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Amethyst: Data-driven game engine written in Rust

Time to take responsibility over gaming disorder | Opinion

Call of Duty Modern Warfare "eliminates season pass" - so how will it fund DLC?

Ten years after Farmville, Zynga's still standing

Migration Advisory Committee recommends games roles be added to UK shortage list

Rick Fox stays with Echo Fox in fight to remove shareholder over racist comments

G Into Gaming launches industry diversity charter

Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime to receive Gamelab Honor Award

Management reshuffle at GameStop

The games industry and mental health | Opinion

Twitch adds two-factor authentication to prevent non-games streams

Square Enix to publish Dying Light 2

Raw Fury acquires rights to the Kingdom IP

Head of Lettuce

Human-level performance in 3D multiplayer games with population-based RL

Take-Two head likens free-to-play publishing to gambling

The clash between storytelling and selling in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Google Play mandates odds disclosure for loot boxes

Gears 5 to launch on Steam as Xbox opens up to other PC stores

Microsoft to launch Xbox Game Pass on PC

Iron Maiden sue 3D Realms over Early Access title Ion Maiden

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Pod of Duty Modern Warfare Plus+

Mail.ru plans to enter digital distribution space with launch of new gaming brand

Riot Games launches premium viewing service for LoL esports

Failbetter Games' quest to eradicate crunch

UK's first Microsoft store opens in July

Google introduces stricter Families policies to protect younger players

Three Kingdoms breaks Total War records with 1m sold

Zynga sells San Francisco headquarters for $600m

Bossa Studios to close Worlds Adrift in July

Starbreeze applies for second extension on reconstruction period

Pokémon is a masterclass in brand management

Roblox targets China with Tencent education partnership

11 bit Studios embraces "limitless" potential as a publisher

Pokémon Home adds cloud service to series

How everything has fallen into place for Tetris

Gamescom expands to Asia in 2020

Sony Europe taken to court for alleged consumer rights violations

YouTube Gaming app to be retired this month

Riccardo Zacconi to step down as CEO of King

WeQ acquires Booster Studios

Chess-playing neural network LC0 beats Stockfish in 100-game match

South Korean government split on gaming disorder

Dauntless tops 6 million users a week after launch

Hotelling’s Game, or Why Gas Stations Have Competitors Nearby

Playdate handheld pressured Playdate event to change name, says organizer

Sony: Next PlayStation's success will depend on backwards compatibility and streaming

Superhot passes two million lifetime sales

Games industry being "dragged through the mud" by Belgian loot box ruling

A Way Out picks up Game of the Year at Nordic Game Awards

The Core Loop: a motor of retention

Cory Barlog, Randy Pitchford, Brendan Greene and David Cage to speak at Gamelab 2019

Tencent reportedly gives up on Arena of Valor

Subway Surfers passes 2.5bn downloads

Overwatch League commissioner joins Epic's Fortnite esports push

Google investing €600m into Finnish data centre ahead of Stadia

Phoenix Labs' Dauntless hits 5m players

GDPR: One year in | Opinion

Disagree

UK charts: Team Sonic Racing laps the competition

VR and AR must converge, says Unity XR director

Trade groups decry gaming disorder classification

Kind of Test

Mino Games (YC W11) Is Hiring Senior Engineers in Montreal, QC

Buzz Cut

Verifying Quantum Proofs with Entangled Games

World Health Organisation makes 'gaming disorder' a recognised illness

Variety: Acrostic

Epic Narratives

US considers 25% tariff on game consoles

What Happened to 'Miegakure,' the Game That Promised the 4th Dimension? (2018)

Sonic the Hedgehog film delayed

US loot box bill receives bipartisan support

Making a Game Boy Game in 2017

Putting PlayStation on the silver screen

ZeniMax amicably resolves "Redfall" trademark dispute

GitHub starts Patreon-like Sponsors initiative

Gearbox didn't file a grievance against former legal counsel

How Total War conquered China to break franchise records

Patrice Désilets' Ancestors will only be on Epic Games Store for three months

Dead Cells has sold 2m copies in less than a year

All Telltale Games to be pulled from GOG next week

Grandmother of Europe

Apple removes game after Chinese company cloned, trademarked, requested takedown

EA exec lays out a vision of the future

GOG Galaxy overhaul will unite users' game libraries

From Rockstar Lincoln studio head to anti-crunch advocate

Submissions open for 2019 GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards UK

TIGA: UK industry now contributes record £1.8b to GDP

Leigh Alexander: "Power fantasies are boring"

Superdata: Apex Legends digital revenue down 74% in two months

Razer signals the end of Ouya with online store closure

Firewatch publisher unveils Playdate gaming handheld

Animoca Brands raises $2.5m for blockchain gaming platform

Lasting Peace

Riot forms governing body for scholastic esports

Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in the game

Valve making its own version of popular Dota 2 mod

Shawn Layden stresses importance of diverse teams

Valve launches free Steam Chat app for mobile

Sega's Judgement will be available in Japan again in July

Rovio joins Staff for UNICEF pilot program

The accidental authenticity of Devolver Digital

World War Z closes first month with almost 2m sold

Who Made My Puzzle?

Google reveals new $999 Glass AR headset

Metro Exodus recoups all costs, boosts Q1 revenue at THQ Nordic

Inside Station F: The grander ambitions of Ubisoft

Mortal Kombat 11 is the second best-selling game of 2019 in the US

THQ Nordic acquires Gothic developer Piranha Bytes

One for the Money

It’s Game Time: Oculus Quest and Rift S Now Available

Tencent acquires Sharkmob

Zynga on licensing and addiction

Nintendo to halt service of two mobile games in Belgium amid loot box debacle

Five sessions to watch at the Nordic Game Conference 2019

God of War reaches ten million lifetime sales

Retention Layers in Board Games

Critical Consensus: Rage 2

Valve lets players avoid toxic people in DOTA 2, charges for the privilege

Disney and Sega join $7.8m Series A funding round for Tyffon

Record quarter for Garena Free Fire with $90m revenue

Playtika aims for cheaper, faster development with internal Games Lab

RageSquid's Descenders hits 250k players on PC, Xbox

Goals

Streamer Tfue sues esports organization for illegal operation as a talent agency

Red Dead Online's in-game poker unavailable in certain regions

Sony announces PlayStation Productions to bring gaming IP to film and TV

What the Heck Is That?: AKINS

Bandai Namco partners with ISKN to build new "creative entertainment platform"

NetEase reveals game deals with Pokémon and Marvel

Lisp Game Jam 2019: Results

PlayStack makes PC/console move with a Doctor Who VR game

Tilting Point tips its focus into co-development

Nippon Ichi Software reportedly unable to pay staff after Disgaea RPG teething problems

Unity slammed over engine features supporting the gambling industry

Xbox: “We have a huge responsibility to a healthy gaming lifestyle”

Defiant Studios dropped as developer of Lords of the Fallen 2

2K halts Borderlands 3 pre-orders during Epic Games Store Mega Sale

Marvelous CEO Haruki Nakayama steps down due to ill health

UK Charts: Rage 2 is No.1 but fails to match original

‘Start the Music!’

What Game of Thrones Got Wrong About Firebombing

I won’t play your mobile game

Hookups

Variety: Marching Bands

Hard Core

CD Projekt Red wants to be "known for treating developers with respect"

Game Engine Black Books: Doom v1.1 and Wolfenstein 3D v2.1

Minecraft has sold 176 million copies worldwide

New Game: Minecraft Earth

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Microsoft and Sony's cloud co-operation

Minecraft Earth gives franchise a Pokémon Go twist

Games2win launches $1.4m fund for Indian startups

Xbox's Gaming for Everyone: "Diversity has always been here"

Latency Compensating Methods in Client/Server In-Game Protocol Design (2001)

Nvidia anticipates growth despite steep drop in Q1 profit

Magic Leap acquires holographic communication startup Mimesys

Paradox pulls Bloodlines 2 from Epic Store during Mega Sale

Riot Games stands firm against walkout employees' demands

Apple ruling opens a can of worms for digital storefronts | Opinion

First Pass Friday: The Fragrance of Blossoms Fair

No show floor booth for Activision at E3

Kickstarter won't recognize employee union without an election

Sony and Microsoft partner for cloud, AI innovations

Epic Games store eats cost of site-wide sale

Why we're headed toward loot box legislation | Opinion

Who is responsible for loot boxes?

Re-Logic won't "sell our souls" with Epic Games Store exclusivity

Esports to add $8bn to Chinese domestic games revenue by 2023

Uplay boost fails to prevent The Division 2 missing sales targets

NetEase pushed Minecraft to 200m registered users in Q1

Steam Link finally available for iOS

Increase Rapidly

LCS directs Echo Fox to separate from shareholder over racist remarks

Tencent games business remains steady in lingering effects of license freeze

GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit heads to Seattle

Nintendo Switch sales pass PS4 in Japan

What yesterday's EU court ruling means for the games industry

Epic Games Store stealth launches in China

Take-Two: Investors are re-rating the games business

When Survival Depends on the Little Things

Kahoot acquires edutainment developer Poio

Profit and revenue down at Paradox as investments reach "record high"

Tencent adds 'Gameplay Management' system to PUBG Mobile to encourage "healthy gaming"

Plot Device

Sweden investigating loot boxes

BAFTA presenting Epic Games with Special Award

Studio Istolia closes down

Killing Floor games have sold nearly 10m units

Bigben Interactive aims to be "the middleweight champion" of games publishing

YouTube “Let's Play”s are preserving video game history

Employers must track staff working hours, EU court rules

The timeless magic of Shadow of the Colossus

WWE 2K dev establishing second wrestling IP to foster internal competition

Robert Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence

TinyBuild: Development to publishing, and back again

High Fidelity lays of 25% of staff and pivots to virtual communications

Nier: Automata breaches four million units sold

Epic Games acquires Twinmotion

What This Is

Grand Theft Auto V has sold 110m copies

Take-Two ends fiscal year with a group effort

US Supreme Court says Apple can be sued for monopolization

Rockstar acquires Dhruva Interactive from Starbreeze for $7.9m

Bandai Namco sales and profits up last year, led by gaming segment

ESA names Stanley Pierre-Louis CEO

What the Heck Is That?

Assassin's Creed should partner with Stranger Things: Lessons from Changing Channels

Discord reaches 250m users after just four years

Fig-funded Outer Wilds will be a timed exclusive on Epic Games Store

Profits tumble at Square Enix due to escalating launch costs

Sean Murray to keynote Develop:Brighton 2019

DeNA reveals new Pokémon mobile game amid declining revenue

Detective Pikachu earned $161m worldwide in its opening weekend

UK Charts: Days Gone scores third No.1 in very quiet week for games retail

Following your dreams: Pursuing a career making games | Opinion

Sony releases feature length God of War documentary

Australian Labor party pledges to reinstate $25m Interactive Games Fund

3D Game Shaders for Beginners

Early Railroad Tycoon

Why are people modding Thomas the Tank Engine into video games?

Gameboy.live: A basic Gameboy emulator with terminal “Cloud Gaming” support

What It's Like to Work on Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat

Measure for Measure

Variety: Acrostic

Ataraxia

ESA reportedly troubled by eroded trust, harsh management styles

Newzoo: More than one billion women are active gamers

Challenging player entitlement by making them homeless

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Crunch and walkouts are failures of management

Valve Index asks for innovation without incentive | Opinion

Record-breaking Q1 revenues for Nexon at $840m

Ghost Recon Breakpoint will skip Steam for Epic Games Store

Capcom creates feeder leagues to grow Street Fighter esports

EA and Activision need to show us something new | Opinion

Facebook's VP of VR Hugo Barra steps down

Unity seeks another $125 million in funding

It’s a Cinch

NetherRealm reportedly responding to crunch concerns with meeting, survey

U.S. adults are spending big on video games, playing mostly on smartphones

Scopely acquires Digit Game Studios

11 bit Studios: Expanding the horizons of Frostpunk

Emily Greer: "New stores are changing the expectation that only Steam matters"

ESA: Gamers are college educated, will vote

Reevaluating the success of Nintendo 3DS

Konami enjoys fifth consecutive year of profit growth

Educational games firm Kahoot makes its first acquisition

Google Play ratings system overhauled to account for recent scores

Days Gone outperforms God of War in Japanese debut

Sega acquires Two Point Studios

Football Offense

Fig announces open-ended crowdfunding program Open Access

Leigh Alexander, Meg Jayanth forming Red Queens

US legislator proposes loot box ban

United devs stand, divided they crunch | Opinion

Nintendo: "The reality is that the Chinese market is almost all mobile and PC games"

The Griddy Awards, Part 1: 10 Female Actors You Should Know

How can universities better support the UK games industry

Echo developer Ultra Ultra has closed down

Google pivots away from VR hardware to focus on software

Supercell invests €3.4m in Swedish startup Luau Games

Tales Of series hits 20 million sales

Tencent gives up on monetising PUBG in China

Making Writers Write Right

Niko Partners: Chinese mobile gaming revenue up 29% last year despite license freeze

Former Fortnite UX lead digs into ethical game design

EA's plan for a record year revolves around ongoing games

Game of Crones

Apex Legends, Anthem can't save EA's fourth quarter

Global console content, services spend reaches record high in 2018

Microsoft files patent for controller accessory with Braille input and output

EA Access is launching on PlayStation 4 in July

The Terrawurm experiment: Can indies work together on multiple games?

What responsibility do leaders have to their developers?

Dundee launches Summer of Games

Germany considers new youth protection guidelines for mobile monetisation

Starbreeze seeks funding to avoid imminent "liquidity shortfall"

GWU calls for testimonies against reported sexual predators at Quantic Dream

Product vs. Service Games

“Magic: The Gathering” is officially the world’s most complex game

WHO gaming disorder could cost South Korean economy over $9bn