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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The Future of Free-to-play
App Annie's Paul Barnes and Chatterbox Games' Adam Telfer join us to discuss changes in mobile's most competitive market
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Monster Hunter World: Critical Consensus
Capcom's franchise brings more than a decade of Nintendo exclusivity to an end in fine style
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Twitch wins $1.3m lawsuit against view bots
California judge orders bot makers to shut down and pay damages to leading streaming platform
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Overwatch League attracts 10m viewers in its first week
Average audience of 408,000 per minute for opening day, concurrent viewers peaks at 437,000
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YouTube fights "bad actors" with new content policies
New measures include manual vetting of Google Preferred videos, and a higher monetisation threshold for small channels
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Media training for beginners
Insomniac's Ryan Schneider shares tips for devs to make the most of their press interviews, from proper preparation to spotting gotcha questions
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Nintendo Direct has transformed the company's relationship with its fans
The firm has learnt to embrace its demanding fanbase
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Writers Guild Awards 2018: Video game writing nominations announced
Madden NFL 18 and mobile game Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow among nominees
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Google to monitor popular YouTube channels - Report
After dropping another big YouTuber over controversy, company will begin vetting content in Google Preferred advertiser program
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds most covered game in December 2017
Star Wars Battlefront II knocked from top spot as PUBG enjoys official console and Xbox launch
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Smosh Games YouTuber departs following sexual assault allegations
Amra 'Flitz' Ricketts denies all "false claims" but "cannot risk negative impact" on YouTube group
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$5.2m raised in Yogscast's Jingle Jam
2.5m people watched 700 hours of charity livestreams in December
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Nintendo Switch becomes fastest-selling console in US history
Platform holder breaks own record set by the Wii over ten years ago
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IGN fires editor-in-chief - Report
Gaming site says it made the move after investigation into alleged misconduct
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Game of the Year 2017
Final episode of the year available to download now, reflecting on our favourite games from the past 12 months
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Twitch announces reality game show for streamers
Stream On to feature creators competing to turn live-streaming into full-time career
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Voice acting, with the stars of Assassin's Creed Origins
The talent behind Bayek, Aya and Cleopatra shares their experiences of bringing games characters to life
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Patreon raises user fees to stabilise creator payouts
UPDATE: Crowdfunding platform decides not to add $0.35 service charge after creators begin to lose subscribers
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Steam's new Curator Connect feature targets key-scamming
System emerges from beta to help all developers find genuine influencers
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Twitch sees "glimmer of hope" in battle against toxic behaviour
Co-founder Kevin Lin tells GamesIndustry.biz he believes positivity will perpetuate out from smaller, more controlled channels
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Wonderstorm brewing animation and AAA games
Avatar: The Last Airbender writer, Uncharted 3 director and Riot Games R&D finance head set up studio to work on linked game and Netflix series
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New UK games media awards event set for May
Following the cancellation of the Games Media Awards
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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Licensing your IP, with Gary D Nissenbaum
Latest episode available now, discusses how to arrange merchandise deals and more
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Twitch: "We're almost ready to go full-blown Hunger Games"
Co-founder Kevin Lin is excited for a new age of games development where streaming audiences can interact with the players
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Jobs Roundup: Green Man Gaming hires former EA, Activision marketing boss
Also this week, Keza MacDonald leaves Kotaku, a Mythbuster joins Giant Bomb, and Unity hires Insomniac developers