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Nolan Bushnell movie to be funded by cryptocurrency
New currency Bushnell Token created to help finance biopic on games industry veteran
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Star Control legal battle intensifies as alleged settlement offer surfaces
Stardock's "unfathomable" demands reportedly include surrender of IP rights, a public apology, $225,000 and a five-year development ban
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Nintendo Switch breaks records for first-year US sales
Meanwhile, NPD reports spending on games products neared $1 billion in February
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Crytek adopts royalties model as CryEngine 5.5 arrives
Developer will now take a five per cent share of earnings from games built with its technology
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What can games developers learn from a social casino firm?
KamaGames CEO Andrey Kuznetsov offers advice on how to increase revenues and keep your players hungry for more
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EA's secretive SEED team shows off first demo, Project Pica Pica
GDC technical demo showcases work with ray-tracing and self-learning AI agents
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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