UK video game tax relief extended until 2023

European Commission adds gives industry three more years of tax breaks

• UK
• tax relief
• uk video games
• VGTR

Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode hits 800,000 concurrent players

But has caused some tech problems

• fortnite
• battle royale

Samsung ups DRAM production in face of rising RAM prices

Could this bring down the rising cost of memory?

• ram
• dram
• memory

Razer finally announces Hong Kong IPO, company could be worth $550m

"Today, we are the world’s leading lifestyle brand for the 2.2 billion gamers worldwide and we continue to disrupt the gaming industry with the Razer ecosystem of hardware, software and services"

• IPO

CIA files out Osama Bin Laden as a fan of video games and anime

Hard drive from compound the terror mastermind died at feature the likes of Super Mario Bros and Animal Crossing

• osama bin laden
• cia

Housemarque announces move away from arcade games

Follows less-than-stellar performance of Nex Machina

• sales
• nex machina
• arcade

EA reaffirms Visceral closure was not due to shift away from single-player

CEO Andrew Wilson addresses loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront II also

• star wars battlefront II
• visceral games

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds leaving Early Access in December

Coming late next month

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• release dates

Spelunky 2 has been announced

Announced on-stage at Paris Games Week, coming to PC as well as PS4

• spelunky 2
• spelunky
• roguelikes

Itch.io announces Patreon integration

“We want to support game developers"

• indie

Steel Media launches InfluencerUpdate.biz, THE B2B site about influencer marketing

"We are bringing our full editorial experience and information-gathering skills to bear on this phenomenon"

• youtube
• influencers
• influencerupdate.biz
• twitch
• social media
• shiny new things

Hellblade beats Ninja Theory’s expectations

Title on the verge of making back its development budget

• indie
• hellblade
• sales performance

Assassin’s Creed and Wolfenstein shoot and stab up Steam Top Ten

The two major sequels take the No.2 and No.3 spots

Football Manager 2018 to feature gay players in series first

“We try to be inclusive of everyone in the game.”

• football manager 2018
• football manager

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds unlikely to officially launch in China

Game “severely deviates from the socialist core value and the Chinese traditional culture and moral rule”

• China
• international
• playerunknown's battlegrounds