine Marketplace share in favor of creators
Developer/store split changed to 88/12% from 70%/30%, applied retroactively
Blizzard, ArenaNet and Twitch join line-up for Devcom 2018
Other new speakers include Tamalaki's Martine Spaans, Stray Fawn's Philomena Schwab, and Bioshock composer Garry Schyman
Ninja Theory dominates the Develop Awards
Meanwhile, EA's Jade Raymond recognised with inaugural vanguard award
Magic Leap takes new investment from AT&T
Magic Leap One will ship to devs this summer, CEO teases second product Magic Leap Next