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Tencent's mobile games revenues drop, but daily users are on the rise
Smartphone titles still generate almost a quarter of Chinese giant's $11.1 billion revenue in Q2 2018
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Dying Light 2's choices will power “the ultimate vision for the open world”
Techland's Adrian Ciszewski details how the upcoming 'narrative sandbox' enables players to manipulate a zombie-filled city
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Tilting Point opens new Barcelona studio
Mobile firm's new outfit will focus on publishing, art and user acquisition
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Patrick Söderlund leaves Electronic Arts after 12 years
Publisher reshuffling teams as long-serving exec makes surprise departure
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Anti-Brexit group Games4EU launches campaign
Grassroots movements aims to demonstrate the damage leaving the European Union will do to the UK games industry
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Sumo: “Constraining Eve Valkyrie devs to VR would be the wrong thing to do”
Newcastle studio already working on active projects, but new parent hints at other expertise
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Bethesda defends legal action against man selling pre-owned copy of Evil Within 2
Publisher says sale of sealed and unopened games still constitutes unauthorised reselling if listed as new
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Family games, with Thumbfood's Simon Smith
The latest episode, discussing the growing opportunity for kids games on console, is available to download now
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Sumo's search for the next Snake Pass
Why the UK developer runs regular game jams - and is planning to share the playable prototypes for free
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IGN drops Dead Cells reviewer after plagiarism investigation
Update: Site apologizes to Boomstick Gaming after determining now-former employee lifted the content of its YouTube review
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Keeping Sea of Thieves afloat
Rare details how free expansions, focusing on the unexpected, and avoiding egregious monetisation has given its pirate game a buoyant future
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“30% store tax is a high cost,” says Sweeney as Fortnite skips Google Play
Epic Games CEO explains studio's decision to aim for direct downloads, praises openness of Google's platform
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China's “enormous opportunity” for Eve Online
CEO Hilmar Pétursson believes NetEase's mobile game and a TV show will help the MMO double its audience
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Spyro Reignited Trilogy only has one game on the disc
Activision warns that second and third instalments will need to be downloaded after purchase
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Decline appears in number of games certified for UK tax relief
87 titles received final certification so far in 2018, down from over 100 last year
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Elon Musk adding Atari classics to Tesla software, wants original games for car display
Billionaire reveals Tempest, Missile Command and Pole Position coming in next four week - with the latter controlled by steering wheel
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CCP partners with NetEase to grow Eve Online in China
Major local publisher takes over Serenity server following collaboration on mobile spin-off Eve: Project Galaxy
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Crackdown and confidentiality: Sumo Digital's approach to AAA development
The UK studio discusses handling coveted IP and why it's not afraid of missing out on the limelight
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Sega of America names new president and COO
Former THQ and Gioteck boss takes over publisher's US arm, will also serve on Atlus board
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New multiplayer outsourcing studio opens in the UK
Nottingham-based The Multiplayer Guys staffed by team behind Terratech multiplayer and one of the first Xbox Live games
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Sea of Thieves reaches five million players as Cursed Sails expansion launches
Plus, 40 million hours broadcast on Twitch but it's still unclear how player count translates to sales due to Game Pass inclusion
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MapleStory M achieves three million downloads in first week
Mobile version of hugely popular Korean MMO tops highest grossing charts in key Asian markets
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PlayStation drives $17.9 billion Q1 for Sony
Higher-than-expected software sales and 43% digital ratio among financial highlights
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Increased profits and $1.5bn sales kick off Nintendo's financial year
Platform holder maintains forecast as Switch lifetime sales reach 19.7 million consoles, 86.93 million games
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Playground Games hires BioWare, EA Motive and Rocksteady talent for upcoming RPG
Forza Horizon developer also welcomes developers from Ninja Theory, Guerrilla Games and more to second studio