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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
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European Commission called to investigate into Joy-Con drift
The initiative was submitted by European consumer organisation BEUC, following 25,000 complaints across Europe
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Valve on trial for allegedly infringing controller patents
The Steam Controller is accused of being based on a patent belonging to SCUF
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GameStop shares continue to soar following Elon Musk tweet
The US retailer's share price has approximately quadrupled in the past week
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Hyrule Warriors drives record Q3 for Koei Tecmo
Age of Calamity is now the best-selling entry in the franchise
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Games projects raised $23m on Kickstarter in 2020
A total of 408 crowdfunding campaigns met their goals, the highest number for video games since 2014
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Imvu receives $35m investment
The round was led by NetEase, while the company rebranded as Together Labs
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The Pokémon Company takes measures against Sword and Shield hackers
Users modifying their save data will be banned from the Pokémon titles' online functions as well as Pokémon Home
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Codemasters directors to vote in favour of EA bid
If shareholders approve the deal, it will be sanctioned on February 16
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Dead by Daylight studio apologises following developer comments about colourblind mode
The employee said it was "getting very boring" to be hearing someone "blabbing about colourblind mode all the time"
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PlayVS expands to Canada with GameSeta acquisition
The high school and college esports league will partner with BC School Sports
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Sagard NewGen acquires minority stake in Asobo Studio
The Flight Simulator developer opened its capital to "support its growth, while preserving its strategic and creative autonomy"
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Rival Peak reaches 22m views
600,000 unique viewers have interacted with the game/reality TV show hybrid
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Team17 acquires Golf With Your Friends for £12m
The UK publisher has plans for more DLC for the title, and a potential sequel
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EU fines Valve and five publishers €7.8m for geo-blocking practices
Valve alone was fined over €1.6 million, having refused to cooperate with the European Commission
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Playtech sells YoYo Games to Opera for $10m
Update: YoYo Games confirmed the acquisition, which will form the basis for new Opera Gaming division
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IPO plans value Krafton at up to $27bn
The initial public offering is reportedly scheduled for the second half of 2021
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Scott Pilgrim physical edition sells 45,000 copies in three days
Limited Run Games' re-release of the Ubisoft title sold 25,000 physical units on Switch in just three hours
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IO Interactive assures Hitman 3 players will not have to repurchase previous entries
Previous announcements said that owners of Hitman 1 and 2 on Steam would need to buy them again on Epic Games Store
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Tomonobu Itagaki establishes new studio
Itagaki Games will mark the director's return to game development after four years teaching
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2020 sees record US games spending at $56.9bn | US Annual Report
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was the best-selling game of the year, while the Nintendo Switch was the No.1 platform
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Celebrating one year of GamesIndustry.biz Academy
Browse through the GamesIndustry.biz Academy's most essential reads as the section enters its second year
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Ubisoft's Riders Republic delayed to "later this year"
The extreme sports MMO was due to launch on February 25
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505 Games acquires Infinity Plus Two
Update: Digital Bros clarified that it acquired Infinite Interactive and Infinity Plus Two for $4.5 million