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"Valve is much better positioned than others to enter this market"

The portable device will launch this December, at a £349 price point.

"Modding can present some thorny legal issues which developers heading down this path should bear in mind"

Like Google, Netflix has the cash to throw at such an effort, unlike Google it already has 210m eyeballs pointed straight at TVs

“While relying on the cloud might eat up your budget, relying on bare metal alone might not allow a studio to scale up fast enough if a game becomes popular.” [In association with Improbable]

"One of the top pieces of feedback we've received from parents about the Xbox Family Settings app is to include options to track and manage kids' spending"

The winners of the 2021 Green Game Jam, organised by the UN-facilitated Playing for the Planet Alliance, have been announced.

“The team at Shiro is proud of what we’ve built over the years and are driven to apply that collective knowledge and experience to lifting up other talented independent studios"

"Expanding on the opportunities that developers have to generate revenue opens up more opportunities for player engagement and content creation, which ends up benefitting our community."

Timbre Games is Sumo's second studio in Canada, and its 14th overall, with the Group now employing over 1100 people across three continents.