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ZA/UM resolves legal dispute with Disco Elysium producer Kaur Kender
UPDATE: ZA/UM says that Kurvitz and Taal are welcome to challenge the harm done to the studio in court
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New York Times: "Buying Wordle substantially changed our business"
GDC 2023: Executive producer Zoe Bell shared one year of Wordle success and described the pillars of a NYT game
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PS5 version of Redfall dropped after Xbox acquisition of ZeniMax
Game director Harvey Smith says Microsoft told development team to focus only on Xbox and PC versions
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Fatal Call of Duty swatting incident settles for $5m
The decision comes five years after an unarmed Kansas man lost his life over a false 911 call
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Felony charges against Justin Roiland have been dismissed
The former Squanch Games CEO says he would like to focus on restoring his "good name"
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Playtika's deal to acquire Rovio has come to an end
Conversations with other parties interested in buying the Angry Birds maker will continue
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Merge games as a fulfillment of the American Dream
GDC 2023: Big Fish's newly installed VP of creative Jason Mai explains how he approached EverMerge and a genre he didn't really know when he was hired six months ago
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The building blocks of a AAA partnership: Lego and 2K on their first game together, and beyond
As the two firms finally unveil Lego 2K Drive, we find out why an open-world driving game is a "no brainer" for Lego
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Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök sweep GDC 2023 Awards
Meanwhile, Betrayal At Club Low takes both top accolades at Independent Games Festival Awards
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Atari to acquire Nightdive Studios for $10m
Studio behind System Shock and Shadowman remasters could earn further $10m based on three-year performance
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Tim Sweeney believes the metaverse is "happening for real"
GDC 2023: Epic Games boss says Apple "will either try to crush the metaverse, or extract all the profit from it"
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Meta reveals Oculus Publishing as Meta Quest Store revenues pass $1.5bn
The VR game division has financially supported more than 300 since its inception
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Gamestop revenue dips as it pulls nearly $6bn in 2022
The retailer's collectible business segment saw an increase of 17% as it hit $964 million throughout the year
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Unreal Editor for Fortnite launching in beta today
GDC 2023: Epic's State of Unreal showed off long awaited UEFN and Creator Economy 2.0, as well as new unified marketplace Fab, which is open to all engines
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Nexon's MapleStory Universe to feature NFTs
The games firm announced that it will partner with Polygon Labs for business and operational support on the project
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Microsoft reveals Xbox Developer Sustainability Toolkit
With the new resource game studios can reduce power consumption and carbon emissions during development
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Pokémon Snap, systemic comedy and siding with the player: How Bugsnax came to life
GDC 2023: Young Horses' John Murphy on Bugsnax's pitching and prototyping stages and the unexpected inspirations behind the hit
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Amazon Luna launches in the UK, Germany and Canada
Ubisoft+ support also available to UK subscribers from today as Amazon's cloud gaming service expands
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Resident Evil 4 Remake | Critical Consensus
Critics are almost unanimous in their praise for the new Resident Evil 4. Welcome back, stranger
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Player spending on Epic Games Store reached $820m in 2022
Revenue dipped by 2% but spending on third-party titles rose 18%, last year saw more PC game launches than ever
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ID@Xbox has paid out more than $4bn to developers in ten years
Microsoft's indie initiative has launched over 3,000 games, another 3,000 to come, revamped submission process in the works
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California judge dismisses gamer lawsuit against Microsoft ABK acquisition
But plaintiffs given 20 days to refine complaint, plan to resubmit "with additional factual detail"
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EA to sunset Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 1 and 2, and Mirror's Edge
UPDATE: Mirror's Edge will not be delisted while the three Battlefield titles will go offline on April 28
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Super Evil Megacorp expands team for upcoming Netflix title
The games studio new appointments include industry alum from Ubisoft, Blizzard, and Rockstar Games
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Twitch viewership dips 8% in February as it hit 1.64bn hours
StreamElements and Rainmaker.gg say that Hogwarts Legacy pulled in 71 million views on the streaming platform