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New free-to-play shooter to tackle Warzone, Apex and Fortnite
Read More »Ubisoft’s battle royale game has broken cover: Hyper Scale launches July 12th
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"
Read More »A Disco Elysium TV show is planned from Sonic the Hedgehog film producer
“’Disco Elysium’ is a phenomenal property with an expansive world and unlimited potential"
Read More »Lifetime spending in Roblox Mobile surpasses $1.5 billion
The mobile version of MMO sandbox title Roblox has seen players spending over $1.5 billion
Read More »Microsoft to close all of its physical retail locations
Microsoft is looking to repurpose some of its stores, and will open four "Microsoft Experience Centers"
Read More »Focus Home Interactive acquires Deck13 and reports record year
Focus Home Interactive have strengthened their already successful year with the acquisition of German studio Deck13 Interactive.
Read More »Keywords Studios acquires Unreal specialist Coconut Lizard
Deal valued at £2m with 29 staff joining the XDev giant in its first post-COVID acquisition
Read More »Emotion Engine: Video game music to motivate or relax you during lockdown – Thomas Quillfeldt, Laced Records
There are things that people who make or play video games value perhaps more than others, as even the most subtle shift in audio can affect their immersion in an experience
Read More »Mobile games industry M&A heads into overdrive – Craig Chapple, Sensor Tower
As the mobile games market matures, M&A activity continues to ramp up globally.
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