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Nailing down Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun's mix of modern and retro
Auroch Digital devs discuss their FPS offering something old, something new, bloody gibs and Ultramarines Blue
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom secures third No.1 | UK Boxed Charts
Lord of the Rings: Gollum debuts at No.6
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Loot box disclosure fines are a joke | This Week in Business
Diablo Immortal and Hunt: Showdown fines for negligent ratings submissions undermine industry's insistence it takes loot box concerns seriously
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Sony’s Project Q offers far more Qs than As | Opinion
Unless PlayStation's new device has very aggressive pricing, it’s tricky to see what problem it’s solving
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Are Remedy and Epic right to make Alan Wake 2 digital-only? | Opinion
In a tough market, Epic and Remedy appear to exercise caution with the release of this surprise sequel
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Bucking the fantasy hero trend with The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
Daedalic's Nika Dvoravic talks us through the challenges building a game around a physically weaker character
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Have M-rated games grown their market share? | 10 Years Ago This Month
A decade after publishers bet on fewer, bigger, bloodier titles, does the industry depend on violent games like it used to?
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Protodroid Delta's journey from Mega Man fan game to Humble-published title
Adam Kareem on making it as a solo hobbyist dev and breaking the mould of homogeneous character design
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Cloud gaming stalls Microsoft-ABK deal, but how big will it be?
Analysts weigh in on whether streaming will become the primary format for video games, and whether one company can dominate that market
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Microsoft hypes new games console, doesn't talk about games | 10 Years Ago This Month
Microsoft's big unveiling took an audience hungry for the future of games and force-fed them entertainment of the past
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom comfortably holds No.1 | UK Boxed Charts
It is now the sixth best-selling Zelda game of all time in the UK
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The overlooked keys to launching and sustaining games-as-a-service
As many GaaS have recently come to an end, Gamesight’s Yane An shares her golden guide to help teams build and evolve live service titles
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Battlefield leaders form new shooter studio Time To Kill Games
Lars Gustavsson creates new AAA games team in Stockholm: “We have to dare to be different”
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Rami Ismail's top ten tips on surviving the indiepocalypse
The indie veteran offers studios advice on how to stand out and thrive in an increasingly competitive industry
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard: What’s going on and what happens next?
We look at the regulatory process and explain what it all means
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Will players tolerate Overwatch 2’s broken promises? | Opinion
By cancelling much of the sequel’s new content, and with other F2P options a click away, Blizzard’s choice is a huge risk
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Xbox, Sony, Nintendo and Star Wars post strong sales across Europe | European Monthly Charts
Game sales are down slightly, but hardware and accessories continue to perform well
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Pop culture and uniting Southern European studios: The future of Paris Games Week
Organiser SELL on its ambitions to reach beyond the boundaries of both the games industry and the country
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Making a single-player magic shooter in a multiplayer military world
Ascendant's Bret Robbins says he "didn't really have a choice" but to make Immortals of Aveum after leaving Call of Duty development
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Amazon's second attempt at making one MMO to rule them all
Christoph Hartmann shares Amazon Games' ambitions for its new Lord of the Rings project, and how it will compete with its long-established rival
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An introduction to how game development pipelines work
Room 8 Studio's 3D art director Maksim Makovsky details what a typical production pipeline can entail to newcomers
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the second biggest Nintendo launch in UK history
The new Switch game soars and is the biggest week for a Zelda game in UK charts history
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Critical Consensus
Critics praise Nintendo for expanding on its 2017 masterpiece in one of the Switch's most impressive titles to date
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Gimme some truth | This Week in Business
Let's dig through annual reports to see what Activision Blizzard, EA, and Take-Two say when fewer people are listening