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The Witcher 3 has sold nearly 10m copies and launched on PC without any in-built anti-piracy measures. Which should tell you something, Marcin Iwinski argues. Kotaku reports that the co-founder of developer CD Projekt and retailer GOG told an audience at InfoShare 2016 last month that winning favour with pirates …

Top Eleven game designer Mladen Markovic discusses the most effective ways to get your audience engaging with that social functionality you've spent so long designing

PS4 owners’ wait for Rise of the Tomb Raider will soon be over. The current Xbox and PC exclusive will be released on PS4 on October 11th, and will complete with some new virtual reality content for PlayStation VR. Furthermore, developer Crystal Dynamics has promised that the PS4 edition will …

The Epic Games talk devs through its new Sequencer cinematics tool, which is used for many of the company's game trailers

The wait for the Japanese launch of Pokemon Go is going to be a lot shorter than feared, if new reports are correct. TechCrunch reckons that the world-conquering app will actually hit Japan tomorrow (July 20th). The news may make current users nervous about server stability, especially since the game …

Reed Smith's Gregor Pryor and Kate Brimsted talk devs through some of the potential issues they may face when using AR in their games

The unexpected scale of the success of Pokemon Go has claimed another record. Bloomberg reports that last Friday (July 15th), Nintendo became the most traded stock by value (476bn) in a single day in Tokyo stock exchange history. In doing so it beat the likes of Tokyo Electric, SoftBank and …

The Witcher III dev explains why it “believes in the carrot, not the stick” when it comes to game piracy

Former CEO seeking new developers, sell shares to partner Arnt Jensen

The co-founder of indie studio Playdead Dino Patti has announced his departure from the company. Games Industry reports that Patti has sold his existing shares in the firm to business partner Arnt Jensen. It’s been amazing journey, where I’ve been lucky to work with some extremely talented people and partners," …