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Halo leads kick off Reboot Develop Blue 2019 speaker line-up
343 Industries' Chris Lee and Kiki Wolfkill are joined by Unity CTO Joachim Ante and Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke among others
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Rockfish: Live Steam broadcasting will change the game for indie marketing
Valve's store page streaming beta helped Everspace to its highest ever single-day revenue, says CEO Michael Schade
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NetEase buys a minority stake in Jumpship
New studio from ex-Playdead CEO and film animator Chris Olsen will pour money into developing Somerville and expanding its team
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V2 Games acquired by investment firm Victory Square
V2 launched its $10 million game-focused Future Fund in February this year
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Tecmo Koei's patent lawsuit against Capcom dismissed
Capcom's patent upheld by IP High Court in case stretching back to 2016
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"Real innovation is coming from emerging markets in many spaces - game development is one of them"
At the BIG Festival, a panel discussed the challenges facing studios in Latin America, and their hope for a brighter future
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Blizzard makes WoW base game and expansions free to subscribers
New subs now only have to pay an extra fee for the latest expansion, Battle For Azeroth
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AppLovin' takes $400 million investment
KKR & Co investment is based on a $2 billion valuation of the mobile marketing firm
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Pokémon GO Fest draws 21,000 visitors in its second year
Returning event ran more smoothly than its controversial debut last year
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Mobile game spending up 19 per cent in H1 2018 - Sensor Tower
Tencent's Honor of Kings led mobile spending on Google Play and the App Store, PUBG Mobile led downloads
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Gamedex raises $800,000 for blockchain collectible card games
Invictus Capital leads round that will fund creation of a "Steam-like" platform for CCGs
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Valve locks Counter-Strike loot boxes for Dutch and Belgian players
Steam item trading returns, but CS:GO's containers are now locked
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Blizzard, ArenaNet and Twitch join line-up for Devcom 2018
Other new speakers include Tamalaki's Martine Spaans, Stray Fawn's Philomena Schwab, and Bioshock composer Garry Schyman
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Magic Leap takes new investment from AT&T
Magic Leap One will ship to devs this summer, CEO teases second product Magic Leap Next
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Fighting a toxic Steam community - and winning
At Develop:Brighton, Creative Assembly's Grace Carroll said the "visible presence of moderation" was enough to turn around a toxic Steam forum in just a week
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Good Shepherd eyes growth through "bigger investments with bigger titles"
Paul Hanraets on the indie publisher's plans to move into 'triple-I' games, and partnering successful indie developers with "movie IP"
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IGDA asks studios to "clarify the guidelines and expectations around social media use"
ArenaNet firings show how "interacting with people as a game developer can jeopardize someone's job and career"
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The Binding of Isaac card game raises $1 million in a week on Kickstarter
Total stands above $1.1 million with 16 days left to run
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ArenaNet "promised me that I wouldn't have to check my identity at the door"
Fired writer says Guild Wars studio has damaged its reputation, but ArenaNet maintains that Jessica Price "attacked" community over a "perceived slight"
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Fate Grand Order drives $1.8 billion revenue for Sony-owned Aniplex
Mobile RPG's global rollout helped double revenue in the last fiscal year
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Xbox FastStart is now enabled for select games
Microsoft's AI-powered game launching can be used with titles in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue
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The sessions to watch at Develop:Brighton 2018
From Shuhei Yoshida to Jade Raymond, indie survival to avoiding crunch, these are the best talks to see at next week's UK conference
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Breadcrumbs Interactive embraced Slavic folklore to find Yaga's unique voice
The Romanian studio drew from the country's culture for its debut, and won the Nordic Discovery Contest in the process
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Venatus expands into Asia-Pacific with Seoul office
Ad sales firm works with companies like Rovio, Nintendo and EA
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Hollow Knight sold 250,000 in two weeks on Nintendo Switch
Lifetime sales of Team Cherry's game now far exceed 750,000