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Overkill boosts Payday 2 audience by giving away 5 million copies
Base game owners will be able to access DLC through a paid "upgrade" to the forthcoming Payday 2: Ultimate Edition
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FoxNext appoints president of licensing and publishing
Rick Phillips takes on a new role following Aftershock acquisition
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Angry Birds 2 lead programmer launches VR studio
Neuston will draw on Jonas Johansson's experience in mobile and on AAA titles like Crysis 3 and Just Cause 2
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Valve loses fourth writer in 18 months
Jay Pinkerton joined Valve ten years ago, follows Laidlaw, Wolpaw and Faliszek to the door
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Merge VR launches $1 million development fund
Hardware firm wants VR and AR experiences designed to work with its mobile VR hardware
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Gearbox makes Battleborn multiplayer free to play
But CEO Randy Pitchford insists the online shooter isn't actually "free-to-play"
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Daybreak puts up $1 million for H1Z1 eSports series
Elite Series events in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific will have $250,000 prize pool each
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Blizzard avoids China's loot laws by selling Overwatch in-game currency
In-game currency will now be sold for real money, with loot boxes thrown in for free
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Gearbox chief creative Mikey Neumann departs due to ill health
An MS-related condition prompts Borderlands writer to leave Gearbox and focus on Patreon-funded YouTube series
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Violent game montages face demonetisation on YouTube
Let's Plays and livestreams are on safe ground, but "montages where gratuitous violence is the focal point" are not
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Twitch Prime service rolls out worldwide
Subscription service is now available in more than 200 countries
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OtherSide Entertainment hires new VP of marketing
Walter Somol joins System Shock 3 developer from Harmonix
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Nintendo Switch online service pushed back to 2018
Nintendo misses late-2017 launch window, but sets price below competitor services at $19.99
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Intrepid Studios hires MMO veterans as Kickstarter nears $3m
Ashes of Creation developer recruits more talent from EverQuest and Planetside after smashing its crowdfunding target
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Gamer Network partners with Road to VR
UK game media company will partner on VR site's commercial activities, allowing founders to focus on independent journalism
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David Ismailer steps in as new 2K president
Ismailer joined the 2K label as COO when since it first started in 2005
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Take-Two acquires Kerbal Space Program
Mexico City based developer Squad will continue supporting and making content for the popular space sim
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Forge of Empires reaches €250m lifetime revenue
And InnoGames' biggest hit is gathering momentum, with €150m earned in less than half its five-year lifetime
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League of Legends' biggest eSports earner highlights gulf with Dota 2
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok is the first LoL pro to hit $1m in career winnings - Dota 2 players can rival that in a single tournament victory
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Stillfront Group buys eRepublik Labs for €7.5m
eRepublik earned €2.5 million in 2016 from its portfolio of free-to-play browser games
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Brenda Romero's plea for unity among game developers
From Phil Fish and Peter Molyneux to the rift between core and casual, Brenda Romero spoke out against the divisions between us
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Lusionsoft raises $1.7 million for VR development
Virtuous spin-off already has two games in Steam, with two more to launch this year
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Vlambeer, Supercell and Raw Fury join Stugan 2017 as mentors
Non-profit accelerator will take 26 devs from 15 countries for its third annual program
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Wii U was the most profitable for Rain Games' Teslagrad
"It's more important to be visible than to have the biggest target audience on the platform"
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Cookie Jam reaches 100m downloads milestone
Mobile title is Jam City's "most successful game to date"