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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
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Jobs lost at IO Interactive as Square Enix searches for buyer
An unspecified number of the Hitman studio's workforce has left the company in the wake of surprise news from publisher
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Zynga and NetEase bringing Dawn of Titans to China
High-end free-to-play mobile game due for Eastern release by the end of the year
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Platinum Games now working on first fully-owned IP
Studio drops ambition to release one title per year after Scalebound cancellation
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“Virtual reality will be our best interface with true AI”
VR expert Dave Ranyard discusses the potential for storytelling with virtual and augmented reality at Nordic Game
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Anita Sarkeesian: “Games need to tell better stories that don't oversimplify oppression”
Critic praises “cultural shift” in video game storytelling, but says recent examples are a “band-aid on a deeper wound”
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Fumito Ueda: “For me, it's not important to tell the details of the story”
The Last Guardian developer shares his design process with Massive MD David Polfeldt and attendees at Nordic Game Conference
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: VRX 2017 with Brynley Gibson and Julian Mower
Latest episode now available to download, discussing the search for new genres and the rising standards of virtual reality
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Inon Zur: “In video games, you don't need to hear the music - you need to feel it”
The Fallout 4 composer offers advice to aspiring musicians and discusses why he prefers scoring games to TV and film
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Playground spent 18 months developing the first 10 minutes of Forza Horizon 3
“First impressions change how players perceive a game,” says creative director Ralph Fulton