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German Chanceller speaks to jounalists and invited guests as Europe's biggest games show opens its doors
Read More »Chancellor Merkel opens gamescom 2017
Sega owned Relic Entertainment to work on Microsoft exclusive Age of Empires 4
This is the second partnership between a Sega owned studio for a Microsoft strategy IP
Read More »Black Forest Games acquired by THQ Nordic
The Giana Sisters developer also sells IPs after founders are brought out by the Austrian publisher
Read More »GameMaker Studio 2: Educating Gamemakers
GameMaker Studio 2 is finally coming to Mac. Jem Alexander speaks to Russell Kay and James Cox of YoYo Games to find out more about the plans for the popular 2D engine and its educational legcay
Read More »Sumo Digital owned Atomhawk opening new studio in Canada
The new studio will be based in Vancouver and will be looking for concept artists when the studio opens
Read More »Analysis: Working the Narrative
Narrative design is an important part of any creative endeavour. Game projects will often use writers and narrative designers towards the end of a project but the role can do so much more. Sean Cleaver finds out what narrative means for game development employment opportunities
Read More »Football Manager series hits one million sales for the fifth year running
The game from UK-based Sports Interactive also topped the boxed PC charts again this week.
Read More »Formula One enters the esports arena with Gfinity
F1, Codemasters and Gfinity team up to launch the Formula 1 esports Series for the latter part of 2017
Read More »Permanent price cut for HTC Vive
The virtual reality headset drops $200 permanently but is still more than competitior Oculus
Read More »Game for a laugh: The Road to Stand-Up Pt.2
Indie developer Byron Atkinson-Jones is going on stage to tell jokes in the name of charity. This month, he gets some mentoring advice from Stand Up for GamesAid host, Imran Yusuf
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