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Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that its purchases of Bungie and Haven Studio are now complete
Read More »PlayStation completes purchases of both Bungie and Haven Studio
[From the industry] The first-ever survey of online gaming connectivity finds gamers quit in droves when experiencing latency issues
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An independent survey by Canadian start-up Edgegap of 2,000 US and UK-based gamers set out to find to what degree issues including latency and lag impact their gaming experience, delivering the first report dedicated to understanding the state of latency in online games
Read More »UK Government announces the games industry must self-regulate loot boxes or face legislation
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that the games industry must protect children from loot boxes, but has yet to announce any formal legislation
Read More »EPOS Audio: A Sound Start
Two years ago Sennheiser’s gaming division became EPOS and a new audio brand was born. Then the pandemic hit and everything changed. Richie Shoemaker listens in as Maja Sand-Grimnitz tells the story of how EPOS broke through the noise
Read More »Here are the winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2022
The Develop:Star Awards took place earlier this week at Develop:Brighton, bringing together people from all around the industry to celebrate the medium of video games and its accomplishments within the previous year
Read More »F1 2022 maintains pole position with second week at #1 in UK Boxed Charts
The GfK UK Boxed Top Ten between July 02, 2022 and July 09, 2022
Read More »Rising Star – Matt Aitchison, technical art supervisor at Airship Images
Matt Aitchison, technical art supervisor at Airship Images talks about what it takes to be a technical art supervisor, and even a little bit of philosophy
Read More »Recruiter Hotseat – Kieran Holland, global head of talent acquisition at Room 8 Group
Kieran Holland is the global head of talent acquisition at Room 8 Group, where they’re looking for people
Read More »[From the industry] Creative UK’s Creative Growth Finance fund invests in Huey Games
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“We’re thrilled to be partnering with Creative Growth Finance as we enter the next growth stage for Huey Games. This funding will allow us to unlock the potential of our ever-expanding team, as we continue our mission to deliver spell-binding games which ignite the passion of players.”
Read More »Debugging D&I – Amiqus’ Liz Prince speaks to Creative Assembly’s Sarah Howell and Dovetail Games’ Lindsey Shorricks
The menopause affects all women at some stage of their life, having significant and often negative impact on both their wellbeing and working lives. Amiqus’ business manager Liz Prince speaks with Sarah Howell, head of HR at Creative Assembly and Lindsey Shorricks, VP of HR at Dovetail Games about how the two studios are supporting their teams
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