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Wavedash Games secures $6m in Series A funding
Finance will be used to hire new talent and finish Smash Bros-style eSports title
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Julian Gollop's Phoenix Point funded within a week
X-Com creator adds two stretch goals as Fig donations continue to roll in
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Amazon discontinuing Underground Actually Free initiative
Android version of store will close this summer, with full shutdown planned for 2019
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“We're not competing with Devolver. We're really not that brave”
New UK publisher The Irregular Corporation explains why it's avoiding the crowded indie space and focusing on the niche
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Super Mario Run nearing 150m downloads
Nintendo's mobile platformer has been installed on nearly 72m devices since January
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Localiser demands his name be dropped from game credits after KKK reference removed
“I saw the forceful change of this as an act of censorship”
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Burnout creator: “Everything is riding on Danger Zone”
Three Fields' Alex Ward on how important his team's next project is after the disappointments of Dangerous Golf and Lethal VR
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Call of Duty: WWII arrives November 3rd
Sledgehammer's next COD outing finally revealed, takes series back to its roots
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Capcom full-year sales rise to $782.9m
Solid performance from Resident Evil VII helps offset underperformance of Dead Rising 4
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PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds dev: “I want to find the next me”
Bluehole's Brendan Greene on the rise of Battle Royale, the importance of modding support and escaping the stigma of Early Access
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Two-year jail sentence for teen who hacked Xbox
Convict carried out more than 1.7m cyber attacks and enabled further crimes globally
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Tencent splashes $142.2m on Chinese developer Seasun
Internet giant acquires 9.9% stake in PC and mobile studio
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ZeptoLab: "There's no way around it. Devs need to understand the numbers"
CEO Misha Lyalin discusses the increasing focus on metrics in mobile games, as well as his company's quest to publish the next big hit
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Nintendo shuns N++ Switch port in favour of "games that will sell systems"
UPDATE: Metanet has clarified this was Nintendo's stance prior to Switch launch, more "optimistic" about port now
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Fourth UK No.1 for Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Yooka-Laylee drops out of Top 10 in second week, only one new entry in Top 40
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Over 500 ID@Xbox games released
More than 1bn hour spent playing these games in 2016, 1,000-plus games still in development
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Netmarble Games IPO raises $2.3bn
Second-biggest share sale in South Korea, thanks partly to the success of high-end mobile title Lineage II: Revolution
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Bleszinski: “AAA is a nearly unsustainable model”
The Gears of War creator discusses why blockbuster games often feel repetitive, and looks ahead to VR
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Riccitiello: “There's always blood and sweat. We'd like to make the tears go away”
The Unity CEO discusses the firm's next step to solving all of the world's (games development) problems
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Shopify enables devs to sell physical merchandise in-game
SDK opens potential revenue source for developers, Alto's Adventure the first to use new tool
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DomiNations' lifetime revenue passes $100m
Historical mobile strategy game celebrates two-year anniversary with 32m players
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"Why am I even making games?"
Flavourworks founder and Molyneux protegé Jack Attridge discusses the challenge of starting his own studio, and why he feels games design is stagnant
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Palmer Luckey funds Trump through Chrono Trigger shell companies
Oculus co-founder continues his support for US President, despite controversy over involvement with "shitposting" group
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Twitch details premium subscription plans
New $9.99 and $24.99 tiers open increase revenues available to streamers
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Patrice Desilets' Ancestors is no longer episodic
Former Asssasin's Creed developer reveals more about his mysterious adventure game at Reboot Develop