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Read More »League of Legends to introduce in-game ads during esports broadcasts
BlizzCon 2020 is cancelled
"Ultimately, after considering our options, we’ve come to the very difficult decision to not have BlizzCon this year"
Read More »Italian government match funds €4m of game prototypes as part of post-COVID measures
First Playable Fund supported by Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association (IIDEA)
Read More »Tencent buys 20 per cent of Japan’s Marvelous Inc – while Platinum Games spells out its Tencent arrangement
Marvelous has a solid lineup of titles which are very much aimed at its local market.
Read More »US games sales hit record high in April with 73 per cent year on year lift
“I've been working with video game sales data for over 15 years now and April is, by far, the wildest month I think I've ever seen.”
Read More »The SSD revolution – developers on why fast storage is the real game changer for PS5 and Xbox Series X
Th next gen will also bring the first SSD-equipped consoles, capable of loading data one hundred times faster than ever before. Developers tell us about the impact on engineering and design, as well as some exciting possibilities for the future
Read More »Promod Esports launched by former ESL UK COO Rob Black
Former ESL UK COO Rob Black has announced the launch of new turnkey esports solutions agency, Promod Esports.
Read More »Safe in Our World launches #LevelUpMentalHealth campaign
Video games mental health charity Safe in Our World have launched a new global mental health campaign, #LevelUpMentalHealth, with support from major games companies.
Read More »GDC Summer registrations are now open
This marks the first time in GDC's 30 year history that the conference will be going fully digital, following the event's postponement in March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »“Working on Get Packed from home during COVID-19 has been business as usual, thanks to Stadia” – Coatsink and Moonshine studios on developing for Stadia
We find out how Stadia’s cloud-based development is helped deliver Get Packed to market
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