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South Korean government charges Game Rating and Administration Committee with embezzlement

A recent audit of the regulatory body also resulted in three department heads resigning from their roles

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Battlebit sells nearly two million units in 14 days

Six years after its Steam announcement the low polygon multiplayer shooter hits the sales milestone

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CyberConnect2 to open Osaka office in 2024

The developer also announced changes to its salary system for junior and intermediate-level staffers

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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television gets into gaming

The media company aims to provide original IPs across mobile, PC, and arcade with TBS Games

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Midnight Ghost Hunt pulls in one million users | News-in-brief

Coffee Stain Publishing's title hits the player count a month after launching on the Epic Games Store

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Scavengers' Season takes home two 2023 BIG Festival awards

This year's recipients included BKOM Studios' Sunday Gold and Matajuegos' title Atuel

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Original Far Cry source code leaked online

A file of Ubisoft's 2004 shooter was uploaded to Archive.org

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Dutch government seeks to ban loot boxes

The confirmation comes a day after the minister of economic and climate policy's call to action

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Developers say Valve blocks AI games from Steam

Update: Valve says it's not "discouraging" AI-generated content and that Steam's "review process is a reflection of current copyright law and policies"

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Football Manager studio head rebuffs PlayStation's claim that Game Pass is "value destructive"

The Sports Interactive executive said "For us, it's nothing but positive on all three platforms"

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Roblox's absence on PlayStation was due to concerns for minors

The decision has softened over time as Jim Ryan said "We have been conservative for too long"

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TinyBuild sees stock dive after H1 2023 report says it performed "below expectations"

The firm also said its subsidiaries, Red Cerberus and Versus Evil, underperformed in its latest financials update

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Yager Development to close up shop on The Cycle: Frontier

The shooter will go offline on September 27, while the studio cited cheating as one of its challenges

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Scriptic raises $5.7m in seed funding round

The Scriptic: Crime Stories dev aims to expand its generative AI business operations with the investment

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Green Game Jam raises $600,000 this year

This year's award winners included Bandai Namco, Supercell, and Outfit7

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UK court blocks request to delay CMA and Microsoft trial

The Competition Appeal Tribunal said the regulator has ample time to prepare for its July 28 hearing

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Pokémon Go maker to close LA studio

The decision sees Niantic reduce its workforce by 230 staffers while shifting from in-house development

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Tencent leads data.ai's Top Publisher Awards 2023 for the global mobile market

Among the top 50 publishers for 2022, 27 are based in the Asia Pacific, 12 in China, and 17 within the US

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Scopely acquires Tag Games

Following a 2021 investment the developer was added to expand the publisher's game offerings

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The Last of Us Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West cost Sony over $200m to develop each

Documentation also says that Call of Duty generated $800 million of revenue for Sony in 2021

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Michiel Bakker to exit as Ginx TV CEO

The executive departs with the UK esports media firm after serving a 13-year stint

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Nintendo wants consumers to "smoothly transition" to next-gen console

President Shuntaro Furukawa says the process will be easier due to the Nintendo Account system

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Australian officials issue new recommendations to combat online gambling

New report says algorithmic loot box features should be disabled as a default setting with a player opt-in option

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Football Manager 24 is the "end of an era" as FM25 switches to Unity

The 2025 edition will also introduce women's football for the first time in the franchise

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Unity unveils AI tools Unity Muse and Unity Sentis

The engine maker has also announced that Muse Chat, an AI-based development search feature is in a closed beta

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