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New studio Social First raises $2.5m
Finnish startup led by Kukouri executives aims to create new titles focused on social elements
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Virtuos acquires Volmi Games
Creative services outfit snaps up specialist art production firm to further global growth
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Psyonix on pivoting to mobile with Rocket League Sideswipe
The Epic-owned studio discusses the challenges of redesigning the hit car game to suit a different market
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Game designer Zach Ford dies
Gearbox staff CEO Randy Pitchford called Ford a “passionate and talented designer”
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Sony expects Activision games to stay multiplatform due to "contractual agreements"
Update: Xbox head confirms to Sony that it will honor all existing deals and intends to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation
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Super Rare Games launches indie publishing label Super Rare Originals
Ryan Brown discusses how company aims to "rebuild the power dynamics in indie publishing to be in the developer's favour"
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Rainbow Six Extraction | Critical Consensus
A fun, co-operative shooter at its core, but ultimately could have just been a Siege expansion
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Former Firaxis art director Greg Foertsch unveils new studio, Bit Reactor
XCOM designer discusses how new outfit plans to refresh the strategy genre and rival AAAs
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Kotick expected to leave Activision Blizzard after Microsoft deal closes
WSJ reports that the CEO discussed buying games press outlets to "change the public narrative about the company"
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Dream Games raises $255m at $2.75bn valuation
Turkish mobile startup doubles value in six months with third funding round in a year
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Developer of earlier Wordle app sees install surge, donates proceeds to charity
Abandoned app sees a significant burst of downloads and revenue driven by popularity of browser-based puzzler
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Activision Blizzard confirms 37 people "fired or pushed out" in wake of lawsuit
Update: Company states Kotick holding back figures is "simply inaccurate", resources for investigating reports "significantly increased"
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Meta under FTC investigation over anti-competitive practices
The Commission is looking into how the company may utilise its market power to capitalise on the VR space
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EGX Birmingham tickets now on sale
Event plays host to the GamesIndustry.biz Academy stage between 4th and 6th March 2022
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Pandemic removed from digital storefronts at “request of publisher”
Popular Asmodee title taken down from Steam, App Store and Google Play, more platforms to follow
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Mod.io crosses 300m creator downloads
UGC platform passes milestone, sees 150% growth in monthly users, content and mod installations
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Black Game Developers Fund on rebranding, evolving, and expanding
Strategic advisors Sithe Ncube and Justin Woodward discuss the Humble-backed venture's next steps to independence
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Forte acquires N3twork platform to bolster blockchain development
Two firms will merge together to create a new game development company
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Microsoft confirms Xbox One production ended in 2020
Company states that it stopped manufacturing consoles “to focus on production of Xbox Series X/S"
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Yahaha Studios raises $50m to fuel metaverse development
Company aims to build a “no-code” platform for users of all skill levels to create games
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Airnow acquires Lab Cave
Madrid-based growth platform will adapt to hybrid working, Luis Bertó remains CEO
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Frontier sees net loss of £1.7m
UK developer marks a decline as early sales of Jurassic World Evolution 2 were “lower than expected”
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Chinese streaming platform Bilibili to ban violent games
Titles such as Grand Theft Auto V and The Witcher 3 will no longer be permitted
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Razer removes N95 grade from Zephyr mask marketing
Company clarifies that its air purifying devices are not medical grade or PPE