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Discord’s PC games store now supports Early AccessHappiest Dark Corner's A Cat's Manor wins the Big Indie Pitch in JordanBrexit chaos: UKIE and TIGA have their say on withdrawal agreement, for what it's worthNiko Partners lowers China game revenue forecasts amidst big licensing freeze
Discord’s PC games store now supports Early Access BETA

Discord’s PC games store now supports Early Access

Five in-development games kickstart the new feature, with one Discord-exclusive

Happiest Dark Corner's A Cat's Manor wins the Big Indie Pitch in Jordan PITCHING HIGH

Happiest Dark Corner's A Cat's Manor wins the Big Indie Pitch in Jordan

Second place place goes to educational game Crimson by all-girl team Sakura.Jo

Brexit chaos: UKIE and TIGA have their say on withdrawal agreement, for what it's worth WHAT IS HAPPENING

Brexit chaos: UKIE and TIGA have their say on withdrawal agreement, for what it's worth

Reaction on the current draft deal, for what it's worth

Niko Partners lowers China game revenue forecasts amidst big licensing freeze CHINA

Niko Partners lowers China game revenue forecasts amidst big licensing freeze

PC and mobile game sales up 11 per cent, but below forecasts

Thronebreaker comes to Steam as CD Projekt accepts GoG’s "incomparably smaller" audience

Thronebreaker comes to Steam as CD Projekt accepts GoG’s "incomparably smaller" audience

Ubisoft rep's claims that loot boxes are "a huge boon for the gaming industry" sparks heated response

Ubisoft rep's claims that loot boxes are "a huge boon for the gaming industry" sparks heated response

Tencent's PC revenues dip 15% in Q3 as players migrate to mobile

Tencent's PC revenues dip 15% in Q3 as players migrate to mobile

Telltale’s story comes to an end as The Walking Dead studio enters liquidation proceedings

Telltale’s story comes to an end as The Walking Dead studio enters liquidation proceedings

Xbox head Phil Spencer claims Game Pass is increasing sales for featured titles

Xbox head Phil Spencer claims Game Pass is increasing sales for featured titles

25-year-old Californian man pleads guilty after Call of Duty dispute led to fatal swatting

25-year-old Californian man pleads guilty after Call of Duty dispute led to fatal swatting

Age of Empires: Castle Siege will shut down in May 2019

Age of Empires: Castle Siege will shut down in May 2019

THQ Nordic snaps up Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear

THQ Nordic snaps up Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear

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Interviews & opinion

Milestone wants its Ride IP to be the Gran Turismo of bike racing INTERVIEW Nov 14th, 2018

Milestone wants its Ride IP to be the Gran Turismo of bike racing

Why Stardew Valley publisher Chucklefish isn't in a rush to massively expand INTERVIEW Nov 13th, 2018

Why Stardew Valley publisher Chucklefish isn't in a rush to massively expand

The PC Revolution: Read about the emerging tech and trends that are defining the PC games market THE PC REVOLUTION Nov 12th, 2018

The PC Revolution: Read about the emerging tech and trends that are defining the PC games market

How Spirit is using AI to change the games industry forever INTERVIEW Nov 9th, 2018

How Spirit is using AI to change the games industry forever

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Features

Why you need to pay attention to the MENA region: What we learnt at the Jordan Gaming Summit 2018 PRINCELY SUMMIT Nov 9th, 2018

Why you need to pay attention to the MENA region: What we learnt at the Jordan Gaming Summit 2018

Behind the scenes of production firm RCP's international expansion TRUCKING Oct 31st, 2018

Behind the scenes of production firm RCP's international expansion

How Improbable is lowering the barrier to entry for developers on SpatialOS CLOUD TECH Oct 25th, 2018

How Improbable is lowering the barrier to entry for developers on SpatialOS

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Data & Research

Fortnite’s South Korean launch accompanies an 8.3 million concurrent player peak VICTORY ROYALE Nov 9th, 2018

Fortnite’s South Korean launch accompanies an 8.3 million concurrent player peak

Newzoo: Top 25 publicly-traded games firms earned $50bn in H1 2018, lowest level of growth since 2014 $$$ Nov 8th, 2018

Newzoo: Top 25 publicly-traded games firms earned $50bn in H1 2018, lowest level of growth since 2014

Twitch viewers watched 34 million hours of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 during launch week LOOK! Nov 8th, 2018

Twitch viewers watched 34 million hours of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 during launch week

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Videos

PC Connects London 2018 - A Conversation With Good Shepherd's Ben Andac

PC Connects London 2018 - Andrew Smith, Spilt Milk - What To Do When You Find Yourself Making an MMO

PC Connects London 2018 - Ashley Gullen, Scirra - HTML5 Games Technology In 2018

PCC London 2018 - Jan Klose, Deck13 - Creating Large Scope Projects With An Independent Studio

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Regulars

Meet PCGamesInsider.biz's PC Pulse industry panel The PC Pulse Nov 5th, 2018

Meet PCGamesInsider.biz's PC Pulse industry panel

How Bethesda has tried to make Elder Scrolls Online the most accessible MMO in town Success Story Oct 22nd, 2018

How Bethesda has tried to make Elder Scrolls Online the most accessible MMO in town

After years of hard work, NetEase says it's seeing success outside of China Industry Icon Oct 18th, 2018

After years of hard work, NetEase says it's seeing success outside of China

Introducing Teazelcat Games: Why Jodie Azhar left Creative Assembly and started a studio named after her pet Indie Interview Oct 16th, 2018

Introducing Teazelcat Games: Why Jodie Azhar left Creative Assembly and started a studio named after her pet

Profiles

Inside Track - Niko Partners’ Lisa Hanson tells us about the marketing intelligence provider’s successful year INSIDE TRACK Oct 23rd, 2018

Inside Track - Niko Partners’ Lisa Hanson tells us about the marketing intelligence provider’s successful year

SteamSpy's Galyonkin: 'I would love to see Valve's data solution come sooner rather than later' INTERVIEW Jul 6th, 2018

SteamSpy's Galyonkin: 'I would love to see Valve's data solution come sooner rather than later'

Why GameMaker firm YoYo is getting into indie games publishing PUBLISHING May 25th, 2018

Why GameMaker firm YoYo is getting into indie games publishing

Inside Track - Andi Ewington on collaborating to create narrative content with The Same But Different PROFILE May 24th, 2018

Inside Track - Andi Ewington on collaborating to create narrative content with The Same But Different

Inside Track - Natalie Griffith tells us about brand and marketing firm Identity Spark's five years INSIDE TRACK May 4th, 2018

Inside Track - Natalie Griffith tells us about brand and marketing firm Identity Spark's five years

Kongregate doesn't see Kartridge as a Steam competitor KARTRIDGE KIDS Apr 19th, 2018

Kongregate doesn't see Kartridge as a Steam competitor

Job News

Capcom USA names Rob Dyer as its new COO JOBS Nov 13th, 2018

Capcom USA names Rob Dyer as its new COO

Final Fantasy XV director Tabata leaves as Square Enix reverses course on new studio Luminous Productions OH Nov 8th, 2018

Final Fantasy XV director Tabata leaves as Square Enix reverses course on new studio Luminous Productions

Nexon is funding Patrick Söderlund's new outfit Embark Studios SECOND TIME LUCKY, EH? Nov 8th, 2018

Nexon is funding Patrick Söderlund's new outfit Embark Studios

New studio director at The Chinese Room JOB NEWS Nov 6th, 2018

New studio director at The Chinese Room

Deals

THQ Nordic snaps up Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear DOUBLE TROUBLE Nov 14th, 2018

THQ Nordic snaps up Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain and Wreckfest maker Bugbear

Microsoft's studio spending spree continues: Big M to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian and inXile IT JUST NEVER ENDS Nov 11th, 2018

Microsoft's studio spending spree continues: Big M to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian and inXile

Overlay platform Overwolf raises $16 million in Intel Capital-led funding round FUNDS Nov 7th, 2018

Overlay platform Overwolf raises $16 million in Intel Capital-led funding round

Square Enix snaps up 20 per cent stake in Batallion 1944 dev Bulkhead Interactive $$$$ Nov 6th, 2018

Square Enix snaps up 20 per cent stake in Batallion 1944 dev Bulkhead Interactive

Events News

Industry experts will be sharing their insight at PC Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges PC Connects London 2019 Nov 8th, 2018

Industry experts will be sharing their insight at PC Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges

Why Jagex's new publishing label Partners is heading to Korea's G-STAR G-STAR 2018 Nov 7th, 2018

Why Jagex's new publishing label Partners is heading to Korea's G-STAR

Sports Interactive, Creative Assembly and Robot Cache among first speakers at PC Connects London 2019 PC Connects London 2019 Nov 2nd, 2018

Sports Interactive, Creative Assembly and Robot Cache among first speakers at PC Connects London 2019

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