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"After extensive discussions with all the relevant public health, local and national authorities, and with our Rezzed partners, we have taken the decision not to go ahead with this year’s event."

Ubisoft is choosing to partner exclusively with Epic Game Store for the release of its franchise title for 2020

“We saw all-time record engagement this quarter, with nearly 90 million active users of Xbox Live.”

"We are excited and ready to use that expertise and understanding of the market to partner with developers in the hyper-casual space, a market that generates billions of dollars every year."

The agreement will see some esports tournaments organised by ESL and DreamHack live streamed to the service exclusively on Twitch in 2021 and 2022.

Nine winners from 1,000 entrants in this year's student game development contest

Workers with an NHS email address can claim a free game or game subscription from the Games for Carers website. 

The new owner is described in a statement as "global asset management company, Macarthur Fortune, as part of its Platinum Fortune LP fund." 

A lot of product and a lot of marketing spend, will try to find potentially elusive eyeballs, in a compressed period of time.

Gameye's game hosting service is planned to be fully operational in China by Q2 2020.