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Owlchemy: Vision Pro is biggest step towards VR mainstream adoption

We talk to the exec team about virtual reality's latest developments, and why hype cycles are making the journey to mainstream seem longer than it is

May 16, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Develop:Star Awards 2024 finalists announced

Larian, Remedy, and Sony Interactive Entertainment lead nominations for this year's ceremony

May 16, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Bandai Namco appoints Adrien Guerra as country manager for UK and Nordics

Current vice president of Northern Europe John Galloway to retire from his position

May 16, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Jobs Roundup: May 2024 | Room 8 Group names Laura Lilley as COO

Update: Astragon Entertainment hires Jan Kuhlmann, Space Ace promotes Derek De Filippo to head of business

May 15, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is April's best-selling game | Japan Monthly Charts

Sony's Stellar Blade was the second top-seller with only three days of sales

May 15, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Ubisoft's reports record bookings for 2023

Performance was driven by R6 Siege and AC, publisher reveals Assassin's Creed Shadows, set to launch in November

May 15, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Why Lego sees its gaming future in Fortnite

The Lego Group's Kari Vinter Nielsen on the possibilities afforded by allowing Epic's players to experiment with the iconic toy firm's digital assets

May 15, 2024 Mike Stubbs

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Mats Juhl appointed as Starbreeze interim CEO

Former CFO will take over from Juergen Goeldner, who has been nominated as chairman of the board

May 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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PC and console game sales fall in Europe over April as major releases dry up | European Monthly Charts

But Fallout 4 leads the way after the hit Amazon Prime TV show

May 15, 2024 Christopher Dring

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IO Interactive welcomes back Ulas Karademir as chief technology officer

Exec previously spent seven years at the Hitman studio, will oversee ongoing development of Glacier engine

May 15, 2024 James Batchelor

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Former Bandai Namco worker arrested for suspected embezzlement

Ex-employee is said to have sold upwards of 4,000 company-owned smartphones worth around $2.57 million

May 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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UK government responds to Stop Killing Games campaign

There is "no requirement in UK law" preventing publishers from rendering older games unplayable

May 15, 2024 James Batchelor

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Polish regulators to investigate PS Store and Steam for anti-competitive practices

An inspection has already taken place at Sony's headquarters in Poland

May 15, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Crystal Dynamics and Amazon team up to create more Tomb Raider film and streaming media

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is attached to the Lara Croft project as both its writer and executive producer

May 14, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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VaultN secures $1.6m in seed funding round

The platform aims to expand its business operations with mobile game distribution

May 14, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Two Joy-Con lawsuits against Nintendo are dismissed

Diaz vs. Nintendo and Carbajal vs. Nintendo we moved for the dismissal by both the Mario maker and parents involved

May 14, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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GameStop shares spike on return of meme stock poster

Roaring Kitty's first social media posts in nearly three years have stock trading around triple last week's closing price

May 14, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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Xbox players have issued 27.44m reports in H2

New transparency report says 10.31 million enforcements were issued to the offending users during that time

May 14, 2024 Jeffrey Rousseau

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Epic €1.1m fined for breaking EU consumer law in Netherlands

Update: Epic Games has issued a statement in response to the ACM's findings

May 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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The former Ubisoft dev who wants to bring back the golden age of JRPGs

We talk to CEO Emma Delage about the community's hunger for JRPGs, and why Kickstarter could be a viable path for Studio Camelia's debut project

May 14, 2024 Marie Dealessandri

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Marc Whitten to leave Unity

Long-serving exec will take on the role of strategic advisor until the end of the year

May 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy

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Newzoo: There are reasons why the market may still grow

Newzoo's lead analyst Tom Wijman explains why declining playtime and the continued success of older titles doesn't necessarily spell doom for newer games

May 14, 2024 Sponsored Article

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Ex-XCOM creative director founds life sim maker Midsummer

Jake Solomon and a team of mostly Firaxis vets find funding to explore modern life sim genre

May 14, 2024 Brendan Sinclair

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PlanetPlay parent acquires Playmob

Studio CEO Jude Ower becomes chief strategy officer at Sphaira UK, deal formalises long-running relationship

May 14, 2024 James Batchelor

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Report: Square Enix to lay off workers in European and American divisions

Company announced plans to "rebuild its overseas business divisions" in financial earnings

May 14, 2024 Sophie McEvoy