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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
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DDM hires former Apple, Marmalade exec Steph Jorgl
Jorgl appointed senior business development director, will explore new opportunities in games
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Spencer: “Beyond generations” doesn't mean a new console every two years
Xbox boss allays fears that platform holder will push for consumers to update their hardware regularly
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“The fans are going to win”
Comic artist and game developer Joe Madureira discusses the tension between creators and their audience
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Targeted companies call for SAG-AFTRA voice actors strike to end
Website shows counter-proposals firms believe satisfies union's demands, claims members were not informed
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Oculus recruiting over 100 people ahead of augmented reality expansion
VR pioneer wants to bring everyday AR to a billion people
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Boston developers join forces for children's charity Humble Bundle
60% of all proceeds will go to the St Baldrick's Foundation, which funds research into treating and curing children with cancer
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Newzoo: Top 25 games firms made $34.5bn in H1 2016
Mobile accounts for 40% of all revenues of Top 10, industry leaders show biggest growth in five years
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OnePlay acquires Desura and Indie Royale
Online retailer hopes to have brands up and running early next year after former parent Bad Juju went bankrupt
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Quantic Dream experimenting with virtual reality
But David Cage won't venture into VR space “for the sake of it”
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Microsoft takes on Oculus, Twitch in new Windows 10 update
Creators Update launches for free this spring, brings mixed reality functionality to HoloLens
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Cage: “Games should be about what players feel, not what they do”
The creator of Heavy Rain and upcoming Detroit: Become Human discusses his ongoing quest to share personal experiences through video games
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“Stop thinking like a developer and put yourself in the public's shoes”
Candy Lab CEO Andrew Couch discusses the future of location-based games
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Layoffs strike Gameforge as publisher abandons mobile
German firm will focus entirely on PC games, loses an estimated 90 people
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Nintendo desperately wants its audience to Switch back
The lack of young people in the reveal indicates a firm determined to reconnect with grown-ups, lapsed fans and the industry
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Peak Games suing Hasbro for game cloning
Turkish developer claims new My Little Pony title is derived from its own Toy Blast