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FTC moves to strengthen guidelines on “fake and manipulative reviews”
Government body looks to crack down on misleading marketing, and how advertising is presented to children
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Thunderful and Coatsink acquire Islanders IP
Pair working on DLC for Grizzly Games' city building title, as well as a sequel
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Thunderful sees 85% drop in operating profits, but revenues are up
Swedish publisher describes Q1 as a “weak first quarter with positive signals”
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Andreessen Horowitz launches $600m VC fund for games
Games Fund One is firm's inaugural industry-focused investment arm
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Hyperlab raises valuation to $7.5m
Mobile outfit headed by former Crytek staff completes seed funding round
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Virtuos acquires art production studio Glass Egg
Creative services firm expands presence in Vietnam, aims to open second studio in the country by June 2022
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Blizzard bans professional Hearthstone player following sexual assault conviction
Jon “Orange” Westberg issued an apology for 2018 incident, says he was unaware of the suspension prior to its issue
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Bungie shares statement on terrorist attack, says it won't be “muzzled” by Sony
Senior community manager says studio will stand up for what's right, supported by CEO Parsons
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CI Games offers to buy back United Label ahead of potential dual listing
Polish firm hopes to full reabsorb publisher before it floats on the London Stock Exchange
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Deathloop leads nominations for Develop:Star Awards 2022
The winners will be crowned on July 13 as part of Develop: Brighton
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City University of New York launches game design degree
Mayor Eric Adams says public program aims to "diversify the gaming field" in NYC
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Strauss Zelnick to remain Take-Two CEO until 2029
Boss receives contract extension, may see huge bonuses based on tweaked “recurrent consumer spending” goals
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Ocean Software co-founder David Ward dies
Ward founded the developer and publisher in 1983, and went on to become a pioneer of the UK games industry
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Universally Speaking to open new studio in Liverpool
The new office will support the firm's Bedfordshire HQ
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Children banned from tipping and watching livestreams after 10pm in China
Gaming restrictions continue as government issues limitations on how kids interact with broadcasting sites
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Tencent Games opens Liverpool studio
New office currently houses 12 members of Tencent's global production team and will support partner development
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Sonic The Hedgehog 2 becomes top-grossing video game movie of all time
Sequel outperformed first film at the box office, generating $331 million in total
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Xbox partners with Epic to bring Fortnite to the cloud
Browser-enabled play will let iPhone and iPad users access the battle royale for the first time since 2020
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Bungie chief people officer on transforming into a "digital-first" studio
Holly Barbacovi discusses how the Destiny 2 developer plans to create a remote workforce
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Nacon launches new studio in Milan
Subsidiary RaceWard will merge into new label, alongside teams yet to be announced
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Bernard Kim to leave Zynga, named new CEO of Match Group
Company president and industry veteran announces his departure from the games industry
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Bungie expresses support for essential healthcare rights
"Standing up for reproductive choice and liberty is not a difficult decision to make"
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Intel CEO expects chip shortage to last into 2024
Pat Gelsinger says "constrained availability" will continue to impact the PC and console market
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Rovio sees 26% increase in group revenues to €85m
Mobile firm sees another record rise in earnings driven by Angry Birds franchise
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Nintendo Switch Sports | Critical Consensus
Spiritual successor to the iconic Wii title is a fun, polished reboot, but doesn't quite knock it out of the park