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Niantic offers full refunds after Pokémon Go Fest debacle
Tech issues rendered the game unplayable, all attendees eligible for a refund and $100 of in-game currency
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Dying Light still attracts 500,000 users a week
The community for Techland's zombie hit has fallen by just 200,000 people in the two and a half years since launch
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DeNA has 10% of games staff working on Nintendo projects
Around 100 people are currently involved, but that number could rise if necessary
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Starbreeze appoints new head of corporate comms
Ann Charlotte Svensson will also lead investor relations, brings 20 years of experience to the role
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Washington Governor to open VR and indie filled Casual Connect USA
Studio Wildcard, Psyonix, Survios, Oculus, Valve and Supreme Commander creator Chris Taylor among the speakers at Seattle event
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Phil Harrison sees a "golden age" for games - and it's still to come
"The reach is there, the tools are there, the distribution is there," Harrison said - now all we need are the stories
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Kahoot! learning game platform closes $20 million series A round
Additional $10m funding arrives as MAUs hit 50m, ahead of mobile app launch later this year
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Former Kabam COO Kent Wakeford joins Skillz board
Wakeford focused on eSports after Netmarble's acquisition of Kabam, also co-owner of Kevin Chou's Overwatch League team
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Kongregate: HTML5 games can now "compete toe-to-toe with plugins"
After years of speculation, browser game platform believes HTML5's moment has finally arrived
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Australian industry laments "devastating" resignation of pro-game Senator
Scott Ludlam resigns over dual citizenship mistake, sending "shockwaves" through the developer community
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Kate Edwards joins the board at Take This
Former IGDA executive director will help non-profit address the games industry's mental health issues
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N3twork buys Agamemnon mobile UA platform
Ex-Rovio VP Eric Seufert joins the company as part of the acquisition
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Apple appoints first managing director for China
Isabel Ge Mahe's appointment demonstrates strong commitment to "invest and grow in China"
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Snowfall's Natasha Trygg promoted to CEO
Former COO steps up as former CEO and founder Petri Elovaara steps aside
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Splash Damage teams up with Wargaming
UK studio will make multiplayer experiences in the "Wargaming universe"
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American McGee wants Alice community to stop asking about a sequel
EA owns the rights, and daily enquiries "impede my ability to put effort towards new ideas and new projects"
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Enter the Gungeon reaches 1 million sales
Dodge Roll's debut finds success with Devolver as its publisher
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Playerunknown's Battlegrounds tops GTA V on concurrent Steam users
PUBG is now fourth on the list of highest concurrent player numbers, right behind Fallout 4
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Pixelmon Minecraft mod shut down
The Pokémon Company's intervention signals the end for the popular mod
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"Games are the largest provider of critical thinking education in the world"
Improbable's Oliver Lewis and Nick Button-Brown want to unlock the potential of games as an antidote for "fake news, bias and extremism"
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Force Field VR raises €1 million in funding
New money will support Landfall developer's further activities in high-end location-based VR
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British Games Institute lays out Finance, Culture and Skills programmes
BGI needs £8 million a year for its plans, rising to as much as £12 million after three years
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Oculus moving on from investing in smaller VR projects
VR market can now support small and mid-sized teams, Oculus now prefers multi-million dollar investments
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Patriots, Mets and NetEase among first Overwatch League team owners
Five of the seven teams will be in the US, as well as one in Seoul and one in Shanghai
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Meet the finalists of Epic and Wellcome's Developing Beyond competition
Untold Games, All Seeing Eye and Lost Forest Games will each receive $60k to continue work on their games