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Court upholds jury's decision in Steam Controller patent dispute

CD Projekt's first full quarter since Cyberpunk 2077 release sees sales up 2%

Twitch warns of more music industry DMCA claims

Iam8bit on keeping physical alive in the age of downloads | GI Live Online

Syberia author and artist Benoît Sokal dies

What next from Epic vs Apple? | Podcast

A taxing look at EA's annual report | This Week in Business

Patricia Hernandez named new Kotaku editor-in-chief

Epic vs Apple - Week Three In Review: Who will the judge find in favour?

How to get the most out of digital events

Monster Hunter Rise has shipped 7 million units

Ubisoft's Owlient studio managers step down

Borderlands 3 cross-play is on the way, but PlayStation is not included

Console IP remains a bad fit on mobile | Opinion

Aurora Punks adds WhyKev

Ex-People Can Fly devs form new studio Gruby Entertainment

Ultimate Team modes make up 29% of EA's business

IGN management says pulled Palestine charity post was editorial decision

April ends 13 months of US games growth | US monthly charts

CD Projekt appoints new game director for Cyberpunk

Double Loop Games raises $8m in Series A funding

The last white whale of the games industry: why game dev veterans are creating games for Connected TV

How audio brought The Last Of Us: Part 2 to life

Zordix acquires Merge Games

Zynga on ad tracking changes, acquisitions and console ambitions

Crystal Dynamics opens Austin studio

Resident Evil Village ships over 4m copies

Switch Pro will reportedly launch in September, replace standard model

Gaming social platform Noice raises $5m

PlayStation targets over 50% of the games console market with PS5

Microsoft announces merged Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase

US grows to account for 28% of all 2020 mobile spending - Sensor Tower

No BlizzCon in 2021

Unreal Engine 5 launches in Early Access

How Tencent gave Splash Damage the "cheat codes for game development"

CD Projekt still unsure when Cyberpunk will return to PlayStation store

Industry veterans Rich Keen and Bradley Crooks join Curve

What can Dragon Quest 12 learn from a 2008 Nintendo DS game?

EA chairman Larry Probst stepping down

Fnatic targets Japanese expansion following $17m investment

The 'combo' era: how GaaS, subscriptions, and IAP mesh on PC/console

Valve reportedly making handheld Steam PC

Politician pushes for ban on India's PUBG replacement

Biomutant | Critical Consensus

Resident Evil: Village beats Miitopia to No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

Miniclip acquires Supersonic Software

Building a better Minecraft - and a better world | GI Live Online

1047 Games raises $6.5 million

Knockout City hits 2m players

Tencent acquires 3.8% stake in Remedy

Rockstar Games launches record label

Sony temporarily shuts down LittleBigPlanet servers amid ongoing attacks

Epic, Apple make their closing statements as three-week antitrust trial comes to an end

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says “considerable progress has been made” since abuse allegations

Aerial Knight's Never Yield: A solo developer's journey of self-actualization

Allergic To Buzzwords | Podcast

Sensor Tower acquires ad intelligence platform Pathmatics

Italy introduces tax credit for game studios

How to engage fans before launch

Tim Cook: Having third-party app stores on iOS would be "terrible"

Twitch adds over 350 new tags related to gender, race, mental health and… hot tubs

Netflix looking to "do more with interactive entertainment"

GAME sells Insomnia Gaming Festival organiser to Supernova Capital

Tim Cook doesn't know stuff | This Week in Business

What does Disney want in a development partner?

Take-Two's Zelnick says the industry's pandemic boost is permanent

Apple software engineering head explains core differences between iPhone and Mac security

Podcast: Let's get physical, with Iam8bit | GI Live Online

The MIX celebrates Black developers with Black Voices in Gaming Freshman Class

Game Pass on Switch: could it happen? | Opinion

Embracer Group has had acquisition talks with 150 more companies

Stillalive opens new Finland studio

What's next for VR? | GI Live Online

ByteDance CEO stepping down

Help those affected by the Israel-Gaza conflict

Apple asks court to disregard Epic's iOS "essential facility" complaint

Apple spent $1m on Fortnite marketing, earned "over $100m" in commission

Didn't we already fix this? Why you keep seeing the same bugs in localization QA

Jam City reportedly going public at $1.2 billion valuation

Square Enix sees Outriders as "next major franchise" as it hits 3.5m players

TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design reforms with original founders

Focus Home Interactive raises €70m in share offering

Vungle acquires TreSensa

Android ad spending spikes after Apple rolls out iOS privacy feature

Survey says 59% of women hide gender to avoid harassment while gaming online

Take-Two's Zelnick skeptical about metaverse and cryptocurrency

Ex-Monolith VP Kevin Stephens starting new EA studio

Starbreeze 4.0: How the Payday studio escaped the brink of insolvency

Geoff Keighley: "The feedback from everyone is that they want these games shows all together"

Iteration and social trends: The keys to successfully entering the hypercasual market

62% of all App Store revenue is generated from game transactions

Apple execs don't know if the App Store is profitable, "don't deny that it likely is"

IGDA partners with ESA to promote indies at E3 2021

Riot suspends Valorant pro for refusal to cooperate in investigation

Take-Two hits $3.37bn revenue in record year

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey sells 1m copies

Bad Robot Games raises more than $40m in Series B funding

IGN staff "appalled" by removal of post calling for Palestinian aid

Mojang prepares for life after Minecraft | 10 Years Ago This Month

Epic vs Apple - Week Two In Review: Does the judge have a solution in mind?

Blaseball developers raises $3m in funding

Epic Games suing AR firm Nreal over trademark violation

Ubisoft has reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations

What can we do to stop the PS5 and Xbox scalpers?

Epic vs Apple trial will only affect 17% of iOS games

Lisa Opie appointed managing director at Ubisoft Reflections and Leamington Studios

Devolver Digital reportedly preparing IPO at £1bn valuation

Twitch introduces local subscription pricing

Bring back Ape Escape | Podcast

IGN, Game Informer express, retract support for Palestinian civilians

WarnerMedia to join with Discovery in $43bn deal

Resident Evil 5 still the top horror | UK Time Tunnel

Kasedo acquires majority stake in Bulwark

Microsoft aims to avoid Xbox Series scalping with Console Purchase Pilot

New eBay restrictions prohibit the sale of sexually explicit games

The game rating problem you don't want, and how to mitigate it

Madfinger Games secures $5 million investment from Nuverse

More than half a million Call of Duty Warzone accounts permanently banned

PS5 stock influx boosts Spider-Man: Miles Morales sales | UK Boxed Charts

The cannibalization takeaway | This Week in Business

Bohemia revenue up 10% for 2020

Xbox Series X|S set to launch in China in June

What is a game?

Podcast: Human Fall Flat's journey to 25m sales | GI Live Online

Looking for the signal: Subscription app tips for iOS 14.5

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut finally cleared for release in Australia

Ubisoft's free-to-play turn could be the new normal for big franchises | Opinion

Epic grills Apple expert on "frictionless" outside-app spending

Allstar raises $3.85m in seed funding

Square Enix sales reach record $3bn

Gaming carries Sega Sammy through difficult year

Google says Stadia is "alive and well"

Nintendo Switch comes out top in April as PS5 stock slows | UK Monthly Charts

Easily engage influencer audiences without overextending resources

Nintendo Switch production plans "uncertain" as semiconductor crisis continues

Hidden Leaf Games raises $3.2m to fuel debut MOBA

Sony, Nintendo, Roblox, Spotify and more request Epic vs Apple judge seal sensitive documents

Bandai Namco revenues reach $6.8bn in pandemic year

Mobile drives Konami full-year revenues to $2.48bn

Gigabyte shares drops after dig at "low quality" Chinese manufacturers

Developing games for low-vision players

Nexon Q1 revenue up 7%, but warns of near-term challenges

Blizzard and Epic vets form Lightforge Games

Sony has 25 first-party PS5 games in the works

Ubisoft stresses it is not reducing AAA efforts

Playtika revenues jump 20%

Apptopia raises $20m in Series C funding

Apple rejected 1 million "problematic" apps last year

Making platforming pop: How Sumo built Sackboy's music levels

Hiro Capital leads investment in Twin Suns Corp and Frvr

How invention and innovation has been the driving force for Guha Bala | GI Live Online

UK class action lawsuit targets Apple's "anti-competitive practices"

Unity reports strong Q1 2021, but losses widen

Entries open for Develop:Star Awards 2021

Esports organisation INTZ opens games studio

US tech giants call for funding to solve semiconductor shortage

Epic vs Apple creates uncertainty | Podcast

EA leans on Apex Legends and live services in fourth quarter

EA Play Live set for July 22

Ubisoft posts record sales yet again, delays Skull & Bones yet again

THQ Nordic acquires Kaiko, Appeal, and Massive Miniteam

Roblox's first quarterly report sees bookings, losses soar

Adopt Me developers unveil new studio, Uplift Games

Epic vs Apple - Week One Review: Epic still faces an "uphill battle"

CEO says Paradox "can do better" as Q1 profits plummet

Starbreeze's Q1 losses shrink 95% to $505,000

Resident Evil Village shifts 3m copies worldwide

Epic Games claims Fortnite is at "full penetration" on console

Download the five big challenges facing game developers in 2021 whitepaper

Developer wins against Grand Theft Auto DMCA takedown

13% of iOS users opt-in to app tracking worldwide

Resident Evil: A masterclass in reinvention

SpecialEffect joins Best Places To Work Awards as charity partner

Resident Evil: Village is the third biggest PS5 launch so far | UK Boxed Charts

Capcom reports fourth consecutive year of record high profits

First-party Ubisoft titles will now be branded as ”Ubisoft Originals”

Activision no longer working with Call of Duty actor after hateful sexist comments

Supercell ordered to pay Gree $92m in lawsuit

Apple questions credibility of Xbox testimony

Epic reportedly offered $200m to Sony for PlayStation exclusives

Voodoo surpasses 5bn downloads

How to start hypercasual games production from scratch

Epic v. Apple shows games industry at its most absurd | This Week in Business

Genesis Noir nabs four nominations in 2021 IGF Awards

Yoshinori Ono joins DelightWorks as president and representative director| Jobs Roundup

GamesAid raises £70,000 for multiple charities

How Women in Gaming survived its publisher's demise

Tribeca Film Festival holds its first-ever games award

Epic vs Apple: What we've learned so far

Podcast: IO's independence, with Hakan Abrak | GI Live Online

Ubisoft announces free-to-play The Division game

"I felt that I had no choice," says Wolfire CEO about Valve antitrust lawsuit

Sony's cross-play deal seems a smart solution to a complex problem | Opinion

FTC has looked into Epic's handling of children's personal information

Global games market to generate $175 billion in 2021- Newzoo

Resident Evil Village | Critical Consensus

Nintendo appointing Despicable Me studio head to board of directors

Outright Games launches mobile division

Metacore secures €150m credit line from Supercell

E3 confirms Sega, Square Enix, Bandai Namco and more

Project Liberty: What happens if Epic wins lawsuit against Apple?

USC Games launches fund to support Black and Indigenous students

Lost Ember developer launches publishing label Mooneye Indies

Activision Blizzard wins patent lawsuit after nine years

Tencent in talks with US Committee to retain Epic and Riot stakes

Humble Bundle rolls back plans to remove charity sliders

Nintendo reports record full-year profits as Switch nears 85m units sold

Sony facing lawsuit over PlayStation Store exclusivity

Australia introduces tax break for games

EA acquires Super Mega Baseball developer Metalhead Software

Zynga acquiring Chartboost for $250m

Three key discoverability takeaways from the Epic/Apple lawsuit

Gamescom pivots back to digital-only event

Brazilian games market to hit $2.3bn in 2021 - Newzoo

Six additional staff leave Stadia to join Haven Studios

Can Returnal pave the way for $70 AAA roguelikes? | Podcast

Sumo Group CEO: "We're only as good as the last game we make" | GI Live Online

Tim Sweeney unsure how an Epic win would impact non-gaming apps

Epic pushed for subscription-free multiplayer on Xbox ahead of Apple battle

Navarro, Caravella and Shoemaker to leave Giant Bomb

Hypercasual UA and ad monetization in a post-IDFA world

Slegdehammer Games announces new studio opening in Toronto Canada

Call of Duty, King push Activision Blizzard to record Q1 revenues

The Witcher 3 director leaves CD Projekt

Stadia head of product has departed Google

Take part in the US Best Places To Work Awards and receive free job postings

League of Legends animated series lands at Netflix

Epic vs Apple trial began with influx of fans shouting “free Fortnite”

Carry1st raises $6m in Series A funding round

Xbox: Democratising game development is important for society

Fortnite made $9bn in two years

Epic expects Epic Games Store to be profitable by 2024

Sony charges developers for cross-platform play, court documents reveal

An introduction to iOS 14.5 and its impact for mobile developers

Blizzard moves to block Fox's Diablo trademark

Epic, Apple trade shots in opening statements

Sony announces Discord integration into PlayStation Network

Microsoft reportedly considered lowering its revenue share on Xbox game sales

Solving the marketing mystery of Loop Hero

Official PlayStation Magazine re-launches as Play

GameStop opening new US east coast fulfillment center

Konami skipping E3 2021

Returnal | Critical Consensus

New Pokémon Snap launch is four times bigger than original | UK Boxed Charts