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Nod Labs raises $13.5 million for VR controllers
Nod Backspin is a multiplatform device that combines traditional and gestural inputs
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Shenmue 3 raised $2 million in 12 hours
Yu Suzuki's Kickstarter is a roaring success, bringing 14 years of waiting to an end
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Zynga buys Mark Pincus' incubator for $1
SuperLabs' team will join Zynga for 1.1 million shares apiece
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RockYou buys six mobile games from Kiwi
The games company that doesn't make games adds to its portfolio
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Mobile pushes Japanese industry to record $9.6b value
Mobile revenue rose 18 per cent in a single year to reach $5.8 billion, console fell 13 per cent
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Starbreeze makes strides into both VR and mobile
The Swedish developer signals its ambitions with two new acquisitions and a strategic investment
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Arc System Works buys Double Dragon rights
BlazBlue studio also gets Kunio-kun rights as part of IP deal with Technos Japan Corp.
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FTC settles first ever crowdfunding case
Board game creator must pay $111,000 in misbegotten Kickstarter funding
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Igarashi's Bloodstained breaks Kickstarter record
Now $500,000 beyond next nearest video game with less than a day to go
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Android outpaces iOS with 50 per cent spending growth
App Annie report also highlights the increasing dominance of multiplayer games in consumer spending
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Winko Games raises $1.4 million for core mobile title
London Venture Partners, Initial Capital and Kibo Ventures make up Barcelona studio's seed round
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Osmo appoints Google vet as COO
Srikanth Rajagopalan leaves the role of product manager for machine intelligence
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Intel launches $125 million pro-diversity VC fund
The biggest ever VC fund for tech companies led by women and minority groups
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The Witcher 3 sold 4 million in two weeks
CD Projekt's RPG series takes its place among the biggest games of 2015
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PlayFab introduces a Free Tier
Inspired by Unity, backend service company opens up key features to developers for nothing
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EGX Rezzed will return to London in 2016
Indie focused event will be held in April 2016, retains partnership with the BAFTA Game Awards
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Amazon staffing for "ambitious" PC game
Online retailer's content strategy takes another turn, already has Half Life, The Last of Us veterans on board
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Dota 2 tournament prize-pool is the largest in eSports
The International breaks $11 million, on course for $15 million
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The App Store is changing - for the better
"Apple's move shows that it is serious about reversing the race to the bottom, and putting companies that treat players like cattle in the back seat"
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Critical Consensus: Heroes of the Storm is a MOBA for the masses
Blizzard will divide opinion with its effort to democratise the MOBA, but the critics are convinced
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Splatoon takes Japanese number one, boosts Wii U sales
The Witcher 3's run at the top ended by Nintendo's new IP
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Hinterland: Navigating Early Access with The Long Dark
"It's our job to not be waylaid by all the feedback. Because that's what we do. We're game developers"
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Glu eyes $500m annual revenue from celebrity games
CEO expects $1 billion annual revenue in 2020, with celebrity tie-ins contributing half
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Next Gen Skills Academy focuses on games with first courses
Level 3 diploma and higher apprenticeships created in collaboration with British games companies
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Rovio, Nokia devs form Koukoi Games
Finnish studio will make mobile games that offer more depth than the market standard