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Alan Wake returns to Steam thanks to music license renegotiations News Oct 30th, 2018

Alan Wake returns to Steam thanks to music license renegotiations

Action-horror game’s soundtrack forced the game off Steam at the end of 2017

Gbanga's Voltron: Cubes of Olkarion wins the Universal Game Dev Challenge and takes home $150k News Oct 23rd, 2018

Gbanga's Voltron: Cubes of Olkarion wins the Universal Game Dev Challenge and takes home $150k

Five runners-up took $20,000 each

Why The Walking Dead firm Skybound has started publishing games Interviews & Opinion Aug 28th, 2018

Why The Walking Dead firm Skybound has started publishing games

EMEA general manager Mark Stanger tells us what the company is looking to do in the games space

'Our goal is to provide all of the things that developers need in order to provide this kind of immersive social experience' Feature Jul 16th, 2018

'Our goal is to provide all of the things that developers need in order to provide this kind of immersive social experience'

Artcraft Entertainment's Josef Hall explains the Crowfall developer's transition into technology licensing

Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development News Jul 13th, 2018

Artcraft reckons it can cut two to three years off MMO development

Engine tech VP Josef Hall - “Our technology is an "MMO in a box.”

Crowfall creator ArtCraft Entertainment set to license its MMO-making Artisan Engine News Jul 11th, 2018

Crowfall creator ArtCraft Entertainment set to license its MMO-making Artisan Engine

Studio will open a new division to help developers cut down development time

Platinum wants to self-fund more games, but still open to working on licensed IP News Jun 1st, 2018

Platinum wants to self-fund more games, but still open to working on licensed IP

Developer after more control over what it's making

Rockstar confirms that songs are being removed from GTA 4 News Apr 11th, 2018

Rockstar confirms that songs are being removed from GTA 4

But the firm says they will be replaced

Epic is clamping down on copyright and trademark violating assets including guns News Jan 4th, 2018

Epic is clamping down on copyright and trademark violating assets including guns

"While we have always rejected content that is found to infringe on copyright or trademark, over the past few months the Marketplace has been armed with more resources for content review"

Popular MMORPG series MU set to crossover with Japanese lifestyle Fashion brand Tokidoki News Oct 27th, 2017

Popular MMORPG series MU set to crossover with Japanese lifestyle Fashion brand Tokidoki

Tentatively called “Tokidoki x MU”, the licensing collaboration will see MU characters span almost every major merchandise business sector, into avenues like clothes, toys, and fashion

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds could cross over with The Hunger Games News Aug 2nd, 2017

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds could cross over with The Hunger Games

Follows the inclusion of Battle Royale film content in the... battle royale game

Atari renews Rollercoaster Tycoon license until 2022 as mobile game clears 6.5 million downloads News May 23rd, 2017

Atari renews Rollercoaster Tycoon license until 2022 as mobile game clears 6.5 million downloads

Extends previous agreement by three years

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