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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
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Germany bans vague pre-order release dates
Retailers no longer to pre-sell games that are “coming soon”, courts have ruled
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Nintendo UK charging up to £180 for cracked Switch repairs
One in five users experience this fault but platform holder claims it is accidental damage not covered by warranty
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Nintendo lawsuit against Colopl won't block developer's Switch release
Platform holder says ongoing patent dispute and defendant's games business are “completely separate matters”
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Hangar 13: Diversifying your team protects you from blind spots
The Mafia III developer on “walking a tightrope” with the game's narrative and how the risks it took shaped the new Brighton studio
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Inaugural Game Dev Heroes awards winners revealed
New ceremony celebrates individuals and unsung heroes who contribute greatly to both their studios and the industry
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New publisher Inca Games will release Latin American games worldwide
Buenos Aires firm will launch three games by early 2019, plans to incubate future titles
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ESA president: Crunch “hasn't been a significant issue” for ten years
Industry body's leader Mike Gallagher also believes call for unions is “in its infancy”
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Monster Hunter World concerns trigger 13% drop for Capcom shares
US analyst predicts “significant risk of sales decline” as console version slows ahead of PC launch
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We need parents on board if we want to protect their children
Following news of a sexual assault in Roblox and 'addiction' to Fortnite, parents want to cut kids off from these games - but that will only make the problem worse
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“There is no magic formula” for getting noticed on Steam
Auroch Digital director Tomas Rawlings discusses the hard work that goes into surviving on Valve's marketplace
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Tencent plans to take WeGame worldwide as Steam rivalry grows
International takeover will begin with Hong Kong version, now in development
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Niantic's Ingress to get Netflix animated series later this year
Series based on Pokémon Go forebear will be used to introduce upcoming sequel Ingress Prime
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Team Fortress 2 leads as biggest player counts on Steam revealed
Developer method to calculate sales yields interesting results (before it was blocked)
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BAFTA reveals 2018 Young Game Designers winners
Promising young developers win with concepts and prototypes for mental health titles and particle physics puzzlers
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The European TV channel making documentaries with video games
Arte project manager Adrien Larouzée tells us why games are the perfect storytelling media to spread culture from the continent
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Valve quickly shuts down developer method for estimating Steam sales
Steam API suddenly altered after The End Is Nigh co-dev uses achievements data as SteamSpy alternative
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Xbox: Accessible games can “mean the difference between existing and living” for disabled people
But platform holder's Tara Voelker urges developers to add more accessibility options to their titles
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1.4m sales makes Conan Exiles the biggest game in Funcom's history
Online survival game also publisher's fastest-selling title, reaching milestone in less than half the time of Age of Conan