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Sproing Interactive is restructuring
UPDATE: Austria's largest games developer says it is not entirely insolvent or closed, laying off two teams after project cancellation
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King competition will take six devs to GDC 2017
Casual games firm wants developers to use its 2D engine Defold to build new titles
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New study explores sexism among Twitch commenters
Female streamers more likely to receive comments about their appearance than the games they play
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Post-Brexit skills gap concerns lead agenda at TIGA Education Summit
Universities from around the UK are concerned leaving the EU will cut off much-needed skills supply
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Creative England: “The biggest challenge for indies today is not money, it's noise”
Head of Games Rob Crossley on helping indies and growing diversity as organisation launches £1m development fund for Leeds
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GameStop forecasts bigger-than-expected holiday sales drop
World's largest games retailer predicts decline during crucial selling period
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App Annie: Subscriptions model will bleed into mobile gaming
CMO Al Campa believes there's opportunity to “attract a new type of customers” with monthly fees
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"Mobile strategy games haven't really changed in ten years"
Ex-CCP devs Solid Clouds aims to shake up the strategy genre and bridge the gap between desktop and mobile with Starborne
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Australian college offering $500,000 in game and film scholarships
Half of the spaces saved for women and underrepresented populations, CG Spectrum stresses this is not “token diversity”
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Desert Bus For Hope raises $700,000 for charity
Record amount for tenth iteration of annual video gaming marathon, funds will go to children's hospitals
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Vicarious Visions founders form new game developer Velan Studios
Bala brothers will focus on experimental games, still based in Upstate New York
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Unity Certification now available from external trainers and partners
Certification program launched at GDC expands beyond Unity-hosted ends, can now be offered by universities, resellers and more
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Is honesty the best policy?
Weekly round-up: EA's new YouTube rules and Game Awards premieres call for more transparency from a highly exposed industry
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Zelnick: Annual releases burn out franchises
Take-Two CEO says publisher doesn't exhaust its IP the way its rivals do, aims to have at least one blockbuster launch per year
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PlayStation Vue now available via Apple TV
Sony's live TV streaming service expands to new platform following wave of user requests
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Hideo Kojima to pick up Industry Icon prize at The Game Awards 2016
Metal Gear creator was blocked from award win last year by former publisher Konami
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The Game Awards promises greater transparency after No Man's Sky complaints
Show's creator Geoff Keighley encouraging developers to offer 'deep-dive' premieres rather than CGI concept trailers
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Flying solo: Surviving as a one-person indie
Gambrinous' Colm Larkin and Versus Evil's Steve Escalante reflect on the hurdles individual developers face in today's increasingly competitive market
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Indiegogo adds equity crowdfunding with Microventures partnership
Like Fig, platform will now allow devs to offer backers a stake in their company and earn a share of the proceeds
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The eyes have it: The future of VR input
Fove CEO Yuka Kojima discusses how eye-tracking, face-tracking and motion controls will take virtual reality forward
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Fargo: “If you don't reach 20% of your goal in two days, you'll almost certainly fail”
The Wasteland developer reflects changes to the crowdfunding space, and offers tips on how to attract those higher-tier backers
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Mobile and VR specialist Playsnak secures $1.3m in funding
Seed investment led by South Korean VC firm K Cube Ventures
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Respawn and EA dismiss release date problems for Titanfall 2
Developer claims “there was no changing” locked in launch, EA insists audiences are different
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Metal Gear composer Rika Muranaka moves into VR development
Teams up with Damien "E-Love" Matthias to create VR Innovator, first title will be racing game Fearless D, more to be announced at vr-innovator.com
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$2m funding for AR start-up GoMeta
Investors include former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, company creates tools for location-based augmented reality mobile apps