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EA has made changes to their Dual Entitlement program, and has restricted free next-gen upgrades for FIFA 22 and Madden NFL 22 to players who purchase the more expensive special editions of the games.

“The game makers have decided that if they can’t distribute the game on Steam, it would be very difficult from a business standpoint, and the series will end with the second game, Lost Judgment."

This year's Summer Games Done Quick, a weeklong speedrunning event, has raised over $2.8m (£2m) for charity.

"Mind Detonator is a fantastic initiative that gives us a chance to give back and create an opportunity for more people to be part of a journey equally as fantastic as our own. I really wish there was something similar when we started our business”

SciPlay has acquired the Finland-based developer and operator of casual mobile games Koukoi Games, for an undisclosed sum.

BAFTA has announced the four winners of BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) Awards, which took place as a special digital ceremony hosted by presenter and journalist Elle Osili-Wood.

“Rather than continuing to pass the baton from game to game, we profoundly believe this is an opportunity for one of Ubisoft’s most beloved franchises to evolve"

GSF will bring the games industry’s leading studios, publishers, service providers & vendors together for two days of match made business meetings [Created in association with GSF]

"Our motto is to be completely transparent to our partners"

"O3DE will lead the way for cloud-first development, freeing developers to collaborate without traditional restrictions"