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Pokemon Go developer Niantic Labs has received investment from a trio of companies. Nintendo, The Pokemon Company and Google have between them ploughed $30m into the studio. The money will be put not only into Pokemon Go but also Niantic’s smartphone AR title Ingress, as well as in-development titles. The …

The industry once again gathered last night to celebrate the Games Media Awards, and you can take a look at the pictures from the night right now. Among the biggest winners of the night were VideoGamer for Video Team, Eurogamer for Online Editorial Team, PC Gamer for Print Editorial Team …

Channel 4 is hoping to find the next big moblle hit at the upcoming return of Interface, Develop and MCV’s successful content marketplace event. The broadcaster has recently launched a new publishing arm, All 4 Games, and will be hosting one-to-one meetings at Interface in order to meet developers with …

Broadcaster's new publishing arm All 4 Games keen to meet developers at November 12th event

Having won plenty of admirers throughout its stint on Steam Early Access, Darkest Dungeon now has a full release date. The game, which earned Kickstarter backing of $313,337 and hit Early Access in February, will be released on January 19th. This community has grown beyond our expectations, and we’re both …

This year’s London Games Conference is providing delegates with an insight into how video is being used to sell, share and promote games – and the initial line-up of speakers will discuss this from a variety of angles. The conference takes place on Thursday November 19th at the Congress Centre, …

Shares in both Ubisoft and Gameloft have lifted after former Activision parent Vivendi acquired a stake in the pair. Bloomberg reports that Vivendi has paid €140m for a 6.6 per cent share of Ubisoft and €19.7m for 6.2 per cent of Gameloft. Vivendi’s former interest in Activision was brought to …

Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades discusses how past games have exacerbated the stigma around conditions like schizophrenia – and how his new game will change this

CD Project’s Jose Teixeira says multiplayer and microtransactions are not essential when satisfying gamers

Film director Guillermo del Toro has slammed Konami’s cancellation of his and Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills title. He also likened the project to Naughty Dog’s successful PlayStation title The Last of Us. It was curious,” he told Bloody Disgusting when asked about his experiences working on the title. We had …