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£900,000 investment enables US expansion for Dimensional Imaging
Motion and performance capture firm secures fresh funding from Percipient Capital
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Keywords Studios buys animation firm Spov for £1.2 million
Seventh acquisition in 12 months, with just over €20 million spent
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Apocalypse Now dev raises target after Kickstarter failure
Erebus now calling for $5.9m via direct donation, despite only raising $173,000 with crowdfunding campaign
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Dead by Daylight boosts Starbreeze revenue
Behaviour's horror title inspired 58% full year rise, Payday 3 in production as IP sales show decline
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Supercell revenues flat, but profits up to €917m as Royale soars
Paananen acknowledges challenges posed by Pokemon Go
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NetEase game revenue topped $4 billion in 2016
Blizzard's Overwatch sold 5 million units, Chinese publisher says, setting a new record for "buy-to-play" in mainland China
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Leslie Benzies leads "significant six figure investment" in audio firm Krotos
Audio company is famous for its monster sound tech
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Paradox profits up 27% year-on-year
Publisher's first full-year report following IPO shows healthy growth
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Glu's 2016 revenues just surpass $200m
Mobile games giant exceeds booking expectations for Q4, but full-year results still down $50m compared to 2015
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Nexon's profits tumble on Gloops impairment
Full-year report shows 63% decline, but Korean publisher looks to Titanfall Online and LawBreakers in 2017
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Activision stumbles offset by booming Blizzard business
Overwatch division's growth leads Activision Blizzard to record year as disappointing Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare prompts return to traditional combat for series; no new Skylanders game in 2017
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Zynga ends 2016 with little improvement
Bookings are up and social gaming company touts progress in the turnaround, but net losses for the year still top $108 million
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Watch Dogs 2 launch "not as dynamic as expected"
Ubisoft says Steep slightly overperformed, downgrades sales outlook as South Park gets delayed out of the fiscal year
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Warner Bros. sees full-year game sales dip
Publisher blames decline on tough comparison against 2015 hits Mortal Kombat X and Batman: Arkham Knight
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DeNA financials in line with expectations, level year-on-year
Quarter only feels two weeks of Super Mario Run impact, but native apps outperform browser games considerably for first time
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Take-Two pushes sales up, misses bottom line guidance
Mafia III, Civilization VI, NBA 2K17, GTA V continue selling as publisher's first VR efforts justify CEO Zelnick's previous skepticism
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InnoGames revenues rise to €130m in 2016
Mobile and online games firm reports 68% year-on-year growth, most successful period in ten-year history
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Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider boost game revenues for Square Enix
Nine month sales up 30% year-on-year, unit sales in US and Europe double to pass 20 million
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Starbreeze invests $8 million in Double Fine's Psychonauts 2
Swedish publisher will take 85% of revenue until investment is recouped, and 60% thereafter
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Sega's games revenue up 13% after nine months
Football Manager 2017 drives Entertainment Contents division to $136m operating profit
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Mad Catz investors pour water on strategy to avoid delisting
Rock Band 4's legacy looms large as shareholders question the company's financial stability
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Sony's Q3 game profits up 24% on strong Network sales
Combined PS4 and PS4 Pro sales reached 9.7 million, division revenue topped $5 billion
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New investment scheme PlayFund launches
Venture is part of UK government's EIS and SEIS funds, focussing on mobile games to begin with
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Battlefield 1 drives EA holiday quarter
EA proclaims FIFA 17 best-selling console game of the year, talks about new Star Wars Battlefront and disruptive BioWare action IP set for next fiscal year
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Nintendo's nine-month profits soar on Pokémon and Seattle Mariners sale
Pokémon Sun & Moon sold 14.7m units worldwide, full-year profit forecast almost doubled to ¥90 billion