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Facebook blocks Road 96 ad "for being political"

The GamesIndustry.biz Academy Jobscast: Recruitment and diversity

How to get a job in game design

The Activision Blizzard lawsuit: All the headlines

Activision Blizzard confirms former WoW director was fired over misconduct

Valve files for dismissal of Wolfire Games' antitrust lawsuit

Ubisoft group says Yves Guillemot has "sidelined" its demands as CEO responds to open letter

Forza Motorsport 7 to be removed from sale due to "end of life status"

Activision Blizzard's nasty frat-boy culture is an industry-wide ailment | Opinion

Animoca acquires Blowfish Studios in deal worth $25.8m

The Witcher: Monster Slayer reaches 1m downloads in a week

EB Games to rebrand as GameStop in Canada

Former Sega president Kenji Matsubara named CEO of SNK

Inside the unique aesthetics of the Tribeca Games Awards nominees

Krafton IPO expected to raise $3.75bn

NDreams opens second studio to make live service VR games

Best practices to hire and retain diverse talent | GDC 2021

How do you make hitting something fun?

Transforming Rocket League from premium game to free-to-play | GDC 2021

Ubisoft staff back Activision Blizzard protestors, call for industry-wide change

Activision Blizzard staff respond to Bobby Kotick statement

Kena: Bridge of Spirits pushed back to September

Riot Games' mobile titles generate over $100m

Dr. Mario World game shutting down in November

Facebook halts Oculus Quest 2 sales

Why Smilegate poured $100m into That's No Moon and its AAA veterans

Mobile studio UDO Games receives $420,000 in investment round

Shareholder rights law firm investigating Activision Blizzard

How to patch out implicit bias from your hiring process

Naughty Dog and Infinity Ward veterans create new studio That's No Moon

PS5 is the fastest-selling PlayStation as it hits 10m sales milestone

Xbox Series X|S are Microsoft's fastest-selling consoles ever as Q4 revenues hit $357m

How to get a job as a diversity and inclusion officer

World of Warcraft team promises changes following Activision Blizzard lawsuit

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick details action to address issues raised by lawsuit

Gaining observability over multiplayer games

Activision Blizzard employees reveals plans to walkout

PAX West to require COVID-19 vaccination proof

In the wake of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit | Podcast

Best Places To Work Awards Winner: Survios

Indian live social gaming platform Eloelo raises $2.1m in funding

Shawn Layden joins Streamline Media Group advisory board

Shawn Layden: Consolidation is the enemy of diversity

Death's Door hits 100,000 players in a week

Good Shepherd closes down investor portal

How to get a job as a community manager in games

Around 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard staff decry response to lawsuit

Hamleys opens new video games department

Industry veteran and Sumo director Ian Richardson dies aged 53

Spiltgate developer 1047 Games raises $10m in funding round

Amazon's New World beta sees over 200,000 players

How to not ruin your job interview

Jam City abandons plan to go public

Best Places To Work Awards Winner: Big Run Studios

Superhot VR update removes scenes that show self-harm

Alexis Kennedy calls for investigation into allegations against him

How to get a job in the games press

Former Activision Blizzard execs apologise for "failing" women

Tripledot Studios opens new Barcelona office

Get A Job In Games: Meet OPM

Death Stranding has sold five million copies on PS4 and PC

F1 2021 overtakes Zelda to claim pole position | UK Boxed Charts

Research finds popular games skirt Chinese loot box disclosure laws

Warcraft 3: Reforged devs blame company for lack of support - Report

Gaming outlets halt Activision Blizzard coverage

Thinking outside the Man Box

43% of developers report better work-life balance during pandemic

How to get a job as a creative director

Past harassment is still present | This Week in Business

Blizzard president addresses harassment, discrimination lawsuit

Three weeks left to win a UK GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards

Playdate pre-orders go live next week

Bungie speaks out against toxic studio cultures following Activision lawsuit

Netflix's games won't be the Netflix of Games

Epic acquires Sketchfab

Human: Fall Flat hits 30m copies shipped

Unity acquires SpeedTree creator

Skull and Bones devs detail troubled development - Report

Hades and Ghost of Tsushima triumph at GDC Awards 2021

Best Places To Work Awards Winner: Iron Galaxy Studios

Rovio wants fans of the feather to flock together

Improving your Onboarding | The GamesIndustry.biz Academy Jobscast

Leadership lessons from Satoru Iwata

Detroit: Become Human sells 6m units worldwide

Ubisoft wins lawsuit against DDoS attack operation

Lawsuit filed against Activision Blizzard for harassment and discrimination against women

Report details toxic culture, sexual harassment and racial pay disparity at Ubisoft Singapore

Avoid the mounting costs of multiplayer games with hybrid cloud

Zoom adds games to video meeting service

Neill Blomkamp named chief visionary officer of Gunzilla Games

"Crunch is a relic of the 20th Century" | 10 Years Ago This Month

Creative Chronicles: How to become a programmer

Ubisoft to end Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

Xsolla launches Xsolla Game Investment Platform

Best Places To Work Awards Winner: Parsec

Best practices for onboarding new recruits (without actually meeting them)

Free-to-play shooter Splitgate surpasses 600k downloads in launch week

Steam replacing Big Picture mode with Steam Deck UI

Konami replaces Pro Evolution Soccer with free-to-play eFootball

Netflix's games push in its "early stages", will focus on mobile at first

Ubisoft sales down 17% in first quarter

Tencent's TiMi opens new studio in Montreal

Keen Games raises $10m in Series B funding round

Xbox Series S/X and Nintendo Switch sales improve in June | UK Monthly Charts

Best Places To Work Awards Winner: Pragma Platform

Come and chat with industry peers at 'Just Another GDC Party'

Steam Deck could be a game changer for indies but it'll take a lot of work (from Valve, too)

Tilting Point raises $235m in funding

Automated App Ads: Seek new pools of players with a powerful automated solution from Facebook

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin ships 1 million units worldwide

Over 50% of households in the US own a games console

How to make your video games resume, portfolio, and job application stand out

IGDA issues call to action on blockchain

Tencent takes majority stake in Stunlock Studios

Switch OLED vs Steam Deck: The (non) battle of the new handhelds

Take-Two delivering takedowns over Grand Theft Auto map mods

Pipeline raises $2m in a seed funding

GDC 2022 announced as in-person event

How to get a job as a game producer

Scopely invests $50m in European game studios

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is the fourth Zelda to reach No.1 | UK Boxed Charts

Can Steam Deck succeed where the Machines failed? | Podcast

Steam Deck reservations moved back to Q2 and Q3 2022

No new model planned for Switch as Nintendo denies OLED margin increase

Tencent to buy Crackdown and Sackboy developer Sumo in $1.3bn deal

Ubisoft delays Rainbow Six Extraction and Riders Republic

French union files collective lawsuit against Ubisoft

How to brush up your CV ahead of a careers fair

Essential facts about the ESA's Essential Facts | This Week in Business

Hardware sales double as June game spending rises 5% | US Monthly Charts

Google wants to help Stadia partners "create their own success" (and Stadia's in the process)

Women in Games Festival unveiled for September 2021

Xbox, Activision, EA and more confirmed for Gamescom 2021

Free Fire passes one billion downloads on Google Play

How to get a job as a video games tester

Get A Job In Games: Meet Kwalee

Valve unveils Steam Deck PC gaming handheld

Phil Spencer voices concern on the state of game preservation

Genvid Holdings closes $113m in Series C funding round

Watch How To Be A Game Developer with Creative Assembly and Sumo Digital

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Critical Consensus

The GamesIndustry.biz Academy Jobscast: Recruiting the next generation

NBA 2K franchise features first female cover athlete

How to work with graduates and students

Netflix hires new VP of game development

Auto-aim cheat tool shuts down at Activision request

Somerville is Chris Olsen's game, and it is not a puzzle platformer

Resolution Games closes $25m Series C funding

How to succeed at a games industry job interview

Ubisoft, Ustwo, Wooga among Green Game Jam 2021 winners

Ghostwire: Tokyo delayed to 2022

Conflict minerals and the challenge of not funding human rights abuses

Xbox Family Settings App update adds ways to limit children's spending

Michael Tong named chief strategy officer of FunPlus | Jobs Roundup

Stadia introducing 70% revenue share for Pro subscription

Dead Cells mobile reaches over 2m units sold in China

Shiro launches indie publishing label

How to get a job in game art

"Feast and famine": How the pandemic influenced games public relations

Sumo opens second studio in Canada

Making Genshin Impact shine on everything from mobile to PS5

A brief guide to becoming a concept artist

Google launches Android Game Development Kit

Ustwo's Alba wins Game of the Year at Games for Change Awards

Australian legislator to propose loot box law

Is E3 now too streamlined?

Google sued by 37 US states over Play Store monopoly

Biden calls for net neutrality restoration

Out with the new, in with the OLED | Podcast

French developer associations Bordeaux Games and AngoulemeJV merge

FIFA and Madden next-gen upgrades exclusive to higher-priced special editions

How to nail your application for a job in games

How Scavengers is launching across multiple platforms and stores with cross-play

Man arrested in Japan for selling modified Zelda save files

Epic Games wins appeal against Apple in Australia

Summer Games Done Quick raises over $2.8m

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart returns to No.1 after PS5 stock boost | UK Boxed Charts

Game Builder Garage and Mario Golf lead Japanese software sales for June

Twitch and Facebook see an increase of 4% for Q2

Won't somebody think of the children? | This Week in Business

Xbox and Bethesda donate $10,000 to charity in honor of Fallout's dog

What to do (and not to do) when networking and building your contact book

Ubisoft at "high risk" of losing talent after abuse allegations

BAFTA announces winners of 2021 Young Game Designers competition

SciPlay acquires casual developer Koukoi Games

Nintendo's Switch strategy is increasingly handheld-focused | Opinion

Respawn, Virtuos, Iam8bit and more triumph at 2021 US Best Places To Work Awards

Arrowiz still aiming high, even if the target has changed

Watch the US Best Places To Work Awards right here

Roblox pens deal to feature Sony music artists

The State of Recruitment | GamesIndustry.biz Academy Jobscast

How China's political influence is changing game development

Resident Evil Village sells 4.5m copies globally

Tencent using facial recognition to crack down on kids playing games at night

Tips for a successful interview in the games industry

Scene raises £600,000 in seed round for animation software Cavalry

Konami cancels contract with FC Barcelona player

DICE LA rebrands to Ripple Effect

Ubisoft pivoting Assassin's Creed to live service approach

Our Machinery plans to "take a significant chunk of the engine market"

Indonesia Minister calls for Fortnite ban over user-generated content

How to become a voice actor for video games

Amazon Lumberyard goes open source

Minecraft implements age restrictions in South Korea

Frank Sagnier and Rashid Varachia step down from Codemasters

How to get a job as a narrative director

Why Avalanche's Contraband will debut on Game Pass (besides money)

Nintendo unveils new Switch OLED model

How to get a job as a games writer

Tencent-driven DouYu and Huya merger blocked by Chinese antitrust regulator

Nintendo reapplies for permanent injunction against RomUniverse's owner

A brief guide to writing for video games

Pokémon Go's lifetime revenue hits $5 billion

Focus on the magic: how we found the freedom to create Scavengers

Guardians of the Galaxy's guiding design decisions

Atari Gaming moving away from free-to-play and mobile games

Pixel Federation opens new office in Czech Republic

The Five Games of Warren Spector | Podcast

Everything you need to know about the UK's Kickstart scheme

Riot releases royalty-free album for streamers

PlayStation's spending spree is radically different to Xbox's | Opinion

Game deals for H1 2021 almost double total 2020 investments

Mario Golf retains No.1 and Zelda: Breath of the Wild returns to Top Ten | UK Boxed Charts

Buzz Capital invests in Fundamentally Games and Dream Harvest

Twitter turmoil for Sony | This Week In Business

How Super Rare Shorts aims to fuel small developers with physical-only launches

EA and Hi-Rez partner with in-game advertising platform

Brenda Romero's tips for building your personal brand

MTG acquires PlaySimple in $510m deal

Rockstar's Dan Houser reportedly founds new studio Absurd Ventures In Games

Humble Bundle will no longer let users donate 100% to charity

Layoffs at Love Island developer Fusebox Games as it shifts to co-development

How to get a job in the games industry

Sony's PS Plus missteps risk the PS5's consumer image | Opinion

Facebook Gaming's cloud service has 1.5m monthly players

Team17 acquires educational games studio StoryToys for $26.5m

Nintendo denies claims of forced labour in supply chain

Sony acquires Nixxes Software

Take-Two acquires facial animation firm Dynamixyz

Understanding and supporting neurodiversity in the workplace

VR studio Fast Travel Games raises over $4m

Singularity 6 raises $30m to fund debut MMO game

The Last of Us: Part 2 is better for not giving players what they want | Why I Love

Mobile gamers have spent nearly $45bn in 2021 so far

Welcome to Get A Job In Games month

Drop Fake raises $9m in seed funding

Esports organisation Gamesquare acquires Complexity Gaming