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“Steps are being taken over the course of the year to improve the functionality in terms of discoverability and visibility”

We catch up with Focus CEO Cédric Lagarrigue to discuss the publisher’s evolution and how it both wants to nurture new talent and work with the biggest indie developers worldwide

SteamSpy estimates say 0.5% of Steam's 21,000 games generated 50% of its game sales revenue

Developers now required to pay 5% of income above a certain threshold for games made in the engine

Ubisoft Odesa will focus on the Ghost Recon franchise, while Ubisoft Mumbai will collaborate to the development of triple-A titles

16 titles derived from Nickelodeon IPs will be returning to shelves in the coming months, courtesy of THQ Nordic

Infinite Fall’s Night in the Woods won both the Grand Prize for Best Independent Game and the Excellence in Narrative award at the IGF. Meanwhile, at the 18th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, Breath of the Wild won big and Tim Schafer and Rami Ismail went home with special recognitions

The annual shooter is on the way out, replaced by live games like Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege. Faced with the development costs of keeping a game running forever, how do multiplayer shooters monetise? We investigate

New replay tool will soon be available for use by all Unreal developers in order to boost content creation for games on the engine

Incredible ray-traced Star Wars demo from Epic and ILMxLab also features Captain Phasma