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Closing Number of a Musical

Show HN: Game of Life in 32 bytes of assembler

GDC Summer becomes a fully-digital event

Newzoo partners with Reddit for community engagement data

Microsoft facing controller drift suit

Nintendo will reportedly skip its June Nintendo Direct

Microsoft to show first glimpse of Xbox Series X gameplay next week

Streamline: "Making bets on IP is now, for us, part of the game"

EGX Rezzed 2020 cancelled

The secrets to standing out in mobile app stores with App Store Optimization

Guilded raises $7m to build gaming chat platform

Why Gears Tactics is an important release for modern Xbox

How to get the most out of your game's Steam page

Magic Leap warns of "critical" battery safety issue

My.Games launches $10m hypercasual publishing programme

Sega launches new Sega Music brand

Global Game Jam founders Susan Gold and Gorm Lai leave after 12 years

Goal-Scoring Opportunities

Shooter genre sees the most growth on PC in the midst of social isolation

Bublar Group to acquire Goodbye Kansas for approximately $5.7m in shares

Mino Games (YC W11) Is Hiring Game Developers in Montreal

Microsoft's gaming revenues flat in Q3 2020

Getting parents into games with Netflix-style lists

Coronavirus-themed game pulled from Steam in China

Loveshark's investment story: How to impress angel investors

Epic Games Store now requires two-factor authentication to claim free games

Call of Duty: Warzone off to strong start in China's March streaming rankings

Over 85,000 games made available for free to NHS workers

Mobile publisher Lab Cave backs GamesIndustry.biz Academy

Those Awesome Guys' company-wide genre shift

British Esports Association partners with Pearson on esports qualifications

Pit Stop Replacement

Riot "looking into long-term solutions" to fight toxicity in Valorant

Morhaime says WoW accessibility push hurt social experience

Indivisible launches on Nintendo Switch without developer's knowledge

Side Quest aims to get 100,000 young people to build their first game at home

GameSpot to hold summer digital E3 alternative and charity event

Game creation platform Crayta coming to Google Stadia this summer

Nintendo closing 3DS and Wii U eShops in Latin America and the Caribbean

How Bohemia's "almost accidental" mod support became a staple of the studio

Scopely acquires Scrabble Go studio PierPlay

‘La Vie en Rose’

Jagex sold for $530m

App Annie lays off "a small fraction" of its workforce

Gears Tactics: Critical Consensus

Tencent and Gameye partner on free online conference

Bohemia Interactive shuts down DayZ studio

What impact is COVID-19 having on video game deals? | Opinion

Rovio slashes user acquisition spend to improve profits in Q1

Fortnite's Travis Scott event reached 27.7m unique players

Xbox's Phil Spencer discusses "not exploiting" a global pandemic

‘La Vie en Rose’

Sensor Tower revises European mobile game spending projections

Gearbox is working on a Brothers in Arms TV series

Superdata downgrades XR projections for 2020 through 2023

Bethesda donates $1m to COVID-19 relief charities

Demand for Chinese, Italian localizations dipped last year

The Last of Us Part 2 gets a new release date

Controlling My A/C with a Gameboy

What the Heck Is That?

Ziggurat Interactive acquires 3DO Game Company portfolio

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: (Not)E3 Expectations 2020

2K names new WWE games boss ahead of series refresh

The Last of Us Part 2 leaked online

What's fueling gaming content creator deals?

GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit Online takes place next month for free

Animal Crossing: New Horizons US ad campaign dwarfs competitors

Loveshark's investment story: How the AR developer impressed the Oliver Twins

Tencent takes over China's streaming market with $262m Huya stake

Jens Begemann leaves Wooga after 11 years

Wolfenstein: The Board Game raises $480,000 on Kickstarter

GitLand: A Multiplayer game controlled using GitHub

‘That Sure Hits the Spot!’

Animal Crossing: New Horizons returns to No.1 in the UK

Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python [Open Book]

Turn, Turn, Turn

Variety: Acrostic

What One Might Be Represented By

Epic announces next Fortnite competition with $2m prize pool

AuthorDigital launches new, Seattle-based game studio, Adept Games

Google abandons Stadia Base branding as it launches free tier

Museum of Computer Adventure Game History

Travis Scott concert brings 12.3m concurrent users into Fortnite

What Is a Game? (2018)

Valve's advice for making your game thrive after launch

How to play board games online with your friends

Lack of representation in games is "partly an issue of values, partly an issue of bravery"

Riot Games cancels League of Legends MSI

Custom Game Engines: A Small Study

WWE 2K21 officially cancelled

Epic's crusade against 30% takes a tumble | Opinion

Create Central gets £2m to nurture West Midlands screen industries

Prepares for the Bar

Stillfront Group acquires Candywriter for at least $74m

Transcend Fund is investing $50m in early stage game businesses

Gamer Janken, or How to Pick a First Player

Riot Games to open new studio in Singapore

Opera Event raises $5m to expand its influencer platform

1939 Games secures $1.9m in latest funding round

Physical events are in doubt for 2020 -- it's time to dive into digital

Two months free offer pushes Stadia past 1m installs

German games market grows to €6.2bn

My.Games' revenue and engagement spikes amid COVID-19 lockdown

Nvidia promises no layoffs, accelerating raises to help staff during pandemic

Launching Streets of Rage 4 in the middle of a pandemic

Helsinki studio Reworks raises €4 million

Call of Duty: Mobile esports tournament gets $1m prize pool

Mythical Matchmaker

Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive source code leaked

DICE Europe postponed to September 2021

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sold an estimated 5m digital units in March

Magic Leap lays off people "at every level"

Building a living world without borders 

Valve's top tips for launching a game on Steam

EGDF survey shows fear of closure among European studios

UK Charts: Physical game sales plunge 43%

Disruptor Beam rebrands as Beamable

Hello Neighbor test pilot racks up 11m views in a week

Activist investor ValueAct believes Nintendo can rival Netflix, Disney+

Location, Location, Location

GameStop starts re-opening stores closed by COVID-19

Epic relents, puts Fortnite on Google Play

Focus Home Interactive catalog pushes sales up 13%

Final Fantasy VII Remake ships 3.5m in three days

Running decade-old games in containers

Here are some pets to make your day better

Death Stranding PC delayed to July

March US game sales jump 35% says NPD

Nintendo investigates sudden rise in unauthorised login attempts

Apple Arcade and App Store launching in 20 new countries

UK games spending dipped to £5.35bn in 2019 ahead of next-gen consoles

Niantic tweaks Harry Potter: Wizards Unite to be quarantine compatible

Dealing with delays, contracts and confidentiality during lockdown

Inkle turns to crowdsourcing for upcoming game Pendragon

Xbox Game Studios, Warner Bros, Codemasters pull out of GeForce Now

Unity will not participate in any physical events until 2021

Dessert Add-On

Nintendo aims to boost Switch production

Games Done Quick raises over $400k for COVID-19 relief

Kotaku's Jason Schreier joins Bloomberg News

The uncertain, unflinching future of games media

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: Can smaller games kill crunch?

Valve's Proton Has Brought 6000 Windows Games to Linux So Far

Soedesco delays physical launches over COVID-19 disruption

Riot Games offering up to $100,000 for Valorant exploits and security concerns

How events being featured on Steam is changing games marketing

New Facebook Gaming app to focus on streaming

Switch shortage reportedly driven by reseller bots

Nomada Studio's Gris has sold 1m copies

Where a Nuthatch Hatches

Show HN: I made a multiplayer web game with Elm

Of Course!

Exquisite Corpse, the Surrealist Drawing Game (2018)

Variety: Going Too Far

Riot Games response to security/privacy concerns for their anti-cheat software

Best in Class

PUBG Global Series cancelled, digital competition to replace it

Gaming should take cues from NASCAR's response to Kyle Larson | Opinion

Cult Live is a game in disguise

Republic acquires Fig

Niantic welcomes back Megan Quinn as new COO

The curious case of Animal Crossing in China | Opinion

Digital Dragons running indie Steam event in place of postponed conference

A guide to creating sound and music for mobile games

Konami indefinitely delays PES Euro 2020 DLC, cancels boxed edition

Monster Hunter Riders hits 5m downloads in Japan

PlayStation's low-key PC experiment | Opinion

Sony, Sega say PC listings for Bloodborne, Persona 5 and more were "not accurate"

‘So … Who’s In?’

Ubisoft making a movie about senior citizens in esports

European mobile game downloads growing faster than spending

The Coalition donates 200 Xbox One X systems to charity

Recession's impact on next-gen consoles to be felt "later in 2021," says analyst

Riot acquires Hypixel

Baba Is a tough act to follow

Finland recognises the Demoscene as part of its cultural heritage

Desk Jobs: Games professionals share their work-from-home set-ups

Riot Games lays out prize pools, no blood rule for Valorant esports

Selena Gomez suing Chinese mobile publisher over using her likeness

Keywords reports strong 2019 performance amid COVID-19 doubts

The enduring ripples of the Indie Megabooth

Sony reportedly limiting PS5 launch window to 6m units

My First “Conway's Game of Life” Program in Tribute to John Conway

‘Don’t Be a Stranger!’

‘Don’t Be a Stranger!’

Superplus Games raises $4.7m

Game developers share what they're most proud of making

Gamescom hit by German ban on events

Pokemon Rumble Rush shuts down

Indie Megabooth goes on hiatus due to COVID-19

Build a Working Game of Tetris in Conway's Game of Life (2018)

European Games Developer Federation launches non-profit online event

Ethical community management in a struggling world

Nordisk Film invests $10.8m in Nitro Games

Nifty Games raises $12m in Series A funding

Who Made My Puzzle?

Game of Life creator John H. Conway dies at 82

Cooking Mama IP holder taking legal action against Cookstar publisher Planet Entertainment

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

Ring 0 of fire: Does Riot Games’ new anti-cheat measure go too far?

Mythical Beast

EGM shuts down

Unrd raises $2.5m toward bolstering its interactive story platform

Peppy Hare voice actor Rick May dies at 79

Switch firmware update adds controls remapping

PlayStation reveals $10m fund to support indie developers during COVID-19

Breaking Walls raises $1.75m for "animal adventure game" Away

Striking Distance in the era of social distance

Wargaming raises $114k for military veterans

WWE 2K21 reportedly cancelled in favour of new game

The Red Lantern: Breaking trail with emergent storytelling

Chinese retailers pull Animal Crossing from sale over Hong Kong protests

Esports entertainment platform Players Netwrk launches today

Talk to the Hand

Capcom implements work-from-home policy through early May

Steam Game Festival returns in June

Nintendo spent over $14m on TV ads in March

What the Heck Is That?

Game of Life, Simulated in the Game of Life (2012) [video]

The evolution of Ape Out

ESRB intros new label for loot boxes

Resident Evil 3 remake ships 2 million in five days

Riot Games newest title “Valorant” installs kernel driver to run anti-cheat

Journey into the mysterious and unknown with Gothic 2

Free Course – Learn Godot Game Development

Networking in times of COVID-19 crisis: over 2,000 companies join WN Hub

Three free tools to level up your prototyping

Conway's Game of Life on Dec PDP-7, Type 340 Display, & Am Radio ByteBeat Music

Conway's Game Of Life in APL (2009) [video]

Command to a Base Runner

UK Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Remake is No.1 as boxed market grows again

Inventing Game of Life (John Conway)

Show HN: Virtual egg tapping Easter game

Conway's Game of Life Implemented in Conway's Game of Life

Conway’s Game of Life in Clojure (2011)

John Conway: A Life in Games

Barista Training Day

Variety: Acrostic

Props

Call of Duty: Warzone has over 50m players

League of Legends players raised $6m for charities they'll pick

Industry rallies to offer relief after GDC cancellation

Chinese e-commerce sites Pinduoduo, Taobao delist Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Final Fantasy XIV Online delays next patch due to COVID-19

Dreams, drinks, and DDT

The industry mines for '90s nostalgia | Opinion

Hanging on Every Word

Epic Pictures to launch series of playable indie teasers

CD Projekt Red: Cyberpunk 2077 "in a complete form," further delays unlikely

Sony takes $400 million stake in Bilibili

COVID-19: The state of the games industry

The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: A Guide To Remote Working

Xbox Game Pass to launch in Japan on April 14

Avalanche restructures, brands self-publishing unit Systemic Reaction

Creative Assembly names Gareth Edmondson as studio director

The games industry must protect its vulnerable businesses | Opinion

EGX sets September dates for 2020 show

XDS: 29% of service providers risk insolvency within next year if pandemic continues

The Witcher 3's second-biggest year drives CD Projekt revenues to $124.7m

GDC Summer opens for registrations

What does a year without events mean for indies?

Method of Communication

Valorant breaks Twitch single-day viewership records

Google offers Stadia Pro for free for two months

N3twork announces $50m fund to scale published mobile games

Over 1m boxed games sold in the UK in three weeks

SMG Studio: Platform holders need to drive accessibility

Vela Games closes $3.1m seed round

Getting the hate out of games

Ubisoft, Codemasters and Sports Interactive sign on for YANA fundraiser

Natural number game

A music discovery site used in over 1M videos and games

Embracer Group raises $164m for acquisition and expansion

How I Learned to Build My Own Foundation

Xbox cautiously rolling out Project xCloud preview in Western Europe

How to improve your understanding of games with teardowns

Nintendo says "more systems on the way" as Switch sells out worldwide

Applications for WomenIn Scholarship Fund are now open

Gearbox to help scientists map the human gut with Borderlands Science

Show HN: Rust Implementation of Conway's Game of Life

Winging It

Sony introduces PS5 DualSense controller

Rogue Games ends Vainglory support, but developer keeps game going

Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales top 2.6m in Japan

The ESA will not hold a digital E3 2020 event

Over 1,100 Steam games earned at least $10k within two weeks of launch in 2019

Is Covid-19 a Geopolitical Game-Changer?