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Making games under threat of nuclear war
Why Estonian developer ZA/UM is moving its team to the safety of a new London studio
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Software up, hardware down in latest Xbox financial results
Gaming revenue for last quarter at $1.65bn, Xbox Live users rises to 53m
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United States lifts laptop and electronics ban from Middle East flights
Developers and games firms from the region now able to bring the equipment they need into US
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Location-based augmented reality games now protected by First Amendment
US judge rules it unconstitutional for laws to block where AR titles may be played
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UK video games tax relief payouts up 60% to £73m
Claims more than double year-on-year to 280 in 2016/17
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Walking Dead game designer joins Blizzard
Harrison G. Pink takes up the role of senior designer on the Diablo team
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$7m invested in mobile games community platform Plexchat
Seed round led by Raine Ventures for application that seeks to unite mobile games
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The Romeros: “We have at least 20 to 30 more years of making games”
Legendary developers John and Brenda Romero say they're nowhere near retiring on the latest GamesIndustry.biz Podcast
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Yahoo Japan launches web-based Game Plus platform
New service focuses on HTML5 and cloud-streaming console titles
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Why Giant Sparrow built What Remains of Edith Finch without a detailed plan
“It was much easier just to start building prototypes and figure it out from there”
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Razer could be valued at $5bn ahead of IPO - report
Accessories firm aiming to become publicly listed around October
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Copyright dispute sees River City Ransom: Underground temporarily pulled from Steam
Composer Alex Mauer claims Conatus Creative used her music without permission, Conatus say Mauer claims are false
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Catching up with the Romeros
Legendary games designers John and Brenda Romero join us for this week's show, available to download now
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Highmark raises $2m for games that battle brain disease
Canadian start-up's oversubscribed seed round attracts investors, studio also names new CFO
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How Critical Force achieved 21m downloads without paying for user acquisition
The Finnish studio's founder Veli-Pekka Piirainen warns that too many young games companies “trust in miracles”
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Zynga scraps new Mafia Wars mobile title
Soft-launched game canned after just three months as publisher didn't believe it would be “a successful forever franchise”
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Overwatch League vulnerable to MLB trademark dispute
Baseball organisation has until July 26th to submit opposition to Blizzard logo
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Amazon launches Alexa Accelerator
Beasts of Balance developer Sensible Object among nine firms exploring possibilities for voice-controlled experiences
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Jagex: RuneScape on mobile will make the MMO a "second-screen experience"
New cross-platform, interoperable mobile editions aim to recapture lapsed players and draw in new audience
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Playdemic's Golf Clash generates $1.1m in a single day
Studio aims to reap revenues of over $100m by the end of the year
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Disney targets virtual and augmented reality with Marvel, Star Wars games
Entertainment behemoth partners with Lenovo to create its own headset
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SuperData predicts 5m digital sales for Destiny 2
Research firm also expects series' PC debut to reach 3m downloads within first three months
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Brie Code and Anita Sarkeesian to keynote European Women In Games Conference
Seventh iteration of two-day summit will be held in London this September
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Riot Games suing Chinese developer behind League of Legends clone
Lawsuit is reportedly the third time Shanghai Moonton has infringed Riot's IP