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The must-see sessions of Develop:Brighton 2023
We look through the highlights on the schedule for next week's conference
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Why do games media layoffs keep happening?
Redundancies are not uncommon, but the pace at which it's happening in games media is swelling
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The fluctuating scope of Inkle's games
Co-founder Jon Ingold discusses the ambition behind upcoming release A Highland Song, and how to source writing from your community in an honest way
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After Summer Games Fest, what are the biggest games left of 2023?
We take a look at the key titles due this year
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Here come clown feet | This Week in Business
Unity's AI-asset-creator-that-wasn't leads a week of bush league moves from big companies in gaming
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Redaction errors reveal the economics of exclusivity | Opinion
Badly-redacted documents from the FTC vs Microsoft show why platform exclusivity is such a big deal
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Everything we learned from the Microsoft vs FTC hearing
UPDATE: Judge rules in Microsoft's favour
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Dino Patti's mission to trigger the indie multiplayer revolution
Coherence CEO discusses his new company's tech and why smaller studios can have the biggest impact on multiplayer games
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Sponsored | Meet Enduring Games: the co-developer working on Immortals of Aveum
Thanks to a distinct approach to co-development, Enduring Games has joined the Unreal Engine Service Partner Program. But what does Enduring do? And what is the Partner Program?
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The how and why of Apex Legends' first trans character
Lead writer, artist, and voice actor for Catalyst recount how she came to be in Respawn's hero shooter
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CD Projekt: "We need to fix the relationship with our players"
The Cyberpunk developer on the game's disastrous launch, the new expansion and changes within the studio
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Dinosaur Polo Club and the big task of creating Mini games
Co-founders Peter and Robert Curry on ten years of Mini Metro, the challenges of figuring out a studio structure off the back of a hit, and not wasting people’s time
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Games will need a radical rethink to work in AR | This Week in Business
Having games that interact with real-world environments is a significant technical hurdle, but perhaps a bigger design challenge
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Indie games: who buys what, and why?
Humble's Phil Hofman breaks down the results of a study into indie game buyers' tastes and preferences
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New studio Red Rover Interactive's plan to drive "breakout growth" for survival games
Leaders from Funcom, Bohemia Interactive, Lockwood and more secure $5 million for new venture
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The Lesser of one 'Evil'
Lesser Evil founder Hendrik Lesser talks about making "games that take a stand" and turning real-life tragedy into entertainment without trivializing it
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Star Wars, mobile and free-to-play: Ubisoft's bid to transform its business
CEO Yves Guillemot: "Other publishers buy companies, we try to build things"
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Sponsored | How to market console and PC games in a mobile world
Mobile marketing company AppsFlyer on the rise of cross-platform games and why it’s adding console and PC to its marketing and measuring tools
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Sponsored | Our free webinar on AI chatbots in games is this week
In parntership with Endava, we'll discuss the opportunities and challenges around using services like ChatGPT in games
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GAME: We will be the last man standing in physical video games
The UK games retailer on surviving the pandemic, its role in the digital age, and its blossoming toy business
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Activision Blizzard says collective bargaining is a human right | This Week in Business
It just doesn't want any of the humans it employs to actually exercise that right
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Our favourite indie games from the 2023 summer games showcases
The GamesIndustry.biz team selects their favourite indie titles from the past week that deserve more attention
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A night at Tokyo Indies
We explore the origins of the Japanese indie scene, and how the monthly meetup is helping to drive it forwards
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Summer Game Fest was a good media event, but where does it go from here? | Opinion
There were signs of life after E3 in LA this week
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PlayStation confident in PS Plus strategy as it readies PS5 game streaming
Head of subscriptions Nick Maguire tells us releasing first-party games outside the service first "will continue to be our strategy moving forward"