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Games industry analyst Michael Pachter has praised Activison Blizzard’s purchase of King as a solid strategy for breaking into the mobile market. The major acquisition was revealed earlier today, and will finalise in Spring of next year. The deal is a good one if you believe that King has a …

Allegorithmic teaches developers how to make new materials with its texturing tool

It continues to be a red letter day for publisher Activision Blizzard. Alongside the announcement of its purchase of Candy Crush firm King, the firm has announced that it made $990m in GAAP net revenue for the quarter ending September 30th 2015. This is up 24 per cent on the …

This week, Nvidia advances on the living room with its Shield raised and Turtle Beach has a new headset for PlayStation players Nvidia Shield Android TV The next wave of micro-consoles targeting the living room has arrived, and Nvidia’s Shield device is leading the charge. Nvidia claims the Shield is …

Wasteland 2 project lead Chris Keenan takes over game's management

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The latest player in the streaming market has secured $4m in funding. Vienna-based Hitbox raised this in a new round of investment which will help it expand its North American operation and worldwide reach. This funding was led by Austrian venture capital firm SpeedInvest, with publisher Wargaming, North Base Media, …

Market analyst IHS Technology has questioned the long-term benefits of Activision Blizzard’s acquisition of Candy Crush firm King. The Call of Duty, Warcraft and Destiny publisher announced its plans to purchase the mobile giant for $5.9 billion earlier today. IHS director and head of gamesPiers Harding-Rollssuggested that the move was …

Up and coming game development talent take centre stage in new video

The long-awaited transfer update for PES 2016 that arrived last week is missing a number of key transfers. Players were already grumpy about having to wait for a month after launch for Konami to finally update the rosters to reflect all changes up to the end of the transfer window. …