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Ex-EA, Walking Dead developers form new mobile studio Ordinal Games
Company split between Los Angeles and Shanghai, will focus on interactive fiction
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Former Tomb Raider boss joins Xbox leadership team
Darrell Gallagher now at Microsoft, teases big things for E3
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Patrick Soderlund: EA "can't afford" another loot box controversy with Anthem
Newly promoted chief design officer promises publisher has learned from mistakes with Star Wars debacle
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Cliff Bleszinski accuses Epic Games of stealing staff
Boss Key co-founder believes there is plenty of room in Battle Royale genre as Radical Heights gains momentum
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FTC warns about illegal warranties, likely including Nintendo and Sony
Federal Trade Commission states that companies are not allowed to force users to use specific service providers
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Nintendo seeking startups to improve Switch hardware
Platform holder teams up with Scrum Ventures to source new add-ons and technology for hybrid console
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Eight Rezzed sessions you won't want to miss
Advice on career changes, promoting your game and community management all offered at London games showcase this weekend
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SteamSpy creator warns PC market is once again open to abuse
“Imagine signing a basketball player without knowing his past performance,” posits Sergey Galyonkin
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Rovio investor relations boss leaves after seven months
Rauno Heinonen only joined in September ahead of IPO, second major exec to depart this year
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Making narrative choices meaningful
Former Failbetter writer Cash DeCuir discusses what draws players into an interactive story - and how to avoid throwing them out of it
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Oregon passes its own net neutrality laws, but not for home users
"The internet has democratised knowledge and is an invaluable tool. It's so important that it remains open and accessible"
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Netmarble moving US office to Los Angeles
South Korean mobile firm wants better location as it ramps up Western expansion
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SteamSpy shutting down after Steam privacy update
Switch to default hidden game libraries cuts off primary source of tracker's data
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GTA V is the most profitable entertainment product of all time
90 million sales and $6 billion in revenue means nothing comes close to Rockstar's biggest hit
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Far Cry 5 secures second week at No.1 in UK charts
No new entries and a handful of price promotions mean quiet week for retail
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ESA joins battle for net neutrality
E3 organiser and games lobbying group files to participate in lawsuit against Federal Communications Commission
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Indie comics platform Tapas Media embarks on major games push
Digital publisher keen to share its IP and fictional universes with developers across all platforms.
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Apple's clones crackdown leads to App Store shrinking
Number of new iOS releases drops for the first time since marketplace launched in 2008
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Ubisoft's plans to tackle toxicity in Rainbow Six: Siege
Permanent bans, mute text chat, chat filtering and team kill detection all in the works
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69% of large UK games firms have bigger gender pay gap than national average
UPDATE: King and Rockstar added to database, based on businesses with 250 or more employees
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Making virtual reality mainstream, with Terra Virtua
Subs-based VR platform's CTO Kish Hirani discusses killer apps, and the link between VR and theme parks
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Valve hasn't given up on Steam Machines
Company admits sales are slow, but says 'store delisting' is nothing more than routine cleanup
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New Vive Pro bundle cuts headset price by $100
HTC marks VR device's second anniversary with new offer to clarify upgrade confusion
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Banning cryptocurrency ads is "short-sighted"
But firms preparing for token sales remain confident they will raise the funds they seek
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Record-breaking VR/AR start-ups raised over $3.6bn in last 12 months
Video games one of only two sectors to secure more than 10% of investment deals