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Amy Hennig and Shawn Layden headline Gamelab 2018
Hennig will receive the Gamelab Honor Award, while Layden will be interviewed onstage by PS4 architect Mark Cerny
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Villa Gorilla's five-year journey to make a one-year game
Jens Andersson left Starbreeze and LucasArts to escape long dev cycles; with Yoku's Island Express, he discovered that all good games take time
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Discord triples users to 130 million in one year
The gaming chat platform just closed a $50 million round, which valued the company at $1.65 billion
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From zero to 15 million: The story of Outlast
Red Barrels' Philippe Morin on turning a $1.4 million budget into a $64 million franchise with 15 million sales
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Sega's game profits rose 30% last year
Japanese publisher delivered increased operating profit despite launching fewer games than expected
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Nolan North to receive BAFTA Special Award
The prominent voice actor will receive the first award for "games performance" at a ceremony in LA on June 11
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Online retailer Gameseek goes into liquidation
UK company left many orders unfulfilled when it hit the wall
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Nexon more than doubled profits in Q1
Pixelberry acquisition boosted North American revenue, but Korea remains Nexon's source of strength
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Oculus: "We don't want exclusivity. We want VR to thrive"
At Reboot Develop, Oculus' Matt Conte urged developers to make the most of a small market by shipping on every VR platform possible
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Google Play Instant is now open to all everyone
Download free games initiative adds Candy Crush to its roster as it leaves beta
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Starbreeze doubled revenue in Q1 on Dead by Daylight sale
The Swedish company narrowed its losses, invested $7.7m in Mohawk Games' 10 Crowns
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Nintendo partners with Random House on book series
Kids books based on Mario, Zelda and Splatoon are on the way, with two already on the market
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Conan Exiles reaches one million sales
Funcom confirms that the milestone includes Early Access and pre-orders of the full release
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Media Molecule, Guerrilla Games, Funomena complete Nordic Game Conference line-up
Swedish developer conference has finalised its schedule with talks from Siobhan Reddy, Angie Smets and Robin Hunicke
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Supercell: Meet the industry's "least powerful CEO"
Ilkka Paananen on the value of leaving power in the hands of developers, and Supercell's ambition to create a "truly global" mobile hit
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Reboot Develop confirms dates for 2019
Dubrovnik-based conference will take place from April 11 to 13, with Canadian and student-focused events also planned
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Google confirms new social gaming startup
Arcade is an "experiment" that will reportedly release its first game this summer
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Oculus Go standalone headset launches at $199
Oculus VR promises "the best optics of any VR system we've built" from new standalone hardware
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An era of "triple-I" development is almost here
Ninja Theory, Frostkeep Studios and Private Division discuss a coming wave of games that combine indie creativity with triple-A production values
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Facebook rolls out in-app purchases to Instant Games platform
IAP currently available on Android and Facebook.com
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Xbox Live Rewards will transition to Microsoft Rewards in June
Xbox owners will be rewarded for Bing searches and shopping at Microsoft retail stores
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Tencent to publish Freejam's Robocraft in China
Deal announced one week after UK studio pledged to remove all loot boxes from the game
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UC Berkeley introduces League of Legends scholarships
University of California follows establishment of "esports community center" with new Riot Games partnership
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Arma 3 reaches 4 million registered players
Free weekends aside, the majority of players of Bohemia Interactive's tactical shooter came from sales
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PlayStation 4 sales pass 75m in another strong year for Sony
Software sales and PS Plus subs were both up, but Sony is preparing for hardware decline in the coming year