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The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of 2020, with annual dollar sales being the second highest for an individual platform in a single calendar year in U.S. history

26 March 2021 will see the launch of Games Careers Week, which will feature online events aimed at reaching millions of parents, learners, teachers and job-seekers.

Publisher 505 Games is expanding its its focus in the free-to-play market with the acquisition of Australian developer Plus Two, creators of the  Puzzle Quest series and successful F2P puzzle RPG Gems of War. 

Barclays and NSE (National Student Esports), the official body for university esports in the UK, have announced the first Games Innovation Challenge, a games development competition for students across the UK to test their skills and creativity.

2020 proved to be a bumper year for the Switch in Japan, as it recorded its highest annual sales in its four-year history.

Latest generation of consoles not well suited to efficient media playback either

Streaming in data for the dense open world city is the key culprit

Open world game looks to be very early in development

Despite that the fact that the UK games industry is set to see further growth in 2021, just 48 per cent of survey respondents regard the UK as a favourable environment for business.

Payload Studios is calling for up to eight early-stage game developers from underrepresented groups to apply to its new Tentacle Zone Incubator programme.