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The Witness studio offering $20,000 grants to underrepresented developers
Jonathan Blow's team keen to see more women, people of colour, disabled people and LGBTQIA making puzzle games
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Will Wright returns to game development with mobile title Proxi
The Sims creator working with Unity to find an artist for his first games project in almost a decade
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Unity 2018 detailed in GDC keynote
Machine learning, new scriptable rendering pipelines and more VR support among the highlights
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Magic Leap now open to developers through Creator Portal preview
Meanwhile, Unreal Engine and Unity add support for ambitious new augmented reality platform
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Why Unity and Universal are giving indies access to Hollywood IP
New contest, supported by Microsoft and Intel, gives devs the chance to create games based on Back To The Future, Jaws and more
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Sonic Mania finally scheduled for physical release
Updated edition will add new modes and characters as Sega tries to build on retro hit's success
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$12m of Epic Games' Paragon assets now free to all developers
Unreal Engine provider offers character models, animations, environments and more ahead of next month's shutdown
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Amazon's new GameOn tech enables devs to offer real-world prizes in games
Newly-announced APIs enable in-game competitions on mobile, PC and console
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Testronic opens first Asia office
QA and localisation firm now established in Bangkok, aims to help Western firms target Asian markets
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Valve quietly cracks down on Steam hate groups
Several Nazi and school shooter-themed groups deleted, but other toxic communities still remain
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Representing blindness through art in Another Sight
Lunar Great Wall CEO Marco Ponte talks us through his studio's inaugural game that renders a world of darkness in the style of Monet
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How Kongregate plans to rival Steam with new store Kartridge
“Everybody uses Steam, but they don't necessarily love it,” says CEO Emily Greer
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Omega Labyrinth Z the first game to be banned in the UK since Manhunt 2
PQube's dungeon crawler refused rating by Video Standards Council for "sexualisation of children"
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Subway Surfers becomes first Android game to pass 1bn downloads
Sybo and Kiloo's mobile hit achieves new milestone after outperforming all other games last year
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Virtuos planning $30m investment in new studios by 2020
Outsourcing firm tells GamesIndustry.biz about its plans following $15m funding round and new Singapore HQ
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Fears of Bethesda legal action prompts cancellation of Fallout 3 remake
Capital Wasteland scrapped as modders seek to maintain a good relationship with Elder Scrolls publisher
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Twitch Prime kicks off monthly free games bundle with Superhot, Shadow Tactics
Members will receive permanent additions to their collections as long as their subscription lasts
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Can Facebook catch up to Twitch and YouTube?
Director of games partnerships for the Americas Guy Cross talks us through the social network's ambitious plans to attract more streamers and content creators
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Google Cloud teams with Ubisoft for open-source game server project Agones
Companies invite developers to work together on enabling smoother matchmaking and multiplayer for games of all sizes
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Female Overwatch League host receives death threats over Women's Day tweet
Soe 'Soembie' Gschwind-Penski besieged on social media for thanking supportive men
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Watch the industry's response to Trump's violent video games reel
Games For Change compiles montage of beautiful and emotional moments from The Last of Us, Zelda, Minecraft, Abzu and more
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Halfbrick reportedly lays off more than half its staff
Fruit Ninja developer said to have dismissed up to 30 employees, with fewer than 30 remaining at the studio
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Tencent invests up to $1bn into streaming services within 24 hours
Chinese giant poured $632m into Douyu and led a $461m funding round into its rival Huya
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Kixeye secures $20m funding for machine learning platform
Mobile firm claims tech optimises gameplay and monetisation to solve the 'one-hit wonder problem'