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Strategy firm Slitherine lands Starship Troopers IP News Dec 3rd, 2019

Strategy firm Slitherine lands Starship Troopers IP

RTS title Terran Command set to launch next year

Codemasters has the F1 license until 2025 News Oct 31st, 2019

Codemasters has the F1 license until 2025

And the racing specialist might have it until 2027

Codemasters pulls Grid 2 from digital stores News Aug 12th, 2019

Codemasters pulls Grid 2 from digital stores

Likely owing to licensing issues

87% of Games Workshop royalty income comes from PC and console News Jul 31st, 2019

87% of Games Workshop royalty income comes from PC and console

Total War: Warhammer 2 and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cited for their strong performances in boosting royalty revenue

Disney isn't bringing video games to its new streaming platform News Apr 12th, 2019

Disney isn't bringing video games to its new streaming platform

Follows CEO Iger saying that licensing is the best means of being involved in video games

Skybound terminates Overkill's The Walking Dead deal with Starbreeze, game to be pulled from Steam News Feb 27th, 2019

Skybound terminates Overkill's The Walking Dead deal with Starbreeze, game to be pulled from Steam

Swedish developer and publish trying to resolve the issue amicably

As Guitar Hero Live goes silent, Activision offers refunds to late players in the US News Feb 11th, 2019

As Guitar Hero Live goes silent, Activision offers refunds to late players in the US

Activision offers condolences to players who missed out on Guitar Hero Live's extended online library

Licensing is best model for Disney in games, CEO Iger says News Feb 6th, 2019

Licensing is best model for Disney in games, CEO Iger says

Boss calls out its partners in the space, including EA, but fails to mention Star Wars Battlefront II launch PR disaster

Two licensed Lord of the Rings LEGO games are vanishing from online stores News Jan 3rd, 2019

Two licensed Lord of the Rings LEGO games are vanishing from online stores

LEGO: Lord of the Rings and Lego: The Hobbit find themselves cast into the fires of Mt DoomLEGO

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

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