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"China’s tough regulatory environment is currently a negative and prohibits growth of the legal market.”
Read More »Chinese console market will double in size over next five years – Niko Partners
Was Hellblade II actually the first showing of Unreal Engine 5?
It seems that we saw Unreal Engine 5 even before Epic’s own announcement
Read More »Xbox revolutionises console bundled games with Digital Direct – but will it let third-party publishers in on the party?
New system should boost sign-ups to services such as Game Pass
Read More »“Our strategy does not revolve around how many Xboxes I sell this year.” Phil Spencer on how Microsoft is well positioned amidst “massive economic uncertainty”
“Our strategy is centred around the player, not the device”
Read More »Konami wants to publish your game – from indie to AA – with new third-party publishing unit launched
A turnaround at the Japanese publisher as it dives back into the console and PC publishing market
Read More »Biggest April for five years as pandemic boosts UK game and hardware sales
The much-awaited Final Fantasy 7 Remake was the best-selling title of the month.
Read More »Xbox launches Family Settings app to empower parents – with special Minecraft feature
No new ways of managing store-based purchases yet in this preview version of the app
Read More »Tencent buys 20 per cent of Japan’s Marvelous Inc – while Platinum Games spells out its Tencent arrangement
Marvelous has a solid lineup of titles which are very much aimed at its local market.
Read More »US games sales hit record high in April with 73 per cent year on year lift
“I've been working with video game sales data for over 15 years now and April is, by far, the wildest month I think I've ever seen.”
Read More »Embracer Group sets out plan for future triple-A releases and further acquisitions
Embracer Group – which includes Koch Media, Saber Interactive, Coffee Stain and THQ Nordic – had a tough-looking Q4 in an otherwise successful year
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