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Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy holds onto the top spot for the third week in a row, holding off several new entries to remain king of the Top Ten. Crash ascended the charts again off the back of a multiplatform release which saw the game arrive on the Xbox One, Switch …

TeacherGaming’s CEO Santeri Koivisto tells us about the many benefits of using video games in the classroom, why developers and publishers should get involved and how the firm intends to become the ‘Steam for schools’

BioWare’s James Ohlen announced his departure from Bioware yesterday, via a statement made on Twitter. Ohlen, who has been with Bioware for 22 years, was best known for his work as lead designer on titles like Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights and creative director on Star Wars: The …

So just how did work-for-hire studio Digital Extremes use the free-to-play model to take control of its own destiny?

You’ve been the CEO of Jagex for 18 months now – what’s the biggest thing you’ve learnt? Something I always considered previously and which has become even more apparent now as CEO, is that everything we do is connected to people. Vision, creativity, technology, processes… those are all of course …

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Speaking at Develop: Brighton, Phil Mansell – the CEO of Jagex – revealed that Runescape has generated more than $800m (£605m) over the game’s 17 year life. The MMO has also racked up over 250m player accounts and despite its age, Mansell claims that the game’s user base is still …

Against a background of GDPR and rising costs, are non-payers part of the solution to making your free-to-play game pay?