"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."
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ESL and DreamHack enter streaming deal with Twitch
The agreement will see some esports tournaments organised by ESL and DreamHack live streamed to the service exclusively on Twitch in 2021 and 2022.
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Workers with an NHS email address can claim a free game or game subscription from the Games for Carers website.
Read More »Runescape creator Jagex sold for $530m to mysterious new owner
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A lot of product and a lot of marketing spend, will try to find potentially elusive eyeballs, in a compressed period of time.
Read More »Gameye announces partnership with Tencent Cloud and launches first Industry Insights Digital Conference
Gameye's game hosting service is planned to be fully operational in China by Q2 2020.
Read More »War Child UK appoints new head of gaming partnerships
"As the coronavirus pandemic makes this work more difficult, everyone at War Child is committed to finding solutions that continue to put children’s needs first.”
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"We are extending the production timeline and will not be releasing a WWE 2K simulation game in 2020"
Read More »Stadia drops “Stadia Base” brand as it launches free tier
While we've decided to move away from that name, we're very excited that Stadia is now free and open to everyone who wants to create an account in our supported markets
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