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Survey finds virtues in virtue signalling | This Week in Business

Facebook acquires Downpour Interactive

Podcast: Vicarious to Velan, with Guha Bala | GI Live Online

Ubisoft hostage hoaxer continued to call in fake reports - Report

Epic acquires ArtStation

Fall Guys Switch and Xbox ports delayed

Deadline looms for our Best Places To Work Awards US

Beautiful games: Peter Moore on the intersection between sports and video games | GI Live Online

Google and 2K Games launch open source cloud storage system

Toys For Bob reportedly suffers layoffs as it moves to support Call of Duty Warzone

Riot Games contributes $1m to Wings fund

Gfinity acquires Fortnite fan site

Pokémon Snap | Critical Consensus

Wolfire Games files antitrust lawsuit against Valve

Sony's plan to compete with Xbox: Stay the course | Opinion

MTG loses money in Q1 despite greater revenues

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery reaches $300m in revenue

66% of gamers more likely to play socially responsible games

The next generation of spectator modes | Opinion

Gaggle Studios raises $2m

Microsoft lowers its share for Microsoft Store PC game sales

Discover a new advertising approach to help reach new players

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick takes 50% pay cut

US game sales up 30% during Q1 2021 | US Quarterly Report

PS5 sales surge in March across Europe | EMEAA Charts

Check out this new free white paper on building more profitable multiplayer games

Epic expected iOS to account for less than 6% of Fortnite revenue in 2020

Wildlife launches independent studio SuperWow Games

Scavengers is a showcase for Midwinter first, SpatialOS second

GOG reveals 1.39% refund rate

GDC Survey: 44% of developers have had their game delayed by COVID-19

Google's guide to growing your mobile games business

How IO Interactive realised its full vision for Hitman's World of Assassination trilogy

Riot issues cease-and-desist to League of Legends fan project

Remembering the original Pokémon Snap launch | UK Time Tunnel

PlayStation revenues near $25bn as PS5 ships 7.8m in five months

Microsoft game revenues up 50% in Q3

Azerion raises €200 million

2021 Q1 sees spike in investments, mergers and acquisitions

Blind Squirrel on balancing work-for-hire with original ambitions

Does a game need to sell at "full f**king price"? | Podcast

Publisher Super.com invests $3.5m into UK studio Bonsai Collective

Streamer Phantoml0rd wins three-year Twitch lawsuit

Knockout City will be available on Xbox Game Pass, EA Play at launch

EA hits out at "sensationalist reporting" following latest FIFA Ultimate Team controversy

Respawn and Oculus documentary wins an Oscar

Games developers invited to apply for UK Global Screen Fund from May

Leaked EA document says FIFA 21 is driving people to loot boxes

The challenges of porting Human: Fall Flat to mobile

Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 is No.1 in the UK | UK Boxed Charts

Why kids aren't just playing kids' games anymore and what that means for developers | Opinion

Johanna Faries named new Call of Duty general manager

Humble Bundle limits charity donations to 15%

People Can Fly acquires Phosphor Studios

Attitudes of Days Gone by| This Week in Business

Catharina Lavers Mallet takes over as Maxis boss

It Takes Two sells 1m copies

Olympics introduce first-ever VR sports competitions

Mr Men books are for children. Assassin's Creed is not and never should be | Opinion

League Of Legends skin raises $7m for charity

How to find a new audience for your mobile game

Super Nintendo World to temporarily close

Blaze Entertainment announces home gaming console

Mighty Kingdom launches $18m IPO

Online E3 has a hell of a lot to prove | Opinion

Xsolla acquires Slemma

Hades wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2021

CD Projekt refunded around 30,000 Cyberpunk 2077 copies

Epic Games Store adds Itch.io app

Sony testing PlayStation Plus film and TV offering

Post-IPO, PlaySide looks to call more of its own shots

PlayStation signs AAA multiplayer game from former Destiny veterans

EA announces Battlefield mobile game

The changing face of PlayStation is nothing to fear | Opinion

Multiverse raises $17m to fuel hybrid gaming platform

GameStop CEO reportedly due to receive $179m windfall

Keywords acquires Climax for up to £43m

Gearbox, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple oppose Texas anti-trans law

Frostpunk sells 3m copies worldwide

Call of Duty franchise hits 400m full-game sales

Free-to-play games on Xbox no longer require Live Gold subscription

Coffee Stain: Valheim's success was like trying to tip over a bathtub full of water

Mario Kart Tour exceeds $200m lifetime revenue

The keys to multilingual game development

Speaker submissions for Develop:Brighton are now open

How influencers are changing games media and working with | Bastion AFK Series

FIFA 21 returns to No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

Hades, Ghost of Tsushima, and Last of Us Part 2 lead GDC Award nominees

Focus Home Interactive acquires Streum On Studio

Call of Duty: Warzone hits 100 million players

Discord ends acquisition talks with Microsoft - Report

Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard

Microsoft's ID@Azure pitches cloud services to indies

Pragma raises $12m in Series A funding

Bandai Namco set to close Santa Clara office, employees asked to relocate

BitSummit set to return as an in-person event this September

Spiritfarer hits 500,000 copies sold

Scott Miller on relaunching Apogee Entertainment as indie publisher

Five reasons to take part in the US Best Places To Work Awards

Lightheart raises $6.8m in Series A funding

Weird West's narrative designer seeks a world without cutscenes

Ubisoft joins Tezos blockchain ecosystem

Rainbow Six Siege bundle raises $170,000 for AbleGamers

The black art of platform conversions: The gold master

Sony backtracks on shutting down PS3, Vita digital stores

Respawn reveals details on Apex Legends Mobile

Microsoft xCloud beta rolls out on iOS and PC tomorrow

Epic Games and the cost of entering a competitive market | Podcast

GameStop CEO stepping down this summer

An introduction to advertising on Reddit

Xbox controller drift lawsuit to be settled out of court

Nintendo files against alleged Team Xecuter leader Gary Bowser

Path of Exile developer apologises for granting streamers early access to expansion

Amazon cancels its Lord of the Rings game

The uncomfortable reality of benefiting from a pandemic | This Week in Business

App downloads up 8.7% in first quarter

US game spending up 18% to $5.6 billion in March, says NPD

A guide to GDPR requirements for mobile game developers

Square Enix denies rumours of acquisition activity

PUBG parent Krafton applies for IPO

Hitman developer IO Interactive opens Barcelona studio and eyes third-party publishing

Tim Sweeney is right - Epic losses on its Game Store are a good investment | Opinion

Watch GI Live today: Hitman developer CEO Hakan Abrak and making great game trailers

Devolver Digital, Steam and Wings triumph at the Indie Publishing Awards

CD Projekt's 2020 sales trounce previous full-year record

Asphalt franchise hits 1bn downloads

It took a pandemic to improve acceptance of video games in Italy

Sweeney and Cook set to testify at Apple vs. Epic Games trial

How Scopely's acquisition of FoxNext led to Boundless opportunity

Code Coven collaborates with IGDA and Grant for the Web on accelerator program

Jambox Games raises $1.1m to support independent developers in Southeast Asia

Watch GI Live today: Peter Moore, Human: Fall Flat, Velan Studios and the Indie Publishing Awards

AppLovin IPO raises $1.8bn

Capcom closing USA online store

Apex Legends hits 100m players globally

Microsoft tests removal of Xbox Live requirement for free-to-play games

PlayStation Network's 24 days of downtime | 10 Years Ago This Month

PlayStation details recyclable packaging for PS5

Coping with impostor syndrome

Ubisoft launches gTV channel in the UK

Twitch continues to grow in Q1 2021, but YouTube Gaming is lagging

New database of diversity resources PixAll launches

Game designers must be included in the conversation around tech ethics | Opinion

The Games Fund launches $50m early-stage investment fund

Starbreeze to relaunch Payday: Crime War with PopReach

ByteDance games division acquires Chinese developer C4games

Watch GI Live today: Minecraft, Sumo Digital, LEGO, iam8bit and much more

Activision permanently bans over 475,000 Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters

New PlayStation update adds USB storage and cross-generation Share Play

Epic raises $1b to pursue its metaverse

Games spending passes €2bn but audience has shrunk | Italy Annual Report

CD Projekt has no plans to shelve Cyberpunk 2077

Capcom confirms no credit card information was accessed during ransomware attack

The Five Games of Brenda Romero | Podcast

GameStop reportedly looking for new CEO

Oliver Twins unveil brand new studio Pavinox

Apple attempts to block Epic from calling witnesses in antitrust trial

Creative Assembly opens third UK studio

New research reveals growing number of older gamers

Activision takes Call of Duty Warzone trademark fight to court

Epic reportedly set to lose at least $330m in efforts to compete with Steam

Check out these games at GI Live: Online

Court overturns ruling against Quantic Dream over unfair dismissal

US State Department supports virtual exchange program to unite young developers globally

The secret to publishing games overseas: Be more local than locals

Tell Me Why and The Last of Us Part 2 joint winners at GLAAD Media Awards

Limit Break and Out Making Games partner on UK mentorship for all underrepresented groups

Nintendo to focus more on original IP

Animal Crossing: New Horizons reclaims No.1 spot | UK Boxed Charts

Never too late to learn something new | This Week in Business

CrazyLabs exceeds 4b downloads

Marketers underestimate users' privacy concerns - Survey

Wargaming opens new Lithuanian studio

Twitch sets new record with over 2b hours watched in March

Tripledot Studios raises $78 million

How weapon capabilities influence environmental design and player movement

Grid secures $10m in Series A funding

PlayStation 5 enjoys second biggest month so far | UK Monthly Boxed Charts

Outright Games' Q4 2020 revenue skyrockets to £22m

Could Apple and Google pull the plug on mobile game monetisation? | Opinion

Netflix lands streaming deal for Sony films, including Uncharted

Microids signs Smurfs license for four more games

Ubisoft names Anika Grant chief people officer

EA gets golf game exclusivity for The Masters

Deathloop delayed again to September

Muslim advocacy group calls on platform holders to not sell Six Days in Fallujah

Diversity & Inclusion in a Galaxy not so far away

Why next-gen consoles need next-gen faces

Download Our 'State of Console & PC Games Market Worldwide 2020' report for free

EA files dynamic difficulty system patent

Atari changes CEO and sets up separate Gaming and Blockchain divisions

Dontnod moves into third-party publishing

Twitch to punish misconduct that happens outside of Twitch

Pro Evolution Soccer 2021 mobile hits 400m downloads

Jenna Owens joins GameStop as chief operating officer | Jobs Roundup

Steam adds UTM analytics support

Death Stranding on PC drives Digital Bros' half-year results

The manifold challenges of localising Disco Elysium

Check out the full GI Live: Online schedule

How to integrate IP licensing into your marketing strategy

In-game spending on iPhone grew 43% in 2020 in the US

Microsoft adds touch controls to Xbox Cloud Gaming titles

Embracer completes Gearbox, Aspyr and Easybrain acquisitions

Sony's MLB: The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass was an MLB decision

Diversity is key to our industry's success | Opinion

Tencent's Timi Studios reportedly earned $10bn in 2020

Nearly 26% of Discord user reports in back half of 2020 were acted upon

Disney owns three of top five brands in US mobile games - Newzoo

Nintendo, Xbox and Ubisoft back digital-only E3 2021

Keywords opens new recording studio in Paris

Brazil launches inquiry to ban loot boxes

How to get a job as a narrative director

Loot boxes reported "structurally and psychologically akin to gambling"

Monster Hunter Rise shipments now at 5 million globally

Ubisoft acquires anti-cheat developer GameBlocks

FBI investigating match fixing in CS:GO

Play Ventures raises $135m to invest in game studios

GameStop issuing shares to cash in on stock surge

Outriders debuts at No.6 as FIFA 21 returns to No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

PlayStation store closures are a missed opportunity | This Week in Business

Certain Affinity hires Dan Ayoub to head Toronto studio

Consumers spend $32b on apps in Q1 2021 - App Annie

Activision DMCAs news outlet for reporting Call of Duty leak

IronSource's Supersonic Studios opens Chinese office

"Don't edit your games for Australia" | Opinion

nDreams unveils initiative to diversify UK talent pipeline

An introduction to UX writing for mobile

Limited Run and Iam8Bit join GI Live: Online

Analogue Pocket delayed to October

Microsoft's HoloLens military contract now worth up to $22bn

Nielsen to close down SuperData

The AR hype is building - but success may be years away | Opinion