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Snap confirms layoffs of around 1,300, games business on hold
Move to reduce costs will see company put its games and mini-apps into "maintenance mode"
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The Last of Us Part 1 leads wave of new releases | UK Boxed Charts
Naughty Dog's epic back at No.1, other Top Five new entries include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and F1 Manager
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Glen Schofield back pedals Callisto Protocol crunch comments
Striking Distance boss followed up deleted tweet, claiming the studio values "passion and creativity, not long hours"
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Splitgate maker ceases updates and announces new game project
1047 Games says that its new title will be within the same universe, free-to-play, and share similar gameplay
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Meta acquires haptic VR start-up Lofelt
Company confirms purchase of another VR outfit as FTC objection to its previous VR acquisition remains unresolved
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After a $1bn quarter loss, Garena's parent company halts projects and lays off some staff
Firm to stop updating its gaming livestream service app and says focus will turn to long-term business operations
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Xbox says Call of Duty will be on PlayStation after current deal expires
Microsoft committed to keep shooter series on rival platform "for at least several more years" beyond its existing obligations
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Lockwood Publishing to lay off 15% of its workforce
Gaming firm to cut 34 roles from its staff nine months after being accused of unlawfully firing 33 workers
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Girls Who Code making women the future of warfare | This Week in Business
Non-profit organization's partnership with defense contractor Raytheon raises questions about who it takes money from and where it draws the line
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Domina removed from Steam after studio's anti-trans post
Developer see relationship with platform ended after using patch notes to spout transphobic rhetoric
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Riot and Take This launch mental health tools for marginalised creators
Program gives streamers and players practical tools and resources to support their wellbeing
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Two Point Campus reaches 1m players in two weeks
Milestone was reached "even faster" than predecessor Two Point Hospital, Sega Europe and Two Point Studios say
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League of Legends: Wild Rift pulls in $750m global player spending
The MOBA hits the revenue amount two years after release, it's also the second highest grossing mobile game of H1 2022
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Pokémon Company sues over Chinese game Pocket Monster Reissue
Copyright infringement claim filed in Shenzhen court for mobile game that has been running for seven years
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Playtropic launches in Barbados
The first video games QA company of the country will be led by games industry veteran Joel Benton
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CMA recommends second phase of Microsoft Activision investigation
UPDATE: Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says regulatory approval process is "generally moving along as we expected"
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Don’t Nod ventures into new territory with Gerda and indie publishing
Oskar Guilbert and Sophie Filip discuss the studio’s first externally-developed title, and restoring the balance for developers
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Ian Livingstone and Hiro Capital to speak at GI Live: London
Other major investors, including Makers Fund and London Venture Partners, will share insights with developers from September 21 to 22
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Ubisoft delays decommission of some online services by a month
Studio plans to shutter multiplayer functionality on older titles, date moved back to October
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Taleworlds invests in mobile studio Udo Games
WePlay Ventures and Lima Ventures exited their investment in the Turkish developer after a year
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Riot officially appoints Andrei Van Roon as head of League studios
After working on the series for 11 years the executive will lead development across its catalog of titles
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Sprocket Games raises $5 million
Studio founded by Riot Games veterans touts progressive policies as it creates cross-platform social adventure game
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Making CD-i games in 2022
Nobelia developer Jeffrey Janssen explains why he only makes games for Phillips' discontinued and oft-derided multimedia platform
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Brace Yourself Games launches publishing division
The company behind Cadence of Hyrule said that it will focus on a small selection of indie games to work with