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Boardwalk’s Locale

POC in Play formed to promote racial diversity, equity in UK gaming industry

Slime Rancher sells over 2m copies

GDC survey: 47% of developers think industry should unionize

Horizon: Zero Dawn sells 10m copies worldwide

How games whitewash Nazism, and the responsibility developers have to history

Former Sledgehammer senior creative director launches Ascendant Studios

Duplication or innovation? How games become genres

Wish Studios closing down

Playdius re-brands as Dear Villagers

VR and mobile developer Hipfire Games raises over $200,000

Show HN: Little Automatic Racing Game in WebGL with Three.js and Oimo.js

Blue Jays

Oculus Quest targets "quality-first" approach with more stringent store curation

Techland planning to shut down Polish publishing division by the end of the year

Tencent set to unveil new cloud gaming service

EA, Amazon, Comcast reportedly bidding for Nexon

Demystifying the creation of games through Japanese woodblock prints

Lessons from Spider-Man

JavaScript game played entirely on the favicon in the browser's tab

Devs to get larger cut as GOG ends Fair Pricing Package for consumers

Resident Evil 2 shipments pass 4 million

’70s Rock

Overkill's The Walking Dead officially canceled

THQ Nordic holds AMA on imageboard known for child porn

Epic Games accused of exploiting African American talent in latest dance move lawsuit

No Deal Brexit will mean "dark, dystopian UK" | Opinion

FIFA announces eNations Cup tournament

Jobs roundup: Codemasters promotes new SVP from within

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defends HoloLens military contract

Twitch's fight against EU copyright laws continues with MEPs playing Mario Kart

Mattel's video game division eyes original IP

Barn Topper

GOG lays off "around a dozen," reportedly due to financial trouble

Psychonauts and surviving the publisher shuffle

Show HN: Game demo – Build a computer with logic

Taiwanese developer under fire for mocking Chinese president

What the Heck Is That?

Snail Games launches indie publishing label

Why you need to get your game loop right | Opinion

Employees demand Microsoft cancels $479m HoloLens military contract

Rising development costs forced Square Enix to find its soul | Opinion

Activision's Bobby Kotick and EA's Andrew Wilson among most overpaid CEOs in US

Microsoft adds eye-tracking, doubles field of view for HoloLens 2

Anthem: Critical Consensus

Anthem tops UK boxed charts

Taiwanese horror game boycotted, removed from Steam's China marketplace

Poseidon’s Domain

Everything Evens Out in the End

Variety: Meshing Around

Dynamics at the Boundary of Game Theory and Distributed Computing

Halley: Lightweight Game Engine Written in C++14

Mino Games (YC W11) Is Hiring a Lead Back End Engineer in Montreal, QC

Spiffy

Superdata: Digital revenue down in January as major console franchises underperform

Overwatch League Boston Uprising, New England Patriots owner charged with soliciting prostitution

Microsoft to reveal new Xbox hardware at E3 2019 - Report

Game Pass, Xbox-exclusive games reportedly heading to Switch

Noita from idea to execution in a dozen years (and counting)

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: What does success mean for Crackdown 3?

JustGiving launches Gaming for Social Good hub

"China is saying is that esports is cool, and more healthy than gaming itself"

Goodgame Studios names new CEO and chief product officer

Tencent and NetEase's combined non-China mobile revenues leap 505% to $472m

Massive layoffs at EA's Australian studio

Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History

Crackdown 3 shows a vision of the future | Opinion

Goal of Meditation

Fortnite's Marshmello concert beats game's concurrent player record

US Future staff to unionize with Writers Guild of America

ArenaNet reportedly bracing for layoffs

Christofer Sundberg departs Avalanche

Reggie Fils-Aime to retire, Doug Bowser named Nintendo of America president

Kabam founder forms blockchain gaming startup Forte

Vive Focus Plus targets enterprise market

Epic Games to deliver keynote at GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit US

Hi-Rez Studios: Turning battle royale into an entertaining esport

Cooperative Innovations completes £500,000 seed round, licences animation tech Ikabod

Paratopic haunts the walking sim with verbs and violence

GamesIndustry.biz 100: Women In Games event coming to EGX Rezzed

Building an empire, one IP at a time

Starbreeze applies for extension on reconstruction period

Female viewership of esports increasing

NetEase maintains revenue growth despite Chinese approvals freeze

THQ Nordic raises $225m for further acquisitions

Overkill's The Walking Dead postponed, not cancelled on console

Media Molecule to launch Dreams in paid Early Access this spring

Keywords acquires cloud software firm GetSocial

Answer to an Old Riddle

Epic pulls YouTube ads after predatory videos discovered

Razer lays off 30 from shut down projects

Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games

Teatime Games launches Hyperspeed with face-to-face camera gameplay

Embark Studios grows to over 50 people, working on first title

Kingdom Hearts III, Resident Evil 2 can't stop January US sales dip

Yacht Club Games and Graffiti Games hope to sign new titles at PAX East

Introducing Game Dragons, the Oliver Twins' new consultancy firm

Paradox Interactive breaks new ground for modding on consoles

Chinese government freezes game approvals - again

Who Made My Puzzle?

Valve retires non-gaming content from video on-demand service

Wales Interactive: “We look for personalities when signing games"

Live support for Heroes of Newerth scaled back to essentials only

Overkill's The Walking Dead earned $3.7m from sales in Q4

URL Ending

Shadow of the Tomb Raider ships 4.12 million

Square Enix consolidating its business divisions

Battlesnake – Competitive Snake Games over HTTP

Eastshade focusing on the bigger picture

Epic Games files legal claim against Fortnite Live event

Improbable CCO departs company to return to making games

Google teases GDC reveal

SEIS/EIS funding changes hurting UK games studios

Tonk Tonk Game secures $2m in seed funding

Nitro Games enters negations to layoff up to 30 staff

The head games of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Paradox Interactive capped strong 2018 with best quarter in its history

YouTube reverses bans after mistaking Pokémon Go's Combat Points for child porn

Crackdown 3 was the most played premium title on Xbox One last week

Why Tetris 99 is one of Nintendo's most important new games | Opinion

Tencent introduces streaming rules to comply with Chinese internet governance

Amy Hennig and Warren Spector join Reboot Develop Blue as speakers

PlayStation Japan signals imminent end to PS Vita shipments

Classic Shakespearean Question

Cecilia D'Anastasio wins Writers Guild of America Award

Com2uS acquires 51.9% stake in Day7

Major Games Publishers Are Feeling the Impact of Peaking Attention

Painting a different apocalypse in Far Cry: New Dawn

Was PlayStation's E3 criticism justified? l Opinion

Apex Legends mods have already banned 16,000 cheaters

Cristiano Ronaldo replaced on FIFA 19 box art

Crackdown 3: Critical Consensus

Razer Games Store closing after just ten months

Number of graduates in UK computer game courses doubled since 2013

How to make the most of localisation outsourcing in video games

Graduation Garb

UK Charts: Far Cry New Dawn is No.1, but Metro Exodus is the real winner

Trivial Matters

Variety: Acrostic

Mino Games (YC W11) Is Hiring a Lead Back End Engineer

Lose Sleep (Over)

Class action lawsuit against Niantic reveals proposed settlement terms

505 Games and XD Network partner to bring Human: Fall Flat to China

AFL-CIO urges games industry to unionize

Minecraft on mobile sees best year so far

Disney promotes Jedi: Fallen Order with game-inspired toy range

Tencent in talks to bring Apex Legends to China - Report

Cultist Simulator passes 100,000 sales after first year

Major games publishers are feeling the impact of peaking attention

Next Games laying off 26 staff to cut costs

Improbable hires former EA, DreamWorks exec as its new CTO

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Activision's record year and redundancies

Alfonso Ribeiro denied copyright to Carlton dance, damaging Fortnite lawsuit

134 jobs in danger at Blizzard's French office

Apex Legends beats Fortnite record for single-day Twitch viewing

Tencent joins Netmarble consortium in Nexon bid

Stubbornness over cross-play reminds us of bad old Sony

Yusuke Hashimoto departs PlatinumGames

Something Babies Do

TinyBuild raises $15 million in Series A funding

Amazon Moments lets mobile developers offer digital and physical incentives

Rewarding profit and nothing else | Opinion

Plug In Digital raises $2.25 million for expansion to Asian markets

Why Ubisoft moved The Division 2 to the Epic Games store

Ubisoft holds steady in Q3 despite competitive holiday

From pages to polygons: The storytelling of Metro Exodus

No link between violent video games and increased aggression in teens, study finds

Nintendo's greatest strength this generation is self-acceptance | Opinion

Rovio prepares to sell Hatch following lacklustre financials

Battle of Polytopia dev donating IAP revenue to solar energy firm

God of War sweeps 2019 DICE Awards

Game Workers Unite sparks campaign to fire Activision Blizzard CEO following mass layoffs

Vainglory's vision of a cross-platform future

Some Bathroom Postings

Activision-Blizzard staff cuts largely hurt support teams, IT, QA, and publishing

WWE Hall of Famer sues Activision for character copyright infringement

Esports now officially a profession in China

AppLovin: Mobile users play games 3-4 times per week on average, but are reluctant to identify as gamers

Apex Legends: Critical Consensus

Double Fine, Gearbox and Versus Evil are looking to meet indie developers at PAX East

Ubisoft partners with Mozilla on AI coding assistant

Activision split with Bungie because Destiny “was not meeting financial expectations”

Epic Games files for dismissal of 2 Milly's Fortnite dance lawsuit

Konami halts sales of PES 2019 currency in Belgium over loot box ruling

Riot Games: "Before we take on football, we have to be humble"

Always Another Puzzle

Devs refute Sony claims that it's "open for business" with cross-platform play

THQ Nordic net sales rose 713% to $447.6m in 2018

Reawakening the fears of the past with Resident Evil 2

VP of product development Jeronimo Barrera departs Rockstar Games after 20 years

THQ Nordic buys Australian publisher 18Point2

THQ Nordic acquires Warhorse Studios in a €33.2m cash deal

Astronomical Rarity

Activision-Blizzard reportedly shutters King's Seattle studio

Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy has sold over 10m units

Activision-Blizzard sees "record year," plans to decrease net headcount by 8%

Nexon celebrates record year for revenue and income

Russ Pitts steps down from Take This, on leave from Escapist

PS3 was 'a stark moment of hubris' - Layden

Newzoo: Global esports market will exceed $1 billion in 2019

Failbetter: Sunless Skies did "far better than we needed it do"

Gaming disorder diagnosis puts industry at risk - ESA

Novaquark opens Montreal studio, hires ex-Eidos exec Stéphane D'Astous

Dark Slope secures $1.5 million in seed funding

EA pays respects to Emiliano Sala, removes him from FIFA

Unity reportedly considering IPO for 2020

Activision Blizzard share prices slumps to two-year low

Sonic Mania dev Christian Whitehead co-founds new studio Evening Star

Starbreeze sells System Shock 3 publishing rights

Supercell revenue down second year in a row as titles reach revenue milestones

Apex Legends reaches 25m players, 2m concurrent

Fab Four Hairdos

Jim Ryan appointed Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO

Shawn Layden: "The world has changed, but E3 hasn't necessarily changed with it"

Bigben acquires publishing rights for two Cyanide titles

EEDAR: Nintendo Switch attracting more women, wider age ranges over time

What the Heck Is That?

"We had a bush-fire back then, but we're about to go through a flash-fire now"

Blacklight: Retribution shutting down in March

Sumo Digital opens new mobile studio in Leamington Spa

Google has no plans to lower its 30% cut

UK Charts: Red Dead Redemption 2 back at No.1

Activision Blizzard staff reportedly bracing for layoffs

Kind of Ice Cream

That’s a Mouthful

Variety: Cryptic Crossword

Create your own Game Engine but don't ever use it

Mino Games (YC W11) Is Hiring a Game Data Analyst

Orange Ball

Activision issuing refunds for Guitar Hero Live in the US

Media Create: Kingdom Hearts III unlocks another top chart victory in Japan

Kingdom Hearts III crowned at top of EMEAA charts in debut week

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds wins Game of the Year in Steam Awards

EA stock bounces back in wake of Apex Legends success

Telltale veterans assemble AdHoc Studio

Swedish Tax Agency targets King with $389m fine

Nintendo plans to "boost" Switch Online after surge in short subscription plans

Miniclip acquires Head Ball studio Masomo

Tearing down the lone developer myth

Fortnite iOS revenue estimated at $500 million

King signs Tech Talent Charter to drive diversity

Monster Hunter: World nears 12 million sales

Fortnite alone can't explain tumbling game stocks

Between Jobs and Loving It

Ex-Wargaming, Riot employees form Ganymede Games

Apex Legends reaches 10 million players in 72 hours

Skybound-Beamdog deal to bring classic PC RPGs to console

Atari ST programmer Steve Bak dies at 66

Gaming business bolsters Bandai Namco's Q3 profits

Riot, Sega, four more join ESA

Magic Leap prototype becomes Angry Birds' VR debut

20th Century Fox announces indie games fund

Jobs Roundup: Yael Prough appointed as new EVP, GM of IGN

New conference hopes to improve UK games skills crisis

Shares slump for big four publishers after latest financials

Zynga CEO: It's “too early to tell” if more will follow Epic's anti-App Store stance

League of Geeks: "We are a response to what was before"

Zynga "turnaround now complete" as dev posts record mobile performance for 2018

Flip Out

Warface team splits from Crytek to form Blackwood Games

Insurgency developer New World Interactive opens Canadian studio

Resident Evil 2's triumphant debut in EMEAA charts

Hatch coming to Japan with Docomo partnership

Take-Two CEO on Epic Store: "Competition is a good thing"

Narrative design and body slams: What developers can learn from pro wrestling

Take-Two beats targets as Red Dead Redemption II shipments reach 23 million

The Crossword Symphony: 12 Musical Terms And Solving Tips

Tomb Raider and Just Cause fail to offset wider declines at Square Enix

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Apex Legends and the safety of a surprise launch

EA confirms new premium Titanfall game coming this year

Disney praises “good relationship” with EA and Star Wars games

Battlefield V sold 7.3m but missed EA's forecast

EA forecasts 6m sales for Anthem in six weeks

The Language of This Puzzle

Microsoft Studios rebrands to Xbox Game Studios

ESA: Proposed Pennsylvania video game tax a "violation of the US Constitution"

Halo rolling out a touring fanfest