Ukie vet Theo Blackwell appointed as London's first ever Chief Digital Officer

Blackwell to be essential role in establishing UK capital as a global tech hub

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Valve fixes Ark: Survival Evolved refund glitch

Users could refund title no matter how long they had owned or played it for

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• ark: survival evolved

Sega reacts to negative Sonic Mania reviews due to Denuvo DRM

Oh, and one of the developers appears to be putting the boot into Sega

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Blizzard’s Kaplan outlines future of Overwatch ban system

"Like it or not, this is an "us, the OW community problem" and not just an "OW team problem". For better or for worse, we're in this together."

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• community management

Happy Volcano’s The Almost Gone wins The Big PC Indie Pitch Gamescom 2017

Regional Nightclub Bouncer from Panic Barn and Mooneye Studios' Lost Ember take second and third place respectively

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Today is your last chance to get Mid Term tickets for PC Connects Helsinki 2017

Just nine hours remain to get your hands on discounted tickets for the inaugural PC Connects Helsinki

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Green Man Gaming has a new EVP of performance marketing

Sporting Index and QVC vet Paul Turner joins the digital retailer

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More than 350,000 people went to Gamescom 2017

Broke records for the Cologne-based trade fair, 919 companies from 54 countries attended

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The Escapists 2 debuts in third place in Steam Top Ten

Codemasters F1 2017 also goes straight to No.5

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Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds beats DOTA 2 concurrent player figures

How long before the battle royale title beats their peak player figures?

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3,000 people came to Devcom's debut

140 sessions with over 200 speakers took place over four days

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Brink goes free-to-play

Though there is little in the way of monetisation options

Bithell Games to publish The GameDev Business Handbook

Former games journo Mike Futter pens guide for sustainable game studios

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A former Valve writer might have just revealed Half Life 3 plot

Letter written by 'Gertie Fremont' sounds an awful lot like the next Half Life story

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Ubisoft reveals next entry in the Anno series

French firm pencils in 2018 release date for the city sim title