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Ian Bogost on games, doorknobs, and general readers

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Smuggled Weaponry

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STJV issues call for testimonials from those in video game education

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Fate/Grand Order just passed $4 billion in revenue

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The text adventure game of exiting a Telnet session

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UK trade bodies respond to points-based immigration proposal

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Can a solo indie developer use ray tracing in their game?

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Seven steps to improving your company culture

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Taipei Game Show postponed in response to coronavirus outbreak

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Epic Games backs GamesIndustry.biz Academy

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Toadman Studios, Sold Out, and Petrol join forces as Enad Global 7

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Wizards of the Coast reveals new studio headed up BioWare veterans

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Nintendo president confirms no Switch Pro in 2020

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Five things to see and do at Esports BAR

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Barclays introduces video games tax relief loans

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Can Alyx pull VR out of its niche? | Opinion

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Archive of 38,000 flash games and animations saved from obsolescence

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Where All the Pieces Fall Into Place

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EA still lukewarm on bringing its portfolio to Switch

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EA planning to publish 14 games next fiscal year

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An Examination of Physics in Video Games

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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has sold around 8m units

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Digital net revenue was 70% of EA's total revenue in Q3

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In Europe, Google Play users spent more on mobile gaming in 2019 than App Store users

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ESA promises "to shake things up" for E3

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Sega Europe announces fully recyclable packaging for all PC titles

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Who saved Rare?

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The Outer Worlds will be digital-only on Switch

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Creative Chronicles: Designing for colour blindness in games

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In Elsinore, more matter is more art

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Google responds to complaints of slow Stadia announcements

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More than $5m worth of Oculus content was sold on Christmas Day

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Bigben Group forms new entity ahead of planned IPO

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Amplifier Game Invest opens Seattle studio

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GameRefinery acquires Reflection.io

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Nintendo raises Switch forecast as console shipments pass 52 million

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Common Children’s Game

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Microsoft's gaming revenue down 21% in Q2, but subscriptions are still up

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Esports events delayed, cancelled as coronavirus spreads

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Japanese court ups punishment for unlicensed Mario Kart-themed go-karts

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Warcraft 3 Reforged EULA gives Blizzard total ownership of all custom games

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Riot takes its licensing game up a league

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Ustwo earns B Corp status, plans to further reduce environmental impact

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The industry is becoming more diverse, and more developers support inclusion efforts

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Com2uS leads new investment round in Skybound Entertainment

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Team17, Sold Out and Animal Kingdom join PAX East Investment Summit

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Minecraft was the UK's best-selling new IP of the decade

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London Venture Partners backs Coda with $4m seed funding

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Untitled Goose Game dev promises at least 1% of all future revenues to Australian Indigenous groups

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Lockwood Publishing opening studio in Lisbon

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What is the best game engine: is Construct right for you?

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Increase the Stakes

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RNG Studios lays off four of eight-person staff

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Dauntless developer acquired by Garena

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Nintendo mobile games have brought in $1b in lifetime revenue

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ArtCraft raises $11.7m for Crowfall

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Valve Index sales more than doubled following Half-Life Alyx announcement

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Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2 have sold a combined 150m units

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Chrono.gg secures $5.5m to build its answer to the discoverability problem

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Pokémon Home cloud service detailed and priced

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When do deceptive playable ads help, and when do they hurt?

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Journey to the Savage Planet: Critical Consensus

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Rocket League support ending on Mac and Linux, offers refunds

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March Madness Quartet

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Revealed: The largest video game development cities in the UK

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Ninja was reportedly paid between $20m and $30m for Mixer exclusivity deal

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Atari wants to open gaming hotels in at least eight US cities

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Jurgen Post named CEO of Miniclip

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Who the Heck Is That?

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Washington bills would carve out exceptions for games in gambling law

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The (Doom) Eternal cycle of crunch

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Industry faces "significant" regulatory risk following 2019 government inquiry

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Plague Inc dev: Game is "not a scientific model" for coronavirus outbreak

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How to market your video game and find your target audience

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Console tariff off the table as tensions ease between US and China

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Disney reportedly closing down Fogbank Entertainment

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Sign in the Bleachers

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Pygame Zero: Creating games without boilerplate

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UK Charts: The Witcher 3 rises as Dragon Ball holds No.1

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The Polygons of Another World: Game Boy Advance

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The Polygons of Another World: Game Boy Advance

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Food Engineering

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Show HN: R-cade, a simple arcade game engine for Racket

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Variety: Split Decisions

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EA's Tetris games will no longer be playable on iPhones and iPads

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Fancy Name for a Prison Sentence

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Show HN: Teapong – A two-player game for fans of Pong and the Utah teapot

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Human Computation and Games with a Purpose

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Activision Blizzard and Google sign esports, cloud deals

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Over one-fourth of developers say their studio has no diversity or inclusion initiatives

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Developers are divided on how subscription services will affect game values

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Over 10% of developers are making games for the next generation

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Riot Games denies collusion in gender discrimination lawsuit

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Amplifier Game Invest opens new development studio in Sweden

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The Bleeding Edge of multiplayer design

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Blitzchung on Hong Kong protest: "Even if I had a chance to go back, I would still do it"

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Who wants to play the status game?

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The Witcher heralds an era of game IPs on TV | Opinion

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Volleyball Quartet

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Red Dead Redemption 2 digital unit sales doubled in December, thanks to Steam launch

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US game content revenues hit $35.4 billion in 2019, say NPD and ESA

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Nutaku has over 45m registered users

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Housemarque puts all other projects on hold to focus on "most ambitious game to date"

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Stardew Valley sales top 10 million

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"The devil is in the details" when creating a metaverse

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Major indie devs join GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit speaker line-up

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Game companies fall short on Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

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Id Software was "crunching pretty hard most of last year" on Doom Eternal

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Paradox trialling subscription model to address DLC criticism

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What new console features are important to gamers?

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Vote Heard on the Floor

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Netflix is also developing a standalone The Witcher anime film

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Nintendo can continue preventing cancellation of pre-orders in Germany

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EA ends support for mobile Tetris, Tetris Blitz

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UK lays out standards for handling children's data

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Disney confirms sale of FoxNext, Cold Iron Studios to Scopely

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Playful Studios "significantly reduces" full-time staff

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Nuclear Power: Game over (2016) [pdf]

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Digital Bros. to buy Starbreeze assets from Smilegate

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2020 African Games Industry Trends

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How to retain your talent and keep hold of your staff

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Ubisoft-produced comedy series about game developers picked up for second season

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Every classic Half-Life game is now free on Steam

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Double Eleven to open Malaysian studio in spring

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Women suing Riot Games may be entitled to $400m not $10m

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Who Made My Puzzle?

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The "magic and chaos" of SuperMash, a game with seven different genres

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Tencent bids to acquire 100% of Funcom

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Art Nouveau

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Stillfront Group acquires Storm8 for up to $400m

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The Witcher on Netflix has been watched by 76m households

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YouTube TV comes to PS4 as PS Vue moves out

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CGI remake of original Pokemon film will be a Netflix exclusive

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Activision Blizzard, EA, Sony, Microsoft included in HRC's 2020 Corporate Equality Index

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The entirety of Telltale's The Walking Dead is returning to storefronts

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Patent infringement ruling against Nintendo Wii Remotes overturned

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Daybreak Games restructures into three studios

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ApplsFlyer secures $210m in latest funding round

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The best-selling games of the decade show AAA was left behind by innovation | Opinion

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Xbox's plan to reshape the console industry

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Rockstar responds to claims it abuses tax relief

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Party Purchase

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SpecialEffect's One Special Day raises £455,000

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Gamedev Tutorial: Dot Product, Rulers, and Bouncing Balls

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Dying Light 2 delayed, no new release window given

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Dragon Ball Z and 3DS conquer latest UK Charts

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Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek's attempt to dismiss its own lawsuit

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Technical Debt Is Like a Tetris Game

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Ubisoft files lawsuit against site that enabled Rainbow Six Siege DDoS attacks

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Tencent ramping up investments - but may veer away from games

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NHS mental health director calls for loot box ban

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Comprehend

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Demoscene, the secret behind Finnish game industry

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A dead PC game that can't come back

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A game in a pure language (part 1): introduction and problems with Idris

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Standalone WebAssembly games using I/O devices

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Biotechnology

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Kodable is hiring a Senior Game Developer to help teach millions of kid to code

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Variety: Acrostic

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A Sense Enhanced Game of Life (2015) [pdf]

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Questions I would ask God about the game of Go

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Leisure Activity for Which You Need Glasses

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Remote Control Productions opens Dundee outpost

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Ubisoft is restructuring its editorial team

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Why the traditional product lifecycle “maybe doesn't apply” to League of Legends

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GamesIndustry.biz to host non-violent games panel at EGX Rezzed

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Sega, Neowiz and Hypetrain Digital join GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit at PAX

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BT becomes first European partner for Google Stadia

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Humble Bundle joins efforts to raise money for Australian bushfire relief

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Media firm behind Autosport plans to "change the landscape" of racing games

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NetEase launches own digital distribution platform in China

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Microsoft goes all-in on the 'evergreen platform'

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Professors create free research-backed games to train your brain

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Trips in the Dark

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the best-selling game of the year in the US

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Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Academy

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How to get a job in the games industry

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What is the best game engine for your game?

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How to apply for Video Games Tax Relief and make a VGTR claim

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When to release a game: Ten things to consider when choosing a video game release date

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What you need to know about VGTR and the certification process

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What is the best game engine: is CryEngine right for you?

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What is the best game engine: is MonoGame right for you?

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What is the best game engine: is Unreal Engine right for you?

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How to make the VGTR claim

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How to get a job in game design

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How to apply for and pass the VGTR cultural test

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How to get a job in games PR

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What is the best game engine: is Unity right for you?

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What is the best game engine: is GameMaker right for you?

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How to get a job in the games press

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Game convention exhibiting guide: The real cost of exhibiting at a game expo

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Show HN: Tired of mobile games with IAP and ads, I made No-Bullshit Games

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Xbox's Aaron Greenberg joins SpecialEffect as Vice President

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Eurogamer livestream will raise money for Australian Wildlife Relief Fund

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Epic Games Store avoids review bombing with OpenCritic integration

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UK Charts: Star Wars Battlefront II returns to Top Five

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Yellowstone Attraction

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Overwatch League addresses on-air talent departures

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Mobius Final Fantasy shutting down after five years

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The RuneScape franchise reached a record peak of 1.1m paid subscribers in 2019

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Klabater acquires full rights to Heliborne

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Phoenix Games acquires Sixteen Tons Entertainment

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NPD: Growth of mobile gamers slows while revenue continues rising

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In 2019, video game projects on Kickstarter held steady

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Monster Hunter World: Iceborne surpasses 4m units sold

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Layoffs reported at Perfect World Europe

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Super Crate Box: Elegant, frantic, and unapologetically small

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Sony's PS5 marketing strategy does away with convention | Opinion

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Mobile gaming projected to surpass $100b in spend in 2020

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Dr. Jo Twist, Kate Edwards, and Doug Cockle join Safe in our World

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Google Stadia is like the early days of Steam, says Tequila Works CEO

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Shelter From Life’s Storms

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Many games are held together by duct tape

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Valve Index out of stock around the globe ahead of Half-Life: Alyx launch

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Goodbye Kansas Game Invest re-brands as Amplifier Game Invest

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A Long History in Ichthyology

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Subnautica has sold over 5m copies

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Seungwon Lee appointed co-CEO at Netmarble

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HTC Vive Pro gets $200 price cut

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Does E3 need PlayStation?

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Connie Booth to be inducted into AIAS Hall of Fame

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Call of Duty Mobile reached 180m downloads in launch quarter

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Super Nintendo World to focus on "interactive experiences"

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Epic Games Store tops $680 million in player spending

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Final Fantasy VII Remake delayed

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Feline in an Internet Meme

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Develop:Brighton 2020 opens call for speakers

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Giant Games' wagers: Premium mobile models, and Western markets

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Phil Spencer confirms Xbox will be at E3 2020

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Riot Games launches new tabletop division

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Feline in an Internet Meme

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GameStop holiday sales down 27.5% in 2019

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Is PlayStation right to skip E3?

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PlayStation will not participate in E3 2020

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Japanese prefecture considers restrictions on gaming time for minors

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GTA IV unavailable on Steam because Rockstar can no longer generate keys

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What the Heck Is That?

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FIFA 2020 enjoys sixth consecutive week at No. 1 in EMEAA charts

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Subscriptions will "unlock the market to weirder things," says Outer Wilds dev

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Australian developers organising global fundraising auction for fire services

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The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Do we need a Switch Pro in 2020?

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Jägermeister's indie game soundtrack competition returns for second year

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Look at how digital changes the UK charts

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Awesome Games Done Quick raises $3.13m for Prevent Cancer Foundation

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New games media site PlayDiaries go live

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Infinity Ward, Bungie and Ubisoft join Australian bushfire relief efforts

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Cramped Spot

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A game theorist breaks down the effects of inequality

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Browser Games Aren't an Easy Target

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State of Confusion

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And the Winners Are, Part 2: Report on the ‘Alphabetrivia’ Contest

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And the Winners Are, Part 1: Report on the ‘Super Mega’ Crossword Contest

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A Far-Flung Family Finds a Way to Solve Puzzle Mania’s Super Mega Crossword Together

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Variety: Cryptic

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How to make roguelike games – in Rust

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Grand Standing

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Microsoft first-party titles to be cross-compatible between Xbox One, Xbox Series X

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Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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Developer Terry Cavanagh releases VVVVVV source code

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Control, Death Stranding each receive eight DICE 2020 nominations, including Game of the Year

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Chinese government in new bid to tackle gaming addiction and harmful online content

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BT becomes first major UK brand to sponsor an esports team

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How can Rio Ferdinand help protect kids from inappropriate video games?

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Australian university launches study into industry carbon emissions

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Job Simulator surpasses one million units sold

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Nintendo Switch was best-selling console in France last year

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Call of Duty and GTA V dominated PlayStation Store downloads in 2019

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Is Switch Pro the right move for Nintendo?

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The ‘I’ in I.M. Pei

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China reveals new mental health initiative that may further limit violence in games

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Nexon sells Gloops

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2019 was Pokemon Go's best year ever

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Razer closing SF office

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GAME threatens to close 40 UK stores unless rents are cut

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Facebook Gaming streaming market share sees end-of-year rise

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Ubisoft launches fifth season of Entrepreneurs Lab program

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Tim Willits: Recapturing the emotional core of Doom

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Rex Crowle on getting over his tech fanboy phase

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Hamburg to pour €2m into local games industry by 2023

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Jobs Roundup: Emily Short takes over as creative director at Failbetter Games

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