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Games for the Many: how Labour plans to win elections with video games
Designer Rosa Carbó-Mascarell on using video games to make politics accessible
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Making the industry's voice heard on Brexit
Exiting the EU is one of the biggest challenges the UK games sector has ever faced; the industry desperately needs its access to skilled staff to be protected
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Brexit fears resurface at Westminster games panel
"We're not getting a response from government that will prevent companies from deploying their contingency plans now"
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Eastern European developers seek growth through solidarity
At Poland's Games Industry Conference, six European developer associations pledged to work together to achieve their goals
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"It's disturbing that Wolfenstein can be considered a controversial political statement"
Bethesda marketing boss Pete Hines discusses publisher's marketing for upcoming anti-Nazi shooter
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Discord clamps down on hate groups
Gaming chat and text app blocks alt-right server and bans users
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EA and Take-Two say Trump administration is harming the games industry
“There is a constant shortage of qualified, high-skilled labour within our industry”
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Australian industry laments "devastating" resignation of pro-game Senator
Scott Ludlam resigns over dual citizenship mistake, sending "shockwaves" through the developer community
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The fanboys making the next Mario game
“I thought that this is impossible. I can't possibly write music for this game. I'm just not good enough”
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"Games are the largest provider of critical thinking education in the world"
Improbable's Oliver Lewis and Nick Button-Brown want to unlock the potential of games as an antidote for "fake news, bias and extremism"
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British Games Institute lays out Finance, Culture and Skills programmes
BGI needs £8 million a year for its plans, rising to as much as £12 million after three years
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Making game development global again
Meet the Syrian and Iranian developers making an opportunity of Donald Trump's travel ban - with a little help from Unity
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DCMS is now the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
"Digital" added to recognise the UK government's "significant new responsibilities"
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German chancellor Angela Merkel to open Gamescom 2017
First time the country's leader will open long-running video games expo
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Testology founder's anti-Muslim comments "still far too common" in games industry
Andy Robson apologises for Facebook rant, but Rami Ismail says such attitudes have a "stifling effect" on developers
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Palmer Luckey launching defense startup
Oculus co-founder wants to use self-driving car technology to monitor borders for illegal crossings
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Conflict minerals progress in jeopardy
The games industry has made commendable steps in its sourcing of conflict minerals, but the law that made it possible is facing repeal
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PlayStation sponsoring London Pride 2017
“This is not some kind of corporate step. It means a lot to us”
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Why the games industry should not stay neutral this election
With the UK Parliamentary election only days away, there are too many defining policy differences in the parties' manifestos for the industry to stay mute
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UKIE warns UK Conservative Party over immigration policy
But Dr Jo Twist welcomes 'commitments to support the UK games and wider creative industries'
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UKIE lays out new policy manifesto
With an election on the way, UK trade group tells government what the industry needs to succeed in a post-Brexit world
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TIGA: UK games industry employment could be improved by 40% by 2022
Trade body's latest manifesto calls for next government to allow recruitment from EU and expand on games tax relief
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Localiser demands his name be dropped from game credits after KKK reference removed
“I saw the forceful change of this as an act of censorship”
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Palmer Luckey funds Trump through Chrono Trigger shell companies
Oculus co-founder continues his support for US President, despite controversy over involvement with "shitposting" group
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Podcast: Death threats, Brexit and football, with Miles Jacobson
New episode available to download now, Football Manager dev tells us why his job is to predict the future