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FreeCol: Turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization

Cyberpunk 2077 tops Best of Gamescom awards

Bevy: A Game Engine in Rust

Show HN: Friendly Fire – Open-source, Metroidvania-style game in the browser

Eiyuden Chronicles Kickstarter raises more than $4.5m

Shaping a warm welcome for wholesome games

Ubisoft apologizes for 'insensitive and harmful' Elite Squad imagery

What hypercasual mobile game publishers look for in developers

UK Charts: Soft week for physical sales despite new releases

Lord of the Manor: a medieval city builder game

Super Tux Kart – Linux racing game

She’s Got Game

Facebook renames its AR/VR studio collective to Facebook Reality Labs

Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account

Apple terminates Epic's developer account as promised

Riccardo Zacconi departs King after 17 years

Riot Games: Game Design Curriculum Guide

Show HN: 3D first person game rendered in CSS/HTML

Are corporate celebrations of LGBTQ Pride progress?

Unity launches Android distribution platform globally

The Five Games of Mike Bithell | Podcast

InnoGames promotes Christian Reshöft to CPO

Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment shuts down due to COVID-19

German games fund to offer government support for up to 50% of dev costs

Hitman 3 will have a free next-gen uprade

MAG Interactive acquires Primetime developer Sventertainment AB

Frontier debuts new publishing label Frontier Foundry

Will a Pro model open Switch's second act in 2021? | Opinion

Koch Media opens publishing offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong

Film Victoria funds eight more Australian game studios

2K Games supports NBA protests in the wake of Wisconsin shooting

European market made €21.6 billion in revenue in 2019

Craft, art, and science: Three ways of teaching game design

Insights into adaptation game design challenges

Xbox brings in Bungie veteran to keep delayed Halo Infinite on track

Watch: Hello Neighbor - From indie game to cross-media hit

Watch: The hunt for the next Witcher

Watch: Making TV and film with games technology

Watch: Turning Animal Crossing into a TV chat show

Watch: Why are there no James Bond games?

Watch: Empowering gamers in licensed world

Watch: Making games with TV and film techniques

Watch: How subscriptions are changing entertainment

Watch: What TV can learn from YouTube

Watch: Bringing The Sims to reality

iOS 14 will "severely impact" monetisation opportunities, Facebook says

CD Projekt Red climbs to record market cap on Witcher mobile AR game

#RaiseTheGame and UKIE join Best Places To Work Awards 2020

Keywords Studios acquires Maverick Media for £3.6m

Sony begins invite-only, one-per-customer PS5 pre-orders

Crayta's cloud-driven dream to democratize game development

Gamezop raises $4.3m in Series A financing

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will cost $70 to play on next-gen consoles

GTR opens applications for 2020 accelerator program

Razer sees record-high revenues during pandemic

Voodoo opens Singapore, Japan studios

Fall Guys has now sold over 7m units on Steam

Proponent Games launches with first two projects

Six ways to make your user-generated content game successful and lawsuit-free

Fall Guys is the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time

Polish games industry is worth nearly €500m

War Child UK partners with game devs on Sporting Champions fundraiser

India's prime minister appeals for games based on "Indian culture and folk tales"

Copyright changes could limit in-game props, but might defeat clones | Opinion

343 Industries squashes rumours of Halo Infinite dropping Xbox One

Gamecity Hamburg names five projects for Games Life Incubator 2020

Show HN: Seamless head tracking for games using the TrueDepth camera (iOS)

Exient Entertainment rebrands publishing labels as Exient Publishing

Developers cut ties with Lab Zero, accuse lead designer of abuse, harassment

Colossi Games raises $650,000 in pre-seed funding for new survival game

Facebook renames its Oculus VR studio to Facebook Reality Labs

What did we learn from the Unity IPO filing?

Is Rocksteady doing enough to tackle abuse? | Podcast

The Sinking City pulled from stores amid legal dispute

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War trailer blocked in China

DMG launches accelerator for developers from marginalised backgrounds

The literal wandering adventures of The Wandering Band

Epic wins restraining order against Apple but Fortnite remains blocked

$60+ for a game is an “unfair price,” G2A study finds

Court Order Prevents Apple from Blocking Epic Games’ Unreal Engine

DIY Single-Chip 2D Retro Game Console

Kodable is hiring a Game Designer to help us teach millions of kids to code

Unity prepping an IPO

Ghost of Tsushima sold 1.9m digital units in July

Nintendo Switch Pro rumors resurface, this time expected in Q1 2021

Earthbound and the power of representation | Why I Love

How to pitch an article to GamesIndustry.biz

Democratizing in-app purchase with direct payment

Apple opposes Epic's restraining order, says dispute is "completely avoidable"

Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.3m for Doctors Without Borders

Harnessing the power of positive reviews

Ubisoft drops discs from Xbox collector's editions

Fall Guys is reportedly coming to mobile in China

Microsoft files statement supporting Epic Games against Apple

How offering private servers for Ark: Survival Evolved mobile created a triple-win situation

Loot Boxes in Online Games and Their Effect on Consumers [pdf]

UK Charts: PGA Tour 2K21 lands at No.2

Over three billion people worldwide now play video games, study reports

Apple responds to Epic Games lawsuit, says CEO asked for special treatment

Rocksteady responds to sexism accusations again

Why the Shadow Warrior studio is expanding into live games

Diablo 2: The human cost of making a classic

How do you make hitting something fun?

Epic Games turns Apple dispute into Fortnite event

EA, Tencent, and Bandai Namco join GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit Online

Burger King's ad agency frustrates Twitch streamers with "predatory" stunt

Event Queue (Game Programming Patterns)

Microsoft sells Halo masks to benefit frontline workers

March Capital launches $60m games startup fund

Amazon Games and Smilegate enter exclusive publishing agreement

The silver linings in the clouds of 2020 | Opinion

Aquiris Game Studio's Horizon Chase hits 50m downloads

Writing a Game in C: Parsing S-expressions

The National Videogame Museum reopens this weekend

Hiber raises $2.2m to build out its browser-based game platform

Phantasy Star Online 2 tops 1 million players worldwide

Ring Fit Adventure set for official release in China

Hitman 3 for PC to be Epic Games Store exclusive

Making Blaseball, at our mercy

505 Games: There are "blockers" preventing free next-gen upgrades for Control

Game devs continue to have cute pets | Creature Comforts

What to expect from Digital Dragons Online

PlayStation: Launching a console during a pandemic “is a massive challenge on every front”

Animal Talking: "It's a hobby that spiralled wildly out of control”

Valve assures slow Flight Simulator downloads won't affect refunds

BrainLeap launches games series aimed at children with attention difficulties

Nintendo confirms official Brazilian launch for Switch

Devolver apologises for cancelling legitimate keys during clampdown on Fall Guys scammers

Epic vs Apple judge decided in Apple's favour in similar case

Apple market value tops $2tn

Ex-Rocksteady writer asks for name to be left off Suicide Squad credits

Rocksteady releases employee letter defending it from accusations

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 leads fired

Licensing lessons from Hello Neighbor's success

Kolibri Games opens office in Bucharest

Odyssey Interactive raises $6m to make impactful games for a new generation

Bossa Studios goes fully remote

Sega will "aggressively" focus on PC ports after Steam strength during lockdown

Foreign developers can only hope to reach China with mobile games | Opinion

Geographical Amusement: The rise of the cartographic board game

EA Play, formerly EA Access, launches on Steam on August 31

RektGlobal has acquired Fearless Media

IGDA issues statement on human rights violations in Belarus

Finnish games industry has raised nearly €500,000 toward protecting biodiversity

Oculus devices to require Facebook accounts to log in

Women at Rocksteady complained of harassment

Deathloop delayed into Summer 2021

Activision: No Woman, No Try | 10 Years Ago This Month

Take-Two Interactive acquires Playdots for $192m

Tera publisher En Masse Entertainment shutting down

P​laying for the Planet ​​Alliance announces Green Mobile Jam results

Mobile version of Fall Guys is a scam, Mediatonic warns

Microsoft Flight Simulator | Critical Consensus

EA facing class action lawsuit over Ultimate Team loot boxes

Valve forbids developers to promote other platforms on Steam

Australian ratings board reportedly demands in-game purchase warnings appear on game boxes

Eiyuden Chronicle breaks Kickstarter record as it soars past $3m

Eastshade has made $2m since launch

Firewatch film is still alive, now being made by Snoot Entertainment

Apple terminating Epic developer accounts, tools access

Apple to terminate developer account of Epic Games on August 28th

Pokémon Café Mix reaches 5m downloads

Tencent acquires minority stake in Voodoo

Epic is doing the right thing the wrong way | Podcast

Epic Games: Why cross-play matters

Lumikai is the first VC fund to focus on India's growing games industry

COVID-19 drives first-half mobile app spending to $50b - App Annie

Jagex Partners signs Shadow Warrior developer in first publishing deal

How EA turned The Sims into a reality TV show

UK Charts: EA Sports UFC 4 battles to No.1

Florida landmark Coral Castle suing Epic Games

Lazlow Jones left Rockstar Games to work on Disney and Netflix shows

A Total War Saga: Troy was downloaded 7.5m times in 24 hours

The Game Archaeologist Discovers the Island of Kesmai (2012)

Visual Game Editor for Pixi.js

Ghost of Tsushima was the best-selling game in the US in July

Steady beat of new mobile titles brings Q2 growth for NetEase

Netmarble's global portfolio maintains growth in Q2

Show HN: My tower defense game is almost ready to launch

JavaScript Code Plays Google Dinosaur/T-Rex Game Automatically

EA Access and Origin Access Basic become EA Play

Epic's Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite video is an irresponsible piece of corporate propaganda | Opinion

State of Games: What happens to the industry when the pandemic is over?

Wildlife raises $120m, valuation now reaches $3bn

Ubisoft's Ashraf Ismail fired following misconduct investigation

Six sessions to watch at Devcom Digital 2020

Games dominated UK entertainment sales during initial months of lockdown

Bandai Namco: How long can we sustain working with independent studios?

PUBG Corporation invests $10m in venture capital firm

Sensor Tower: Apple's removal of Fortnite cuts off $1.2b in player spending

Game companies have claimed £5.6bn in UK tax relief since 2014

Stacking the deck against the new console launches | Opinion

Google forced OnePlus to decimate a Fortnite launcher deal, claims Epic Games

Epic Games has filed legal papers in response to Apple [pdf]

Changing Channels: The hunt for the next Witcher

Fortnite removed from App Store after it dodges Apple's rule on direct payments

Changing Channels: How Hello Neighbour went from indie game to cross-media hit

Changing Channels: Epic Games discusses making TV and film with games technology

Changing Channels explores how Gary Whitta turned Animal Crossing into a TV show

Changing Channels: Why are there no James Bond games?

Epic Games introduces direct payments on iOS (routing around iOS store payments)

Paradox posts record Q2 revenue and profits

Changing Channels explores how popular franchises translate to video games

Changing Channels: Find out how developers use TV and film techniques to make games

Tencent profits soar amid COVID-19 pandemic

Forza Horizon 3 reaches the end of its life

Changing Channels explores how subscriptions are changing entertainment

Creative Europe wasn't aware of Alexis Kennedy accusations when it gave The Weather Factory money

Changing Channels: Watch Outside Xbox discuss what TV can learn from YouTube

Amplifier Game Invest buys three studios, extends investment in another

Steam Game Festival will return in October

Tune in for Changing Channels, with EA discussing The Sims Spark'd

Embracer Group acquires multiple studios, including 4A Games

Grounded: A big experimental adventure made by Obsidian's tiniest team

Changing Channels kicks off with Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky

Only Control Ultimate Edition owners will receive its free next-gen upgrade

GDC announces physical/digital hybrid event for 2021

Four ways game developers can help save the planet

Testronic acquires QA specialist Whyttest

Dreamhack postpones remaining 2020 esports events

Tony Petitti named Activision Blizzard's president of sports and entertainment | Jobs Roundup

New research shows video games improve literacy

Xbox Series X will launch in November

Halo Infinite delayed into 2021

Shroud returns to Twitch

Bevy: Simple, data-driven, wgpu-based game engine in Rust

Summoner's War: Sky Arena reaches $2 billion in lifetime revenue

Cold Iron Studios gets sold for the fourth time

THQ Nordic names first North American CEO

Devcom Digital's two-week schedule starts on August 17

Nexon wants to build a virtual theme park for the future

Quakecon At Home raises $30,000 for charity

The impact of COVID-19 on mobile games in H1 2020 and beyond

Goldeneye 64 remake shut down by James Bond licence holders

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 delayed to 2021

How has the pandemic affected international expansion in video games?

US games spending once again reaches record quarterly highs

Amazon rebrands Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming

Fall Guys sells 2m copies on Steam alone

EA shareholders reject executive compensation plan

The Game Developer's Playlist: Earthbound, with Aaron Linde | Podcast

Practical tips to prevent abuse and build team trust

Riot Games creates global deals council and ethics committee

Yoshinori Ono leaves Capcom

Xbox Series S confirmed by leaked controller

Warner Bros restructure suggests games division is no longer for sale

UK Charts: Nintendo Switch accounts for six of the Top Ten

Facebook finally launches Facebook Gaming on iOS -- without Instant Games

Apple says game streaming services violate App Store policies

Interplay silent on Earthworm Jim developer's racist, homophobic remarks

How Code Coven aims to Elevate marginalised developers

Aeon Must Die dev Limestone Games faces accusations of "endless crunch" and IP theft

Final Fantasy 7 Remake ships 5m units

Tencent reportedly driving Huya and DouYu to merge into livestreaming giant

Apple blocking Project xCloud and Stadia because it can't review every game

The Gaming Stadium goes public on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Voltage Entertainment ends writers strike with new pay deal

Sugar rush financials don't mean we've dodged the COVID bullet | Opinion

Apple's App Store Polices Mean Xbox Game Streaming Not Allowed

Why Confidential Computing Is a Game Changer

Trump signs executive order that would ban transactions with Tencent

Enthusiast Gaming acquires Omnia Media in $11.2m deal

DrDisrespect makes streaming return on YouTube

Hitman 3 is coming to PSVR

Big Run Studios raises $5.25m in seed investment

US Army to reinstate its Twitch viewers banned for "harassing and degrading behavior"

StreamElements creates $100,000 Creator Diversity Fund

Elder Scrolls Online and Doom Eternal getting free next-gen upgrades

Games Education Summit goes virtual on September 8th

Is your publishing agreement fair?

Epic Games is now worth $17.3bn following latest funding round

Watch: Video games in the UK - State of the play and COVID-19

Watch: The Global Games Market, COVID-19 and Next-Gen Impacts

Watch: The Asia Games Market - What You Need to Know

Watch: The State of Mobile Games in 2020

Watch: Essential facts about the US games industry

Watch: The State of Games Panel - Where do we go from here

Develop:Brighton will be replaced by an online event

Xbox Game Pass could be a boon for indie developers

Microsoft pulls iOS test for Project xCloud

1,100 words of praise for Thirty Flights of Loving | Why I Love

Blizzard employees reportedly preparing demands for fair pay