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UK retail charts: Super Mario Maker 2 overtakes Crash Team Racing at No.1

Choking game, also known as the fainting game

Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems

Flip ’Phones

Digital Video Game Firsts – Michigan Pool (1954)

Variety: Puns and Anagrams

Lets Out

EA Access launches July 24

Niko Partners: Legal console sales in China to overtake grey market with Switch, next-gen launches

Nutaku launches $5m investment fund for LGBTQ+ games

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The messy world of live streaming and Treyarch's QA underclass

"You can't control your audience"

Hyperice partners with J.Storm in health and wellness push for esports pros

Media union launches survey on games industry working conditions

European Charts: Crash Team Racing takes pole position

iPhone designer Jony Ive leaves Apple

Is crunch being solved or just outsourced? | Opinion

The ‘One’ in ‘the Old One-Two’

The NBA Wants You to Bet on Games That Never Happened

Google Stadia games will remain available to purchasers even if pulled from store

Nexon reportedly no longer for sale due to lack of buyers

Razer Deathadder mice have sold 10m units

Tilting Point to invest at least $20m into CookApps

Indies on Steam concerned Summer Sale promotion is hurting Wishlisting

My Friend Pedro sells 250k in its first week

Gumi shuts down Paris office, laying off 32

Which gaming hardware manufacturers may have funded human rights abuses in 2018?

How FIFA's The Journey revolutionised EA's approach to diversity

Industry tells UK lawmakers it wants more research into gaming disorder

Green Man Gaming gears up for first console launch

Riot Games teams up with Nielsen to measure brand exposure for esports sponsors

Square Enix: “We always look out for new IP”

DrDisrespect returns to Twitch after ban over E3 livestream

Wolfenstein: Youngblood will not be altered for German release

Animoca Brands acquires Gamma for a potential $2.5m

Fulfill Requirements

Myst to be adapted for TV and film

Stories of crunch, neglect for QA at Treyarch

Twitch introduces Subscriber Streams

British technology inquiry chair says industry is only "paying lip service" to gaming addiction

Simple online game reduces susceptibility to disinformation

Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo: 25% tariff on consoles would cause "disproportionate harm"

PUBG Corp. taps Glen Schofield to lead new studio

Cory Barlog: "We're now able to give actors meaty performances, as opposed to just doing voice"

Ubisoft sees high acceptance for opt-out subtitles

Sean Murray on No Man's Sky: "I thought we were making a niche game"

Out of the Fog: How Solving Puzzles Cured My ‘Mommy Brain’

Kolibri reaches 100m downloads with Idle games

EA sees Bioware's Anthem on "seven to ten year cycle"

Just 15% of European gamers are interested in Google Stadia and xCloud

Charity livestream raises $3.7m for children's hospital

Tim Sweeney: "Unpopular" Epic Game Store exclusives are working

Steam ending support for Ubuntu

Hebrews

Rovio sues California chicken restaurant over Angry Birds trademark

Razer cuts ties with streamer following Twitter remarks about men

The Game of Pogo (2011) [pdf]

Desmond 'Etika' Amofah found dead at 29

Forge of Empires reaches €500m in lifetime revenue

Humble Bundle has raised over $150m for charity

Facebook, Libra, and the Long Game

Inside made you feel like an unwelcome guest

Commodore 64 gets retro re-release

Saving Fallout 76

What is the metagame?

Nintendo chooses Israel for its second official store

UK industry needs to get gaming graduates up to scratch | Opinion

Square Enix launches charity fundraising campaign for first responders

One Side of Niagara Falls

"Iwata Asks" developer interviews will become a book

Trust Esport invests €1.5m in smartVR

What the Heck Is That?

The subtle art of crisis management

League of Legends reportedly blocked in Iran

Microsoft reportedly cuts internal content teams at Inside Xbox and Mixer

Bungie delays Destiny 2 patch to avoid crunch

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite players spent $300,000 on day one

UK Charts: Crash Team Racing puts the bandicoot back at No.1

Show HN: A point-and-click game engine

‘Affliction’

Take Two

Variety: Acrostic

‘Gotcha’

Wii games are still being made in 2019 because people are using it

Sega sees streaming's potential to reach new audiences

Making the most of a digital office space

Bungie raises over $400k for St Jude Children's Research Hospital

Superdata: PUBG sells 4.7m digital units year-to-date

GAME recommends shareholders accept Sports Direct offer

Crystal Dynamics: The Avengers is the biggest thing we've ever done

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Why do we need unions?

FIFA 19 Global Series breaks viewership records

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 2 dominate UK download charts

Blizzard loses global esports director Kim Phan

Amazon's struggle is a reminder that content is still king | Opinion

‘It Wasn’t My Fault’

Minecraft: Education Edition adds Immersive Reader

Steam now has an official LGBTQ+ tag, hub page

Valve launches first mobile game

Patrick Söderlund's $20m retention bonus didn't leave EA with him

YouTube reportedly under investigation over alleged child protection breaches

Seven years on from Oculus Rift's launch, how far have we come? | Opinion

Spil Games sells mobile division to Azerion

Four more publishers and investors join GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX

Epic and EA execs squirm under scrutiny from British MPs

Ustwo Games appoints Maria Sayans as CEO to help multi-project development

Ubisoft: Watch Dogs Legion will encourage players "to think differently"

Square Enix "Ethics Department" advised change to breast size on Final Fantasy VII character

CD Projekt Red: "Everyone is feeling the pressure on Cyberpunk 2077"

Sega's rights as publisher of Alpha Protocol have expired

Big Roll

Magic Leap suing ex-employee for stealing tech to make his own XR headset

Call of Duty, Pokemon dominate GameStop pre-orders in wake of E3

How is Game Pass adding so many indie titles at launch?

From Pokémon to Harry Potter: Niantic's hopes for Wizards Unite

Who Made My Puzzle?

Tickets on sale for GamesIndustry.biz Summer Party in Brighton

Shifting Tides' sojourn to a non-boring puzzle game

Bernie Sanders endorses game industry unionisation

Fallout Shelter reaches $100m lifetime revenue

Twitter data shows Nintendo as the winner of E3

Twitch acquires Bebo to bolster esports push

Assassin's Creed Discovery Tour honoured at Games for Change Awards

Bachelors No More

Developers don’t want to show gameplay at E3 anymore

NPD: May 2019 was the worst May for new releases since 1998

Niko Partners: NetEase to continue transformation from domestic giant to global company in 2019

Niko Partners: Game for Peace expected to bring in nearly $1b by year's end

EA names Sam Ebelthite as UK and Ireland boss

Newzoo: Mobile, console install base to drive global games market to $152.1b in 2019

Why Niantic bought a tabletop game developer

Bluepoint co-founder Andy O'Neil dies

Nicky Romero invests in ReKTGlobal

Frontier Developments expects double annual revenue thanks to Jurassic World Evolution

Lumberyard at heart of Amazon Game Studios' development woes

How Fortnite has paved the way for Wargaming Nexus' mobile assault

A word about averages

Devcom's first wave of speakers includes Remedy, Splash Damage and Compulsion Games

Niantic acquires Sensible Object

Twin Mirror Japanese release cancelled

Adventure Games and Eigenvalues (2017)

Man in a Cast

Take-Two expects shorter gaps between releases

Oculus VP: "We believe Quest is the first VR hardware that has potential to become a viable medium"

Twitch sues users who filled Artifact category with porn, violence, racism, and misogyny

What the Heck Is That?

Minecraft Story Mode for Xbox 360 gets massive price hike

Xbox and Cyberpunk 2077 won the battle for media coverage at E3 2019

D3T details first ever Wellbeing Week

Gamelab conference has five free passes for GamesIndustry.biz readers

Sweeney: Sony enabling cross-play was "one of the greatest moments in Epic's history"

Don't let ego kill E3 | Opinion

Women accounted for 21% of E3 stage presenters, just 5% of game protagonists

Niantic files lawsuit against "hacker" group

UK charts: Sony's Days of Play sale means no change at the top

Nintendo promotes Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma

Beach Outing

Not in So Many Words

Soviet Arcade Games from the 70s and 80s

Variety: Diagramless Crossword

Games and Graphics in Popup URL Bars

The rise and fall of the company behind ‘Reader Rabbit’ and other games (2018)

In a Pickle or in a Jam

Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Remake lead online pre-orders post-E3

NPD: Nintendo likely to end the year as best-selling publisher

Amazon Game Studios lays off "dozens"

Steam update changes In-Home Streaming to Remote Play

Playtonic: “We are never using the term spiritual successor again”

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: E3 Aftermath (2019 Edition)

Keanu Reeves: "Games don't need legitimising"

The GamesIndustry.biz E3 Award Winners

83% of gamers potentially interested in streaming services

ZeniMax shuts down fan remake of Doom

Nintendo "evaluating" streaming, but focused on physical and downloads

Next-gen expectations overshadowed E3

E3 attendance drops slightly for 2019

Game Builder: Create 3D games with friends, no experience required

Made a Web Site

Forza Horizon 4 reaches 10m players

EA holds Building Healthy Communities Summit, pledges to fight toxicity

ThinkGeek closes site, moves in with GameStop

AppOnBoard acquires BuildBox

Guerilla lead producer Patrick Munnik dies at 44

Fallout Shelter is coming to Tesla cars

Stardock reveals Cider Cloud engine

Sea of Thieves reaches 8.4m lifetime players

Level Design Patterns in 2D Games

Square Enix subscription service would focus on classic titles

Square Enix eyes its own subscription service

Only 21% of E3 games are non-violent

PUBG Mobile daily users pass 50m, downloads pass 400m

Mobile games are losing to video in the battle for users' time

Human Fall Flat developer opens Tenerife's first games studio

Riot Games accused of non-compliance with gender discrimination investigation

The Witcher 3 has passed 20m lifetime sales

Nintendo pledges continued support for the 3DS

Konami rebrands PES as eFootball PES

Never-Blink: Blink and Lose. An Online Web Game

Advantage

Against Gravity raises $24m for VR development

Vanessa Gill and Damon Packwood named Global Gaming Citizens

Esports Global Fund launches next month backed by British Esports Association

Shazam-like technology used to identify bars illegally streaming soccer games

Streamer "Dr Disrespect" has E3 badge revoked after filming in public bathroom

ReKTGlobal acquires Greenlit Content

There was only thing missing from Nintendo's E3 | Opinion

Epic acquires social platform Houseparty

Game streaming has not arrived | Opinion

Star Control legal dispute was resolved by a phone call and mutual love of beekeeping

Destiny 2's migration to Steam is not a snub to the Epic Store

Bethesda's Pete Hines: "E3 needs to be something all of us support"

Nintendo partially pulls Switch production out of China to limit damage by US tariffs

Frontier signs first deal as third-party publisher

Nintendo: Animal Crossing delay means avoiding crunch

Konami to launch TurboGrafx-16 Mini console

Keywords Studios acquires Descriptive Video Works Inc

Jerry’s Partner in the Frozen Food Aisle

Dauntless reaches 10 million players

Atari VCS goes on pre-sale in the US starting at $250

Ooblets will now be self-published on Xbox One and PC

Breath of the Wild 2, Banjo-Kazooie and The Witcher 3 headline Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct

Phil Spencer: “It would be nice to buy a Japanese studio”

"There is no downside to Game Pass," says Playground Games

Novaquark raises additional $11.2 million for Dual Universe

YouTube can't be trusted with Google Stadia | Opinion

The Session and the On-Ramp

Ubisoft: Watch Dogs Legion "has a message for sure"

Star Control creators settle legal battle with Stardock

FromSoftware's Dark Souls series has now shipped 25m units

Zynga proposes $600m convertible note sale

Microsoft ends Xbox One backwards compatibility efforts to focus on Project Scarlett

Facebook: $5m in Oculus Quest software sold since launch

Microsoft to host X019 in London this November

FFVII and Avengers bookend Square Enix's hour of announcements, commercials

A Tiger in Your Tank

Shenmue III is an Epic Games store exclusive on PC

Phil Spencer on Project Scarlett: "We want to be compatible across all generations"

Epic Games store offering a free game every week for 2019

Ubisoft fills E3 hour with Tom Clancy games and Watch Dogs Legion gameplay

Ubisoft enters subscription battleground with Uplay Plus

Double Fine confirms no layoffs to publishing team after Xbox acquisition

Publishers can put their own separate subscriptions on Google Stadia

What the Heck Is That?

Super League Gaming acquires Framerate

Xseed Games' controversial credits policy only names current staff members

"Big exclusive games win the day, and Stadia does not have any"

Xbox's Phil Spencer: Our next console will have a disc drive

Intellivision opening European office

Microsoft confirms no Forza Motorsport 8 in 2019

UK Charts: Sony's Days of Play campaign puts FIFA 19 back at No.1

Unity faces lawsuit as John Riccitiello accused of sexual harassment

Phantasy Star Online 2 will launch in North America only next year

Double Fine: Xbox deal won't change multi-platform Psychonauts 2 release

Microsoft forms dedicated Age of Empires studio

Bethesda's E3 revealed new IP from Tango Gameworks, Arkane Lyon

Bethesda unveils Orion game streaming tech

Xbox closes E3 2019 conference with Project Scarlett, coming Holiday 2020 launch

‘Could You, Would You …?’

Xbox adding Remote Play-style console streaming

Microsoft will launch new Xbox console next year

Microsoft buys Double Fine Productions

Xbox Game Pass PC launches, costs $5/month

E3 2019: Every story and announcement in one place

For Men Who Hate Talking on the Phone, Games Keep Friendships Alive

Don’t Quote Me

EA sign fresh indie publishing deals with Zoink, Glowmade and Hazelight

Variety: Acrostic

Pleasant Forecast

The PS1 Game Spongebob Squarepants: Supersponge Violates the GPL

The Elder Scrolls Online has reached 13.5m players

Ubisoft says avoiding messages is part of making "more mature games"

Survival Ball: Making the Game, in 1716 Hours

ESA launches new website

Finding Friend and Foe in Multi-Agent Games

Pole to Win CEO: Building a team that will retire with you

Tencent sells a quarter of its stake in Glu Mobile

Can Sports Direct halt the gradual demise of GAME?

Starbreeze granted extension to its reconstruction period

Why “the Metaverse” needs gameplay and gameplay mechanics

Sony sets December 2020 release date for Uncharted movie

Playground Games: "Crunch has no place in modern development"

Dignitas merges with Clutch Gaming

Larian Studios will not "participate in the exclusivity game" with Baldur's Gate III

AAA game downloads on the brink of overtaking physical in Europe