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God of War: Critical Consensus
Sony Santa Monica's reboot finds the heart beneath Kratos' anger, and does so without sacrificing any of the series' visual splendour
Matthew Handrahan (Page 55)
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 reaches one million sold
Fatshark's sequel is still performing well five weeks after launch
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Do gamers really care about cross-platform play?
GameTrack survey of European gamers shows indifference to the trend, and a lack of influence on purchasing decisions
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Ex-PlayStation boss points to streaming as gaming's next "inflection point"
Andrew House also sees emerging markets keeping physical media alive and console life-cycles long
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VR social platform vTime raises $7.6 million Series A
UK firm will use funding to push into augmented reality
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Tencent opens up WeChat to external game developers - report
Messaging platform's one billion MAUs can now play third-party games
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"Most developers think of funding as fixing their problem"
But VC investors care about opportunities and not problems, says Jason Della Rocca, and this year's Nordic Game Conference will feature an event to show the difference
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Altered Ventures fund has $36m to invest in projects for emerging markets
Emerging markets are a "special focus" for new fund from Streamline Media Group and Mountain Nazca
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Nexon and Netmarble fined for loot box practices
Korean FTC hands out almost $1 million in fines, the majority to Nexon
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Boss Key follows LawBreakers with entry into battle royale
Radical Heights is free-to-play and self-published, will launch in Early Access today
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Leap Motion to open source North Star AR platform
Headset with Leap Motion hand tracking sensor can be produced for $100 a unit at scale
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Thekla doubles grant money for underrepresented devs to $100k
RAD Game Tools' Jeff Roberts matched the initial $50k pool available to indie puzzle designers
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Wadjet Eye: Streamers "pushed me to make the game that I've always wanted to play"
With Unavowed, founder Dave Gilbert aimed to make a point and click adventure game that can't be spoiled by YouTube videos
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Steam Spy: $20 games took biggest share of Steam's total revenue in 2017
Sergey Galyonkin questions the power of $10 "sweet spot" for Steam prices
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Reboot Develop closes speaker line-up with Paradox, Housemarque, IGDA head
GamesIndustry.biz will host exclusive live streams of the best talks from this year's event
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Netmarble invests $190m in label behind K-pop group BTS
The deal follows announcement of BTS World, a Netmarble game based on the band
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Skybound launches dedicated games publishing division
Skybound Games is led by 505 founder Ian Howe, will give retail launches to The Long Dark and Slime Rancher this year
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Asymmetric smashed West of Loathing sales target by halving launch price
Original $20 price tag would have discouraged impulse buys, says founder Zack Johnson
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Fluffy Fairy Games: "People from the industry told us it doesn't work this way"
With Idle Miner Tycoon, the German startup ignored best practices on monetisation and minimum viable product - and created a €120k a day mobile hit
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Nintendo Switch reaches four million sold in Japan - report
Famitsu numbers put Nintendo's console two weeks behind the Wii in hitting the milestone
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Strong Museum reveals finalists for annual Hall of Fame spot
Call of Duty, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life and Tomb Raider could all join the Hall of Fame this year
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Apple targets education with new iPad hardware
New iPad and Apple Pencil will be cheaper for schools, and allow teachers to use app market for education
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Valve open sources GameNetworkingSockets tech
"Basic transport layer for games" works on platforms other than PC, does not require Steam
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Robot Entertainment lays off 30 staff
Orcs Must Die! studio is cutting two teams down to one as it prepares to announce its new game
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Microsoft takes a stand against "offensive language" on Xbox Services
Amended Services Agreement will use suspensions and bans to fight toxic behaviour