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BAFTA Games Awards 2023 open for entries AWARDS Sep 12th, 2022

BAFTA Games Awards 2023 open for entries

New categories announced

Enchanted Works mind-bending puzzler Nomori wins The Big Indie Pitch BIG INDIE PITCH Sep 8th, 2022

Enchanted Works mind-bending puzzler Nomori wins The Big Indie Pitch

Winners breakdown

UK competition watchdog moves to second phase of Microsoft Activision deal investigation ACQUISITION NEWS Sep 2nd, 2022

UK competition watchdog moves to second phase of Microsoft Activision deal investigation

This is all part of the process

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Improbable has bought online service firm Multiplayer Guys DEAL Sep 26th, 2019

Improbable has bought online service firm Multiplayer Guys

“The Multiplayer Guys have shown their ability to help studios large and small deliver better multiplayer experiences faster. We’re delighted to add The Multiplayer Guys’ skill and experience to the services we offer"

VC firm London Venture Partners unveils new $80m fund for games startups $$$$ Sep 26th, 2019

VC firm London Venture Partners unveils new $80m fund for games startups

“Our Fund III will allow us to continue to bring our deep backgrounds as game entrepreneurs and executives with large scale product and operational expertise to identify and help founders and teams with great potential.”

Motion Twin creates Evil Empire company to oversee Dead Cells, title passes 2.4m sales NICE Sep 26th, 2019

Motion Twin creates Evil Empire company to oversee Dead Cells, title passes 2.4m sales

"Some of the Motion Twin team decided it would be best to keep on keeping on with Dead Cells, for financial reasons (obviously) but also because we’re not done with DC"

Microsoft rolling out Project xCloud streaming service test next month CLOUD Sep 26th, 2019

Microsoft rolling out Project xCloud streaming service test next month

"Public preview is a critical phase in our multi-year ambition to deliver game streaming globally at the scale and quality of experience that the gaming community deserves and expects"

Improbable pulled funding for Mavericks ahead of developer Automaton going into administration NEWS Sep 25th, 2019

Improbable pulled funding for Mavericks ahead of developer Automaton going into administration

"Improbable was unwilling to inject any further funds into the business in order to continue development of the Mavericks game, and as a result, the company was facing immediate cash flow issues."

Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, Google and Twitch among game firms making climate change commitments ACE! Sep 24th, 2019

Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, Google and Twitch among game firms making climate change commitments

Companies join new Playing for the Planet initiative

India and Africa are the next big opportunities after Asia, Take-Two's Zelnick says COOL! Sep 24th, 2019

India and Africa are the next big opportunities after Asia, Take-Two's Zelnick says

Exec also says that leaving the EU is "not a good thing for the UK"

ESA comms boss Dan Hewitt joins Borderlands maker Gearbox Software JOB NEWS Sep 24th, 2019

ESA comms boss Dan Hewitt joins Borderlands maker Gearbox Software

"We are delighted to have Dan join us to help shape and share our story,"

SuperData: World of Warcraft subscription revenue grew 223% in August thanks to new Classic release $$$ Sep 23rd, 2019

SuperData: World of Warcraft subscription revenue grew 223% in August thanks to new Classic release

MMO title was the third-biggest digital earner for the month

2K claims that Borderlands franchise has made more than $1bn $$$ Sep 23rd, 2019

2K claims that Borderlands franchise has made more than $1bn

Publisher says it has shipped more than five million copies of the latest entry in the series

Report: Asian cloud games revenue to grow 11 times by 2023 $$$$ Sep 23rd, 2019

Report: Asian cloud games revenue to grow 11 times by 2023

According to the analysts at Niko Partners

Arrest made in connection to World of Warcraft DDoS attacks JAIL TIME Sep 23rd, 2019

Arrest made in connection to World of Warcraft DDoS attacks

It’s not the first time a player has been arrested

European video games trade body says France's Steam ruling goes against EU law OH Sep 23rd, 2019

European video games trade body says France's Steam ruling goes against EU law

“This French ruling flies in the face of established EU law which recognises the need to protect digital downloads from the ease of reproduction allowed by the Internet"

Players to receive harsher ban penalties in Dota 2 PLAYING FAIR Sep 23rd, 2019

Players to receive harsher ban penalties in Dota 2

Several features have been updated to better player experience

CHARTS: Monster Hunter World soars to Steam Top Ten No.1 spot STEAM CHARTS Sep 23rd, 2019

CHARTS: Monster Hunter World soars to Steam Top Ten No.1 spot

And Grand Theft Auto V is somehow still a bestseller on Valve’s platform

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