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Kickstarter launches Patreon rival Drip
New crowdfunding platform allows creators to offer subscriptions for ongoing content, will integrate with Kickstarter
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Guerrilla Games: "We've gone from designing rollercoaster rides to theme parks"
Horizon: Zero Dawn art director Jan-Bart Van Beek on the acclaimed new IP's origins and why games offer more unique worlds than movies
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UK government pledges 2,000 visas, £61m investment to Tech sector
Number of visas doubled to bring in more talent, with three £20m schemes planned to grow Britain's digital industries
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National Videogame Arcade launching music festival in 2018
Masaya Matsura, Jessica Curry and Rob Hubbard to headline new event
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EA: Live services plus subscriptions equals "uncapped" monetisation
CFO Blake Jorgensen discusses how publisher is becoming less dependent on new titles, growing a more stable business
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IGN promises change following allegations of sexual harassment against former editor
Content staff release statement declaring solidarity with victims, some employees stop work in protest against harassment
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EA promises "constant adjustments" to Battlefront II monetisation
Users estimate it will take 40 hours to unlock iconic characters, prompting more backlash against the multiplayer shooter
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Razer raises $500 million with Hong Kong IPO
Successful floatation drives stock up 40%, sells just over one billion shares
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Tencent to help establish Snapchat as games platform
Chinese behemoth believes mobile games will help social media firm meet growth expectations
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Bossa scraps Decksplash after free weekend failure
Skateboarding title struggled to attract 100,000 players during open beta experiment
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Virtual Reality, at Develop:VR
Members of four VR studios join us to discuss the future of the industry's most talked-about technology
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CCP dev: "Virtual reality doesn't need a killer app"
Eve Valkyrie lead game designer Andrew Whillans also shares how to account for low install bases with VR multiplayer games
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More than 6,000 games released on Steam in 2017 so far
Almost ten years' worth of new games are already on the marketplace - and there's still a month to go
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Nintendo to ship almost 50 million Switch units by April 2019
Platform holder plans to produce up to 30 million consoles in next fiscal year
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Guillemot: "PlayStation 5 and fourth Xbox to launch 2019 at the earliest"
Ubisoft CEO does not expect new consoles any time soon thanks to launch of PS4 Pro and Xbox One X
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Sony ramping up Move production for PSVR push
Platform holder also reports virtual reality attach rate highest on PS4 Pro, five games sold per headset
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Humvee maker suing Activision over trademark infringement in Call of Duty
Automotive firm says series success came "only at the expense of AM General"
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Unity opens Los Angeles office with Insomniac devs
Mike Acton and Andreas Fredriksson head up fresh efforts to advance data-oriented programming
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Take-Two wants "recurrent consumer spending" from all titles, won't always be virtual currency
Meanwhile CEO Strauss Zelnick remains confident Red Dead 2 won't cannibalise ongoing GTA Online success
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Ex-Quantic Dream dev opens new narrative studio in London
Caroline Marchal tells GamesIndustry.biz how Interior Night will bring the Breaking Bad audience into video games
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Mobile still a "core pillar" of Nintendo's strategy, despite Super Mario Run shortfall
"There is still much we have to learn," says president Tatsumi Kimishima; no plans for platform holder to manufacture smartphones
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Funding your game through cryptocurrencies
We speak to Reality Gaming Group about the advantages of using Initial Coin Offerings to boost your budget
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UK government awards £50,000 to Tranzfuser's winning students
Mochi Mode and Shuttershade Studios take home £25,000 each following UK Games Fund competition
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Sold Out: "Nintendo does not exclude you, it just asks you to up your game"
CEO Garry Williams says "the opportunities are there" for boxed games on Switch following digital indie gold rush
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Monster Hunter Switch drives Capcom's sales up to $295m
Nintendo title shows "stalwart performance", publisher expects downloads to account for one in three sales by April