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"Nintendo gave John a sailboat, aptly named the "Donkey Kong"
Read More »Kirby’s namesake, Nintendo lawyer John Kirby, has died
Iterating For Better: Just nine per cent of funding for UK start-ups goes to women-run businesses
This month in Iterating for Better, in partnership with Amiqus, MCV looks into the obstacles women encounter when creating a new business in the games industry, with discrimination and sexism being at the top of the list
Read More »Games industry unites behind SpecialEffect’s One Special Day annual charity drive
"The support the event receives from the games industry is absolutely vital"
Read More »ArenaNet co-founder Mike O’Brien leaves to form new studio
"It's been an honour to work beside you all these years"
Read More »Film and TV finance company plans to bring 10 Unreal developed games to ‘other storytelling formats’
"This is your chance to bring your game universe to the masses, providing the biggest possible reach for your work"
Read More »Unity Technologies acquires live ops platform, ChilliConnect
"Having ChilliConnect onboard closes the loop for developers to create, operate and monetize their game with Unity"
Read More »Mario and Luigi RPG developer, AlphaDream, files for bankruptcy
Sluggish revenue and raising developments costs are blamed for the closure
Read More »Ustwo accused of victimising trade union activist
Ustwo says employee is "leaving [...] for reasons unconnected to his membership of a trade union or his undertaking trade union activities"
Read More »Cross play comes to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ console players
PC players are still segregated, though
Read More »Ubisoft wants to help teach kids to program with Rabbids Coding
Educational PC title is heavily gamified to help it introduce key concepts and is now available now on Uplay
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