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Variety: Cryptic Crossword

Reason to Bow

International Olympic Committee to host esports forum

End is Nigh dev uses achievement stats to determine Steam sales data

Kotaku Compete shuts down

Life is Strange: Before the Storm takes home two Games for Change awards

French gambling regulator criticizes loot boxes, stops short of regulation

Frostpunk picks up Best Game at BIG Festival Awards

EA Sports VP Daryl Holt on loot boxes: "Our model is sustainable"

Frontier: “We want to become a third-party publisher”

Winners of Will Wright's Proxi Challenge revealed

Rovio's Wilhelm Taht resurfaces on Animoca Brands board of directors

Amy Hennig: Atomised development, not crunch, will lead to games industry unions

2K Games banks on Carnival Games to recreate Wii success on Switch

Our Uncertain Streaming Future

Niantic acquires Matrix Mill

Shuntaro Furukawa officially takes over as Nintendo president

Amy Hennig confirms EA departure

Sega Europe names Gary Dale as new president and COO

French mobile studio Oh BiBi secures $21m for future titles

Crackdown creator David Jones on what his departure means for the franchise

Fig: Digital currency won't be what makes blockchain go mainstream

National Videogame Arcade to move as British Games Institute relocates to new Sheffield HQ

Forza Horizon 4's stream-to-earn function is Microsoft's latest attempt to push Mixer

Warner Bros surprised by Bethesda's “baseless accusation” in Westworld lawsuit

Nintendo names Koji Miyake as new European CEO

US Judge halves ZeniMax's $500m win in Facebook Oculus legal battle

The Recycling Game Is Rigged Against You

AMD is sending Ryzen/Radeon care packages to game developers

The Board Game at the Heart of Viking Culture

A Small Look into the GameCube’s Copy Filter

Sensible Object: “Voice control will bring people closer together”

Sony changes tone on PS4 cross-play with Xbox One, Switch

Xbox and Nintendo gang up on PlayStation in cross-platform row

EA Sports creates 24 jobs with new division in Madrid

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds dev drops lawsuit against Fortnite

Australian classification board to reconsider We Happy Few ban

Google launches Indie Games Accelerator in Asia

69% of Fortnite players have bought in-game purchases, average spend is $85

Minecraft partners with The Nature Conservatory to restore coral reefs

Monument Valley 2 sold almost 3.5 million copies in its first year

How Hitman Sniper prepared Square Enix Montreal for the switch to freemium

Fortnite growth slows in May as Pokemon Go makes comeback

Indie post-apocalyptic comedy game 60 Seconds sells one million units

Epic Games sues former QA contractor over Fortnite leak

Show HN: Simple Open Source 3D Online Multiplayer Battle Game Using Node.js

Global expansion for Insomnia Gaming Festival

WHO expert defends gaming disorder listing: "This moral panic lives its own life"

Donut County developer speaks out on frustration of app store clones

Overwatch hacker jailed by South Korean court

Mandmind Studio cancels Agony Unrated

Sony stops launch of explicit anime dungeon crawler

Nintendo adds Mario Kart functionality to boost Labo sales

Newzoo: Mobile most popular platform, least popular to spend money on

What the Heck Is That?: U.S.O.

Microsoft uses Quorum to track royalty payments to video game publishers

Guillemot explains Ubisoft's apolitical political games

Avalanche Studios finds the line between AAA and independence

Gamelab closes out line-up with Lemmings creator and EA Sports VP

"People make the mistake of saying, 'This is what you really want'"

Mario Tennis Aces claims top spot in the UK retail chart

FIFA 18 remains No. 1 in Europe for third week running

Immortals acquire previously defunct Brazilian esports brand MIBR

Variety: Acrostic

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice hits one million sales across all platforms

Bethesda sues over Westworld mobile game

Tickets on sale for GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party in Brighton

What Apptopia learned from four years of top grossing mobile games

Fancensus: Fallout 76 most viewed game on YouTube of E3 2018

Fortnite, Fallout 76, Cyberpunk 2077 lead E3 media coverage

Nintendo and Microsoft unite against Sony with Minecraft cross-platform play

Prickly denial is the wrong response to WHO's "gaming disorder"

You Must Build a Boat joins Mightier

Intel CEO resigns over breach of "non-fraternisation" policy

YouTube challenges Twitch by expanding $5 channel memberships

Discord adds new Games tab

PUBG offers compensation for erroneously banned players

PayPal blocks school shooting simulator dev from making sales online

Team17, Private Division and UK Games Fund added to GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit

The blood, sweat and tears behind Cyberpunk 2077

NPD: Software sales slump in May offset by hardware and accessory spending

What the Heck Is That?: The River ALPH

Mino Games Is Hiring Programmers in Montreal

Dungeon Fighter Online gross lifetime revenue exceeds $10bn

New security measure from Nintendo 'perfectly prevents' digital piracy on the Switch

Jobs Roundup: Alto's Odyssey producer leaves for Cuphead studio

Nintendo attracts most attention on Twitter during E3

Inkle starts a bold new chapter with Heaven's Vault

My Teenage Video Game Obsession Wasn't 'Gaming Disorder'

Shroud of the Avatar developer lays off staff

Pokemon Quest captures 2.5 million downloads

DLC: The VR cooldown

Why Unravel Two is not on Nintendo Switch

Valve disables CS:GO and DOTA 2 item trading in Netherlands after legal warning

TinyTap raises $5m for user-generated educational games

Ukie: WHO gaming disorder diagnosis is based on "highly contested evidence"

Fortnite hit $100m revenue in its first 90 days on iOS

American Girl dolls get Xbox One accessories

Steam Creator Homepages enters beta

Ubisoft won't whitewash Ancient Greece with Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Studios commit to removing Red Shell due to player complaints

Unity and Google Cloud announce partnership to create multiplayer development suite

PUBG reaches over 400m total players to date, 50m units sold

Sony introduces PlayStation 4 budget range

CEO and studio director of Owlchemy Labs to co-found new venture

Human: Fall Flat surpasses four million units sold globally

Sony launches PlayStation Hits line for PS4

Digital distributor Libredia to enter publishing

E3 2018: Every major announcement and release date

The joys of living in a Bubble (Bobble)

Phones within phones: Simulating real apps to explore real issues

Industry trade bodies from around the globe unite to condemn 'gaming disorder' decision

Fortnite breaks record for concurrent Twitch viewers

Nintendo and Disney partner for family TV show

Microsoft condemns separation of families at US border

Critical Force nets $6.3m investment to scale esports operation

GameStop in buyout talks, reports Reuters

Show HN: Yagol, a Game of Life sandbox built with react.js

Valve continues work on rejected iOS Steam Link app

Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game

Gamurs esports media network raises $2.2 million

WHO makes 'gaming disorder' diagnosis official

E3 2018: Microsoft finally comes out of its "self-imposed damage control position"

Who Made My Puzzle?: Kameron Austin Collins

Owner of fake Kaz Hirai Twitter account bows out with charity drive

Valve continues its fight against "fake games" on Steam

PUBG Corp. defends the use of asset stores as the only way to "work smart"

UK Charts: No new releases as PS4 dominates

Sea of Thieves hit three month target in a single day

PlayStation 4 sale transforms EMEA games charts

A general technique for automating NES games (2013)

Variety: Spiral

Interactivity – The Core of Video Game Aesthetics (2015)

The GamesIndustry.biz E3 Award Winners

Bandai: A Japanese toymaker’s role in the history of board games (2017)

Streaming could be key to Xbox reclaiming the lead from PlayStation

Activision Blizzard poaches communications veteran from Twitter

HitRecord "has to draw a line somewhere" on payment for Beyond Good & Evil assets

Former Telltale CEO sues developer over alleged breach of contract

Xbox and Nintendo speak out against Fortnite PS4 stalemate

Naughty Dog marks The Last of Us' fifth birthday with 17m copies sold

E3 attendance highest its been since 2005

E3 2018: Starting next-gen hype early could be bad for business

Bethesda to raise money for charity by selling Fallout 76 trailer song

PlayStation briefing a response to 'shallow' E3 press conferences

E3 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 astounds, but so do the crowds

Celebrating experience and tackling ageism: 50 Over 50 industry list revealed

Is Nintendo Switch in trouble?

Fortnite racks up two million downloads on Switch in a single day

Nintendo: Loot boxes "have gotten a bit of a bad rap"

THQ Noridc completes share issue worth $168m

Netflix and Telltale partner on Minecraft TV show, Stranger Things game

A Moist Owlet

Even Assassin's Creed is a live service now

E3 Roundtable: E3 2018 showed an industry on the brink of change

How to Make a Crossword Puzzle

Sunset for LawBreakers as shooter prepares to go offline after only a year

Apple clamps down on developers sharing data on users' friends

Valve to challenge Discord with overhauled Steam Chat

Steam deprecating support for Windows Vista and XP

Epic Games announces 2019 Fortnite World Cup as game reaches 125m player

PS4 owners can't access Fortnite accounts on Switch

Read the GamesIndustry.biz E3 Special Magazine right here

Fortnite to launch for Nintendo Switch today

The Elder Scrolls VI is still in pre-production, not yet "playable"

E3 2018: Watch the Nintendo Direct here

E3 Roundtable: PlayStation disappoints on a day short on surprises

FIFA 18 tops European charts with combined digital and retail sales

Playground Games: "Our best is yet to come" thanks to Microsoft acquisition

Tripwire Interactive opens a publishing division

Detroit: Become Human is the fastest Quantic Dream game to reach one million sales

What the Heck Is That?: IONA

E3 2018: Watch the PlayStation press conference here

InnoGames to close second location in Dusseldorf and merge with Hamburg HQ

Zeldathon charity marathon seeks to break $375,000 record

Celebrate the people who inspire you with Game Dev Heroes

Phil Spencer on Microsoft's commitment to the traditional console experience

E3 2018: Watch the Ubisoft press conference here

E3 Roundtable: Microsoft's first-party intent, EA's lootbox lament

Ninja Theory bosses explain decision to join Microsoft Studios

Keywords buys Blindlight for $3.6 million

Dontnod's Vampyr is the UK's number one game

Wales Interactive co-founder David Banner to receive MBE

Microsoft boosts Xbox Game Pass with better third-party support

Microsoft super-sizes first-party studio system

Lost Japanese Video Games Discovered in a Folder on a Private Forum

EA touts "profound impact" of streaming and subscription, announces Origin Access Premier

Variety: Acrostic

The Game Theory of Anonymous Donations

Fuzzy Logic in Agent-Based Game Design [pdf]

E3 2018: Watch the Electronic Arts conference here

ESA Foundation launches "We Are" diversity initiative

How Playground is hiring top talent for its secret second project

EON Foundation raises $5 million for blockchain game publishing

IO partners with Warner Bros for Hitman 2, ditches episodic format

Mail.ru partners with Unity to offer funding to developers

Facebook's Level Up program aims to support new creators

Xbox has everything to prove at E3

Supercell acquires minority stake in Redemption Games

Fast Travel Games: "Think long and hard on free locomotion in VR"

Half of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon's week one sales were on Switch

Microsoft pushes Crackdown 3 into 2019 - report

Jobs Roundup: MZ appoints first female CEO of a major mobile game company

Yves Guillemot: We're approaching the final console generation

Itcho.io: Valve's new stance on content "ridiculous" and "out of touch"

E3 2018: When and where to watch all the press conferences

Steam "might have killed our business"

Nier Automata exceeds three million sales

Indiegogo confirms debt collectors will recoup crowdfunding money for ZX Spectrum Vega+

Using AI to take the "emotional work" out of community management

Arena of Valor tournament will mark Tencent's E3 debut

Onrush: The shooter-inspired racer that saved the Evolution team

Mino Games Is Hiring Programmers in Montreal

What makes Dark Souls work?

Limited Run Games to host own E3 press conference

Developers can now offer free trials on the App Store

How Minit's team found creativity through limitations

Keywords Studios secures €105m credit for yet more acquisitions

Australian gamers could face throttled data usage

iOS developers have made $100 billion since App Store launched

State of Decay 2 hits 2 million players across Xbox and PC

CI Games partners with Defiant Studios for Lords of the Fallen 2

Florence and Inside among the winners of Apple's Design Awards

Apple deprecates support for OpenGL

Horizon Zero Dawn wins the Ivor Novello Award

Microsoft acquires GitHub for $7.5 billion

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: E3 Expectations (2018 Edition)

What the Heck Is That?: RECTO

University of York to provide world's first industry-backed esports content module

Deep UX: The last "Here Be Dragons" area of modern game development

Indiegogo extends deadline for ZX Spectrum Vega+ as June shipping date announced

Activision ending Guitar Hero TV in December

Retailer Xbite concerned by “adverse effect” of indie closures

World Cup fever propels FIFA 18 back to No.1 in UK charts

Bethesda's Todd Howard to receive Industry Legend Award at Gamelab

Evolve servers to shut down in September

Variety: Puns and Anagrams

OpenDUNE is an open source re-creation of the game Dune II

Twitch promotes Pride Month, raises money for Human Rights Campaign

First Overwatch League Grand Finals event sells out Barclays Center

Tomonobu Itagaki: From Team Ninja to Ronin

Roblox will teach kids to code with new educational initiative

Why Platinum Games may never work with a publisher again

Riot Games donating all proceeds from limited edition skin to charity

Arc System Works introduces 'non-negotiable' streaming guidelines

Unity and Universal reveal GameDev Challenge finalists

Former Xbox boss Shane Kim named interim CEO at GameStop

Games account for 75% of App Store spending

PUBG vs Fortnite: Let the market decide