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Modern Times Group (MTG) has announced that it has acquired UK developer and publisher Hutch Games, known for its free to play mobile titles such as Rebel Racing and F1 Manager. 

After missing its original launch date of November 2020, Halo Infinite has been given a new launch window of Fall 2021.

UK publisher Curve Digital has announced that it has appointed Tencent and Sega veteran John Clark as its new CEO.

A report from Game Informer has warned that Cyberpunk 2077, due to be released on December 10th, contains images that can trigger seizures in epileptic players.

MY.GAMES Venture Capital (MGVC) has announced that it is investing in three mobile studios

Google Stadia is now available to anyone with a Gmail account in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland.

Informa Tech, the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2021, are now accepting submissions for the 23rd annual iteration of the Independent Games Festival

"Netflix has a demonstrated pattern of caring only about attracting and employing whoever Netflix wants, regardless of whether it violates the law along the way."

Assemble Entertainment and Chinese publisher WhisperGames have announced that they have entered a long-term business partnership, which will see the two companies co-publishing games within their respective portfolios globally.

The jump in ad spending coincides with the launch of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the data shows that Sony spent significantly more than Microsoft during this period.