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The first 24 companies to receive money from the UK Government’s Games Fund have been announced. Running until 2019, the fund provides grants of up to 50,000 to back games projects, encourage the creation of jobs and support up-and-coming devs with a number of talent development initatives. It was originally …

Unlikely story of how last year’s indie hit found its way to market revealed

Publisher of Avalon, Paradroid and Nebulus was the starting point for studios including DICE

More than half of the $3.3 million pledged towards Psychonauts 2 is yet to make it to developer Double Fine. The long-awaited sequel was backed through equity share crowdfunding platform Fig, which splits money between traditional rewards and investment. The latter is the issue holding up almost $1.9 million in …

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has made an offer of 1.3bn to purchase Argos owner Home Retail. According to The Guardian, the two companies were locked in talks last night. Sainsbury’s needs to make its offer official by 5pm today (Tuesday, February 2nd), though has the option to extend its deadline in …

Alex Nichiporchik, CEO of TinyBuild, reveals the role that alcohol, a contract signed on a napkin and throwing away the original design played in the success of Party Hard

Foam Sword seeking £100,000 on Kickstarter to create Knights and Bikes

There’s another Assassin’s Creed game coming to mobile devices. Ubisoft is launching Assassin’s Creed: Identity onto the App Store on February 25th. The title is taking place during the Italian Renaissance with players charged with discovering the ‘Mystery of The Crows’. Players are able to customise their Assassin characters and …

But the Lego Marvel Avengers studio kicks off the New Year at No.2 in our monthly round-up of most successful studios

Equity investment share of money raised through Fig must undergo additional clarification by US SEC