Ataribox crowdfunding push delayed

Ditched for now over unspecified problems

• crowdfunding
• ataribox

FCC is going to dismantle net neutrality

Vote passes three-to-two

• fcc
• net neutrality

PC Connects London 2018: Meet the Speakers - Ben Andac, Good Shepherd

Ahead of PC Connects London on January 22nd and 23rd, we have been speaking to some of the wonderful speakers we are going to be sharing their insight at the show.

• pc connects london 2018
• Speakers
• meet the speakers

In 2019 UK is getting a combined physical-digital games chart

Market research firm GfK loses exclusive rights to boxed title info

• data
• charts

Take-Two gets into indie publishing with Private Division label

Rockstar and 2K Games now have a new sibling

• indie publishing

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds creator Greene says games need better protection from copycats

Battle royale blockbuster has sold more than 24m copies now, too

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• protection

Indie publisher Raw Fury secures $600k investment

“We’re excited we got some money and people to join us blah blah blah.”

• Investment
• indie publishing

Crytek is suing the developers behind sci-fi title Star Citizen

Troubled software firm has taken issue with a lot of what CIG and RSI have been up to

• Lawsuit
• star citizen
• cryengine
• amazon lumberyard
• legal drama

Bank of America Merrill Lynch predicts that EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2 will undersell by 2.5m units

Investment firm expects EA to have a “stronger” 2019 fiscal year

• star wars battlefront
• sales targets

Report: Codemasters preparing London Stock Exchange IPO

Racing specialists said to be valued at more than £100m

Late CCP employee’s family to receive all profits from limited edition Eve cosmetic skin sale

CCP Blaze passed away in November; leaves “amazing legacy” at CCP

• rip
• skins

In-game ban notifications added to Overwatch

But game director Jeff Kaplan says this will not entirely solve toxicity problem

• overwatch
• toxicity
• in-game bans

Keywords snaps up Sperasoft for $27m

The acquisition spree continues

• Acquisition

"It’s clear that we’ve made some mistakes" - things haven't got any easier for Destiny 2 developer Bungie

Studio on the backfoot following player backlash to locked content

• destiny 2

UK Gambling Commission says 11% of 11-16 year-olds have used skin-betting sites, but less than 1% are problem gamblers

Boys also more likely than girls to have gambling with game skins.

• gambling
• game skins