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Esports Wales receives up to £125,000 in funding
Investment will support the extension of its academy program
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Don't Nod's journey from Life Is Strange to Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
We talk to Don't Nod Montréal about the lessons learned from its most popular series, and how its new IP continues the studio's narrative-driven focus
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Fallout series reaches 100m viewers worldwide | News-in-brief
Amazon's adaptation of the post-apocalyptic franchise premiered on April 10, 2024
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Steam will no longer sell games in Germany without age rating | News-in-brief
Move follows request from regulator BZKJ, developers must use USK rating agency or Steam's built-in rating process
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Antstream Arcade makes "small number" of layoffs
Retro games streaming firm attributed job cuts to a "strategic shift in focus"
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Amazon hires Xbox co-founder J Allard
Allard will be working in Devices and Services team, previously returned to games for Intellivision role
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Indie Studio Black Flag shuts down following "communication breakdown" with publisher
"We appear to be another casualty of the current downturn in the video game industry," Black Flag says
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Future shutters PlayStation-focused Play magazine
A spiritual successor to the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine, it ran for 29 years
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Awesomenauts devs reclaim their unfinished game as new studio Rangatang
Co-founder Olivier Thijssen and Glowfish Interactive's Emiel De Paepe discuss the co-dev deal supporting the startup
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Six ways to create safer spaces to play
Rovio's chief sustainability officer Heini Kaihu shares the basics to combat bullying and harassment in games
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Krafton bringing Palworld to mobile | News-in-brief
Krafton has secured Palworld IP license in deal with Pocketpair, project will be handled by development team of PUBG Studios
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Report: Nintendo further cracks down on emulation
Ryujinx reportedly shut down, while YouTuber issued copyright strike
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Epic Games CEO says company is now "financially sound"
Tim Sweeney said Epic had "spent the last year rebuilding and executing solidly on all fronts"
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Epic Games bolsters Fortnite and UEFN parental controls to monitor playtime and set time limits
Epic says the time limit controls work across all linked devices
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Epic lowers Unreal Engine royalty fee for games released simultaneously on Epic Games Store
Prioritise an Epic Games Store release, and your royalties could drop from 5% to 3.5%
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Hi-Rez Studios to cut an unspecified number of jobs in "difficult but necessary change"
The cuts follow "internal reorganisation and reprioritisation," CEO says
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PlayStation says full-screen PS5 dash advertisements were caused by a "tech error"
"There have been no changes to the way game news is displayed on PS5," Sony tells players
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UK-based VR studio XR Games' "massive restructuring" reportedly puts dozens of jobs at risk
"It's heartbreaking to see," said one staff member
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Crunchyroll alumni launch indie publisher Shorelines Games
New label to focus on systems-based titles that "have a very clear narrative throughline"
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Devolver launches Big Fan Games, a publishing label dedicated to movie, TV and comic book adaptations
"There is an art to adaptation"
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Microsoft discontinues HoloLens 2, no replacement planned
The augmented reality headset launched in 2019
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Sharkmob London faces layoffs after game cancelled
Studio was working on unannounced title "for some time," will try to minimise impact on staff
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Xbox Research expands to work with developers
Microsoft also looking for feedback from studios who don't develop their games for Xbox
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"We don't want to just replicate successful games": Behind Krafton's acquisition of Tango Gameworks
Head of corporate development Maria Park explains the reasoning behind the company's move to acquire the former Microsoft studio, and looks at the future of Hi-Fi Rush
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EA vets open new studio The Three Thousands in Melbourne
Developer scheduled to release its first title in 2025