Natalie Clayton

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Natalie Clayton is an Edinburgh-based freelance writer and game developer. Besides PCGamesInsider and Pocketgamer.biz, she's written across the games media landscape and was named in the 2018 GamesIndustry.biz 100 Rising Star list.

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News Oct 26th, 2018

Ubisoft claims Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey was built without "massive crunch"

“We will simply not get the best out of those talents if we're forcing them to work insane hours in crunch”

News Oct 26th, 2018

Steam is the last bastion of hope for PC developers in China amidst game licensing freeze

As options like the green channel close up, Steam has become a lifeline for gamers in China

News Oct 25th, 2018

A quiet Q1 2019 hasn’t stopped Microsoft gaming revenue from climbing 44 per cent

Gaming was one of the fastest-growing parts of the computing firm's business this quarter

News Oct 25th, 2018

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass subscription service is coming to PC

PC players can already access an extremely-limited range of Play Anywhere titles

News Oct 24th, 2018

Steam has gained 23 million monthly active users in under a year

Valve’s platform has also hit a peak concurrent user record of 18.5 million

News Oct 24th, 2018

GOG.com tweet hijacks transgender awareness hashtag and is promptly removed

A later post addressed the misstep but fails to properly apologise for doing so

News Oct 24th, 2018

Rockstar developers paint a deeply mixed picture of life while developing Red Read Redemption 2

“I think this is a unique opportunity to raise our voices against the insanity of crunch, and that Rockstar really could change for the better”

Profile Oct 23rd, 2018

Inside Track - Niko Partners’ Lisa Hanson tells us about the marketing intelligence provider’s successful year

“Right now we think esports is blazing hot and will be the primary driver for success in games in the near-term”

Job News Oct 23rd, 2018

Ex-Disney Infinity executive John Vignocchi joins Gearbox to work on new tent-pole franchise

No details yet on what the project is, other than it will be designed for all ages

Job News Oct 23rd, 2018

Update: Gamigo confirms it has acquired MMO developer Trion Worlds

Sources suggest there may only be 25 of the over 200-strong company remaining in employment

Job News Oct 23rd, 2018

Dreadnought developer makes a third of its staff redundant after launch

Six Foot informed staff of financial troubles as early as August

News Oct 22nd, 2018

Vermintide developer Fatshark acquires Stockholm's A Sweet Studio

All nine former Sweet employees are now working on more content for the Warhammer title

News Oct 22nd, 2018

Splash Damage is halting future development on Dirty Bomb

Developer “can't financially justify continuing” live development of the F2P shooter

News Oct 22nd, 2018

Shadow of the Tomb Raider hit by review bombing barrage after going on sale

Early buyers are more than a little miffed at a hefty 34 per cent discount so soon after launch

News Oct 22nd, 2018

Soul Calibur VI fights its way to second place in this week’s Steam Top Ten

Despite a physical sales drop, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey continues to hold the top spot

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Immersive Tech Week 2026	Europe	Jun 23rd
Global Games Show 2026	Middle East	Jun 29th
Global AI Show Riyadh	Middle East	Jun 29th
Pocket Gamer Connects Summit Shanghai 2026	Asia	Jul 29th
gamescom Dev 2026	Europe	Aug 23rd
Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2026	Europe	Aug 25th
LA Games Conference 2026	North America	Sep 30th
Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics 2026	Nordic	Oct 20th

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