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Historic Town in Veszprém County

QuakeCon cancels 2020 event

Wasteland 3 delayed due to COVID-19

Niantic acquires AR mapping company 6D.ai

Pandemic has led to spikes in mobile gaming, says ironSource

Arc System Works cancels entire Arc World Tour 2020

Making Indigenous games won't limit their appeal

Tinybuild's Hello Neighbour books have made $16m in revenue

Gamescom to be held "at least in digital format" in August

How to transition from working from home to being a remote studio

Mobile developers in partnership to aid global charities

Colopl acquires Steins;Gate developer Mages for $15 million

Researchers turn to PC gamers for help with COVID-19

Steam asks users to manage bandwidth during COVID-19 lockdown

Kojima Productions staff working remotely after employee diagnosed with COVID-19

Epic offers $1m reward for evidence of Houseparty smear campaign

South Australia launches second round of Games Innovation Fund

What is happening with video game sales during coronavirus

I turned my entrepreneur journey into a game

Muddle Through

Valve announces Artifact 2.0 Beta

Koch Media, Kalypso Media expand physical publishing partnership

Pokémon Go revenue spikes as game continues to adjust for COVID-19

HQ Trivia returns, reportedly acquired by private investor

Early Access MMO Last Oasis offering full refunds due to server problems

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Live from Rezzed Digital

Microsoft adjusts Xbox Live functionality due to pandemic

Jobs roundup: Keith Warner appointed CEO of New World Interactive

Anybrain receives €1m investment form Trust Esport

What's the secret to great PR?

Strong week for UK physical game sales despite lockdown

Official Xbox Magazine closed

Hyper casual dominated new mobile downloads in 2019

Industry launches #PlayApartTogether in fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Cloud Imperium secures $17.25m in additional investment

Final Fantasy VII Remake shipping early amid COVID-19 disruption

Cellular Automata: Rule 30 fed as input to Conway’s Game of Life (2019) [video]

Typographic Flourish

Rolesia – Virtual Macroeconomic Simulator Game

Keep the Change

Variety: Acrostic

Some Choice Words

Starbreeze appoints Mats Juhl as new CFO

Warface reaches 1m players on Nintendo Switch

Sony reduces PSN download speeds for the US

European studio boss Michael Denny leaves Sony after 25 years

Sony doesn't see pandemic affecting PS5 launch

A brief guide to writing for video games

From character to creator: Why actor Abubakar Salim is trying his hand at development

Assassin's Creed actor forms new studio Silver Rain Games

Unity offers free access to premium game dev courses

Games London reveals 2020 Ensemble showcase members

Bungie: Google Stadia an "amazing solution" for playtesting during lockdown

Pokémon Go temporarily changes mechanics to reduce spread of COVID-19

All hail Nintendo's animal overlords | Opinion

Skilled at Dodging

GameStop says no indication of PS5, Xbox Series X delays

GameStop turns a Q4 profit despite 28% dip in sales

Show HN: ArkScript, a small and fast language for scripting video games

Mobile esports team Tribe Gaming raises $1 million

YouTube signs exclusivity deal with Typical Gamer

League of Legends: The art of balance

Epic launches publishing label with Remedy, Playdead and GenDesign onboard

Develop:Brighton 2020 delayed until November

Wargaming.net files lawsuit against group of former employees

Watch the GamesIndustry.biz sessions at EGX Rezzed Digital here

Google: Ending Support for Multiplayer APIs in Play Games Services

Six ways to improve your world building

Nintendo closes US repair centres "until further notice"

Sound in a Circus Act

Taipei Game Show 2020 cancelled

Rezzed Digital online event starts tomorrow

What does a chain of esports restaurant arcades do in a pandemic?

COVID-19 "threatens the very existence" of National Videogame Museum

MTG says COVID-19 could sink esports revenues by 45%

Killing creative block with kindness

Games industry rallies in fight against COVID-19

Top three unchanged in App Annie's annual mobile publisher chart

How Amazon Web Services is powering some of the world's biggest video games

Gfinity's CEO and chairman step down ahead of 60% cost reduction plan

Record number of Steam users online during coronavirus outbreak

Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan

Roblox awards draws 4m concurrent players

Nintendo donates 9,500 face masks to US emergency services

Koei Tecmo found global success by focusing on its Japanese identity

Bit of Land in the Seine

Simplified global game management: Introducing Game Servers

Tips for developers making a cross-platform game

Sony throttles back game downloads in Europe

Xbox curates free educational marketplace in Minecraft

CryEngine coming to Android

Half-Life: Alyx -- Critical Consensus

Big Run Studios raises $1.4m from Galaxy Interactive

UK games retail shifts online as government orders closure of all non-essential stores

Four steps to launching a VR game on Oculus

Half-Life: Alyx reaches 43,000 concurrent users on launch day

Ninja and wife donate $150,000 to Feeding America amid coronavirus pandemic

Playtika delivers food packages to vulnerable people amid pandemic

Proof That God Loves Us

Keywords Studios staff criticize pandemic response

Superdata: February digital game spending up 4%

Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield on 35 years of making games

Valve: "VR has been missing a big game that everyone can get excited about"

What the Heck Is That?

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Next-Gen Spec Wars

Stadia launches Makers program to attract experienced indies

Devolver on adapting to a world without events

Beer Distribution Game

Nintendo presses Sony to remove Mario creations from Dreams

Polish government running games development course for quarantined kids

Blizzard and Paradox arrange care packages for remote-working staff during coronavirus lockdowns

Call of Duty Warzone reaches 30m players

Coming up with a Plan B for GDC

Canadian athletes will not compete at Tokyo 2020 Games due to Covid-19 risks

African Animal That Charges

Pro drivers are competing with gamers after F1 and Nascar canceled races

Animal Crossing: New Horizons smashes sales records in the UK

Shall We Play a (Market Timing) Game?

All US GameStop stores closed except for curbside pick-up

Kodable is hiring a senior game developer to help teach millions of kids to code

Stock Jump – ski jumping game with real stock data

Bring Your ‘A’ Game

A history of roguelike games

Variety: Cross Ties

Denuvo protected games are getting cracked on average after 74 days

Commanding the Situation

Octopath Traveler sells over 2m copies

Gabe Newell: "Competition in game stores is awesome...but ugly in the short term"

GameStop reportedly shutting down all stores in California

TIGA calls for increased game tax credits due to COVID-19

Show HN: Mobile Game – Car Hunters

Ukie launches industry-specific online wiki

Tranzfuser expands to minimise coronavirus impact on games graduates

Bungie has raised more than $1m towards Australian bushfire relief

GameStop: We Can Stay Open During Lockdowns Because We're 'Essential Retail'

Eight principles for making a game influencer-friendly

Bohemia Interactive grossed $68m last year

How to pitch your indie game

EGX Rezzed delayed until summer due to coronavirus pandemic

Square Enix and Ubisoft staff now working at home

Sony and Microsoft are playing different card games | Opinion

Place For Dogs to Rest

Place For Dogs to Rest

Minecraft, King's Quest, Guitar Hero among 12 Video Game Hall of Fame finalists

GameStop keeping stores open as government orders lockdowns

GDC replacement set for August 4-6

Mainframe Industries raises €7.6m

More than 20 games have earned $1m in revenue on Oculus Quest

Robin Games raises $7m to create "lifestyle gaming"

Razer donates 1m surgical masks to global health authorities

London Games Festival moves remaining events online

Gfinity's CEO and chairman step down ahead of 60% cost reduction plan

Why Adventure Games Suck (1989)

How Amazon Web Services is powering some of the world's biggest video games

Scopely increases series D round to $400m

GamesIndustry.biz is running a free online meeting event for indies next week

Making games in lockdown: How Italy's developers are coping with COVID-19

Marketing tips for indie developers who hate marketing

Twitch hands indefinite ban to "Kaceytron" for COVID-19 comments

Retailers break Doom Eternal street date over COVID-19 fears

Steam's Interactive Recommender is now available

Untitled Goose Game, A Short Hike take home top prizes at GDC and IGF Awards

Things Not Found in Binary Code

UK retailer Game keeping Arenas open for now

Square Enix warns of Final Fantasy VII Remake shipping delays

Tencent's international reach spurs continued growth

Legendary Wings – Reversing a 1980s Arcade Game

The Xbox Series X will launch Thanksgiving 2020

Sony lays out more PS5 details

The developer of Journey bucks the trend of "predatory" monetisation

Thatgamecompany expands with Bay Area office

Doom Eternal: Critical Consensus

Forza creative director on the hardest part of fostering inclusivity

Pokémon Home grosses $2.6m in first month

Researchers turn to PC gamers for help with COVID-19

Why culturalisation matters as much as localisation

Gaming and live streaming rise globally amid COVID-19 crisis

Who Made My Puzzle?

COVID-19: New Zealand Game Festival postponed until 2021

The four pillars of good representation

An F1 and a Tilde Walk Into a Bar

GameStop cancels in-store events indefinitely in response to COVID-19

Miniclip acquires Eight Pixels Square

A short history of banned games in Germany

Genvid Technologies secures $33m in Series B funding round

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: The Year Without E3

UKIE launches COVID-19 helpline in partnership with law firm Sheridans

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne ships 5m units

UKIE offices close during COVID-19 pandemic

Samsung scraps PlayGalaxy Link streaming service

Animal Crossing: New Horizons -- Critical Consensus

Arnie With an ‘Army’

How can machine learning be applied to game development?

Ten-Minute Coronavirus Test for $1 Could Be Game Changer

Call of Duty: Warzone reaches 15m players in first four days

Manticore Games is building a "truly level playing field" for game development

What the Heck Is That?

Assassin's Creed Unity was one of the best-selling games in the world last month

Ex-Vainglory devs raise $2.5m for Bazooka Tango

UK Charts: Nioh 2 takes No.1 as Mario Kart 8 races up the charts

Xbox Series X specs revealed, aimed for "a minimum doubling" over Xbox One X

Media Molecule kicks off beta evaluation for commercial use of Dreams creations

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board of directors

How we launched full-immersion VR arenas and developed our VR games

Gamescom prep continuing as planned despite Cologne event ban

Creative Chronicles: How to become a programmer

Record number of Steam users online during coronavirus outbreak

EA, Rockstar shift to remote working amid coronavirus pandemic

A Warm Welcome

Ready, Set … Get Slow!

Variety: Acrostic

It’s Office-Bound

Ittle Dew 2+ returns to Nintendo Switch

Reboot Develop Blue postponed to October

Nintendo tells employees to self-quarantine

Pokémon Go temporarily changes mechanics to reduce spread of COVID-19

Embracing the light in the music of Ori and the Will of the Wisps

February US sales down 29%, says NPD

Digital Dragons postponed to September amid coronavirus concerns

Finding Mona Lisa in the Game of Life

Reporters Without Borders builds censorship-free zone in Minecraft

EGX Rezzed delayed until summer due to coronavirus pandemic

How to create a successful Patreon

Microsoft Build conference, DOTA and League of Legends esports among latest events to be cancelled

UK Monthly Report: GTA V reigns again as The Division 2 bounces back in February

A year without E3 is a chance to take stock | Opinion

Rivers of New York City

Lince Works raises $3.4m for upcoming, unannounced title

Call of Duty League cancels all scheduled live events due to COVID-19

Xsolla announces virtual Game Developers Carnival

London Games Festival prepares for virtual/digital activities if needed

Pokimane, DrDisrespect sign multi-year Twitch exclusivity deals

Epic acquires Cubic Motion

BAFTA Games Awards go digital due to pandemic concerns

An insider's perspective on China

Games industry raised over $4.5m for Australian bushfire relief

Back-end engine developer Pragma closes $4.2m seed round

Lego Super Mario toys announced

Making remote work work

Pendula Swing dev "would not have survived" without episodic model

Discord introduces platform changes to support remote workers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Call of Duty: Warzone hits six million users in 24 hours

Nintendo wins patent dispute against Gamevice

Magic Leap looks for buyers

Concise Yet Evocative

Lost Boys Interactive opens Austin studio

Google veteran Daniel Alegre named Activision Blizzard COO and president

Overwatch League cancels all March and April live events in response to COVID-19

Joy-Con drift lawsuit denied dismissal, but referred to arbitration

Xbox plans digital event to replace E3 conference

BitSummit shelved due to outbreak

"Where should you put your time in marketing? Fun fact: emails"

Epic Games Store adds wishlists

Sorting the Pieces of a Life Interrupted

Conducting the interactive opera of Evergreen Blues

Game development agency Amber merges with Scorpius Games

Pokémon Sword and Shield remain top-sellers in Japan months after release

Report: E3 cancelled

Hot Food

GDC offers talks for free following event cancellation

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sells over 2m copies

Frontier Developments signs exclusive license for multiple F1 management games

PUBG CEO reportedly will also lead parent group Krafton Game Union

Game Informer non-editorial staff hit by layoffs

Unity acquires Artomatix

Mod.io raises $1m in seed funding

Disruptor Beam lays off nine as it pivots away from game development

Meet The Indies at Rezzed returns this month

Horizon: Zero Dawn confirmed for PC

Annapurna signs multi-year deal with Simogo

That time Activision dishonorably discharged Call of Duty's star dev duo

Building Ori and the Will of the Wisps with 80 people working from home

2K partners with the NFL to create multiple, non-simulation football titles

Games Education Summit delayed until September

Team17's full-year profits rise to £30m

Bethesda's Todd Howard to keynote Develop:Brighton 2020

Microsoft to host GDC sessions as planned

HTC hosting conference in virtual reality to mitigate coronavirus risk

How an unlikely Tencent project is helping China's indie scene

DDM acquires data platform from Digi-Capital

What’s Left of a Dinosaur

Bungie will no longer sell randomized loot boxes in Destiny 2

Reggie Fils-Aimé appointed to GameStop board of directors

Game Connection America 2020 postponed due to COVID-19 concerns