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Malaysian government invests $4.64m to boost national esports talent
This will be used to support talent development, coaching, infrastructure, and grassroots activities
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Inflexion Games' UK division is reportedly closing down
It's thought Flexion's audio team and "others in the UK" have been impacted
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Indie horror Crow Country tops 100,000 sales | News-in-brief
Over two-thirds of copies sold were on Steam, the rest split between PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch
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Valve rejects "yearly cadence" of Steam Deck hardware releases to be "fair" to gamers
It's "not fair to customers to come out with something that's only incrementally better," says Steam Deck designer
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Twitch has reportedly been banning sign ups from Israel and Palestine for over a year
Platform says it "temporarily disabled sign ups with email verification" in both regions
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Making players the "consciousness model for AI" in Ctrl Alt Deal
Only By Midnight discusses how it has transformed a philosophical problem into a video game thought experiment
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PopReach closes its Vancouver studio follow sale of mobile games business
Parent company Ionik sold games portfolio and India studio to Phoenix Games earlier this year
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Epic launches combined Fab marketplace amid confusion and backlash from artists and developers
"We're definitely not deleting anyone's content," assures creator marketplaces manager Bill Clifford
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Twitch has removed badge identifying game devs in chat streams
Decision made to "restore [its] developer organisation process"
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Sega sues Memento Mori developer over alleged patent infringements
Japanese publisher claims Bank of Innovation's mobile games infringe on five patents
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Netflix shuts down California game studio
Three key members of internal developer have left the company
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Is AA dead? | Microcast
Latest episode available to download now, also discusses new Xbox Games Studios leadership, IO's publishing venture, and more
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Here's what GamesIndustry.biz is doing at MCM x EGX 2024
GI will be hosting a handful of B2B sessions during the event on October 25, 2024
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Ex-Supercell developers open new studio Antihero
Finnish development startup will focus on multiplayer games, also has offices in Barcelona
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How digital is the video games market in 2024?
We analyse the European market data to reveal how downloads have increased for new games
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47% of UK Nintendo Switch players are women
Study shows number of female Switch players has nearly doubled in five years
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Amazon's God of War TV series reportedly loses showrunner, will start from scratch
Studios said to be "looking to move in a different creative direction" with the adaptation
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Hi-Rez Studios shutting down Realm Royale Reforged and Divine Knockout in February
News of closures follows reorganisation and layoffs earlier this month
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Super Nintendo World opens in Orlando on May 22, 2025 | News-in-brief
Attraction will be one of five worlds within new Universal Epic Universe theme park
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Tales of Kenzera: Zau dev Surgent Studios puts entire games team on hiatus due to lack of funding
All games employees on notice for redundancy as developer seeks partner for next prototype
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Black Ops 6 is make-or-break for the Game Pass strategy | Opinion
A year after buying Activision Blizzard, Microsoft finally has a Game Pass launch exclusive for Call of Duty. How this plays out will weigh heavily on its future strategy
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UK indies to receive £510,000 in lottery funding
Investment will support four projects focused on creating tools and datasets for use in the wider industry
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Warhammer Space Marine 2 sells 4.5m copies | News-in-brief
Saber Interactive's third-person shooter launched on September 9, 2024
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Keywords acquires Halo co-developer Certain Affinity
Studio founded by ex-Bungie devs adds 180 staff to Keywords' development empire
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Ubisoft Milan joins Ubisoft France strike over return to office
"It is not economically sustainable and unfair on a human level," says Italian union Fiom Cgil