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How (and why) games can adopt the TV writers' room approach to craft their stories | GDC 2022

At GDC 2022, Antony Johnston looked into the benefits of this model and why games' writing teams should embrace it

March 24, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

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Studio heads rave over four-day work weeks | GDC 2022

Kitfox, KO_OP, ManaVoid, Armor Games, and Eidos Montreal talk at GDC about positive impacts of making the switch

March 24, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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Kirby and the Forgotten Land | Critical Consensus

A mesmerising, mildly monotonous platforming adventure puts Nintendo's hungry icon back on top

March 24, 2022 Danielle Partis

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Kickstarter CEO steps down, blockchain plans remain unchanged

Aziz Hasan leaves crowdfunding platform to spend more time with family

March 24, 2022 James Batchelor

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The Artful Escape director on making "the Guns N' Roses of video games"

Johnny Galvatron tells how Beethoven & Dinosaur's debut went from a failed Kickstarter to a critically acclaimed smash hit

March 24, 2022 Danielle Partis

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Tencent games revenues rose to $27 billion in 2021

Despite slowest quarterly growth since 2004, world's largest games firm sees overall boost in sales and profit

March 24, 2022 James Batchelor

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Miniclip opens new studio in Lisbon

New office in Portugal's Taguspark can accommodate 350 staff

March 24, 2022 Danielle Partis

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Inscryption wins big at GDC and IGF Awards | GDC 2022

It's the first time a game wins both the IGF Awards' Grand Prize and the GDC Awards' Game of the Year accolade

March 24, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

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Activision Blizzard launches Level Up U initiative

Paid engineering program is first part of publisher's $250 million pledge "to accelerate opportunities for diverse talent"

March 23, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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John Romero recalls Sierra's attempt to acquire Id Software | GDC 2022

Designer says $2.5 million deal during Wolfenstein 3D development fell apart over a request for $100,000 in cash instead of stock

March 23, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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Microsoft opens up cloud functionality to indies with ID@Azure, virtual machines | GDC 2022

Director of product marketing Bryan Saftler tells us why its giving studios of all sizes free access to its cloud tools

March 23, 2022 James Batchelor

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Developer of Roblox games Gamefam raises $25m in funding

Company behind various games and brand experiences says it has used the money to grow its team past 100 people

March 23, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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Playtonic Games opens Leamington Spa studio

New office can initially hold 10 employees

March 23, 2022 Christopher Dring

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Deep dive: Inside Strange Horticulture's delightful Steam success

Iceberg Interactive CEO Erik Schreuder recaps the occult plant store puzzle game's launch strategy

March 23, 2022 Simon Carless

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Microsoft confirms cyber attack, source code stolen

Company said that parts of the code for Bing and Cortana were compromised by hacker group

March 23, 2022 Danielle Partis

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EA launches two partnerships for STEM-based learning in schools

Initiatives with Digital Schoolhouse and Everfi will encourage students in over 150 UK schools to pursue new skills

March 23, 2022 Danielle Partis

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Game director on new Witcher game takes stance against crunch

"Never on my watch," CD Projekt Red's Jason Slama said about intensive working conditions

March 23, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

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Judge prepared to approve Activision Blizzard's settlement with EEOC

California DFEH objections dismissed as “simply inaccurate,” $18 million fund deemed “fair, reasonable and adequate”

March 23, 2022 James Batchelor

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EA Sports' first PGA Tour game in eight years arrives spring 2023

Exclusivity on The Masters tournament a key selling point for publisher's return to golf

March 22, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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Did anything fail during the flood of new releases? | Analysis

It was one of the busiest February and March game release periods in history, and everyone seemed to come out unscathed

March 22, 2022 Christopher Dring

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Just Add Water appoints Bec Gilray as director

New leadership team includes Viktorya Hollings as chief operations officer and Joel Benton as business development director

March 22, 2022 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Video Games Real Talk in conversation with Shawn Layden | Podcast

Former PlayStation Studios boss discusses diversity in games and the increased financial interest in the industry

March 22, 2022 Sponsored Article

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Ubisoft drops suit against Assassin's Creed Symphony producer

Publisher reaches agreement to end original partnership for symphonic spin-off tour, prepares to kick off new series of shows later this year

March 22, 2022 Brendan Sinclair

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Tekken getting Netflix animated series

Tekken: Bloodline is set to release this year on the streaming platform

March 22, 2022 Marie Dealessandri

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Five essential things to listen out for in game audio

The Rev Rooms' Gwen Raymond shares lessons learned working as a programmer in game audio for the past decade

March 22, 2022 Gwen Raymond