John Carmack moves to "consulting CTO" role at Oculus
Industry veteran will focus on AI, with Oculus now taking a "modest slice" of his time
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20+ hour course will teach VR build and launch best practices
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PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty: Mobile help drive Tencent gaming revenues
Chinese publisher cites increased contributions from overseas titles as driving growth in mobile gaming business, offsetting declines from PC
Ignore the critics -- Tax Relief is vital to the UK games industry | Opinion
Criticising Rockstar, Rocksteady and Creative Assembly for benefiting from VGTR misses the point, says legal expert Tim Davies
Human Head shuts down, staff to join Bethesda's new studio
Co-founder Chris Rhinehart becomes creative director at Roundhouse Studios
Voodoo opens Montreal studio as it expands beyond hypercasual games
New branch will be led by former Gameloft producer Mehdi El Moussali
Another tester is being sued by Epic Games for leaking Fortnite Chapter 2
Keywords Studio employee was fired day after leak, now faces claim for over $85,000 in damages
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100 Thieves founder will be named Shaker of the Year at annual awards
Hitmarker raises £200k for esports recruitment platform
Startup eclipsed £80k equity crowdfunding target in less than a week
Apple reportedly making a VR/AR headset with a focus on gaming
Combined headset planned for 2021 or 2022, with lightweight AR glasses following in 2023
Epic acquires Megascans creator Quixel
All Megascans assets to become free for Unreal Engine users
Microsoft using Xbox Adaptive Controller to rehabilitate US veterans
Company is working with Veteran Affairs to roll out device to medical centres
"Expectations for full-price games is very high. You need a large budget to have a chance"
CI Games CEO Marek Tymiński reflects on the struggles of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 and how upcoming sequel Contracts will rectify this
Cerberus Interactive acquires Tastebud
Texas studio wants to incentivise real-world purchases in its location-based title Atlas Empires
Call of Duty Mobile beats Mario Kart Tour's first month downloads
Sensor Tower estimates 148m downloads, behind only Pokémon Go in the all-time list
John Carmack wins Lifetime Achievement prize at VR Awards 2019
Oculus Quest crowned best hardware, while A Fisherman's Tale is declared best game
Starbreeze proposes plan to pay debts in full
Administrator signs off on reconstruction schedule that would see Payday outfit meet obligations to creditors within five years
Homescapes has grossed $1b in lifetime revenue
Playrix's free-to-play match-3 title reaches milestone two years after launch
Google Stadia's launch lineup includes 12 games
Only one title is an exclusive; three of them are Tomb Raider games
Zynga: "Not every DAU is created equal"
President of publishing Bernard Kim talks about long-running live ops games and the decision to sunset or reinvest in them
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Key resellers claim legitimacy -- the courts say otherwise | Opinion
Beiten Burkhardt's Andreas Lober probes the legal basis for key resellers, and finds those marketplaces on shaky ground