An independent survey by Canadian start-up Edgegap of 2,000 US and UK-based gamers set out to find to what degree issues including latency and lag impact their gaming experience, delivering the first report dedicated to understanding the state of latency in online games
Read More »UK Government announces the games industry must self-regulate loot boxes or face legislation
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that the games industry must protect children from loot boxes, but has yet to announce any formal legislation
Read More »Industry Voices: Can the broken game credits system be fixed?
Maya Rand, founder and CEO of TheXPlace, billed as a new way to connect and find work in the gaming industry
Read More »Playstack and Laser Dog Games team up for Playstack Leeds
Playstack and Laser Dog Games have announced that they will work together to open a new micro-studio called Playstack Leeds
Read More »GTA VR modder receives DMCA from Take-Two
Luke Ross, creator of VR mods for Grand Theft Auto 5, Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Mafia series, has received a DMCA takedown notice from Take-Two Interactive
Read More »[From the industry] Adverty’s advertising technology BrainImpression now available within Oracle Moat Analytics
Adverty has announced a collaboration with Oracle Moat to provide enhanced measurement and verification across in-game ad environments
Read More »Exient restructuring to result in “unavoidable” redundancies — worse to come, says anonymous source
Exient intends to lay off a sizable portion of its staff, a source has told MCV/DEVELOP
Read More »BAFTA announces competition winners for 2022 Young Game Designers
The four award winners have been announced for the BAFTA Young Game Designers 2022 competition
Read More »Unity has laid off 4% of its workforce
Unity has made over 300 people redundant at their offices around the world, according to an investigation by Kotaku
Read More »[From the industry] Predecessor developer Omeda Studios receives $20 mil in funding as it prepares for early access
Omeda Studios, an indie game developer working on cross-platform MOBA game called Predecessor has closed its second round of funding
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