Decline appears in number of games certified for UK tax relief
87 titles received final certification so far in 2018, down from over 100 last year
Development
Frostkeep Studios is serious about making "the game that players want" with Rend
CEO Jeremy Wood on bringing MMO design, Blizzard philosophy, and community focus to the survival genre
Elon Musk adding Atari classics to Tesla software, wants original games for car display
Billionaire reveals Tempest, Missile Command and Pole Position coming in next four week - with the latter controlled by steering wheel
Crackdown and confidentiality: Sumo Digital's approach to AAA development
The UK studio discusses handling coveted IP and why it's not afraid of missing out on the limelight
From failed Kickstarter to career-defining success: The story of Pony Island
Daniel Mullins discusses how he bounced back from failure to create "the smartest game of 2016"
New multiplayer outsourcing studio opens in the UK
Nottingham-based The Multiplayer Guys staffed by team behind Terratech multiplayer and one of the first Xbox Live games
ArtCraft hits $20 million in funding for Crowfall MMO
Ambitious new game has reached that total through a mix of crowdfunding and traditional investment
BAFTA Crew program adds 174 new members
Total number of Crew members rises to 267 for 2018-19
Playground Games hires BioWare, EA Motive and Rocksteady talent for upcoming RPG
Forza Horizon developer also welcomes developers from Ninja Theory, Guerrilla Games and more to second studio
Empires & Puzzles: Disrupting the biggest market with the smallest team
CEO Timo Soininen discusses the importance of mid-development marketing and defying the “so-called industry experts”
SpecialEffect aims for £500,000 with One Special Day 2018
Sega, Rovio, Seriously, Codemasters and more already on board as industry charity ramps up fundraising target
Microsoft invests $500,000 in coding and tech training for students of colour
Firm's support will open Seattle chapter for Black Girls Code and boost Technology Access Foundation's STEM program
The business case for a streaming Xbox
Microsoft may be experimenting with streaming as a full-parity option for the next generation of Xbox - question marks remain over tech, but the commercial case is sound
$50m Netease investment will help Improbable realise dream of “trillion dollar games industry”
Tech firm's CEO Herman Narula tells us how this partnership will unlock China for SpatialOS - and any developers that use it
EA open to cross-platform playability for Battlefield, other key franchises
Publisher also eyeing Fortnite's success as a model for future free-to-play mobile releases
Dead Cells dev Motion Twin touts equal pay system
All 11 employees at French studio have identical salary, same say in project direction
Denuvo investigation reportedly leads to arrest for games pirate Voksi
However, Bulgarian cracker claims he voluntarily went to police, reached out to DRM firm for “peaceful solution”
No Man's Sky Next reaches over 50,000 concurrent players
Hello Games' space exploration game sees resurgence after a 200k+ concurrent user peak at launch
The chart-topping return of Dontnod Entertainment
CEO Oskar Guilbert discusses the Life Is Strange studio's growth and the stories it can tell beyond games
Epic Games worth $8 billion following Fortnite success
Battle Royale boost also means CEO and founder Tim Sweeney is now a billionaire
Knock Knock raises $2 million in seed funding
Startup aims to develop games playable through messaging apps
Studio Pixel Punk: Getting diversity right means going beyond "good intentions"
At the BIG Festival, the Brazilian indie dev explained the importance of subtlety and "study" in moving past LGBT stereotypes
The GamesIndustry.biz Careers Survey 2018: Lower pay but less crunch
We break down the results of our second annual study on the games jobs market, which shows an industry improving its conditions and increasing its efforts in equality
James Ohlen: Anthem failure won't mean the end of BioWare
Long-serving designer also disputes "conspiracy theories" that EA is driving studio away from story-driven RPGs
Raiders of the Broken Planet going free-to-play less than a year after launch
MercurySteam's online shooter also rebranding as Spacelords as of August 23rd, director says episodic model “didn't work as planned”
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