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EA's Ultimate Team now worth $800 million annually
CFO Blake Jorgensen says EA spends "a lot of time thinking about" how to add similar mechanics to Battlefield and Battlefront
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Mo-cap specialist Xsens launches Indie Program
Cost of tech used in FIFA, LawBreakers and Hellblade will be slashed for small teams
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Nintendo promises 60 Switch indie games this year
Stardew Valley, Overcooked, Yooka-Laylee and Runner3 among those detailed so far
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Google has shipped 10m Cardboard VR viewers
Daydream's antecedent has doubled shipments in the last year, with 150 million app downloads
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Conan Exiles hit 480k unit full-year target in 28 days
Funcom will invest as much as $10 million extra in the game through early 2018, with console launches now planned
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Ark: Survival Evolved program will pay 15 modders $4k a month
Selection will be evaluated and refreshed each month, with best modders paid until their content is finished
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Khronos launches OpenXR VR standards working group
List of partners is a who's who of contemporary VR, including Valve, Oculus, Epic and Unity
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Valve is adding SMI eye-tracking tech to OpenVR platform
Upgraded HTC Vive will be shown at GDC this week, Valve also working with LG on a brand new headset
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Klang, Spilt Milk in first wave of Improbable's Innovation Program
Partners get access to SpatialOS at reduced or eliminated rates ahead of launching their games
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Challengeme eSports acquires eSports Hero
German tournement platform also has also secured $4.9 million investment from eSports Mogul
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Next Games looks to €30 million IPO
Listing on Nasdaq First North Finland seen as key to mobile developer's growth plans
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Ubisoft hires four from Telltale Games
New staff bring storytelling experience from The Walking Dead, Tales from the Borderlands and Minecraft: Story Mode
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Oculus and Samsung will add a touchpad controller to new Gear VR
More complex hand interactions will soon be the standard in mobile VR
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Pillars of Eternity II closes Fig campaign with $4.4 million
Obsidian's sequel eclipsed Psychonauts 2's $3.8 million record, and set a record for most backers: 33,614
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"This year there will be longer and better VR games than Arizona Sunshine"
Vertigo Games on finding success in a limited market, the importance of the long tail, and what Resident Evil 7 means for VR
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Valve makes VR audio tools available for free
"Steam Audio is the product of many years of academic and industry research and development"
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Overwatch named Game of the Year at the DICE Awards
Blizzard and Naughty Dog collected four awards each, Playdead took home three
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ZeniMax files for injunction over Oculus code
If granted, it would apply to games on sale for Oculus Rift and Gear VR
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Armada Interactive raises $10 million seed funding
Led by the founder of Remedy Entertainment, Finnish studio wants to raise the standard of core mobile games
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InnoGames picks up Warlords from Wooga
Sale of mobile strategy title indicative of Wooga's renewed focus on casual games
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Flaregames launches €20 million mobile game accelerator
18-month program will target free-to-play devs lacking publishing expertise to get the most from their games
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CCP returns to Citizen Science in EVE Online
Second phase of Project Discovery will allow EVE players to aid real-world hunt for exoplanets
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Uncharted 4 wins at Writer's Guild Awards 2017
Neil Druckmann and Josh Scherr receive Guild's sole video game honour
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Humble Freedom Bundle raised $6.73m
Bundle created in response to President Trump's anti-immigration policy was a huge success
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Valve drops mandatory training for Steam VR Tracking
Initial in-person $3,000 course no longer required, free remote training in English and Chinese now available