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Jeaneane Falkler appointed president of Technicolor Games| Jobs Roundup

Report: 53% of game writers have experienced or seen bullying at work

Fawzi Mesmar joins Ubisoft as VP of editorial

Nintendo updates policies to increase push for diversity

Why Jagex is helping a RuneScape player make an idle game based on its flagship RPG

Hiring to address diversity

Farming Simulator 22 breaks series records with 1.5m sold in first week

Africa Games Week pushed back to 2022

Mainframe Industries raises €20m for "cloud-native MMO"

Pokémon Unite named the best game at Google Play awards

Zordix acquires Maximum Games for $42m

CD Projekt sales up but GOG struggles

Why didn't people buy Call of Duty this year? | GI Asks

How to place virtual objects in the real world convincingly

Steam reaches record-breaking 27 million concurrent users

Nordisk acquires Flashbulb Games

Mario Kart 8 returns to No.1 as Nintendo Switch rules Black Friday | UK Boxed Charts

ReedPop restructures editorial leadership team

Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope named Game of the Year at TIGA Awards 2021

Pass the gravy, it's time to give thanks | This Week in Business

Finding a publisher in a pandemic: How to stand out in a sea of Zoom calls and digital events

Epic Games adds retro cloud gaming service Antstream Arcade to store

Tencent expands global publishing team with new marketing director

Dragon Age senior creative director leaves BioWare

Game remasters must respect creative history, not just make a fast buck | Opinion

Report: PUBG: New State brings in $2.6m in first week

Sponsored: Free white paper on growing your mobile business beyond the app stores

Meet the therapist making a 'therapeutic psychedelic trip through your smartphone'

Roblox 101: Adopt Me developer's tips on finding success

Moon Active lands $300m in funding

Roblox suing banned player for fraud and breach of contract

Government suspends Tencent from updating or launching apps in China

Waysun takes majority share of Boss Bunny

The biggest Pokémon game launches in UK history | UK Time Tunnel

Psygnosis and Imagine Software co-founder David Lawson has died

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes become second biggest Switch launch in Japan

Polymega adds N64 emulation module

StreamElements announces 2021 Creator Diversity Program recipients

Enthusiast Gaming acquires U.GG parent company in $45m deal

GameStop's head in the clouds | 10 Years Ago This Month

Atari invests in Anstream, may buy MobyGames

How Solar Ash took Heart Machine out of its comfort zone

Electronic Arts and Internet Matters release Christmas console set-up guide as part of parental awareness campaign

Zynga VP of global communications Sarah Ross dies

Indie publisher Plug In Digital raises $75m in Series B

Lawsuit accuses Sony Interactive Entertainment of gender discrimination

ESA on Activision Blizzard: “Harassment must never be tolerated”

Epic Games acquires Harmonix

Ayzenberg Group forms publisher A List Games

Microids opens new studio in China

North Carolina establishes fund to attract esports events

Miniclip at 20: "I think the console experience was an abject failure for us"

“We challenged our team to make FIFA on the water”: Dovetail's Bassmaster dream

Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million in funding round

TinyBuild acquires Versus Evil and Red Cerberus in $31.3m deal

Netflix hires VP of game studios

Activision Blizzard creates Workplace Responsibility Committee

Nintendo's Doug Bowser comments on "distressing" Activision reports, calls on ESA to strengthen stance

4Players redefines in-game voice ready for the metaverse

Niantic raises $300m at a $9bn valuation for "real-world metaverse"

Sub-Saharan African gamers have grown from 77m to 186m in six years

Ghost Gaming acquires One Percent

Report: Video game hardware to reach $135bn by 2026

'Why should indie developers be a jack of all trades?'

Frontier lowers revenue expectations after slow start for Jurassic World Evolution 2

Kojima Productions launches new film, TV and music division

Five things you need to consider when starting a games studio

Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $400m milestone

Arcane: League of Legends renewed for second season

Judge dismisses Wolfire's antitrust lawsuit against Valve

Bobby Kotick reportedly considering resignation if workplace issues aren't fixed "with speed"

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl is the second biggest boxed game launch of 2021 | UK Boxed Charts

Girls Who Code ends partnership with Activision Blizzard

Nintendo partners with Panda Global to launch Super Smash Bros. circuit

Rockstar apologises for technical issues in GTA Definitive Edition

Survey: 82% of people's work output was up or stayed the same working from home

Streamlabs accused of plagiarism

Has Bobby Kotick learned anything? | This Week in Business

UK government to make all use of mobile phones while driving illegal

Hideo Kojima: The making of a video game auteur

PlayStation 5 owners prefer boxed games to downloads

Forza Horizon 5 breaks Xbox and Game Pass launch records

Leaf Mobile to join London Stock Exchange

Kotick's poor decision-making has only deepened Activision Blizzard's crisis

Sponsored: The power of in-game voice chat

Nordisk Games takes majority stake in Star Stable

Aristocrat Digital rebrands to Pixel United

IndieBI raises $3m in funding round

Phil Spencer "evaluating" Xbox relationship with Activision Blizzard following Kotick allegations

More than 700 Activision Blizzard staff and contractors request Kotick's exit

Ubisoft renews theme park ambitions with first Ubisoft Entertainment Center in 2025

Games industry PR veteran Jonathan Fargher dies aged 46

Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic plots new studios following major Tencent investment

2021 delays show pandemic's biggest impact on games

Phil Spencer calls for industry to work on 'legal emulation'

GTA modding group fights back against Take-Two takedown

Embracer games sales up 89%, group expecting 37 M&A within 12 months

Activision staff question whether zero tolerance policy applies to Kotick

Group of Activision Blizzard shareholders call for Kotick's exit

Sony's Jim Ryan critical of Activision Blizzard response to Kotick report

DreamCraft raises $10m in Series A funding round

Blizzard's Oneal contests her co-lead's explanation of pay disparity

One Special Day 2021 raises record-breaking $800,000

New World Interactive: How IMS server operations enable greater cost management

Phil Spencer says some NFT games feel "more exploitive than about entertainment"

Essential design features to help PC and console games succeed on mobile

UK competition watchdog starts in-depth investigation of Nvidia's Arm acquisition

Saints Row delayed to August 2022

Deathloop and Ratchet & Clank dominate Game Awards 2021 nominations

Ampere: Xbox Series S outselling Series X in key markets

Ubisoft opens fourth Quebec studio

Xbox Studios' Cox on ethical monetization: "Design to reduce regret"

Activision Blizzard board gives Kotick a vote of confidence

Activision Blizzard employee group calls for Kotick's ouster

Dubit raises $8m in funding round

Report: Activision Blizzard's Kotick knew of sexual misconduct issues for years

Report: Cloud gaming to surpass $13.5bn by 2026

Giving up the Ghostrunner

Microsoft pledges to fix word filter in Forza Horizon 5

Looking back at 20 years of Xbox | Podcast

Million Victories raises $3m in Series A funding

What to consider when making the leap from AAA to indie

Sponsored: Check out Improbable's latest free white paper on service-based games management

The Elder Scrolls 6 confirmed as Xbox and PC exclusive

Thunderful acquires Early Morning Studio

Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo opens new Montreal studio

Twitch viewership increases 19% year-over-year for October

Xbox's big nostalgia moment is still to come | Opinion

Forza Horizon 5 crosses the line at No.4 | UK Boxed Charts

Private Division acquires developer Roll7

How Xbox is still changing the games industry

How Xbox changed the games industry

Gfinity revenue up 27% year-over-year, losses down 50%

Nvidia CEO expects global chip shortage to last into next year

Sumo Group pledges to become carbon neutral by 2025

UK Call of Duty launch sales down 40% year-on-year

Metaverse apps to generate over $3bn in 2022 - App Annie

Remedy announces new studio in Sweden

Dragon Ball Fighterz sells over 8 million units

Assassin's Creed writer and narrative director returns to Ubisoft

US game spending grows 16% to $4.6bn in October, says NPD | US monthly charts

Let's look at Facebook's Meta trademark | This Week in Business

Hadi raises $5m in funding to create casual mobile games

Battlefield 2042 | Critical Consensus

Remedy profit plummets as Control royalties decline

Activision apologies for disrespectful use of Quran in Call of Duty: Vanguard

Starbreeze net sales up to almost $4m

Unity's Weta acquisition doesn't need the Metaverse to make sense | Opinion

Digital Bros revenue drops 36% due to lack of new releases

Playdate delayed to early next year

Far Cry dev Dan Hay leaving Ubisoft

Report: Tencent acquires majority stake in Ninjala studio parent

The legacy of Grand Theft Auto 3: Grown-up video games and a template for the open world

Four things we've learned from the Digital Foundry developer series

How to grow a work-for-hire business

Riot Games donates $10k each to 30 non-profit organisations

Tencent international revenue up, China's regulations limit domestic growth

Sony reportedly cuts PS5 targets for the year amidst component shortages

Apple denied delay on App Store changes

Valve delays Steam Deck

Miniclip appoints Saad Choudri as CEO

Analyzing an indie F2P success on Steam

Edgegap raises $7m in Series A funding

Nintendo Switch back at No.1 after OLED launch | UK Monthly Charts

Playtertainment raises $5m in funding round

What does Zynga see in blockchain?

Sony launches PlayStation Direct stores in Germany and the UK

Activision Blizzard contractors granted better salary and PTO

Unity acquires VFX platform Weta for $1.6bn

Forza Horizon 5's launch day was biggest ever for Xbox Game Studios

Cloud Imperium to open Manchester studio

Why we're still buying Skyrim | Podcast

Nexon reports mobile game revenue down 44% for Q3

Swedish games industry makes $3.8bn in 2020 while workforce grows

Roblox revenues surpass $500m in Q3, bookings up 28%

Denuvo DRM renders legitimate games temporarily unplayable

2K acquires Elite3D

AudioMob raises $14m in Series A funding

Q-Games acquires The Tomorrow Children IP from Sony

Bringing League of Legends to life: Secret Cinema's first games experience

Why you should attend WN Seattle and North America Online '21 this month

Zynga reports revenues of $705m in Q3

Call of Duty is No.1 but physical sales continue to slow | UK Boxed Charts

Deathloop director Dinga Bakaba now head of Arkane Lyon

Sega Sammy lowers sales forecast slightly despite gains in first half

Zynga hires a VP of blockchain gaming

Niantic begins licensing its AR tech

VR to be a $51bn market by 2030, says GlobalData

Revealed: Just who are the best games companies to work for in Canada?

Call of Duty: Vanguard | Critical Consensus

Mod.io raises $26m in Series A funding

Watch the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards Canada right here

Arkane Lyon director on leaving violent stealth for children's educational games

Should you grow your games company? Four questions to help you decide

A Better Ubisoft calls for public support in new petition

Final Fantasy 14 Endwalker expansion delayed to December 7

Metal Gear Solid titles temporarily pulled from digital stores

Ubisoft increases pay at Canadian studios to provide "competitive employer offer"

Atari loses case against Redbubble

Gaming investment, M&A activity continue tracking well above 2020

Annapurna names Nathan Gary as president

Meta Company alleges Facebook infringed upon its name

Has Call of Duty finally peaked? | This Week in Business

Why the games industry must play its part in battling climate change | Opinion

Nintendo to open new store in Osaka

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened makes $228 million in two months

Slight dip for Square Enix as net sales suffer in comparison to Final Fantasy 7 Remake launch

Devolver Digital acquires Dodge Roll, Nerial and Firefly Studios

Baseless NFT hype hits a crescendo - but play-to-earn is worth watching | Opinion

EA Sports delays PGA Tour

EA CEO weighs in on FIFA and NFTs

Forza Horizon 5 | Critical Consensus

Robot Teddy acquisition and new investment arm make Thunderful "a 360-degree" games firm

Take-Two CEO down on metaverse, but a 'big believer' in NFTs

Sony's Vita trademark partly revoked for non-use in EU

Square Enix president says Marvel's Avengers had a "disappointing outcome"

Nintendo Switch sales down 34% in H1, total units sold hit 92.8 million

Devolver Digital valued at $950m as it floats on London Stock Exchange

Google allows third party payment systems in South Korea

EA Sports, Apex Legends push EA's second quarter up sharply

Armor Games shares four-day work week findings

Midnight Suns delayed to back half of 2022

League of Legends esports remains unprofitable - report

"Surely you can do better than this" | Podcast

Three community-led ways to promote equity and make better games

Keywords opens new studio in Canada

Square Enix removes paid XP boosts from Marvel's Avengers

Glitch's Moonrise Fund backs first three studios

Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 delayed

Jen Oneal leaves Activision Blizzard

King, Blizzard push Activision Blizzard to Q3 growth

Netflix launches a streaming service of games

Gamigo reports that it has reached carbon neutrality

Niantic to shut down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in 2022

Insomniac's Ted Price: Games studios must break the habit of brute-forcing through problems

How to get a job in the games industry

Beamable raises over $10m in funding

Statespace acquires ProGuides

Gaming arm Nuverse one of six pillars in reorganised ByteDance

Switch production reportedly drops 20% due to supply shortages

Roblox devs Splash raises $20m in series A

Temple Running the gamut of brand extensions

Gary Bowser changes plea to guilty in Team Xecuter piracy case

Tencent targets AAA with TiMi Studios' Honor of Kings: World

Mobile game developers are finding big success on AppGallery, and so can you

How to get a job as a game programmer

Sega and Microsoft exploring cloud partnership to boost Sonic publisher's development

League of Legends: Wild Rift generates over $150m

PAX South cancelled "for the foreseeable future"

Roblox blames "subtle bug" for three-day outage

A Better Ubisoft group says publisher "offers nothing more than assurance"

Guardians of the Galaxy and Mario Party can't defeat FIFA | UK Boxed Charts

Fortnite China shutting down after three years

Skydance New Media to work on narrative-driven Marvel game

US national security panel investigating Tencent's Sumo acquisition

GameStop COO leaves after just seven months

Nintendo shuts two North America offices