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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
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UKIE: Shared data the key to more government support
Trade body encourages more games firms to get involved as industry rallies for consideration in Brexit negotiations
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Building Bonfire: Rob Pardo's plans for 2018 and beyond
The World of Warcraft lead designer discusses how his new studio is shaping up and plans to follow Hearthstone's success
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Getting Lucky on Xbox One X, with Playful's Paul Bettner
We discuss cutesy platformers and virtual reality on the newest episode of our podcast
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UK games tax relief extended to 2023
European Commission renotifies tax incentive scheme, granting another six years of support for British developers
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Sonic Mania success makes up for digital shortfalls in Sega financials
Retro platformer leads packaged game sales of 8.65 million, but publisher hopes for stronger download performance by April
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Ken Wong: "Gaming's remit is up for us to challenge"
Monument Valley designer discusses his latest project Florence, a "slice of life" game about a woman's first love
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Oculus' Bernard Yee: "Everything we've done to date is the warm-up for VR"
Executive producer posits that VR is about 'the fantasy of the small space' during View Conference talk
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EA CEO on Visceral closure: "It wasn't about single-player vs live service"
But publisher says live services continue to be "the bedrock of our business"
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EA execs address Battlefront II loot box concerns
Publisher insists Star Wars shooter will offer good value to players, won't be pay-to-win
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MAG Interactive acquires QuizDuel developer FEO Media
Update: Swedbank Robur's Microcap fund will finance MAG's third acquisition with $9.7 million investment
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PlayStation drives Sony's Q2 2017 revenues up to $18.25bn
Game and Network Services division saw sales more than double on 2016, PS4 shipments up to 67.5m units
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Why do we even need a British Games Institute?
Trade bodies and industry veterans discuss the role a publicly-funded agency could play in driving the UK's games industry forward
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Rob Pardo: VR MMOs not happening any time soon
World of Warcraft designer also offers advice to aspiring developers during his View Conference keynote
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GameStop introduces unlimited pre-owned pass
$60 PowerPass gives customers six months of access to its second-hand stock
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Reclaiming Assassin's Creed's lost identity
Creative director Jean Guesdon tells us how Origins will reaffirm what the epoch-spanning series is really all about
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Bundle Stars rebranding as Fanatical
Digital retailer's new identify goes live November 1st, team expanded ahead of launch
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Steam launches digital gift cards
Leading PC marketplace's users are now able to contribute funds directly to friends and family's Steam Wallets
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What went wrong with Lawbreakers?
Boss Key's Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee reveal the various avenues they're exploring to recover from a rocky launch
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Developers question Patreon's adult games restrictions
Creators of queer and erotica games concerned new rules could extend to silencing "important viewpoints"
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Bending the board game rules on mobile
Asmodee Digital discusses how it adapts tabletop IP for smart devices, and why the potential for CCG lies beyond Hearthstone
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New video capture studio Dimension opens doors in London
Facility capable of creating content for virtual and mixed reality, as well as games and film
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Unreal Engine adds ARKit and ARCore support
Version 4.18 of Epic's toolset enables developers to build augmented reality games for both iOS and Android