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Animal Crossing: New Leaf becomes best-selling title in the franchise

Steam active users on unusual decline throughout 2018

A bootable CD image with a retro game in a single tweet

Valve adds pop-ups to Community Market warning of potential scams

Paradox Interactive chooses development over stagnation with CEO switch

Coming full circle with Halo

Sega of America names new president and COO

PSVR designer Richard Marks joins Google's advanced technology department

PlayStation drives $17.9 billion Q1 for Sony

EA shuts down open source SimCity 2000 over lifted assets

EGX Rezzed 2019 set to be largest in event's history

BAFTA Crew program adds 174 new members

Team17: Everyone is expecting us to buy a lot of studios

Backers receive first units of delayed ZX Spectrum Vega+

Increased profits and $1.5bn sales kick off Nintendo's financial year

GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit Early Bird ends today

GungHo shares slump on decline of Puzzle & Dragons

More to Come

New York shows Spectrum ISP the door, in part for throttling League of Legends

EA launches Origin Access Premier

Area 35, ex-employee settle defamation suit

Vainglory has made $50 million in revenue since launch

Abstractism removed from Steam store for 'cryptojacking'

Fortnite mobile earned average of $3.47 per install 90 days after launch - SensorTower

What the Heck Is That?

Why did licensed games get better?

Playground Games hires BioWare, EA Motive and Rocksteady talent for upcoming RPG

Jagex backs GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit 2018

Gran Turismo Sport gets microtransactions in July update

Fortnite mobile breaks 100m downloads and $160m IAP revenue

Bank of Innovation floats on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

HTC defends lack of data when disputing VR "tailspin"

Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy is still No.1 in the UK

Portal 2 writer Jay Pinkerton returns to Valve

How mobile can unlock esports for a casual audience

Monster Hunter: World passes 8m sold in strong Q1 for Capcom

Overwatch League franchise spots for Season 2 could be worth up to $60m

FoxNext to join Disney after $71.3 billion Fox deal approved by shareholders

Narrow Escape

How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions

Three in One

Variety: Puns and Anagrams

Lip

Jobs roundup: Bendix Engmann joins Eurogamer video team

Paradox: "We've released crappy games in the past... I don't want to do that anymore"

SpecialEffect aims for £500,000 with One Special Day 2018

$2.65m Binding of Isaac card game Kickstarter smashes target by over 5,000%

Former Quantic Dream employee wins court case against developer

Microsoft invests $500,000 in coding and tech training for students of colour

Genital Jousting passes 360,000 copies sold

The business case for a streaming Xbox

A Day Without Sunshine

$50m Netease investment will help Improbable realise dream of “trillion dollar games industry”

EA open to cross-platform playability for Battlefield V, future games

EA financials show quiet Q1 reflective of few releases

The Escapist relaunches with "no politics" pledge

Focus Home Interactive posts $33.2m in Q1 revenue

Forza Motorsport 7 removes prize crates, avoids paid tokens

Mel Rosen (1941 — 2018)

Sega capitalizing on foreign exchange with Yakuza, Total War

Ask HN: Any good examples of learning through games/puzzles, for adults?

Dragon Ball Z mobile title reaches estimated $1 billion revenue

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Artificial intelligence, with Chet Faliszek

The Lost Kingdom: World's first text adventure game written in Brainfuck

Pokémon Go brushes off competition from Jurassic World and The Walking Dead

Humble Bundle, Fig and Private Division to talk at GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit

Dead Cells dev Motion Twin touts equal pay system

Mail.ru took a $27m impairment charge on Armored Warfare development in Q2

The art of failing: What 11 bit Studios learnt from Beat Cop

Denuvo investigation reportedly leads to arrest for games pirate Voksi

MAG Interactive reaches 250 million total downloads

Dutch Dota 2 players can now see the contents of their next loot box

Numerical Prefix

Xbox Adaptive Controller comes in accessible packaging

Mino Games Is Hiring Programmers in Montreal

Role-playing game theory

PUBG Mobile's revenue reaches $30 million

No Man's Sky Next reaches over 50,000 concurrent players

Worldwide digital spending up 15% in June - Superdata

Wizard of Legends sells 500,000 copies

The chart-topping return of Dontnod Entertainment

Fortnite's success may be undermining big franchises - Superdata

Vertigo Games launches publishing company Vertigo Arcades

Ranida Games secures VC investment from Discovery Nusantara Capital

Tankee launches kids' gaming content network

Grid Autosport has sold 100,000 on iOS

Dr Jo Twist announced as chair of BAFTA Games Committee

No More Robots' first year was "far better than we'd dared to hope for"

UK Games Fund reveals 11 companies to receive development grants

Japanese tech firm Line Corp acquires controlling stake in NextFloor

PUBG Corp details five-year esports plan

Epic Games worth $8 billion following Fortnite success

Esports organisation TSM raises $37m in Series A funding round

Nicalis: Devils, dragons, and details

Gestured Rudely

Knock Knock raises $2 million in seed funding

TSM raises $37 million in Series A funding

Jam City reportedly filing for IPO this week

Football Manager 2018 saw 800,000 players last month

Fortnite daily mobile revenue reaches $2m

Rebuilding MidBoss

Studio Pixel Punk: Getting diversity right means going beyond "good intentions"

The GamesIndustry.biz Careers Survey 2018: Lower pay but less crunch

James Ohlen: Anthem failure won't mean the end of BioWare

PAI Partners bids for Asmodee in €1.2 billion deal

Psyonix reveals loot box odds for Rocket League

Surprise Attack relaunches as Fellow Traveller Games

What 7-Down Is

The C64 Mini launches in North America this October

Microsoft working on streaming-only console - Report

Square Enix partners with Blacknut for cloud gaming

2018 has highest game completion rating of PS Vita's lifespan

International Olympic Committee hosts forum to discuss esports

What the Heck Is That?

2K's light slate belies bigger ambitions

Raiders of the Broken Planet going free-to-play less than a year after launch

Onrush struggles lead to Evolution layoffs

Nintendo files copyright infringement lawsuit against two console ROM websites

Who Made My Puzzle?: Mary Lou Guizzo

Bandai Namco: “We want 50% of our games to be new IP”

Amazon and London Venture Partners join GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit

UK Charts: Crash Bandicoot holds No.1 as Xbox exclusives dominate Top Ten

Candy Crush Saga revenue spikes 18% in Q2 to over $200m

Next Games looks to The Walking Dead for growth after €7m H1 loss

Keywords Studios buys Yokozuna Data for $1.5 million

Halo leads kick off Reboot Develop Blue 2019 speaker line-up

Time Issue

A quick look at the nominees for 2018’s “Board Game of the Year”

Modding a Neo Geo Pocket Color with a Game Boy SP Front Light

Niantic (Pokemon Go) Acquires Seismic Games

Evolutionary algorithm outperforms deep-learning machines at video games

Movie ‘M*A*S*H’ ‘Up’

Interactive demos on network theory, game theory, trust etc

Octopath Traveler impresses in European charts

How to beat LinkedIn: The Game

Variety: Acrostic

Netflix Makes a Statement in India with “Sacred Games”

Put Behind Bars

Bandai Namco establishes new development team for VR, AR, MR

Trion Worlds eliminates 15 positions post-Defiance 2050 launch

Minecraft most-downloaded Switch game in Japan so far this year

For the record: Report on Saudi Arabia ban of 47 games inaccurate

Rockfish: Live Steam broadcasting will change the game for indie marketing

Dozens of PC games drop tracking software after surveillance fears

90,000 Steam accounts banned in Valve's biggest anti-cheat purge to date

Guiding children towards healthy gaming

PUBG developer apologies after controversial World War II references found in game

Time is running out to enter our UK Best Places To Work Awards

Keywords Studios acquires Snowed In Studios

Breaking down Azeroth's gates

Place to Spin Your Wheels

Niantic outlines Pokemon Go cheating policy

iQiyi acquires Skymoons for $190 million

Microsoft annual gaming revenue tops $10 billion

THQ Nordic to publish Avalanche's Generation Zero at retail

Oculus Go supporting otherwise faltering VR headset market

PUBG's PGI Charity Showdown brings famous streamers together for charity

Mini Metro sells over one million units

GAME restructures senior management team

Bethesda unlikely to use external developers in future

End of a Saga: What Stoic learnt from the Mass Effect finale

Six app store optimisation techniques to get your game noticed on mobile

Twisting Toward Possibilities

UK tax breaks have helped finance 480 video games

Develop:Brighton 2018 attracted record number of attendees

Submissions open for EGX 2018 Leftfield Collection

Unity: "Games wouldn't see the light of day" without asset stores

Guerrilla Games to nearly double its staff with planned office move

Game Accessibility Conference comes to Europe this October

NetEase buys a minority stake in Dino Patti's Jumpship

V2 Games acquired by investment firm Victory Square

Roblox: “Our work on safety is never-ending”

Muriel Tramis becomes second-ever game designer awarded the Legion of Honor

Jurassic World Evolution hits one million sales

Tecmo Koei's patent lawsuit against Capcom dismissed

Cry From Behind a Counter

Google Play continues to widen global download gap with iOS

Tencent awarded $2.89 million in lawsuit again Mobile Legends CEO

Xaviant Games removes The Culling 2 from storefronts

NetEase moves to dismiss PUBG Corp lawsuit

Taking stock after five years of ID@Xbox

Fallout 76 and the thrill of 'stranger danger'

‘Star Citizen’ Court Case Reveals the Messy Reality of Crowdfunding a $200M Game

Playtesting Tabletop Games

HyperX ships five million gaming headsets

Star Citizen backer loses court case for $4,500 refund

Jobs Roundup: Roblox welcomes new VP of product

The Crossword Garden, Part One: 10 Plants You Should Know

"Real innovation is coming from emerging markets in many spaces - game development is one of them"

Niantic acquires VR and mobile developer Seismic Games

HTML5 game developer FRVR secures $3m funding

Blizzard makes WoW base game and expansions free to subscribers

Mino Games Is Hiring Programmers in Montreal

Archaeologist’s Workplace

Making Games Better for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing [video]

Madden lead Carlos Guerrero dismissed from EA

Riot Games Approach to Anti-Cheat

The Crew 2 activity "in line" with The Crew 1

Fortnite has earned $1 billion from in-game purchases alone

Ubisoft net bookings ahead of projections in Q1

Challenging videogame music tropes

Uncharted 4's commitment to making every moment matter

Video game Kickstarters have raised almost $10m so far in 2018

AppLovin' takes $400 million investment

Earn while you play start-up Blast secures $12m seed funding

“There will be more IPOs”: Rebuilding trust in the UK games industry

Sega, Green Man Gaming and Creative Europe join GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Shorter games and quicker releases, with Mike Bithell

Toxicity in Overwatch down by over a quarter following new measures from Blizzard

Pokémon GO Fest draws 21,000 visitors in its second year

Mobile game spending up 19 per cent in H1 2018 - Sensor Tower

Saudi Arabia bans 47 video games following reported suicide of two children

Gamedex raises $800,000 for blockchain collectible card games

What a Straight-A Student Passes With

Valve temporarily halting new adult game releases on Steam

Octi raises $7.5 million in seed funding

Amazon may have allowed sales of pirated games

Klang Games raises $8.75m for AI-driven space colonization MMO

Marvel Strike Force brings in over $25 million since launch

Physical versions of Octopath Traveler already out of stock in Japan

Stanga Games raises $500,000 in additional funding round

Huuuge Games launches publishing brand Tap Tap Games

How Remedy is taking Control of its own destiny

To cash in on Kindle Unlimited, a cabal of authors gamed Amazon’s algorithm

What the Heck Is That?: SPANG

Goldman Sachs model to predict World Cup game results didn’t come close

Germany bans vague pre-order release dates

Gran Turismo Sport passes five million players

Nintendo UK charging up to £180 for cracked Switch repairs

Nintendo lawsuit against Colopl won't block developer's Switch release

UK Charts: Crash Bandicoot holds off LEGO Incredibles and Octopath Traveller to stay No.1

How Talefun increase in-game advertising revenue by 20%

While Painting the Town Red

Compile Time C++ Snake Game

Complimentary

Variety: Marching Bands

Nerve

Ubisoft Berlin approved for $1.85m subsidy from city government

Rainbow Six Siege instantly bans players for using slurs

Abusive chat in competitive Overwatch down 26.4% in the Americas

Facebook invested $88.3 million to expand its Redmond Oculus HQ this year

86% of UK parents don't follow age restrictions on video games

Roblox creators poised to earn over $70 million in 2018

Over 400,000 have pre-ordered iOS version of Hello Neighbor

Jade Raymond on applying lessons from Assassin's Creed to her new project at EA

Ovosonico: Games will be "like the Netflix button on your remote - that easy"

Valve locks Counter-Strike loot boxes for Dutch and Belgian players

Check out the pictures from the GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party

Arena of Valor revenue passes $3m seven months after US release

What's behind Nintendo's falling stock price?

Tropico publisher acquires Commandos franchise among others

Rock Band

James Ohlen retires from BioWare

NetEase's Identity V downloaded over 100 million times

What the Golf? wins Indie Showcase at Develop:Brighton

Former Hearthstone head Ben Brode opens new studio

AppLovin launches publishing division Lion Studios

How gamers really feel about loot boxes

Hangar 13: Diversifying your team protects you from blind spots

Epic Games adjusts Unreal Engine Marketplace share in favor of creators

Blizzard, ArenaNet and Twitch join line-up for Devcom 2018

Ninja Theory dominates the Develop Awards

Ninja Theory dominates the Develop Awards

"You can't trust people": How to stop your playtesters lying to you

AbleGamers donates $10k in assistive gaming equipment to children's hospital

Magic Leap takes new investment from AT&T

Easily

Valve updates "Upcoming" tab on Steam to focus on user interests

Epic Games offers $8 million prize pool for Summer Skirmish competition

Warner Bros acquires Plexchat

NPD: Nintendo Switch on track to be the best-selling console of Q4, and all of 2018

Blizzard and Disney partner to bring Overwatch League to ESPN, other networks

RuneScape has brought in over $800 million in lifetime revenue

Vampyr sells over 450,000 copies one month after launch

An Ex-Porter of AAA Games to Linux Talks About the Future of Linux Gaming

Inaugural Game Dev Heroes awards winners revealed

New publisher Inca Games will release Latin American games worldwide

Fighting a toxic Steam community - and winning

Shuhei Yoshida reflects on the PS2 launch: "We were awfully unprepared"