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NetEase Q1 game revenues up 78% to $1.6 billion
Chinese online publisher enjoys "stunning" quarter, earning $570 million net profit
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Square Enix drops IO Interactive
"There can be no guarantees," publisher warns as it hunts for a buyer for Hitman developer
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Nitro Games sets sights on €3.2m IPO
Finnish mobile dev aims to raise capital ahead of shift to self-publishing model
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Nintendo Switch boosts Nvidia revenues by up to $192m
Graphics hardware firm reports Q1 revenues of $1.94bn, aided by new console's use of Tegra processor
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Smilegate makes strategic investment in Phaser Lock
Korean publisher will make "multiple rounds of investment" in Texan VR studio's growth, starting with partnership on its next game
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EA enjoys record net sales in "milestone" Fiscal 2017
Net income dipped but digital sales continued to climb, up 20% over last year [UPDATE: BioWare's new IP pushed in FY '19]
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Why the games industry holds the key to War Child's future
The charity that supports children in war-torn areas reflects on its blossoming relationship with video games
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Overwatch drives Activision Blizzard to record Q1 2017
Revenues climbed to $1.73 billion with digital growing 50% y-o-y
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Zynga CEO: "We'll be profitable in the very near future"
Q1 2017 loss narrowed to $9.5m as Frank Gibeau tells us that Zynga will be "in the same conversation with the Activisions and EAs" of the world
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Wavedash Games secures $6m in Series A funding
Finance will be used to hire new talent and finish Smash Bros-style eSports title
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Julian Gollop's Phoenix Point funded within a week
X-Com creator adds two stretch goals as Fig donations continue to roll in
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MTG ups InnoGames stake to 51%
Another €82.6 million buys majority of the German publisher; MTG says this is a "first step" in growing new gaming vertical
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Sony expects PS4 sales to slow as console nears 60m units
Game profits up 50% with 20m PS4s sold in the fiscal year, but Sony predicts 18m for the year ahead
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GREE's Q3 net sales rise to $142.9m
Japanese mobile firm shows quarterly growth, but still down year-on-year from $151m in 2016
Opinion
Breathing In: The Industry in Consolidation
Vivendi, Tencent, Softbank, Activision; the list of companies with billion-dollar shopping lists continues to grow. Is Disney next?
News
Xbox Live lifts Microsoft's Q3 Gaming revenue by 4%
Xbox Live users up 13% to 52 million in the third quarter, but other Gaming figures were thin on the ground
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Mobile start-up Mech Moca raises $5m
Bangalore-based mobile studio will be targeting India with its games
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Capcom full-year sales rise to $782.9m
Solid performance from Resident Evil VII helps offset underperformance of Dead Rising 4
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Nintendo Switch sold 2.74 million units in March alone
Profits up 5x in the last fiscal year, with Nintendo expecting a further 10 million Switch sales in the year ahead
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Remedy Entertainment is planning an IPO
Finnish dev wants to improve negotiating position and retain IP ownership through Nasdaq First North listing
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Tencent splashes $142.2m on Chinese developer Seasun
Internet giant acquires 9.9% stake in PC and mobile studio
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Avalanche takes over $10M in funding from Nordisk film
Just Cause studio looking to accelerate growth with cash injection
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Netmarble Games IPO raises $2.3bn
Second-biggest share sale in South Korea, thanks partly to the success of high-end mobile title Lineage II: Revolution