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Rovio appoints new chairman of the board
Kaj Hed steps down after nine years, replaced by Mika Ihamuotila
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EA Play To Give will donate $1m to charity
Gender neutral charity and two anti-bullying organisations to benefit as publisher campaigns for “inclusion and play”
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Denuvo denies claims of Rime slowdown, but publisher removes DRM
Grey Box follows through with promise to drop protection after it's cracked in five days
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BAFTA to honour Riot Games' Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill at E3
League of Legends developers to receive Special Award in Los Angeles this week
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NPD: Grand Theft Auto V is the US' best-selling game since 1995
Market research group confirms Rockstar's blockbuster is most successful title on record
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Warner Bros and Google using Wonder Woman to get girls into coding
New Made With Code project will use latest superhero firm to introduce skills to young women
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Zelnick: “We're probably undermonetising our users”
Despite ongoing success of Grand Theft Auto Online, CEO insists publisher is “not going to grab the last nickel”
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Klang receives additional funding, strikes a deal with Harvard Law professor
Unity founder David Helgason among backers for studio behind SpatialOS-powered MMO Seed
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BAFTA Breakthrough Brits: “The initiative that changed my life”
The Chinese Room's Alex Grahame and Unity's Liz Mercuri tell us how programmes like this can transform your career
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More than half of young online gamers are being bullied
Anti-bullying charity calls for better human moderation from publishers and developers
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Player bans in eSports “lack any kind of justice”
eSports Integrity Commission warns publishers over strict rulings based on little evidence
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Inon Zur on scoring the end of the world
The Fallout composer also reveals his jazz aspirations and warns games against following Hollywood
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Wired Productions launches online store
Publisher's first ecommerce venture begins with collector's editions of Victor Vran and The Town of Light
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Square Enix reclaims control of Final Fantasy VII Remake development
CyberConnect2 no longer leading the hotly-anticipated RPG revival
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Almost every new Rift owner has bought Touch controllers
Oculus' Paul Jastrzebski says attach rates are “very close” to 1:1 following price drop
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PlayStation 3 production shut down in Japan
Sony officially winds down previous generation console after more than a decade
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Rime: Critical Consensus
Tequila Works' well-crafted puzzle title leaves reviewers stunned but divided over the long-awaited game's impact
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Bandai Namco and Drecom invest $2.1m in new HTML5 games developer
BXD will be dedicated to free-to-play browser games based on publisher's owned IP and licences
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Nintendo Switch helps Best Buy fight off decline
New console propelled US retailer to record shares high, best entertainment performance since 2014
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Oskar Burman: “Free-to-play will grow, but will never dominate VR”
Former Rovio exec believes virtual reality has a lot to learn from mobile, but won't be ruled by the same type of games
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NetEase bringing Peter Molyneux's The Trail to China
22Cans secures partnership for its second Eastern release, game due to launch in Q3 2017
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PlayStation Store introduces developer-led curation
The Creators initiative allows studios to share their favourite games
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Bandai Namco delays Get Even after Manchester Arena attack
Meanwhile, MCM London Comic Con beefs up security ahead of this week's event
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Top Gear mobile dev Motorious passes €1.3m in investment
New round of funding adds €800,000 to Finnish studio's total ahead of first game launch
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Supercell acquires 62% of Space Ape: “A match made in heaven”
Space Ape co-founder John Earner says long-term partnership will “turbocharge” UK studio's plans to build a billion-dollar game