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Leading hypercasual games firm’s challenge for independent developers offers major investment, mentorship and publishing deals

Honor of Kings and Game for Peace both included in crackdown on late night gaming by kids

All round update is evolution not revolution of current device

Neil Peplow director, industry & international affairs, at the BFI discusses who can apply, what the criteria are, and how to go about it [This content was created in association with the BFI]

Buzz Capital has completed its second-round equity raise, investing £500k into developer Dream Harvest and publisher Fundamentally Games.

The first half of 2021 has seen "unprecedented deal activity" in gaming, with acquisitions, public offerings and the like reaching $60 billion. 

“Following incorrect reports suggesting that we are looking to introduce 'TV-style' commercials into our games, we wanted to clarify that in-game advertising for console games is not something we're currently looking at, or have signed any agreements to implement."

"The PC storefront landscape has changed significantly since we first launched bundles in 2010, and we have to continue to evolve with it to stay on mission"

"PlaySimple is a rapidly growing and highly profitable games studio that quickly has established itself as one of the leading global developers of free-to-play word games, an exciting new genre for MTG."

"I highly respect Nixxes and am excited for this very experienced team to become part of the world-class development community at SIE"