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Develop:Brighton 2021 moves to October over COVID-19 uncertainty
July conference slips to last week of October, will be hosted at Hilton Metropole as usual
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Nintendo opens corporate and investor relations Twitter account
Social media account will be used to share financial announcements and other corporate-focused information
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Netflix ending Wii U, 3DS support on June 30
App was removed from eShop on Dec 31st, previous customers can still redownload
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Epic Games Store branches into non-gaming apps
Spotify among the first applications available via the Fortnite maker's online marketplace
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps raising money for Rainforest Trust
Moon Studios, Skybound and iam8bit will donate 5% from every sale of Switch version until December 13
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Rust raises $80,000 for Movember
Sales of in-game moustaches make Facepunch Studios one of the biggest donors to this year's charity drive
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FMOD goes free for indies
Audio engine now available for commercial use with no yearly limits, providing annual revenue is less than $200,000
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Marvel finale was Fortnite's biggest event ever at 15.3m concurrent users
A further 3.4 million watched the battle with Galactus on Twitch and YouTube
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Kwalee's hypercasual games portfolio passes 500m downloads
90% of downloads secured in the past two years, Draw It is studio's biggest game at 87 million downloads
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Sakuna: Of Rain and Rice passes 500,000 units shipped worldwide
Figure from publisher Marvelous incudes both boxed copy shipments and digital sales
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Desert Bus for Hope 2020 raises $986,793 in 164 hours
Charity gaming marathon has now surpassed $7 million in lifetime fundraising
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UKIE launches Get Set Go campaign to prepare parents for new consoles
Activity aims to raise awareness of family controls, and how to set up PS5 or Xbox Series X/S in time for Christmas
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Sony releases free Black Lives Matter theme for PlayStation 4
Theme adds black and yellow banner with movement's name plus raised fist logo to home screen background
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Genshin Impact made $100m in less than two weeks
Niko Partners' Daniel Ahmad confirms free-to-play RPG is the most successful new IP from a Chinese developer
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War Child UK running women in games panel next week
Discussion coincides with International Day of the Girl, features Ellie Gibson, Anita Wong, Izzy Jagan and more
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Stardew Valley passes 2m downloads on mobile
Acclaimed indie farming adventure has been downloaded more than one million times on both iOS and Android
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Games London announces new digital initatives ahead of 2021 festival
Six-month programme includes Ensemble Salons to highlight BAME creators and Games London Accelerator to boost new businesses
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Hendrik Lesser re-elected as president of European Game Developer Federation
Three other board members re-elected, with Polish Games Association's Rafał Kloczko joining for the first time
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Fall Guys is the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time
Mediatonic's title has outperformed all previous free offerings as part of Sony's subscription service, such as Rocket League
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Nintendo confirms official Brazilian launch for Switch
Console will debut in key South American market soon
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Dreamhack postpones remaining 2020 esports events
Dreamhack has announced the postponement of its five remaining 2020 festivals due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Quakecon At Home raises $30,000 for charity
Funds will be split between UNICEF, Direct Relief, NAACP Legal Defense Fund and The Trevor Project
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StreamElements creates $100,000 Creator Diversity Fund
Initiative will give pro-level custom livestreaming graphics and support to content creators from underrepresented groups
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Elder Scrolls Online and Doom Eternal getting free next-gen upgrades
Bethesda commits to free upgrades for any current-gen titles brought to Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5
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Fall Guys reaches 1.5m players in 24 hours
Mediatonic's combat-less battle royale launched on PS4 and PC yesterday, free to PlayStation Plus subscribers