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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tekken getting Netflix animated series
Tekken: Bloodline is set to release this year on the streaming platform
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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
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Tencent, EA, Media Molecule and Creative Assembly among first announced speakers for Develop:Brighton 2022
Conference will return in July, previously announced keynote to be led led by Arkane Lyon studio director Dinga Bakaba
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Nintendo to shut down Dragalia Lost
The mobile title will come to a close later this year, with a last update scheduled for March 31
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Activision Blizzard calls on shareholders to vote in favour of Microsoft deal
Company will hold vote on April 28, details potential effect is acquisition falls through
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Bungie reports Destiny YouTube video copyright takedowns
The company also said that content on its own channels are also being hit with DMCA strikes
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Unity shows off Enemies tech demo to demonstrate advances in digital humans
Improved tools heading to engine “in a month or two”
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Ramen VR raises $35m in series B funding round
The company said that the investment will go towards further development of its first title and expansion of its studio
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Next Witcher will use Unreal Engine
CD Projekt Red says it's leaving its proprietary RedEngine behind and will use Epic's tech in next Witcher title as well as future games