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Four in five children who play games also read materials related to those games
Read More »New research reveals benefits of video games for young people’s literacy, creativity and wellbeing
“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.
Read More »2nd record-breaking quarter in a row as US sales hit $11.6bn
The pandemic continues to turbo-charge games sales around the globe. Today NPD reported that sales in Q2 (April to June) in the US hit an incredible $11.6bn. That’s a 30 per cent hike over the same period last year, which even at the tail end of the console cycle (with …
Read More »WarnerMedia looks to have reconsidered rumoured Interactive division sell off – but is looking at layoffs
"Warner Bros. Interactive remains part of the Studios and Networks group"
Read More »Trump’s executive order against Tencent will not affect its games businesses
US Donald Trump has signed two executive orders – one that will prohibit Americans from doing business with TikTok-owner ByteDance, and the second prohibits transactions related to the app WeChat, owned by Tencent.
Read More »“This year hasn’t been easy for anyone, but for those with children 2020 has presented a whole different set of challenges.” – Women in Games sponsor OPM Jobs on the unexpected challenges of COVID-19
"More so than ever before our focus throughout the pandemic has been on flexibility, mental-health awareness, diversity and adaptability"
Read More »“If we threw in the towel on opposing crunch just because we hit a crisis, then that position was never worth a damn.” – Modern Wolf on launching Necronator: Dead Wrong during a pandemic
“The death of the trade show circuit has definitely been a blow”
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