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House of Lords Gambling Committee calls for urgent action on loot boxes
Read More »Lord Grade takes to BBC Breakfast to call for loot box regulation – could it happen and when?
Shuhei Yoshida launches PlayStation Indies to take on ID@Xbox
Nine indie games also featured in announcement
Read More »Nintendo stops sales of digital download codes through European retailers
"After careful examination of the evolving European marketplace in recent years, Nintendo has decided to end the availability of download codes for its own-published software via retailers, effective 1st July 2020."
Read More »EGX 2020 is cancelled, with a digital show to replace it
"We’re sorry we won’t be able to see you in person at our show like we had hoped, but we are already planning for the epic return on EGX in 2021."
Read More »Gamers prefer to buy from brands with a purpose outside of profit, says Gameloft
Conversely however, gamers are more trusting of companies and brands
Read More »Games industry veterans launch new independent studio, Mountaintop Studios
A new independent, remote-first studio has launched, founded by four games industry veterans.
Read More »Sensor Tower: How the mobile games market is faring amid the global pandemic
Q1 2020 was by far the best quarter ever for mobile game downloads, hitting more than 13 billion installs across the App Store and Google Play
Read More »Ubisoft’s battle royale game has broken cover: Hyper Scale launches July 12th
New free-to-play shooter to tackle Warzone, Apex and Fortnite
Read More »Starbreeze to raise £21.8m to support further development of Payday 3
New share issue will allow continued development after publishing deal is delayed by pandemic
Read More »Switch hardware supply to return to normal during summer – software development currently unaffected
"Currently, we do not see any impact on software set to go on sale this year"
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