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After moving to a work from home model due to the coronavirus pandemic, Square Enix is set to make the change permanent as of December 1.

Go to work, make games, get paid, doesn’t sound too bad. But Sumo is now also paying staff serious bonuses for the ideas they come up with during in-house game jams. MCV/DEVELOP talks to MD Gary Dunn about the scheme

Codemasters has released its interim results, pointing to a total revenue of £80.5 million for the six months ended 30 September 2020

As part of Facebook Gaming’s support of this week’s Women in Games Awards, Cheryl Savage, Facebook’s Director of Gaming, EMEA talks about how we can push for better representation in the games industry. 2020 has shown us once again that gaming can bring people together. While we stayed apart, games …

Nordic Game launches this year’s second major online event, NG20+ on 25-27 November.

With support across all the new consoles, Unity’s ‘creators first’ philosophy has been building up to the next generation launch for many years. Unity CPO Brett Bibby tells Seth Barton about that journey

The campaign is, and I'm afraid this is unfortunately real, using the hashtag #LidOnLoots and is inviting young gamers to "take back controllers."

The 38th Golden Joystick Awards will live stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook and GamesRadar on November 24th at 12.30 PST, 15.30 EST and 20.30 GMT

And you can watch the whole thing at www.womeningamesawards.com at 4pm on Weds 25th

The layoffs at Activision Blizzard seem set to continue, with over 100 employees at the company now facing redundancy.