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Why Spilt Milk has decided to start launching more experimental games via its Shake label Discord bullish about its platform after dropping free games from Nitro subscription service Inside Track: Indigo Pearl’s Caroline Miller on the changing face of PRGears 5 attracted three million players in first week
Why Spilt Milk has decided to start launching more experimental games via its Shake label INTERVIEW

Why Spilt Milk has decided to start launching more experimental games via its Shake label

Studio co-founder Andrew Smith tells us more

Discord bullish about its platform after dropping free games from Nitro subscription service COOL!

Discord bullish about its platform after dropping free games from Nitro subscription service

Company confirms that these changes don't affect developers selling titles direct to consumers

Inside Track: Indigo Pearl’s Caroline Miller on the changing face of PR INSIDE TRACK

Inside Track: Indigo Pearl’s Caroline Miller on the changing face of PR

“Discovery remains tricky with so many games and such a large hungry media so getting attention in a crowded marketplace calls for creative solutions”

Gears 5 attracted three million players in first week DATA

Gears 5 attracted three million players in first week

Apparently this is Microsoft's biggest Steam first-party release, too

Capcom producer says publisher needs to “branch out” following Resident Evil complaints

Capcom producer says publisher needs to “branch out” following Resident Evil complaints

Ohio gamer receives 15 months prison sentence for swatting

Ohio gamer receives 15 months prison sentence for swatting

Knights and Bikes TV rights optioned by Peaky Blinders production company

Knights and Bikes TV rights optioned by Peaky Blinders production company

Tokyo Game Show 2019 attendance drops 12.3% in 2019

Tokyo Game Show 2019 attendance drops 12.3% in 2019

EA's Project Atlas tech test will use around 10,000 players

EA's Project Atlas tech test will use around 10,000 players

Report: The ESA is looking to make changes to E3, 10,000 more consumers will be at 2020 show

Report: The ESA is looking to make changes to E3, 10,000 more consumers will be at 2020 show

Mojang claims Minecraft attracts over 112 million players each month

Mojang claims Minecraft attracts over 112 million players each month

CHARTS: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Berlin tournament DLC takes first place in the Steam chart

CHARTS: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Berlin tournament DLC takes first place in the Steam chart

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Interviews & opinion

Why Spilt Milk has decided to start launching more experimental games via its Shake label INTERVIEW Sep 17th, 2019

Why Spilt Milk has decided to start launching more experimental games via its Shake label

Inside Track: Indigo Pearl’s Caroline Miller on the changing face of PR INSIDE TRACK Sep 16th, 2019

Inside Track: Indigo Pearl’s Caroline Miller on the changing face of PR

Why Rare finally brought Battletoads back QUICKFIRE Q&A Sep 11th, 2019

Why Rare finally brought Battletoads back

Why Gearbox doesn't see Borderlands 3 as a competitor to Destiny and The Division INTERVIEW Sep 10th, 2019

Why Gearbox doesn't see Borderlands 3 as a competitor to Destiny and The Division

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Features

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Dead Cells, DCMS report, Battletoads and much more! #PCGICYMI Sep 16th, 2019

#PCGICYMI - The biggest stories and hottest features of the week - Dead Cells, DCMS report, Battletoads and much more!

Loot boxes, age ratings and gambling: Everything the UK games industry needs to know from today's DCMS report ROUNDUP Sep 12th, 2019

Loot boxes, age ratings and gambling: Everything the UK games industry needs to know from today's DCMS report

The digital shift and treating developers right: Devolver's Struthers looks back on the label's first decade WORK HARD BE NICE Sep 6th, 2019

The digital shift and treating developers right: Devolver's Struthers looks back on the label's first decade

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Data & Research

Gears 5 attracted three million players in first week DATA Sep 17th, 2019

Gears 5 attracted three million players in first week

Mojang claims Minecraft attracts over 112 million players each month CRAFT Sep 16th, 2019

Mojang claims Minecraft attracts over 112 million players each month

CHARTS: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Berlin tournament DLC takes first place in the Steam chart STEAM CHARTS Sep 16th, 2019

CHARTS: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Berlin tournament DLC takes first place in the Steam chart

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Videos

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Chris Charla, [email protected]/Microsoft

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - Digital Discovery - Adam Lieb, Gamesight

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - The PC Revolution - Eric Goldberg

PC Connects Seattle 2019 - CodeShop - Christian Allen, Epic Games

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Regulars

What Motion Twin learnt from making Dead Cells Industry Icon Sep 13th, 2019

What Motion Twin learnt from making Dead Cells

The digital shift and treating developers right: Devolver's Struthers looks back on the label's first decade Success Story Sep 6th, 2019

The digital shift and treating developers right: Devolver's Struthers looks back on the label's first decade

Why the developers of Oxenfree want you to outdrink the devil in Afterparty Indie Interview Aug 13th, 2019

Why the developers of Oxenfree want you to outdrink the devil in Afterparty

What games are The PC Pulse looking forward to in 2019? The PC Pulse Jan 11th, 2019

What games are The PC Pulse looking forward to in 2019?

Profiles

"I tell stories with sound": Sitting down with audio design master Scott Gershin DEVELOP:BRIGHTON 2019 Aug 29th, 2019

"I tell stories with sound": Sitting down with audio design master Scott Gershin

The Times They Are A-Changin': How Valve is trying to update Steam for the modern games industry INTERVIEW Aug 23rd, 2019

The Times They Are A-Changin': How Valve is trying to update Steam for the modern games industry

Why Shovel Knight maker Yacht Club Games became a publisher DIGGING IT Aug 14th, 2019

Why Shovel Knight maker Yacht Club Games became a publisher

"We're really passionate about getting young girls into games": What Girls' Game Lab hopes to achieve GIRLS IN GAMES Jul 26th, 2019

"We're really passionate about getting young girls into games": What Girls' Game Lab hopes to achieve

Job News

Jagex and Mind Candy vet Daniel Clough joins Bossa Studios JOB NEWS Sep 9th, 2019

Jagex and Mind Candy vet Daniel Clough joins Bossa Studios

1 Tango Gameworks creative director Ikumi Nakamura is leaving the studio JOB NEWS Sep 5th, 2019

Tango Gameworks creative director Ikumi Nakamura is leaving the studio

Sledgehammer Games is setting up shop in Australia NEW STUDIO Sep 5th, 2019

Sledgehammer Games is setting up shop in Australia

UK games industry vet Dinsey ascends to UKIE chair role JOB NEWS Sep 5th, 2019

UK games industry vet Dinsey ascends to UKIE chair role

Deals

Knights and Bikes TV rights optioned by Peaky Blinders production company NICE Sep 17th, 2019

Knights and Bikes TV rights optioned by Peaky Blinders production company

Improbable snaps up Scavengers developer Midwinter $$$$ Sep 13th, 2019

Improbable snaps up Scavengers developer Midwinter

Developer Klang lands $22.3m funding for SpatialOS-powered MMO Seed $$$$ Aug 16th, 2019

Developer Klang lands $22.3m funding for SpatialOS-powered MMO Seed

In-game ad platform Anzu.io has secured $6.5 million after funding round FUNDING Aug 8th, 2019

In-game ad platform Anzu.io has secured $6.5 million after funding round

Events News

Swedish games sales almost doubled in 2018 Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2019 Sep 13th, 2019

Swedish games sales almost doubled in 2018

Over 3,000 people attended Devcom 2019, next year's show will be three-days long Devcom 2019 Aug 23rd, 2019

Over 3,000 people attended Devcom 2019, next year's show will be three-days long

Gamescom 2019 - Microsoft's new Age of Empires arm isn't a developer, firm overseeing other studios working on IP Gamescom 2019 Aug 20th, 2019

Gamescom 2019 - Microsoft's new Age of Empires arm isn't a developer, firm overseeing other studios working on IP

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