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Square Enix to create AAA original IP with Tencent
'Strategic alliance' between two firms will also see the creation of a new joint-venture company
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Tickets now on sale for EGX Industry Party 2018
Event returns to Birmingham's The Jam House on Thursday, September 20th
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PEGI adds in-game purchase warning to boxed games
Descriptor will be added to physical releases by the end of the year
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Nintendo orders takedown of fan game maker Pokémon Essentials
Decade-old asset kit for RPG Maker pulled, along with wiki on how to develop with it
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Why Velocity Supernova needs a publisher - but is struggling to find one
FuturLab's James Marsden delves deeper into the difficulties getting a Velocity 2X sequel signed, despite an audience of millions
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NPD: $19.5bn spent on video games in US during first half of 2018
Hardware spending reaches seven-year high, with Xbox One and SNES Classic cited as highlights
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Onrush director Paul Rustchynsky resurfaces at Slightly Mad Studios
Ex-Evolution exec leading unnamed title at Project Cars studio after layoffs at previous employer
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Reality Gaming Group opening temporary crypto-only shop in London
Marketing event for Reality Clash also aims to educate the masses on cryptocurrency with free masterclasses and virtual coins
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NASSCOM GDC rebrands as The India Game Developer Conference
This year's conference will run alongside new week-long games and animation festival IndiaJoy
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Dota 2 International 2019 moves to Shanghai
First time the championship has been held outside of North America since the 2011 debut
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Nerial founder “couldn't be happier” as Reigns gets Game Of Thrones spin-off
London indie teams up with HBO and Devolver to deliver premium mobile adventure set in Westeros
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Losing the battle against mobile's lack of buttons
We speak to Tommy Søreide Kjær about his innovative puzzle-platformer No More Buttons and its heavily revised sequel
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Microsoft reportedly bundling console, Gold and Game Pass into Xbox All Access service
Project Largo offers Xbox One X plus online services for $34.99 per month, $149 accessory allegedly pulled from Gamescom reveal
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Denuvo rolling out anti-cheat software
DRM firm plans to prevent players unbalancing multiplayer games and bypassing microtransactions
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"No school shooters": Robot Cache promises more curation than Steam
CEO says every game submitted will be reviewed for content on blockchain-based marketplace
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Funcom's Rui Casais: From junior programmer to CEO
We speak to the chief exec about his journey to the top, and why he has stayed with the Conan Exiles studio for more than a decade
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Facebook drops its revenue share for Instant Games on Android
Social network will no longer take a cut of in-app purchases on Google devices, applies new rates retroactively
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Steam Play update makes Windows-only games playable on Linux
Valve rolls out new open source compatibility tool Proton, complete with Vulkan support
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The Division 2 “is like a second marriage”
Massive's David Polfeldt talks us through his team's 'endgame first' mentality and why the first Division could last longer than we expect
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CD Projekt enters mobile games development with Spokko
Parent of Cyberpunk and Witcher developer will give team access to its IP, holds majority stake in business
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Starbreeze posts pre-tax profits of $2.9 million despite no new releases
Dead By Daylight rights sale “dramatically boosts profitability” as Overkill's The Walking Dead release finally draws closer
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GAME's full-year revenues expected to suffer slight decline
But Spanish business shows growth, while plans to expand Belong arenas continue
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Unions aren't the only way to give developers leverage
DLC: Ex-IGDA director Kate Edwards on labour issues, plus Battletoads isn't a sign Rare is reverting to old IP and Forza Horizon 4's 'pothole technology'
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Cliff Bleszinksi to address Boss Key failure in new book
Industry veteran's memoir “closes the chapter” on studio that shut down less than a year after its debut title Lawbreakers launched
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FuturLab: No publisher will sign Velocity 2X sequel, despite millions of downloads
UK studio shares turbulent journey behind Velocity Supernova, the secretly-developed sequel it might never release