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Read More »Embracer Group goes on spending spree – picks up 4A Games for $36m amongst eight acquisitions
Testronic acquires Whyttest to expand QA and customer service offerings
Whyttest has sites in Romania and Serbia
Read More »GDC 2021 shifts back four months to July with hybrid event
Week-long "community celebration" planned for March
Read More »“It’s a story set in Eastern Europe, told by Eastern Europeans, that doesn’t speak to international politics, but to who we are as a species” – Celebrating 10 years of Metro 2033
We take a look behind the scenes of Metro 2033 as it celebrates its tenth birthday, and sees how it laid the groundwork for the highly successful franchise
Read More »Facebook Gaming to build on its inspirational #SheTalksGames series as the Exclusive Media Partner of the Women in Games Awards
"Women make up only 23% of the gaming workforce... This is something which Facebook is committed to changing."
Read More »New research reveals benefits of video games for young people’s literacy, creativity and wellbeing
Four in five children who play games also read materials related to those games
Read More »“Antstream Arcade is a friendly place to play the most iconic games ever created” – Streaming the past into the present with Antstream
With the launch of Stadia last year and xCloud exiting its preview stage later this year, cloud gaming is finally having its moment. For more retro-styled thrills though there’s plucky brit Antstream
Read More »“There is an attitude here of ensuring that we’re learn-it-alls rather than know-it-alls” – Xbox’s Imogen Beresford-Bone
Imogen Beresford-Bone, production partner manager at Xbox, talks about her varied role, the importance of collaborative work and of owning your mistakes
Read More »xCloud vs iOS – Is the industry right to view Apple as the bad guy?
“Apple stands alone as the only generally purpose platform to deny consumers from cloud gaming and game subscription services like Xbox Game Pass"
Read More »Twitch Prime becomes Prime Gaming – Amazon rebrands monthly subscription service
From today, Amazon is rebranding their monthly gaming subscription service Twitch Prime under a new moniker, Prime Gaming.
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