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Following his departure from Liverpool FC, games industry veteran Peter Moore has joined Unity as SVP and GM of sports and live entertainment.
Read More »Peter Moore returns to games as SVP and GM of sports and live entertainment at Unity
“It is a growing field, with brands on track to spend 20 per cent of brand budgets on influencers by 2023” – Green Man Gaming’s James Spicer on influencer management
James Spicer, influencer manager at Green Man Gaming talks about his varied role, as well as the need to be cold-headed and warm-hearted
Read More »[From the industry] BAFTA calls for applications from Indian Games industry talent for new ‘Breakthrough’ initiative
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is calling all Indian games directors, producers and developers to apply for their flagship new talent initiative ‘BAFTA Breakthrough’
Read More »‘Publishers in the west think they need a publisher in China’ – Arcus Key explains how to be big in China
Western publishers have long-held China as a land of opportunity. However, the options for reaching that audience have been somewhat limited. Arcus Key, led by a dual UK-China team, thinks it has the solution
Read More »Opera acquires YoYo Games and GameMaker Studio for $10m
The engine is responsible for breakout indie hits such as Spelunky, Undertale, Hotline Miami, Hyper Light Drifter and Nidhogg, among many more
Read More »Steam geoblocking investigation ends with €7.8m of fines for Valve, Focus, Zenimax, Bandai Namco, Capcom and Koch Media
“The Commission has concluded that the illegal practices of Valve and the five publishers partitioned the EEA market in violation of EU antitrust rules.”
Read More »[From the industry] Yorkshire Games Festival 2021: programme of online activities announced
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This year’s festival will look different to previous editions with an online programme of activities to account for the latest COVID-19 guidelines
Read More »GAME introduces measures to prevent PS5 scalpers
"We have strong measures in place to help ensure that our ‘1 per customer’ statement is maintained"
Read More »Registrations are now open for the free digital event, GDC Showcase
Registrations are now open for GDC Showcase, a new free digital event that will take place March 15 through March 19.
Read More »Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager developer, Gamebasics
"We believe that Miniclip will give Gamebasics a push in executing our ambitions"
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