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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 »Jagex reports best ever results as Runescape subscribers rise by half a million
Revenue increased by 19.4 per cent year-on-year, up to £110.9m
Read More »EA expands cross-platform support on Switch and Steam – and EA access will launch on Steam in ‘late summer’
Last night’s EA Play Live 2020 helped make the week feel a little bit more E3.
Read More »EA launches ‘Positive Play Charter’ to clarify acceptable behaviour in its games
Repeat offenders will have their accounts terminated
Read More »Tim Sweeney supports Apple EU antitrust probe: “Epic won’t seek nor accept a special deal just for ourselves.”
But Epic CEO doesn’t think consoles are equally guilty of similar walled garden tactics
Read More »Overhaul vs continuity – PS5 and Xbox Series X’s differing approaches to next-gen UI
"A complete rearchitecting of the user interface… very few pixels left from PS4 gen"
Read More »Nintendo goes hyper casual – releases free Jump Rope Challenge game for Switch
Nintendo developers just made your lockdown project look self-centred and meagre...
Read More »We asked a product designer for his take on the PS5: “My response is a furrowed brow and pained grimace.”
Does the PS5’s embrace of luxury sit uneasily with the PlayStation brand?
Read More »Despite landmark cases in Fortnite and Call of Duty – licensing in games is still a tricky issue
Recent victories for Call of Duty, NBA 2K and Fortnite, but battle isn't over yet
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