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Candivore raises $12 million
The investment, led by VGames, will go towards user acquisition for Match Masters
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FunPlus hires Chris Petrovic as chief business officer
The former SVP and head of corporate strategy at Zynga will oversee the company's continuing expansion to western markets
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Ubisoft's Prince of Persia remake postponed indefinitely
The Sands of Time was due in March and will now launch at a "later date," the company said
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Ori director criticises developers for overhyping games with "lies and deception"
Update: Thomas Malher apologised for his Resetera post, saying he "did not choose the right tone or platform" to express his thoughts
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Games keep Konami afloat as revenue dips
Digital entertainment is the only segment that saw growth year-on-year at the Japanese publisher
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Phoenix Games acquires SmileyGamer
The Belgian studio joins Well Played Games, Sixteen Tons Entertainment, and Studio Firefly
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Spider-Man: Miles Morales has sold 4.1m copies
Insomniac's hit shifted over four million units in seven weeks
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Activision bans 60,000 Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters
That brings the total number of permanent bans from the title to 300,000
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Anzu raises $9 million in funding
The games advertising platform is to expand in the US and Asia
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Razer acquires console accessories firm Controller Gear
The company specialises in licensed peripherals and merchandise for popular console brands. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed
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Embracer Group acquires Aspyr Media for $100m
The US developer will be a standalone studio under the Saber Interactive subsidiary
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Pocket Worlds closes $7m funding round
The series A investment will go towards growing its portfolio of social mobile games
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AppOnboard raises $20m for Buildbox engine
The company's no-code game engine recently reached one million users, up from 3,000 last year
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Toshihiro Nagoshi to step down from Sega board of directors
The chief creative officer and Yakuza producer is to remain at the company as creative director
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Azure PlayFab: The world's biggest dev tools you've never thought of
Microsoft's James Gwertzman tells the GamesIndustry.biz Academy about his mission to help developers succeed
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Plug In Digital acquires Black Shell's catalogue
Black Shell won't be taking on new publishing clients, instead inviting developers to reach out to Plug In Digital
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Riot Games pushes for arbitration in gender discrimination lawsuit
Update: Riot Games argued that arbitration will allow the studio to "reach a fair and speedy resolution to these cases"
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CD Projekt's stock soars after Elon Musk tweets about Cyberpunk
The company's stock rose 19%, its highest increase since June 2015
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Iam8bit, Moon Studios and Skybound Games raise $58,000 for Rainforest Trust
For a few days in December, all the proceeds from the Switch physical editions of Ori went to Rainforest Trust
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Rovio shuts down Hatch
Update: Rovio clarified that the family-focused branch of the service, Hatch Kids, is still open
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Netflix and Legendary partner on Tomb Raider series
The animated series will be written by Tasha Huo, who's also working on the Witcher prequel
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Digital drives Capcom sales to $622m
Digital sales at the Japanese firm reached $332.7 million, boosted by Resident Evil 3 and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
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Games Education Summit returns as virtual event
The 2021 edition will take place on Wednesday March 31st and Thursday April 1st
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EA launches new Skate studio
Skate 4 is to be developed by newly formed Vancouver studio Full Circle