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Releasing the source code for the online multiplayer, too

SuperCell is moving its mobile developer conference to London in January. It’s putting on the event with the London-based Space Ape Games, which SuperCell acquired back in May. Game First has been run in Supercell’s Helsinki since 2014 and welcomes ‘game developers only’ to talk about current issues in development. …

Acquire funding, Like A Boss

Gaming companies are often pilloried in the press for keeping kids up too late, while devices stand accused of disrupting all of our sleep patterns. London-based Mind Candy though, the home of the Moshi Monsters franchise, has come up with an app that turns all of that on its head. …

GAME Digital has announced Monday that Craig Fletcher will be leaving the company at the end of 2017. Fletcher joined GAME back in 2015 when they company acquired Multiplay, which Fletcher founded, for £20m. Multiplay itself was founded in May 1997, and Craig was the boss there until 2016, when …

Paul Gardner is a lawyer and early adopter of the Atari 2600. He specialises in commercial transactions and regulatory issues relating to the computer games industry. Many in the games industry will have heard it referred to as the ‘gaming industry’ – a term confusingly used by some betting firms. …

Distributor turned publisher PQube has had a big year, hunting out niche titles such as Cat Quest and releasing them across multiple platforms. Seth Barton visits the team to talk to head of marketing Geraint Evans and global sales director Kevin Hutchinson to find out how it’s all gone and …

Jem Alexander talks to Geoffrey Davis, general manager of the Digital Bros Game Academy, about how the school seeks to arm the next generation of Italian game development talent with real world experience

New company will hold IP for Robert E Howard pen and paper RPGs

Sheffield games outfit Sumo Digital has revealed Monday that it will float on the stock market. The firm’s initial public offering (IPO) was priced at 100 pence per share for listing on the London’s Junior Market, which values the company at £145m, Shares in Sumo Group PLC are planned to …