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Mad Catz is dead, long live Mad Catz. The third party peripheral giant used up all nine lives and died in March last year, but is due to return under new management, showing a collection of products at CES 2018 next week ahead of a full relaunch. Mad Catz was …

In this series of articles from Sumo Digital, the UK studio opens its doors to show us what they do and how you can get involved.

Additional resources available for the asset marketplace allows more stringent review of potential copyrighted content

The Independent Games Festival (IGF) has unveiled the list of finalists for its 20th awards ceremony, taking place on March 21st during GDC. They are seven prizes up of grabs: Excellence in Visual Art, Audio, Design and Narrative, the Nuovo Award (which is “given to the game title that makes the …

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a mobile game advertisement that used a screenshot of a different game. This has been common practice with Facebook and Twitter adverts for a long time, but this ruling could set a precedent that sees this the era of …

Amazon UK has provided a list of the best selling games, and related hardware, from 2017. And the top-selling title was, somewhat surprisingly, PS4 exclusive Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. The retro-powered marsupial bested even the ‘national game’, with FIFA 18 on PS4 coming in second place. Amazon is only one …

20 studios will go without cash injection, including smaller teams

Esports BAR has announced that Facebook and ESL will come together for a dual keynote, a fireside chat between ESL CEO Ralf Reichert and Facebook’s Patrick Chapman, gaming and esports partnerships.  The topic of the title is "Esports Comes of Age: A Battleplan for Mainstream Reach" and will discuss a …

IGN’s editor-in-chief Steve Butts has been fired, the entertainment website has revealed to Kotaku. In a statement, general manager Mitch Galbraith said: “IGN initiated an investigation into alleged misconduct involving Steve Butts. As a result of the investigation, the company has appropriately determined to part ways with Mr. Butts.” This …

Nexon have written off the entire value of hero shooter Lawbreakers, claiming that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds made the market environment tough for first-person shooters. Lawbreakers was one of the highest profile failures in video games recent memory, a critically well-received game that struggled to find an audience on console or PC. …