News Tripledot acquires entertainment platform Live Play Mobile Studio snaps up team 24-hour entertainment app Live Play Bingo, with plans to scale the genre March 18, 2022 Danielle Partis
News Belgium's games market reaches €600m in value After a record 2020, the Belgian market grew a further 4% last year March 18, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
Opinion Generation Overlap: The next-gen consoles learn to cohabit | Opinion Supply and demand issues, coupled with some strategic moves from Microsoft and Nintendo, mean that PS4-era performance will be the industry's baseline for years March 18, 2022 Rob Fahey
Stub Beyond-FX announces first VFX apprenticeship programme The six-week initiative from the visual effects studio starts on April 5, targeting entry-level artists hoping for a career in games March 18, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News GameStop holiday quarter pushes full-year losses to $381 million Retailer sees full-year revenues grow 18% to top $6 billion, expects to open NFT marketplace by end of July March 17, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
Feature Deathloop's Dinga Bakaba on rising to director and avoiding crunch The studio director of Arkane Lyon on immersive sims and playing to your studio's strengths March 17, 2022 James Batchelor
News Offworld Industries acquires Redstone Interactive Publisher picks up development partner on trench warfare title Beyond the Wire March 17, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
Feature 'Always-on' fandoms: How esports communities are shaping the future of games | Playable Futures ESL Gaming's Craig Levine considers a future where esports will have a profound influence across games and beyond March 17, 2022 Will Freeman
News Studio MayDay rebrands as Riffraff Games after Tencent investment Chinese megacorp secures minority ownership of New Zealand-based studio March 17, 2022 James Batchelor
News Hidden Door lands $2m pre-seed funding for social AI narrative platform New studio working on adaptable interactive graphic novels "with the storytelling vibe of a tabletop role-playing game" March 17, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
News Lockwood Publishing opens new Cambridge office Opening follows complaints of unlawful layoffs last year March 17, 2022 James Batchelor
News Frvr raises $76m to expand casual games platform Investment will go towards securing "high quality" titles for its portfolio March 17, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News Tilting Point enters educational games market with Budge Studios acquisition Budge to continue operating independently March 17, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
Stub Kowloon Nights passes $150m revenue Development fund reaches milestone across 14 titles in just five years March 17, 2022 Press Release
News #TwitchDoBetter movement demands more action from Twitch Open letter says Black History Month initiatives are “sorely inadequate” in the face of ongoing hate raids March 17, 2022 James Batchelor
News Sony acknowledges new harassment accusations, still calls for case to be dismissed "SIE values its female employees," lawyers said, claiming class action lawsuit lacks "sufficient facts" March 17, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
Stub Crusader Kings 3 hits 2m sold Paradox PC strategy title reaches milestone as Royal Court expansion tops 1 million sold March 16, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
News Arkane Lyon's Dinga Bakaba to keynote Develop:Brighton 2022 Studio director and co-creative director of Deathloop will also receive this year's Develop Star Award in July March 16, 2022 James Batchelor
Academy How game developers can better respond to the talent crisis Virtuos Montreal's David Cheung gives tips on how to build safer workplaces and provide fulfilling working experiences March 16, 2022 David Cheung
News Bandai Namco Mobile trials four-day work week Barcelona-based studio will stop working Fridays for the next six-months March 16, 2022 Danielle Partis
Feature Lila Games raises $10m in Series A funding Indian mobile developer secures funding for free-to-play shooter game Black March 16, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
News Private Division pivots vision with smaller additions Execs Allen Murray and Tom Bass talk strategy as label signs projects from Die Gute Fabrik, Evening Star, Piccolo Studio, and Yellow Brick Games March 16, 2022 Brendan Sinclair
News Mods specialist Overwolf acquires server monetisation firm Tebex for $29m Companies share common goal of "ensuring [in-game] creators get paid for their hard work" March 16, 2022 Marie Dealessandri
News Ten Square Games acquires 24% of Gamesture Polish firm spends around $3.5 million on investment into mobile RPG developer March 16, 2022 Danielle Partis
News Revenue of games made in Unity up 30% in 2021 COVID-19 boost here to stay, hypercasual is soaring, metaverse and blockchain projects not expected to lift off March 16, 2022 Marie Dealessandri