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Panivox receives £500,000 grant from Innovate UK
Funding to go towards developing its RichCast platform for educational and serious games
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Technicolor spins off games and VFX division
Visual arts branches now independent company under the name Technicolor Creative Studios
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Slime Rancher 2 sells 100,000 units in six hours
Monomi Park' CEO Nick Popovich confirmed the figure in a tweet, following the title's launch on September 22
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Epic, Women in Games and Dove launch campaign to improve female character diversity
Programme also aims at "supporting young girls with self-esteem education across the virtual world"
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Life after Armello: How League of Geeks wants to "nip at the revenue of the big guys"
Co-founder Trent Kusters on remaking cult classic Solium Infernum, the challenges met along the way, and the thriving Australian industry
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YouTuber Dunkey forms indie games publisher Bigmode
"We've put a lot of effort into making the most developer-friendly contracts possible," content creator says
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Shuhei Yoshida: "We believe in the premium release of a title" before subscriptions
But PlayStation Indies boss says platform holder is still experimenting with its revamped Plus service, as shown by Stray's inclusion for Extra users
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Cheat provider AimJunkies countersues Bungie
Parent company Phoenix Digital Group says Destiny 2 studio violated the DMCA
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Shawn Layden joins Tencent as strategic advisor
Former Sony exec will "advise, assist, and support" the Chinese company as it "deepens" its games business
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Riot and Take This launch mental health tools for marginalised creators
Program gives streamers and players practical tools and resources to support their wellbeing
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Don’t Nod ventures into new territory with Gerda and indie publishing
Oskar Guilbert and Sophie Filip discuss the studio’s first externally-developed title, and restoring the balance for developers
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Taleworlds invests in mobile studio Udo Games
WePlay Ventures and Lima Ventures exited their investment in the Turkish developer after a year
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Over 265,000 people attended Gamescom 2022
There were 25,000 trade visitors and 1,100 exhibitors at the Cologne show last week
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TinyBuild acquires Bossa Studios IPs for $3m
Includes Surgeon Simulator, I am Fish and I am Bread, with TinyBuild also acquiring Russian studio Konfa Games for $5.4m
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Bandai Namco: M&As are "affecting some of the smaller publishers in their capacity to access the best studios"
Supermassive acquisition by Nordisk "doesn't change anything in the relationship" with Bandai Namco, Europe CEO says
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A Little to the Left dev: "I want people to reimagine the mundane as something with hidden potential"
As Max Inferno's indie title gets a release date, co-founder Anne Macmillan talks expectations and redefining what games can be
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"For a mainstream product like The Lord of the Rings, you want to do retail"
Daedalic's head of publishing talks retail strategy for Gollum, saying being on shelves remains crucial for big mainstream IPs
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UN: There’s no "free pass" for the games industry when it comes to green efforts
"Everyone can and must play a part," says Playing for the Planet co-founder Sam Barratt
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Judge rejects AimJunkies request to dismiss Bungie lawsuit
A trial between the cheat maker and the Destiny developer is expected in 2023
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Defining limits for loot boxes: "We need to understand the pressures we're putting into games"
In a Devcom talk, Celia Hodent called on the industry to better reflect on the potential effects of loot boxes
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Hiro Capital and 1Up Ventures invest $3.4m in Atom Switch
The US developer is working on debut title InfestStation
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Embracer to acquire Lord of the Rings IP, Tripwire, Limited Run and more
Upfront buying price to reach SEK 6 billion ($576 million) for five acquisitions plus "one unannounced" purchase
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From demo to debut: Turning a game jam project into a full release
Under the Stairs' founder Vladimir Bogdanic shares his experience developing Eyes in the Dark from a game jam prototype
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Paradox launches new publishing label Paradox Arc
Initiative to focus on "replayable games from smaller development teams"