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Empires & Puzzles: Disrupting the biggest market with the smallest team
CEO Timo Soininen discusses the importance of mid-development marketing and defying the “so-called industry experts”
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SpecialEffect aims for £500,000 with One Special Day 2018
Sega, Rovio, Seriously, Codemasters and more already on board as industry charity ramps up fundraising target
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$2.65m Binding of Isaac card game Kickstarter smashes target by over 5,000%
Almost 40,000 backers successfully funded tabletop spin-off of popular indie roguelike
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Microsoft invests $500,000 in coding and tech training for students of colour
Firm's support will open Seattle chapter for Black Girls Code and boost Technology Access Foundation's STEM program
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$50m Netease investment will help Improbable realise dream of “trillion dollar games industry”
Tech firm's CEO Herman Narula tells us how this partnership will unlock China for SpatialOS - and any developers that use it
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Dead Cells dev Motion Twin touts equal pay system
All 11 employees at French studio have identical salary, same say in project direction
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Denuvo investigation reportedly leads to arrest for games pirate Voksi
However, Bulgarian cracker claims he voluntarily went to police, reached out to DRM firm for “peaceful solution”
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The chart-topping return of Dontnod Entertainment
CEO Oskar Guilbert discusses the Life Is Strange studio's growth and the stories it can tell beyond games
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PUBG Corp details five-year esports plan
Developer proposes regional leagues and revenue sharing for top teams
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Epic Games worth $8 billion following Fortnite success
Battle Royale boost also means CEO and founder Tim Sweeney is now a billionaire
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The GamesIndustry.biz Careers Survey 2018: Lower pay but less crunch
We break down the results of our second annual study on the games jobs market, which shows an industry improving its conditions and increasing its efforts in equality
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James Ohlen: Anthem failure won't mean the end of BioWare
Long-serving designer also disputes "conspiracy theories" that EA is driving studio away from story-driven RPGs
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Raiders of the Broken Planet going free-to-play less than a year after launch
MercurySteam's online shooter also rebranding as Spacelords as of August 23rd, director says episodic model “didn't work as planned”
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Onrush struggles lead to Evolution layoffs
Driveclub director Paul Pustchynsky among those who have been made redundant as Codemasters "decapitates" studio
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Bandai Namco: “We want 50% of our games to be new IP”
Digital and marketing VP Hervé Hoerdt details how the Japanese publisher plans to create new brands that yield movies, toys and more
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90,000 Steam accounts banned in Valve's biggest anti-cheat purge to date
Just under 30,000 cheaters dealt with on Wednesday, followed by a record-breaking 60,000 yesterday
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PUBG developer apologies after controversial World War II references found in game
Purchasable mask and AI bot caused offence across Korea and China with allusions to Imperial Japan
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UK tax breaks have helped finance 480 video games
In fact, more games have benefitted from tax relief than TV productions
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Game Accessibility Conference comes to Europe this October
One-day event will be held in Paris, discusses best practices of making games playable for everyone
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Roblox: “Our work on safety is never-ending”
Developer behind popular kids game responds to recent gang rape incident, reiterates that hacker behind it has been banned
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Fallout 76 and the thrill of 'stranger danger'
Bethesda's Pete Hines discusses how the publisher's previous RPGs have been cheating players - and how its next title resolves this
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HTML5 game developer FRVR secures $3m funding
Seed round led by Accel, Makers Fund and angel investors, will be used to enter Asia and other new markets
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Video game Kickstarters have raised almost $10m so far in 2018
Total money pledged reaches three-year high, but number of campaigns drops to six-year low and success rate remains steady
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Shorter games and quicker releases, with Mike Bithell
The acclaimed indie developer joins us to discuss the challenges and creative freedom of his Circular text adventures
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How Remedy is taking Control of its own destiny
CEO Tero Virtala on the Finnish developer's plans for its newest IP and the lessons learned from its Microsoft collaborations