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Platinum Games' Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba headline Reboot Develop
Developers of Okami, Bayonetta and more join the Dubrovnik-based conference for its biggest show to date
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Sony's software strength offsets flat hardware sales
Sony shipped 9 million units of the PlayStation 4 in Q3, down 700k over last year
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Kaz Hirai steps down as president and CEO of Sony Corp.
Hirai hands leadership to CFO Kenichiro Yoshida after six years at the helm
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Trailmix aims to reinvent casual games - with a little help from Supercell
Backed by $4.2m from Supercell, King veterans Carolin Krenzer and Tristan Clark will push toward a richer and more meaningful take on casual gaming
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Nintendo Switch Online service will launch in September
Switch owners will continue to play online for free until that date
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Nintendo will release a Mario Kart mobile game by March 2019
Mario Kart Tour will launch in the next financial year, the publisher said today
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Rockfish Games: Building success, piece by piece
CEO Michael Schade on using digital platforms to take Everspace from publisher rejection to an audience of hundreds of thousands
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Wii Points disabled ahead of Wii Shop closure
Users will no longer be able to add Wii Points on March 26, 2018
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Nintendo's revenue rockets as Switch nears 15m sold
Super Mario Odyssey has sold more than 9m, one of eight million-sellers for Switch this fiscal year
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EA makes $186m Q3 loss despite rising digital revenue
Packaged sales fell 18%, but digital revenue now 67% of total earnings
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NetEase and Mattel launch new game studio
Mattel163 will make digital games based on Mattel's IP portfolio
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ESL Battle of the Brands raises £16,000 for SpecialEffect
FIFA, Rocket League, and CS:GO competition smashed £10k funding target
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German trade bodies unite to form one organisation
Merger of BIU and GAME gives German industry a single representative association
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Monster Hunter World shipped 5m units in its launch weekend
Capcom says the new game is the fastest selling in the series' history, pushing lifetime sales past 45m
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Microsoft will add direct game sales to Mixer in 2018
The streaming service will also add on-platform tipping this year
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Tencent takes minority stake in Skydance Media
Reports suggest the stake in Skydance Interactive parent is worth $100 million
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Monster Hunter World: Critical Consensus
Capcom's franchise brings more than a decade of Nintendo exclusivity to an end in fine style
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Starbreeze raises $30m in share sale after failure of Raid: World War II
Swedish publisher pledges a stronger marketing push for Overkill's The Walking Dead, and to accelerate production of Payday 3
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Unity launches official Hub for streamlining workflow
Unity Hub desktop app is designed to take the pain out of the early stages of the process
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Google Play aims to "fundamentally change the trajectory" of Indian game revenues
Director of Apps & Games Purnima Kochikar on the role of India in teaching developers to "build for billions"
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Nazara buys majority stake in Indian esports firm
Nodwin Gaming sells 55 per cent stake, will now operate as a subsidiary of Nazara
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Aristocrat buys Big Fish for $990 million
Australian casino firm follows up $500m Plarium acquisition with another huge deal
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Facepunch Studios' Rust to leave Early Access after four years
February release will arrive without any "big reveals", but will come with more stable development and a $15 price increase
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Logitech earned a record $812 million in Q3
The peripherals company's revenue was up 22 per cent year-on-year to record levels
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Minecraft reaches 74m MAUs from 144m sales
Monthly active users are up 35 per cent in the space of a year