YoYo Games has announced that its popular 2D games engine, GameMaker Studio 2, will shortly launch support for next-gen consoles, with a date set of March 2021. The feature is currently in closed beta, but once launches will allow users to create titles for the devices. Of course, it’s possible …
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[Industry news] PlanetPlay and UNICEF unite gamers for global impact
PlanetPlay (www.planetplay.com), the award-winning not-for-profit platform that channels the power o…
[Industry news] Appcharge Appoints Gaming Veteran Bernard Kim to Advisory Board
Appcharge, the leading direct-to-consumer (DTC) payments platform for mobile game publishers, today …
[Industry news] Communications Veteran Sam Forrest Launches GunDog Communications
As organisations face increasing pressure to stand out in saturated markets while operating with lea…
Critical Hit announced as sponsors at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
Critical Hit is to sponsor the Major Studio of the Year category at the forthcoming MCV/DEVELOP Awar…
Rokky announced as sponsors at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
Rokky is to sponsor the Independent Publisher of the Year category at the forthcoming MCV/DEVELOP Aw…
Tencent takes a minority stake in Terratech developer Payload Studios
“This investment will... provide us with the capital we require to grow, while preserving our autonomy."
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2020 was the best year in Paradox's history, reporting a 39 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year, with revenues for the year amounting to SEK 1.8 billion.
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Worldwide digital spending on digital games reached $11.6B in January, an increase of 15 per cent year-over-year.
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“Given this was our first foray into virtual reality, it gives us a chance to apply lessons learned. One of the very vivid illustrations of that is that we will be moving to a very easy single-cord setup.”
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Epic will reconsider case against Apple in the UK after the resolution of the US case
Read More »Inkle’s open source interactive narrative tool Ink reaches version 1.0
“Word for interactive fiction" is used is numerous games and received an Epic Megagrant
Read More »[From the industry] UK games industry announces campaign to donate computer equipment to schools for years to come
Provide students and families across the UK with much needed devices over the next few years as part of a long-term effort to close the digital divide
Read More »CD Projekt Red uses DMCA notices to stop spread of stolen Gwent source code
CD Projekt Red is issuing DMCA takedown notices to Twitter users sharing links to the company's stolen data.
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“After this research, it’s bizarre to us that console makers don’t consider joysticks to be consumable parts and design them to be easily replaced."
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[Industry news] PlanetPlay and UNICEF unite gamers for global impact
PlanetPlay (www.planetplay.com), the award-winning not-for-profit platform that channels the power of games into real-world impact, has teamed up with UNICEF (www.unicef.org) to engage gamers worldwide in support of children.
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[Industry news] New Report From G2A and Juniper Research Predicts “Trust Advantage” as the Next Growth Driver in Global Digital Commerce
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EXPO GAMERS 2026: Europe’s Premier Gamedev Summit Finalizes Executive Program
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[Industry news] New Swedish Incubation Model Aims to Speed Up Indie Game Releases
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Alan Boswell Group announced as sponsors at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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[Industry news] PlanetPlay and UNICEF unite gamers for global impact
PlanetPlay (www.planetplay.com), the award-winning not-for-profit platform that channels the power of games into real-world impact, has teamed up with UNICEF (www.unicef.org) to engage gamers worldwide in support of children.
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Alan Boswell Group announced as sponsors at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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Keywords Studios announced as sponsors of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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Code Wizards announced as key sponsor of MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
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