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Ex-ARM, Guerrilla Cambridge devs form VR firm Virtual Arts
New studio will create virtual reality development platform, as well as games, animations and interactive experiences for mobile
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BAFTA reveals 2017 Young Game Designers winners
Three out of four recipients are girls, Unity picks up Hero award for supporting talented kids
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New streaming service Jump announced, launches this summer
Closed beta begins this week, more than 60 indie games promised for full debut
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Valve bans over 40,000 Steam accounts as summer sale entices cheaters
Largest mass banning of accounts in the digital platform's history
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Line Corporation opens games publishing arm
Mobile messaging company also acquires 51% stake in Korean developer NextFloor
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GREE shuts down all Western operations
San Francisco, Melbourne and Berlin offices closed as mobile first adopts Japan-first strategy
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Hue, Ether One creators form new studio and indie services firm Advect Productions
“We want to provide services we needed when we first started out, things that a lot of developers don't think about”
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"Design a game that lends itself to catchy review titles or YouTubers' dick jokes"
Big Pharma creator Tim Wicksteed discusses making a title that promotes itself ahead of his Develop:Brighton talk
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Around 50 layoffs as GREE Melbourne reportedly closed down
Further cuts rumoured from mobile firm's Berlin and San Francisco offices
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Red 5 shutting down Firefall MMO in favour of mobile version
Ex-WoW developers suspending work on sci-fi title just three years after release
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Rocket League passes 33m players
Second anniversary stats show daily average of 1.6m, with PS4 still the dominant platform
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Paradox refunds “aren't practically possible”, offers free games instead
Prices now frozen for three months following backlash to regional alterations
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eBay pulls SNES Mini listings in attempts to counter scalpers
Leading online marketplace will not list any item that cannot be delivered within 30 days
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New De Blob would be "the perfect indie game"
THQ Nordic reveals a Splatoon-like online multiplayer game was in development before previous firm went bankrupt
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Studio Wildcard doubles Ark price "to ensure retail parity"
Early Access version now $59.99 ahead of full PC launch next month
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How THQ Nordic will build a successful brand out of a failed one
Reinhard Pollice explains why the growing publisher is cautious about using all the IP it has acquired
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Chinese games market is the world's biggest at $25.6bn
Expected to grow to $29bn by the end of 2017, currently represents 25% of the global market
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Brexit prompts League of Legends price hike
Riot Games increasing the cost of virtual currency by 20% from July 25th
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Amazon UK retroactively imposes one-per-customer SNES Mini limit
Customers who pre-ordered multiple devices have had their orders reduced
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Ex-Nonstop, King developers form new studio, secure $775,000 in funding
Mighty Bear Games is funded by Global Founders Capital and incubated by the Singapore government
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Dan Abnett: “Story should be the spine of your game”
The best-selling novelist and writer for both comics and video games discusses the increasing importance of a solid narrative
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Sumo Digital acquires art studio Atomhawk
Firm behind key art for Guardians of the Galaxy and Injustice 2 now owned by Crackdown 3 developer
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Sony's David Perry departs for Instagram influencer marketing firm
Ex-Gaikai boss co-founds new start-up GoVyrl, takes on CEO role
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Tencent implements time limits to curb kids' gaming addictions
Honour of Kings players under 12 restricted to one hour per day, two for under 18s