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Special Effect to win the BAFTA Special Award | News-in-brief
The charity will be recognized for its inclusionary work for disabled people with the use of technology
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Judge rules in PlayStation's favour in $500m patent infringement lawsuit
Genuine Enabling Technology was seeking damages, claiming the tech allowing PlayStation consoles and controllers to communicate infringes its rights
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Phil Spencer wants to see other digital storefronts on Xbox
Xbox boss believes console players would benefit from more options to purchase games
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Popularium secures $2m seed funding for next game by Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield
Co-founder and former Xbox Live manager Arka Ray tells us debut game Chaos Agents will "push the boundaries of innovation of game design and economics"
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GameStop reportedly affected by series of layoffs
Retailer allegedly cited competition from e-commerce firms and low consumer spending as reason for redundancies
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UK games industry cohort launches Sunset Sugar Studios
The new publisher has already signed a licensing agreement with Aardman
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Sprout Esports shuts down
The organization says maintaining its business operations was a struggle over the years
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Mistplay: 32% of mobile consumers plan to spend less on 2024 in-app purchases
The survey of roughly 2,000 says that publishers will need to create new strategies in the current economy
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How games companies can protect themselves from cyber attacks
Experts explain how and why the video games industry is targeted, and what specific measures they can take to avoid falling victim to attacks
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The story of TimeSplitters Next and Free Radical Design 2.0
Steve Ellis, the two times founder of Free Radical Design, takes us through the return of TimeSplitters that never was
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How Xsolla Funding Club helped Happy Juice deliver its vision for Lost in Play
We talk to co-founder Yuval Markovich about the Gravity Falls-inspired point-and-click adventure and recapturing the child-like wonder of play
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Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry launches So-Fu accelerator
The program aims to provide mentorship and project management support to indie game developers
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Prytania Media shutters Crop Circle Games
The development studio closes its doors in under two years after publicly revealing itself
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Four days after launching globally Call of Duty Warzone generates $1.4m
The US accounts for 47% of the shooter's lifetime spending
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GDC 2024, PS5 Pro, and Ubisoft's AI NPCs | GI Microcast
Latest episode available to download or watch now
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EU Commission investigates Google, Meta, and Apple for possible Digital Markets Act violations
If a firm is found to have multiple infringements, it can be charged up to 20% of its total global turnover
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'Significantly more' market consolidation expected in esports
Insiders say the competitive gaming market is not out of the woods yet as teams and other organisations brace for further change in the sector
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Bidstack exec team acquires Bidstack
In-game advertising platform approached "upwards of 200 potential buyers" before execs acquired it back
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Toys for Bob reportedly signs deal with Microsoft following decision to go independent
Developer previously stated it was looking to explore "a possible partnership" after parting ways
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Report: Overwatch 2 devs received 0% of profit-sharing bonuses this month
In August 2023, the team was told that it should not receive bonuses due to the game's financial shortfalls
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Fighting for better while facing the worst | This Week In Business
This week showed that neither AI hype nor new tech can drown out frustrated developers' call for a better industry
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Capcom is Metacritic's top game publisher of 2023
The rankings based on critic reviews listed Raw Fury as second and Chorus Worldwide as third
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IGN Creators Guild loses three members to layoffs
The union called the move a choice and has filed Unfair Labor Practice charges in response
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Sony establishes assembly line to create PlayStation 5 discs for Latin America
The Brazilian facility previously supplied physical media for past PlayStation consoles