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FIFA 21 reclaims No.1 from Assassin's Creed | UK Boxed Charts

Yoozoo CEO Lin Qi dies at 39 as police investigate poisoning

CD Projekt facing class-action suit over Cyberpunk 2077

So long, 2020, and thanks for all the fish food | Creature Comforts

Games of the Year 2020 | Xbox Game Pass

Apple reportedly warns devs of more app takedowns in Chinese App Store

Blackstone makes big investment in mobile ad firm Liftoff

Bloodborne producer Teruyuki Toriyama leaves SIE Japan Studio

Moving Out | Games of the Year 2020

Human: Fall Flat sells 2m in China

Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Games of the Year 2020

1997 - 2002 | Games of the Year 2020

31% of young UK gamers struggle to track spending on loot boxes

2020: A year of success and responsibility

Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle was top video games Kickstarter of 2020

Warframe studio "expects no changes" under Tencent ownership

Warframe studio "expects no changes" under Tencent ownership

Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 13m copies

Destiny 2 players raised $4.9m through game's charity events this year

Streamlabs raised $4.6m for charity this year

ESA Foundation raises $468k for scholarship program, multiple non-profits

Raw Fury publicly shares publishing agreement

Four takeaways from the GI 100 Game Changers | Opinion

TikTok owner reportedly in talks to buy stake in Chinese mobile games publisher

Voodoo acquires OHM Games

GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year in Numbers 2020

Nordisk Games buys 40% of MercurySteam

Microsoft to end support for Halo on Xbox 360

Distributed computing startup Salad raises $3.2m

The Last of Us Part 2 | Games of the Year 2020

US COVID-19 relief bill would punish streaming of copyrighted content

Eneba raises $8m for online gaming marketplace

Gearbox reaches settlement with Bobby Prince over Duke Nukem music

Digital gaming just had its best revenue month ever in November

Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Games of the Year 2020

Games of the Year 2020 | Podcast

Monster Hunter movie makes $2.2m in US opening weekend

An insider's perspective on China's new age ratings | Opinion

Rovio names Alexandre Pelletier-Normand as new CEO

Investors reportedly considering class action lawsuit against CD Projekt Red

Steam Autumn Sale brought in 1m paying customers

MAG Interactive acquired word game specialist Apprope

IP licensing for games: How to profit from brand injections

Assassin's Creed Valhalla takes Christmas No.1 as Cyberpunk 2077 falls to third | UK Boxed Charts

Microsoft granting full refunds to anyone who purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Ten

Mass market, mystery boxes and metric-driven design: The legacy of FarmVille

Microids announces in-house distribution arm

Discord valued at $7bn as it raises $100m

China introduces new age rating system

Epic Games Store branches into non-gaming apps

Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store

Microsoft Flight Simulator hits 2m players

2020: Games boomed, but the industry was treading water | Opinion

Kuato raises £4.5m, expands to VR

Skillz goes public

The Game Awards sets new viewership record with 83m livestreams

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Nine

Making weirdness work: The sun-drenched horror of Paradise Killer

Keywords Studios acquires Indigo Pearl and Jinglebell

Nintendo and Sony share prices rise to record highs

Esports to debut as medal event at Asian Games 2022

Cyberpunk 2077 troubles cost CD Projekt founders more than $1bn

The black art of platform conversions: The tailored port

Requests for refunds on Cyberpunk 2077 met with inconsistent response

Five mobile games topped $1b in revenue this year - Sensor Tower

Stadia launches on iOS

Twitch set new viewership milestone in November with 1.7b hours watched

Red Candle Games announces launch of Devotion on GOG; GOG says it won't list it

2020 has shown our lack of leadership | Opinion

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Eight

Parsec raises $25 million in series B round

Cyberpunk 2077 developers were "updating the last-gen version until the very last minute"

UK Members of Parliament call for ban on bulk buying consoles

Tips for a successful interview in the games industry

Unity acquires 3D content creator RestAR

Nintendo Switch is the best-selling console in Canada for 25 straight months

Ubisoft unveils scholarship for Black UK students to support games career paths

Big Pixel Studios shuts down, impacting about 40

EA Play on Xbox Game Pass for PC delayed to 2021

Tilting Point invests up to $40m in UA funding for Gunship Battle: Total Warfare

Raise money for IGDA Foundation at the year's final Games Industry Gathering

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Seven

Streamloots launches mental health support program for streamers

Keywords acquires High Voltage Software for $50m

Apple introduces privacy labels to make data mining transparent

Creative Assembly donates £30,000 in laptops to UK kids

Roblox purchases digital avatar firm Loom.ai

Maximizing the 2020 holidays for mobile user acquisition

SteelSeries acquires KontrolFreek

"No adaptation without interpretation" -- turning Animal Farm into a game

Steam officially launches News Hub

Vin Diesel joins Studio Wildcard as executive producer on Ark

Facebook Gaming creators have earned $50m in Stars in 2020

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony release joint commitment to online safety

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Six

Games media in 2020 | Podcast

Lessons learnt from business development in Africa

Leyou shareholders approve Tencent takeover

US law proposal could make streaming copyrighted material a felony

Cyberpunk 2077 developers promised full bonuses despite declining review scores

Steam breaks concurrent users record at nearly 25m

CD Projekt Red apologises for not showing last-gen Cyberpunk 2077, offers refunds

Roblox delays IPO to 2021

EA agrees $1.2 billion acquisition of Codemasters

Sky News reports EA has gatecrashed Take-Two's Codemasters take-over

Cyberpunk 2077 is the second biggest retail launch of the yer | UK Boxed Charts

Zynga veterans launch VR gaming company ForeVR

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Five

US games spending breaks November records at $7bn

Pillars for an effective charity stream

Developers and publishers contributed £2.91bn to UK economy last year

CD Projekt Red stock falls 29% in run-up to Cyberpunk 2077 launch

Cyberpunk 2077 launches with some real dystopia in tow | Opinion

Ark: Survival Evolved gets an animated series

The Last of Us Part 2 dominates at The Game Awards

Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in November in the US, despite next-gen launches

Fnatic raises over £2m in crowdfunding

The Nintendo Switch sold over 1.3m units in China this year

Niantic donated a total of $7m in 2020 to Black Lives Matter charities

The Game Awards announces inaugural Future Class

PS5 makes its mark but Nintendo Switch holds No.1 in huge November for video games | EMEAA Charts

Left 4 Dead creator to lead Bad Robot's new in-house games division

Dr. Seuss gets serious about games

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Four

Peter Moore returns to video games on Nifty board

Orwell Youth Prize to introduce game design category

Rollic acquires matching game Onnect for $6m

Cyberpunk 2077 racked up 8m pre-orders, 74% were digital

Why CD Projekt used AI to localise Cyberpunk 2077

Steam introduces new discovery tools

Cyberpunk 2077 already passed 1m concurrent users on Steam

Blair Witch wins Game of the Year at CEEGA

Honor of Kings once again tops mobile game spending charts in November

Xbox Game Pass cloud streaming arrives for iOS, PC next spring

Twitch revises hateful conduct and harassment policy

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Three

Control has sold more than 2m units

Bidding for all: Three reasons why gaming publishers should adopt app bidding

Dave Curd takes over from Brendan Greene as PUBG creative director

72% of all 2020 mobile revenue generated by games at $81bn

Are seasonal creatives worth it?

Ori and the Will of the Wisps raising money for Rainforest Trust

Aglet raises $4.5m for location-based sneaker game

Halo Infinite gets new fall 2021 release date

ZeniMax Online Studios forms new satellite studio in San Diego

Prince of Persia remake delayed to March of 2021

MTG acquires Hutch Games for an expected $375 million

GameStop has closed 462 stores so far this year, 783 in last two years

Ubisoft appoints former Uber D&I head as VP of global diversity and inclusion

Facebook launches Black Gaming Creator Program

Minecraft tops YouTube's list of most watched games of 2020

Tencent invests in Wizard Games

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands sells 3.7m in one day

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part Two

Manticore Games to give Core users 50% of revenue from their creations

If Found's celebration of experimental, queer game development tradition

Cyberpunk 2077 | Critical Consensus

Farming Simulator ups realism and eco-friendliness with free EU-backed DLC

Cyberpunk 2077 features epileptic triggers

European consumers organisations collaborate on call for Joy-con drift reports

Sega and Tencent veteran John Clark named Curve Digital CEO

Australia's Victorian government invests $25m in screen industries

Humble announces Black Game Developer Fund's first five titles

MTG increases investment in InnoGames, forms new holding company

Take-Two CEO says games are ten years from photorealism

Nintendo reportedly sends cease and desist to custom Joy-Con charity campaign

Google Stadia is now available in eight more European countries

GI 100 | Game Changers -- Part One

Introducing GI 100 | Game Changers

Not all Steam wishlists are created equal

Can BioWare bounce back? | Podcast

Epic won't hold in-person Fortnite events in 2021

Twitch removes 'blind playthrough' tag after feedback over ableist language

Lumikai invests $1m in Bombay Play

FIFA 21 holds No.1 during Cyber Monday sales week | UK Boxed Charts

Neil Druckmann named co-president of Naughty Dog

Activision sues Netflix for poaching former CFO

Metal Gear Solid film reportedly will star Oscar Isaac

Everything you need to know about making and releasing a demo

Call of Duty has brought in $3 billion in past year

A word from a Destiny 2 acolyte | Why I Love

Starbreeze has paid off most of its creditors

Rust raises $80,000 for Movember

Gfinity acquires Epicstream as it seeks growth amid financial troubles

Did Genshin Impact swipe an opportunity from under Nintendo's nose? | Opinion

Digital Black Friday sales jump almost 50% over 2019 l UK Download Charts

Casey Hudson, Mark Darrah depart BioWare

Kalypso Media fully acquires Realmforge Studios

Mod.io raises $4m

The Game Developer's Playlist: Phantasy Star Online with Fred Horgan | Podcast

GamesIndustry.biz to reveal 100 industry 'Game Changers' next week

GreenPark Sports raises $14m, adds NBA to its metaverse

Creating value in volume

ESA says gaming employs 143k in US, pays an average of $121k

Outward has sold one million copies

Sea of Thieves to shift to battle pass model

Investing for success: a comprehensive guide to raising money

FMOD goes free for indies

Roblox cleared for launch in China

Streamline Media Group raises $50,000 for No Kid Hungry

Silent Hill, Gravity Rush veterans form Bokeh Game Studio

Ubisoft launches UK edition of Black Game Pros Mixer

Nintendo hacker, leaker sentenced to three years in prison

Microsoft acquires Smash.gg

Playco charts a course to the billion-player mobile game

Avalanche co-founder launches Liquid Swords

Immortals: Fenyx Rising | Critical Consensus

Black Friday 2020 digital games spending saw 10% decline

Phoenix Labs expands to Montreal and LA

PS5 comes out top in massive month for console sales | UK Monthly Charts

Console remains largest employer of development staff in the UK

Genshin Impact made almost $400m in two months on mobile

Genshin Impact wins iPhone Game of the Year

Marvel finale was Fortnite's biggest event ever at 15.3m concurrent users

Salesforces buys Slack for $27.7bn

Beyond genre: Using taxonomy data to build your next big game

Bigger Games raises $6 million for casual puzzle games

Aardman partnering with Bandai Namco on new cross-media IP

Dead Cells sells over 3.5m copies

Travis Scott reportedly grossed roughly $20m for Fortnite concert appearance

Krafton to consolidate Pnix and Delusion Studio into new studio, RisingWings

EG7 acquires Daybreak

SteamWorld firm Thunderful's quest to become AA starts with an IPO

Was Activision Blizzard right to ignore mobile? | 10 Years Ago This Month

Subverse developer under fire for partnering with racist YouTuber Arch

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie expected to start production in March

Fumiko Okura joins Keywords Tokyo as new general manager | Jobs Roundup

Genshin Impact named Best Game at Google Play's annual awards