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Echo and Little Nightmares clean up at 2018 Nordic Game Awards
Ultra Ultra's sci-fi adventure wins three categories, including Game of the Year, while Tarsier Studios' dark title takes two
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What does GDPR mean for PR?
Leading UK games agencies tell us how new privacy regulations are refining their processes and better relationships with press
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PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida to keynote Develop:Brighton 2018
Sony legend will reflect on his decades-long career, GamesIndustry.biz readers get 10% discount on passes
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Battlefield V ditches season pass and loot boxes, takes on Red Dead Redemption 2
Electronic Arts plans to monetise upcoming blockbuster shooter with live service and cosmetics after its arrives on October 19th
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Digital Extremes' Chinese owner stealthily launches new US publisher
Athlon Games based in Burbank, owned by Leyou Technologies, and specialises in free-to-play games
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Tim Schafer: “I haven't made my best game yet”
The BAFTA-winning veteran discusses why the industry needs more experimental games, and how a 50-year-old white male can be a champion for diversity
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God of War helps PlayStation smash records in April NPD stats
Kratos' return was best ever launch for a PlayStation exclusive, PS4 game sales reaches new high for the month
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Ant Workshop: "Accessibility does not mean making your game easier"
Dead End Job developer Tony Gowland discusses how indies can reach beyond - but still satisfy - core gamers
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FIFA and Call of Duty driving viewer growth in console esports
20 million hours of console events watched in 2018 so far, but still only a fraction of esports' overall viewership
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Tencent takes majority stake in Path of Exile dev Grinding Gear Games
Studio will “remain an independent company”, hopes to bring new content to Chinese players faster
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Capcom experiments with streaming and new pricing in Resident Evil 7 for Switch
Cloud version of acclaimed horror title will be streamed via wifi, costs just £13 / $18 for six-month 'play ticket'
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Infinity Ward has quietly been recruiting Respawn developers
Seven hires over the past year identified, includes three former IW staff
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Accessibility in games, with SpecialEffect
Latest episode available now, discussing the Xbox Adaptive Controller and ways to help disabled gamers enjoy the latest titles
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Paradox Q1 profits up 270% - despite only one new game release
Outgoing CEO Fred Wester says quarter shows the value of retaining loyal players with expansions and more
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PlayStation Vita game production will continue in Japan
Sony confirms physical games will still be released in home market beyond March 2019
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ESRB dropping short form ratings for digital games in June
Developers will still be able to get rated at no cost via IARC
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Players make the game (literally) in Worlds Adrift
UK developer discusses rewriting the rules of MMO progression, avoiding exploitation with user-created content, and penis islands
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Rovio's Q1 revenues hold steady at €65.7 million, but profitability is rising
Operating profit up 73% to €9.2 million and Angry Birds 2 is growing as mobile firm prepares for rising user acquisition costs
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People Can Fly opens new UK, Poland studios
Bulletstorm firm brings former Ubisoft and Sniper: Ghost Warrior devs into the fold
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Is Metro Exodus the latest game to flee from Red Dead Redemption 2?
THQ Nordic pushes post-apocalyptic shooter into 2019, assures that development is “progressing well”
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GameStop boosted by billionaire hedge fund
Bridgewater Associates ups stake in troubled games retailer, plus new investment from quant firm Renaissance
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Universal "committed to games", addresses free labour concerns over IP contest
Hollywood firm determined to build final product from Unity-partnered competition, stresses unsuccessful entrants retain rights to ideas
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Bethesda calls in Just Cause studio Avalanche to co-develop Rage 2
Original developer id Software still involved, but not-so-surprise sequel will also benefit from Mad Max team
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ModDB parent launches cross-platform API mod.io
New tech makes it easier for developers to add modding tools to their games
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Turtle Beach recovery on track following better-than-expected Q1 2018
Headset vendor up from $10m loss in 2017 to $2m income, thanks to success of Fortnite and PUBG