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"2018 is going to be the year where gamers take the power back"

At the Slush conference, Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester predicted that next year will be great for gamers, and another disappointing one for VR

Dec. 19, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Tequila Works, ustwo and Panzer Dragoon's Yukio Futatsugi join Reboot Develop line-up

Croatian developer conference adds another round of speakers, including Hidetaka "Swery" Suehito and Seaman creator Yoot Saito

Dec. 18, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Call of Duty tops the UK Xmas chart for fourth consecutive year

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds enters the chart in fourth place, but COD: WWII takes top honours again

Dec. 18, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Funcom takes $10.6 million investment ahead of licensing push

Norwegian developer has co-founded a company to manage interactive rights of Robert E. Howard IPs

Dec. 18, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Disney buys 21st Century Fox in $52.4 billion deal

Acquisition includes popular IP like X-Men, Deadpool, Avatar and The Simpsons

Dec. 18, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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With Private Division, Take-Two wants to empower a new breed of indie developer

Michael Worosz on the emergence of a high-end indie development, and Take-Two's "venture capital meets game publishing" strategic response

Dec. 14, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Take-Two launches indie label with Obsidian, The Outsiders and Panache Digital onboard

Private Division will focus on high-end indie studios like those started by Patrice Désilets and Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto

Dec. 14, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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CCP donates skin proceeds to family of deceased employee

Senior software engineer "CCP Blaze" recently passed away at the age of 35

Dec. 13, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Keywords buys Sperasoft for $27 million

Services company eyes co-development with its latest acquisition

Dec. 13, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Manticore Games closes $15 million series A round

A Bit Lucky founders are creating "a new form of hardcore multiplayer gameplay"

Dec. 13, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Pincus: For new mobile devs, it's organic growth or bust

At Slush, Zynga founder Mark Pincus advised mobile startups to set a "high bar" for organic growth before investing in advertising and UA

Dec. 12, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Doki Doki Literature Club hits 1 million downloads on Steam

Team Salvato's visual novel is free to download, and monetises through a DLC art and soundtrack pack

Dec. 12, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Valve removes another game from Steam for "pornographic" content

You Must be 18 or Older to Enter dev describes "problematic cycle" perpetuated by Valve's stance on sex

Dec. 12, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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People of the Year 2017: Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene

The driving force behind the biggest game of 2017 was "a photographer, a DJ, a designer" for most of his life - the remarkable rise of Brendan Greene

Dec. 11, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Zeptolab's CATS is Google Play's Best Game of 2017

Nintendo's Super Mario Run was the most downloaded title, Kefir!'s Last Day on Earth: Survival was named Most Innovative

Dec. 11, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Splitter Critters, Hidden Folks were the year's big winners on the App Store

App Store editors name the most notable games, developers and trends of 2017

Dec. 8, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Goodgame joins Stillfront Group in €270m deal

German free-to-play studio will add Goodgame Empire and Big Farm to Stillfront's growing portfolio

Dec. 7, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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People of the Year 2017: Larian Studios

With Divinity: Original Sin II, the Belgian studio combined both commercial performance with creative excellence - and it did so on its own terms

Dec. 6, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Bluehole enters a post-PUBG world

CEO Hyo-Seob Kim reflects on reaching a high point in Bluehole's ten year history, and returning to the studio's roots with its new game

Nov. 29, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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UK charts: PS4 and PSVR enjoy a strong Black Friday

PlayStation VR sold more than in the previous 18 weeks combined, strongest week of the year for software units and revenue

Nov. 27, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Desert Bus for Hope raised another $650k for Child's Play

Lifetime fundraising total sails past $4.4 million in 11th year

Nov. 27, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Niantic has reportedly raised $200 million

CEO John Hanke has said that series B round will allow long-term bets on the AR market

Nov. 27, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Niantic picks up BAFTA Children's Award for Pokémon Go

Monument Valley 2 and Playroom VR miss out to mobile blockbuster

Nov. 27, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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“People in AAA talk about games being mainstream - they're not”

But they soon will be, and Massimo Guarini founded Ovosonico to be a different kind of studio, making a different kind of game

Nov. 23, 2017 Matthew Handrahan

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Tencent to publish PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China

Bluehole's new partner obliterates any notion on a ban in PUBG's biggest market

Nov. 22, 2017 Matthew Handrahan