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Life after Armello: How League of Geeks wants to "nip at the revenue of the big guys"

Co-founder Trent Kusters on remaking cult classic Solium Infernum, the challenges met along the way, and the thriving Australian industry

Sept. 22, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

News

Theorycraft Games raises $50m in Series B funding

League of Legends game director Jon Belliss joins the studio as its newest talent acquisition

Sept. 22, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

Feature

Return To Monkey Island | Critical Consensus

Critics praise Ron Gilbert's return to the long-absent adventure game franchise as Guybrush is introduced to a new generation

Sept. 22, 2022 James Batchelor

Feature

Growing the Icelandic games industry beyond CCP Games

From Web3 to indie narrative games, 50% workforce growth and record investment shows Iceland's games industry soaring to new heights

Sept. 22, 2022 Alan Wen

News

YouTuber Dunkey forms indie games publisher Bigmode

"We've put a lot of effort into making the most developer-friendly contracts possible," content creator says

Sept. 22, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

News

Cyberpunk 2077 ramps up to 1m active players following Netflix anime, Edgerunners update

CD Projekt recently told investors it will continue building franchise beyond video games

Sept. 22, 2022 James Batchelor

News

Logitech takes on Switch and Steam Deck with cloud-centric handheld this October

G Cloud will launch with access to Xbox, Nvidia GeForce Now and Steam Link, priced at $349.99

Sept. 22, 2022 James Batchelor

News

Anemone Hug Interactive forms the first Canadian video game union

The group joins the multiple industry unionization efforts that have taken place throughout 2022

Sept. 21, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

US Dept. of Homeland Security funds research into extremism in gaming

Anti-terrorism agency gives almost $700,000 to a program for monitoring, evaluating, and preventing extremist activities in gaming spaces

Sept. 21, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Twitch lowers top streamers' revenue share

Partners who had been receiving a 70/30 split will be downgraded to a standard 50/50 split after first $100,000

Sept. 21, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

News

Digital Confectioners receives Tencent investment

The games studio says the funding will go towards two new game development projects and staff expansion

Sept. 21, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Ex-Rocksteady dev says studio offered money after harassment complaint, but no apology

In withdrawing from consideration for an award sponsored by the Suicide Squad developer, Kim MacAskill says Rocksteady is "image over intention"

Sept. 21, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

Academy

Deep dive: The Riftbreaker's Metal Terror DLC

GameDiscoverCo's Simon Carless follows up with EXOR Studios' Pawel Lekki to find out how the add-on did and why pricing was an issue, but only for players from one region

Sept. 21, 2022 Simon Carless

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Shuhei Yoshida: "We believe in the premium release of a title" before subscriptions

But PlayStation Indies boss says platform holder is still experimenting with its revamped Plus service, as shown by Stray's inclusion for Extra users

Sept. 21, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

News

Keywords Studios to acquire game developer Smoking Gun

Keywords CEO says that the game maker's experience in live operations are "valuable extensions" to its client offerings

Sept. 21, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Cheat provider AimJunkies countersues Bungie

Parent company Phoenix Digital Group says Destiny 2 studio violated the DMCA

Sept. 21, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

Stub

Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $500m

Long-in-development sci-fi epic still does not have a release date

Sept. 21, 2022 Press Release

Data

Grand Theft Auto 5 denies Saints Row No.1 in August | European Monthly Charts

Video game and console sales continue to slide across Europe

Sept. 21, 2022 Christopher Dring

News

YouTuber inadvertently outs himself as insider behind Ubisoft leaks

Dan Allen apologises after using an alias to share details of new Assassin's Creed games ahead of reveal

Sept. 21, 2022 James Batchelor

News

Twitch updates gambling policy, will no longer allow streaming of unlicensed sites

Changes to come into effect on October 18, full details to be shared in the coming weeks

Sept. 21, 2022 James Batchelor

News

Game Devs of Color Expo 2022 grant award winners announced

This year's recipients included game developers of dating sims, visual novels, and roguelikes

Sept. 20, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Game Informer editor-in-chief Andrew Reiner is leaving

Update: The long-time games journalist has been appointed as global creative executive officer at Gearbox Software

Sept. 20, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

News

Alleged hacker of the GTA 6 leak is being investigated by the FBI

Uber says the same person also compromised its system and believes they're a part of hacker group Lapsus$

Sept. 20, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

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EA and Marvel to create AAA Iron Man game: "It’s about giving developers freedom"

Star Wars Squadrons studio EA Motive tasked with creating their own version of Tony Stark

Sept. 20, 2022 Christopher Dring

News

Sceneri raises $1.5m in funding

The no-code game creation platform aims to expand its development and will focus first on Apple devices

Sept. 20, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau