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INSIGHT - The Culling 2 has not got off to a great start - has the battle royale market already solidified following PUBG and Fortnite? Monster Hunter: World lands a killer blow at the head of this week’s Steam Top TenSix things we learnt at Develop:Brighton 2018 Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development
INSIGHT - The Culling 2 has not got off to a great start - has the battle royale market already solidified following PUBG and Fortnite? OUCH

INSIGHT - The Culling 2 has not got off to a great start - has the battle royale market already solidified following PUBG and Fortnite?

All time higher player count of 249, not even enough to fill five whole games

Monster Hunter: World lands a killer blow at the head of this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS

Monster Hunter: World lands a killer blow at the head of this week’s Steam Top Ten

PC port of Capcom’s latest monster mash still surprises six months after its console launch

Six things we learnt at Develop:Brighton 2018 TL;DR

Six things we learnt at Develop:Brighton 2018

We're finally home from this year's Develop:Brighton and - having slept for many hours - want to share the top things we learnt at the conference

Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development WORLD BUILDING

Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development

Engine tech VP Josef Hall - “Our technology is an "MMO in a box.”

Epic puts $8m behind Fortnite’s first major esports tournament

Epic puts $8m behind Fortnite’s first major esports tournament

Hearthstone vet Ben Brode opens new studio Second Dinner

Hearthstone vet Ben Brode opens new studio Second Dinner

Baldur’s Gate and Knights of the Old Republic designer James Ohlen leaves BioWare after 22 years

Baldur’s Gate and Knights of the Old Republic designer James Ohlen leaves BioWare after 22 years

Microsoft stock price hits all-time high amid Azure growth

Microsoft stock price hits all-time high amid Azure growth

Dutch and Belgian CS:GO players can trade again but loot boxes are off-limits

Dutch and Belgian CS:GO players can trade again but loot boxes are off-limits

Epic is increasing its revenue split for Marketplace creators up to 88%

Epic is increasing its revenue split for Marketplace creators up to 88%

Speaker submissions open for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019

Speaker submissions open for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019

Tencent and PUBG are not messing about with cheaters and hackers

Tencent and PUBG are not messing about with cheaters and hackers

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Interviews & opinion

INSIGHT - The Culling 2 has not got off to a great start - has the battle royale market already solidified following PUBG and Fortnite? OUCH Jul 16th, 2018

INSIGHT - The Culling 2 has not got off to a great start - has the battle royale market already solidified following PUBG and Fortnite?

INSIGHT - Why game jams are so important INSIGHT Jul 10th, 2018

INSIGHT - Why game jams are so important

INSIGHT - How to brand your game through words DISCOVERABILITY Jul 5th, 2018

INSIGHT - How to brand your game through words

Microsoft wants to court gamers with its Intellimouse re-release QUICKFIRE Q&A Jul 4th, 2018

Microsoft wants to court gamers with its Intellimouse re-release

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Features

How The Binding of Isaac became a card game LET'S GET PHYSICAL Jul 4th, 2018

How The Binding of Isaac became a card game

"Going into Quarantine Circular I was unsure whether Subsurface was a fluke or a repeatable event" SUCCESS STORY Jun 29th, 2018

"Going into Quarantine Circular I was unsure whether Subsurface was a fluke or a repeatable event"

"We're looking forward to adding to Cultist Simulator for a good while yet" SUCCESS STORY Jun 15th, 2018

"We're looking forward to adding to Cultist Simulator for a good while yet"

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Data & Research

Monster Hunter: World lands a killer blow at the head of this week’s Steam Top Ten STEAM CHARTS Jul 16th, 2018

Monster Hunter: World lands a killer blow at the head of this week’s Steam Top Ten

Overwatch Pink Mercy skin and T-shirt raised $12.7m for Breast Cancer Research Foundation NICE WORK Jul 9th, 2018

Overwatch Pink Mercy skin and T-shirt raised $12.7m for Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Conan Exiles has amassed a 1.5 million-strong horde of sales BARBARIC Jul 9th, 2018

Conan Exiles has amassed a 1.5 million-strong horde of sales

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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

"People like weird shit" - Edmund McMillen takes us behind the scenes on The Binding of Isaac Industry Icon Jul 9th, 2018

"People like weird shit" - Edmund McMillen takes us behind the scenes on The Binding of Isaac

“Most challenges stem from my haphazard make-it-up-as-you-go approach to making games” Indie Interview Jul 6th, 2018

“Most challenges stem from my haphazard make-it-up-as-you-go approach to making games”

"Going into Quarantine Circular I was unsure whether Subsurface was a fluke or a repeatable event" Success Story Jun 29th, 2018

"Going into Quarantine Circular I was unsure whether Subsurface was a fluke or a repeatable event"

"Valve is damned if it does, damned if it doesn't" The PC Pulse Jun 7th, 2018

"Valve is damned if it does, damned if it doesn't"

Profiles

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

Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC BLUE SKY THINKING Apr 3rd, 2018

Why Blade turned to influencers to sell its Shadow cloud gaming PC

Job News

Hearthstone vet Ben Brode opens new studio Second Dinner WINNER WINNER SECOND DINNER Jul 13th, 2018

Hearthstone vet Ben Brode opens new studio Second Dinner

Baldur’s Gate and Knights of the Old Republic designer James Ohlen leaves BioWare after 22 years QUEST COMPLETED Jul 13th, 2018

Baldur’s Gate and Knights of the Old Republic designer James Ohlen leaves BioWare after 22 years

Keywords creates chief commercial and marketing roles as part of senior management switch up JOB NEWS Jul 10th, 2018

Keywords creates chief commercial and marketing roles as part of senior management switch up

Left 4 Dead dev Turtle Rock working on new entry in "globally known franchise" JOB NEWS Jun 29th, 2018

Left 4 Dead dev Turtle Rock working on new entry in "globally known franchise"

Deals

Image and Form parent firm Thunderful has purchased Rising Star Games UM Jul 3rd, 2018

Image and Form parent firm Thunderful has purchased Rising Star Games

Reports point to Tencent snapping up 10 per cent of PUBG firm Bluehole for $500m WINNER WINNER Jun 15th, 2018

Reports point to Tencent snapping up 10 per cent of PUBG firm Bluehole for $500m

Paradox is going to be buying Harebrained Schemes $$$ Jun 6th, 2018

Paradox is going to be buying Harebrained Schemes

NetEase invests $100m into Destiny studio Bungie DESTINED TO BE Jun 4th, 2018

NetEase invests $100m into Destiny studio Bungie

Events News

Six things we learnt at Develop:Brighton 2018 Develop: Brighton Jul 13th, 2018

Six things we learnt at Develop:Brighton 2018

Join us for The Big Indie Pitch & Big Indie Drinks @ Develop:Brighton 2018 The Big Indie Pitch & Drinks at Develop:Brighton 2018 Jul 9th, 2018

Join us for The Big Indie Pitch & Big Indie Drinks @ Develop:Brighton 2018

Everspace CEO on why bad coverage on YouTube and Twitch can be a good thing The Big Indie Fest @ ReVersed Jul 9th, 2018

Everspace CEO on why bad coverage on YouTube and Twitch can be a good thing

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