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Animal Crossing: New Horizons returns to No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

AMD expects PC and next-gen chip shortages through first half of 2021

GameStop stock story won't have a happy ending | This Week in Business

Amazon is reportedly spending nearly $500 million a year on its video game division

Over 50 percent of esports followers likely to bet on esports in the US - Survey

Game firms acknowledged by Human Rights Campaign for LGBTQ inclusivity

Rime pairs accessible gameplay with relatable loss | Why I Love

Brawl Stars is Supercell's fourth title to pass $1bn in lifetime revenue

Navigating the new normal: Studio culture in the time of COVID

CD Projekt's stock soars after Elon Musk tweets about Cyberpunk

Robinhood denies automatically selling users' GameStop shares

Riot Games pushes for arbitration in gender discrimination lawsuit

WeTest: The one-stop platform for all your quality assurance needs

Iam8bit, Moon Studios and Skybound Games raise $58,000 for Rainforest Trust

How can Xbox encourage consumers to 'swim upstream'? | Opinion

Ninja Theory halts updates for new IP Bleeding Edge

Epic Games Store's 160 million users spent over $700m in 2020

Robinhood blocking purchase of GameStop stock

The Five Games of Jesper Kyd | Podcast

Apple sets "early spring" rollout for iOS privacy changes

Australian developer revenues raise 29% to $140m

Netflix and Legendary partner on Tomb Raider series

Digital drives Capcom sales to $622m

Hedge fund Melvin Capital pulls out of GameStop trading

Games Education Summit returns as virtual event

Piracy: Does it matter?

Rovio shuts down Hatch

Discord bans WallStreetBets for hateful conduct amid GameStop stock surge

GameStop stock up 135% in 24 hours, Biden administration "monitoring the situation"

Scavengers suspends co-founder Simon Darveau

Tencent acquires minority stake in Dontnod

Activision Blizzard says interviewing diverse candidates for every opening "unworkable"

Rony Abovitz launches interactive storytelling start-up

EA launches new Skate studio

PlayStation leads the nominations at the D.I.C.E. Awards

The rise of Fall Guys and how Mediatonic plans to take it higher

European Commission called to investigate into Joy-Con drift

Hitman 3 recoups project costs in under a week

Valve on trial for allegedly infringing controller patents

Ludo AI game creation platform now in open beta

Huuuge Games IPO could raise almost $400m

US Court dismisses Wargaming lawsuit against former employees

GameStop shares continue to soar following Elon Musk tweet

How India's shifting political climate is influencing local game development

Xbox Series X|S launches help push Microsoft gaming revenue up 51%

Jagex disputes Plutos Sama's claims of ownership

MAGFest executive director resigns after accusations of abusive behavior

Deep Rock Galactic sells 2 million copies

DualShockers acquired by GRV Media

PSVR 2 could be the hottest VR headset yet | Patent Trawling

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MegaDev secures $1.9m for PC cheat platform Plitch

Dealing with delays: A guide to production optimization and crisis management

Hyrule Warriors drives record Q3 for Koei Tecmo

Konami restructuring internal departments, has not dissolved games development teams

Star Wars Battlefront 2 free promo gets more than 19m players

GameStop stock soars, craters

Scavengers Studio creative director accused of belittling, screaming at, groping employees

Games projects raised $23m on Kickstarter in 2020

Imvu receives $35m investment

The Pokémon Company takes measures against Sword and Shield hackers

The plight of experimental indies | Podcast

Jagex reportedly sold to Carlyle Group

Can the games industry keep its COVID customers?

Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel developer Sulake

Hitman 3 surpasses its predecessor to claim No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

Xbox U-turns on Gold subscription price hike after fan backlash

Was the Cyberpunk 2077 launch a perfect storm? | This Week in Business

Tencent acquires majority stake in Klei Entertainment

GameStop share price reaches record high amid Reddit-driven short squeeze

Cyberpunk 2077's launch month sets digital sales record despite refunds

Vicarious Visions merged into Blizzard

Huuuge ambitions: How a $300m IPO will make the Polish mobile studio last forever

Apple reportedly planning VR headset for next year

Microsoft raises the price of Xbox Live Gold

Codemasters directors to vote in favour of EA bid

Using player-avatar relations to make more engaging and successful games

Uncharted movie delayed to 2022

Tencent made record number of games M&A deals in 2020

Dead by Daylight studio apologises following developer comments about colourblind mode

Nacon acquires Big Ant Studios for €35m

Developers should be wary of the IPO's siren call | Opinion

Switch expanding the console market, says Interpret

PlayVS expands to Canada with GameSeta acquisition

Pokémon Crystal keeps us interested by telling us less | Why I Love

Sagard NewGen acquires minority stake in Asobo Studio

Prepare for 2021 with new gaming audience insights

FIFA 21 was Europe's best-selling boxed game in 2020

Québec law firm files latest Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift lawsuit

Rival Peak reaches 22m views

Capcom raises forecasts thanks to growing digital sales

Team17 acquires Golf With Your Friends for £12m

What a Wipeout spiritual successor can teach investors about games

Twitch permanently bans Trump, will update policy after Capitol siege

Peter Moore joins Unity as SVP and GM of sports and live entertainment

Hitman 3 | Critical Consensus

EU fines Valve and five publishers €7.8m for geo-blocking practices

A brief guide to becoming a concept artist

A brief guide to becoming a concept artist

GAME details efforts to prevent PS5 scalpers

How MTG's acquisition will fuel Hutch's race to No.1

Playtech sells YoYo Games to Opera for $10m

Mobile gaming saw surge of new players in 2020

Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager studio Gamebasics

Bohemia Interactive sold 5.7m units of software in 2020

Leyline: "We don't care about the money -- we want to make the world better"

Oxenfree dev: "Making a decision is just as important as the quality of the decision"

IPO plans value Krafton at up to $27bn

Nintendo opens corporate and investor relations Twitter account

CD Projekt faces a second class-action lawsuit over Cyberpunk 2077

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Blockbuster IP

CD Projekt Red exec disputes Cyberpunk 2077 demo were "almost entirely fake"

Scott Pilgrim physical edition sells 45,000 copies in three days

IO Interactive assures Hitman 3 players will not have to repurchase previous entries

How to localize a game video: A checklist for developers

Tomonobu Itagaki establishes new studio

Savage Game Studios raises $4.4m

Nintendo continues to prop up UK games retail | UK Boxed Charts

2020 sees record US games spending at $56.9bn | US Annual Report

YouTube channel GameXplain accused of overworking and underpaying staff

Celebrating one year of GamesIndustry.biz Academy

UK Games Careers Week debuts March 26th, 2021

2K international boss Murray Pannell departs

Epic Games takes legal action against Apple and Google in UK

Ubisoft's Riders Republic delayed to "later this year"

Games investments reached $33.6bn in 2020

Nintendo Switch accounted for 87% of consoles sold in Japan last year | Japan Annual Report

Activision Blizzard employees donate $1.6m to charity

Playtika IPO raises $1.88bn

The triumph of mobile core games heralds a demographic shift | Opinion

Nintendo and GTA 5 come top in big year for Australia game sales | Australia Annual Report

The return of Peter Moore

US environmental agency warns against Xbox Series X, PS5 energy consumption

505 Games acquires Infinity Plus Two

Chinese Switch sales expose a failure to counter the import market | Opinion

Nintendo blocks videos by Game & Watch hacker

The post-war road trip adventure of Yoan Fanise

Super Nintendo World opening on "indefinite hiatus"

Kuato raises £4.5m, expands to VR

CD Projekt apologizes again for Cyberpunk 2077 on consoles

Steam saw 21% more games sold in 2020

Hogwarts Legacy delayed to 2022

Glitch CEO launches early stage Moonrise Fund

GameFly introduces movies-only subscription

Newzoo sees mobile marketing upheaval in 2021

Lucasfilm and Ubisoft partner on Star Wars game

What we learned from PlayStation Vita | Podcast

Turtle Beach acquires Neat Microphones

Tencent confirms 1m Nintendo Switch shipments in China

Take-Two withdraws bid for Codemasters following EA offer of $1.2bn

Payload Studios launches incubator for underrepresented developers

Admix expands into the US and EMEA

How to enable cross-progression between generations and platforms

Core gamers generated 66% of mobile revenues in 2020

ESA PAC to pause political contributions following insurrection at US Capitol

Streamer TheGrefg breaks Twitch peak concurrent viewership records

Bethesda lands Indiana Jones license

What does 2021 hold for the African games industry?

B/HI acquired by Dolphin Entertainment

Genvid targets "a huge opportunity for game developers" with Rival Peak

GI 100 | Game Changers

Capcom security breach compromised personal data of 16,415 people

Riot Games and Bungie file joint lawsuit against cheatmakers

Dangen Entertainment settles dispute with Protoculture Games

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts has sold over one million copies

Twitter says gaming posts up 75% in 2020

Lucasfilm re-establishes Lucasfilm Games as home for all its gaming titles

Twitch, Facebook see best months for viewership yet in December

The end of Flash: What legacy will it leave behind?

GameStop holiday sales down 3.1% in 2020

Kwalee donates 100% of Teacher Simulator's UK profits for a week to FareShare

Check out our special podcast on in-game advertising with Facebook Audience Network

IronSource acquires Soomla

Maximum safety, minimum cost: How to launch your game on a new platform

Polish competition watchdog investigating Cyberpunk 2077

POC in Play co-founder forms Studio AC Games to create diverse titles

Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 raises $2.75m

43 million games sold in the UK in 2020 | UK Annual Report

Nintendo Switch dominates Top Ten as lockdown boosts game sales | UK Boxed Charts

Squanch CEO Tanya Watson steps down

What will a post-pandemic games industry look like? | This Week in Business

Kamini Tiwari joins Humble as VP of social impact | Jobs Roundup

Bublar Group acquires Plotagon for $1.86m

The future is digital -- right?

FTC wary of Apple and Google "squeezing developers"

Federal Trade Commission orders Tapjoy to better police fraudulent advertising

Tilt Five appoints chief operating officer and chief business officer

Forget power fantasies: pandemic-era players crave companionship | Opinion

Epic Acquires Rad Game Tools

Twitch suspends Trump account following insurrection at US Capitol

Playtika launches its IPO valued at approximately $1.6b

The Game Developer's Playlist: The Evil Within 2 with Xalavier Nelson Jr. | Podcast

Handheld hardships | 10 Years Ago This Month

Number of mobile gamers increased 50% in the UK due to COVID-19

Peter Moore: Ultimate Team is a "long way" from gambling

UK competition regulator to investigate Nvidia's takeover of Arm

Twitch pulls Pogchamp emote over link to Capitol siege supporter

How to bring blockbuster brands to the gaming world

Roblox to go public through direct listing, not IPO

Amazon's 2020 gaming best-sellers again led by gift cards, Switch games

Pixelles launches BIPOC Creator Program

People Can Fly, Square Enix delay Outriders to April 1

Koei Tecmo says it will sue over bootleg Dead or Alive video

The SpongeBob SquarePants effect: Why THQ Nordic is doubling down on licenses

Europeans say price-tag, discounts are most important when choosing games

Digital games spending reached $127 billion in 2020

Call of Duty: Mobile makes $14m in first week in China

Netflix ending Wii U, 3DS support on June 30

Honor of Kings foresees a borderless, mobile future

The Sinking City returns to stores as Nacon wins first decision in legal dispute

Minecraft Earth shutting down

A closer look at Raw Fury's publishing contract

Niantic acquires community gaming platform Mayhem

PS4 Pro and most other models discontinued in Japan

ITV invests in Roshambo Live team for TV pilot

Tencent and Huawei resolve revenue share dispute

Rust reaches new peak concurrent user count seven years after debut

Analysing the major mobile game design and feature trends of 2020

Nintendo acquires Next Level Games

Sony to launch PlayStation 5 in India in February

Google employees announce union open to all Alphabet workers

Football Manager 2021 fastest in franchise history to move 1m copies

Epic Games acquires shopping mall for new headquarters

Where do we go from here? Analysts give 2021 predictions

Koei Tecmo's sites offline following cyber attack

Apple removes 39,000 games from China store in biggest single-day takedown

How to map social media to your marketing funnel

Microsoft calls for Xbox drift lawsuit to be handled by arbitration

Fall Guys, Doom and Cyberpunk represent 2020 in Steam's top earners of the year

Animal Crossing: New Horizons ends 2020 at the top | UK Boxed Charts