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Keywords acquires High Voltage Software for $50m
The American studio brings 27 years of development experience to Keywords
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Apple introduces privacy labels to make data mining transparent
Apps who do not disclose their privacy policy on the App Stores will not be allowed to be updated
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Roblox purchases digital avatar firm Loom.ai
The real-time animation startup will bring emotions and facial expressions to Roblox avatars
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SteelSeries acquires KontrolFreek
The gaming accessories company aims at strengthening its console offering
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Lessons learnt from business development in Africa
During Africa Games Week, Nyamakop's Limpho Moeti explored how growing your business can benefit your local industry
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US law proposal could make streaming copyrighted material a felony
Proposal argues illegal streaming is an offence against the 'right of public performance,' could lead to prison sentences
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Cyberpunk 2077 features epileptic triggers
Update: Microsoft promises to improve certification processes to better identify triggers in future games
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Steam breaks concurrent users record at nearly 25m
Valve's platform broke its own concurrent users record twice in the past couple of days
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Roblox delays IPO to 2021
The company is hoping to get a higher IPO pricing by waiting until next year
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Orwell Youth Prize to introduce game design category
Entries will open next week, to encourage 12 to 18 year-olds from the UK to design games inspired by George Orwell
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Steam introduces new discovery tools
Steam games are now split across 48 genre categories, eight theme categories, and seven player mode categories, for a total of 63 new categories
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72% of all 2020 mobile revenue generated by games at $81bn
Mobile apps will overall hit 130 billion downloads across iOS and Google Play in 2020, 40% of which coming from games
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European consumers organisations collaborate on call for Joy-con drift reports
Several associations across Europe invited users to report Joy-Con drift issues
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Australia's Victorian government invests $25m in screen industries
Investment in local games development will double in the state
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Epic won't hold in-person Fortnite events in 2021
The company said that too much is "still unknown about what is practical and safe" due to the COVID-19 crisis
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Everything you need to know about making and releasing a demo
The GamesIndustry.biz Academy explores why and when developers should make a demo, how to approach its release, and what makes a good first impression
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Outward has sold one million copies
Nine Dots' co-op RPG has sold one million units across all platforms since launch last year
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Sea of Thieves to shift to battle pass model
Rare is introducing a new seasonal progression system starting January 2021
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Console remains largest employer of development staff in the UK
Only 13% of UK studios have console development as their primary focus, but it still represents 46% of the workforce in the country, TIGA says
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Genshin Impact made almost $400m in two months on mobile
MiHoYo's game generated around $6m a day on average since launch, Sensor Tower says
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Genshin Impact wins iPhone Game of the Year
RAC7's Sneaky Sasquatch was named Apple Arcade Game of 2020
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Subverse developer under fire for partnering with YouTuber Arch
Studio FOW first said it wasn't aware of the YouTuber's views, then backtracked to say it had "no problems with Arch"
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VR spending to pass $1bn in 2020
Market analyst Omdia says 6.4 million virtual reality headsets will be sold this year
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How meditation and cooperation shaped Vela Games
We talk to Vela Games about how its vision for building up a studio was shaken up by the pandemic, and what it means for the "meaningful" co-op experience it's creating
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Itch.io gives its revenue share to developers for 24 hours
Until midnight Pacific Time on November 28, the indie games store is giving its portion of each sale back to developers