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Articles by James Batchelor
James Batchelor, Editor-in-Chief
James Batchelor has been a journalist in the games industry since 2006, and joined GamesIndustry in 2016, rising to Editor-in-Chief in 2021. He previously served as editor of Develop, and has written for Eurogamer, NintendoLife and MCV. He also runs the Non-Violent Game of the Day blog to showcase the full breadth of video games and their subject matter. He does still play violent games, but always on Story/Easy mode.
Recent articles by James Batchelor
"The next frontier for AR": Why Niantic is sharing its tech with Lightship
The Pokémon Go developer on how to finally move augmented reality beyond a novelty in mobile gaming
FIFA returns to No.1 after Black Friday shake-up | UK boxed charts
But Nintendo still dominates the top ten, even in the face of continuing discounts
Lockwood responds to allegations of unlawful layoffs
CEO confirms 10% of staff were let go, says the company is streamlining due to the pandemic
PlayStation VP fired after being caught by paedophilia sting operation
George Cacioppo was allegedly trying to arrange a meeting with a 15-year-old boy
Why Jagex is helping a RuneScape player make an idle game based on its flagship RPG
MMO developer's Chris Pfeiffer and Melvor Idle creator Brendan Malcolm discuss Jagex's latest publishing partnership
Farming Simulator 22 breaks series records with 1.5m sold in first week
Latest entry represents Giants Software's first foray into self-publishing, attracted more players than Battlefield 2042
Epic Games adds retro cloud gaming service Antstream Arcade to store
Antstream is first cloud service to launch on Fortnite firm's Steam rival
Roblox suing banned player for fraud and breach of contract
Lawsuit claims YouTuber leads a "cybermob" that terrorises Roblox and its staff, seeks $1.6 million in damages
Government suspends Tencent from updating or launching apps in China
Temporary measure applies to over 100 games, but publisher assures that titles remain functional and available for download
Psygnosis and Imagine Software co-founder David Lawson has died
Lawson built one of the UK's biggest games development studios of the 1980s
Zynga VP of global communications Sarah Ross dies
Ross was the driving force behind mobile giant's Play Apart Together campaign
Indie publisher Plug In Digital raises $75m in Series B
Publisher behind The Forgotten City has more than 30 upcoming games in the pipeline
ESA on Activision Blizzard: “Harassment must never be tolerated”
US trade body promises to “create dialogue and shape actions” with members to improve industry workplaces
TinyBuild acquires Versus Evil and Red Cerberus in $31.3m deal
Acquisition adds more than 250 staff and 32 titles to Hello Neighbor publisher
Nintendo's Doug Bowser comments on "distressing" Activision reports, calls on ESA to strengthen stance
Exec says Nintendo has "taken action" concerning Activision Blizzard and is "assessing others"
'Why should indie developers be a jack of all trades?'
Talenthouse Media Foundry's Mike Gamble discusses the challenges small studios face in plugging their skills gaps
Frontier lowers revenue expectations after slow start for Jurassic World Evolution 2
But sequel expected to overtake the original's first-year revenue, boosted by upcoming film Jurassic World Dominion
Bobby Kotick reportedly considering resignation if workplace issues aren't fixed "with speed"
Activision Blizzard CEO's comments follow calls for him to step down after latest abuse allegations
PlayStation 5 owners prefer boxed games to downloads
For the PS5's first ten months, GSD data shows three physical titles were sold for every two digital
Forza Horizon 5 breaks Xbox and Game Pass launch records
Playground Games' latest racer passed 10 million players within its first week
Phil Spencer "evaluating" Xbox relationship with Activision Blizzard following Kotick allegations
Microsoft's gaming leadership "disturbed and deeply troubled" by claims against Call of Duty publisher's CEO
2021 delays show pandemic's biggest impact on games
Games Sales Data's Aidan Sakiris and Sam Naji dive deeper into the effect of COVID-19 on retail and digital sales across Europe and beyond
Phil Spencer calls for industry to work on 'legal emulation'
Xbox boss says enabling people to continue playing titles they own "seems like a great North Star" for games companies
Activision staff question whether zero tolerance policy applies to Kotick
When asked, publisher's leadership reportedly said it did not "have evidence" of claims against him
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