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ICD-11 comes into effect on January 1st, 2022
Read More »World Health Organization officially recognises ‘gaming disorder’
Iterating for better: Unconscious biases and how to keep them in check
No matter how fair-minded we believe ourselves to be, most people have some degree of unconscious bias. In partnership with Amiqus, we examine what it is, and what can be done
Read More »Happy angry-versary – How Angry Birds is still shaping Rovio’s future
It’s been ten years since the first Angry Birds game catapulted Rovio to success and the brand is having a resurgent 2019. We speak to CEO Kati Levoranta and new EVP of games Alex Pelletier-Normand
Read More »Team Sonic Racing takes top of the charts
Sonic took the top spot for the first time since 2008, with the only other new entry in the charts being Everybody's Golf VR this week
Read More »Firewatch publisher Panic reveals new handheld device, Playdate
"Our dream is simple: that you wake up on new game day excited to see what you can play next"
Read More »GOG to delist all Telltale games from storefront next week
Titles affected include The Wolf Among Us, the Batman series, and the Sam & Max series
Read More »Dead Cells tops 2 million sales
"Thanks so much for the continual support you're showing us, day after day"
Read More »Sony has patented a haptic virtual-reality glove
The patent notice describes the invention as "dynamic gloves to convey [a] sense of touch and movement for virtual objects in HMD rendered environments"
Read More »Valve’s new Dota 2 ‘Avoid Player’ feature is only available via $10 battle pass
"Not all players and playstyles work well together"
Read More »Game of Thrones creator reportedly working on an open-world game with FromSoftware
Expect more at next month's E3
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