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"So, how did we prepare for the launch of Chivalry 2, which saw double the expected number of players? And how do you deal with these unexpected surges?"

"I am doing this not because I am without hope for Blizzard, quite the opposite--I’m inspired by the passion of everyone here, working towards meaningful, lasting change with their whole hearts."

"Due to the difficulty in diagnosing the actual bug, recovery took longer than any of us would have liked."

"Faced with that reality, and compounded by the impact of COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision to bring PAX South to an end for the foreseeable future"

The alliance will see Sega using Microsoft's cloud technology in its game development – Using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to "produce large-scale, global games in a next-generation development environment." 

Also The Park, Unity, Zordix and more

Joining MCV/DEVELOP from today is its new editor Richie Shoemaker.

“From the moment we began thinking about adding an investment pillar to our games publishing and games development businesses, Robot Teddy stood out in our minds as the obvious partner"

“The Student Game Jam is one of the highlights of our year, and it is so important to give students the experience of making a game together"

“We’d like to thank everyone who joined us and congratulate all the worthy winners, but in truth last night was a celebration of the entire industry after an often difficult 18 months.”