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UK games industry charity GamesAid has managed to raise a massive 954,000 in the last year, smashing its previous funding record. Last night (Thursday, September 15th), the organisation handed out cheques of 95,400 to ten different UK organisations – more than GamesAid has ever before. Those receiving donations from GamesAid …

Another title has lost its 2016 release date. Ubisoft’s South Park: The Fractured But Whole was due to arrive on December 6th. It will not now be shipped until Q1 2017, however. Said Ubisoft: The development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans …

Six teams receive funds for their Unreal-powered projects and contributions to the community

Reigns has sold more than 600,000 copies, primarily on iOS and Android. The narrative game, which mixes a Tinder-style swiping mechanic with kingdom management, was released this summer and announced this sales milestone via itsofficial Twitter account. Responding to a congratulatory tweet, developer Nerial added that the majority of sales …

Rift update 1.8 will introduce new tool to warn players when they’re out of sensor range

Many players who had invested cash into Pokemon Go have suddenly found themselves locked out of the game after its latest update. Niantic had warned users that the game’s 0.37.0 update would end the game’s support for rooted and jailbroken phones – those are devices that have had their basic …

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Nerial’s Develop Award-nominated narrative game proves people are still willing to pay for mobile games

PlayStation has laid off an unconfirmed number of employees from its San Diego development studios. GamesIndustryconfirmed the layoffs, which closely follow around of job cuts made at the platform holder’s London Studio. The London team was just winding down after its first major VR project. The San Diego studio was …

2016 has witnessed VR become a reality. Already this year, the consumer versions of Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR have been priced, with the former pair made available to consumers directly via their websites. Now the Oculus Rift is finally coming to UK retail on September 20th following …