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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 …

Research and development team will be based in Krakow

It’ll all be over by Christmas, they said. They were wrong. Call of Duty: WWII has clutched the UK Christmas number one, and has done so comfortably after a strong showing that has seen the game selling around 50%, still, then last year’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which also …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sold more than 1m copies in its first 48 hours on the Xbox One. The news comes from Xbox Wire, who announced the figures on Friday, ahead of PUBG’s first weekend on sale. Bluehole’s battle royale survive-em-up launched into Microsoft’s Xbox Game Preview program on December 12. At …

Blizzard is ‘very, very’ interested in creating an Overwatch film or episodic series, according to Jeff Kaplan. Kaplan spoke to Game Reactor at the Fun & Series Game Festival in Spain, and revealed that he was a fan of the idea: “These are things that we’re very, very interested in." …

Popular streamer Guy ‘DrDisrespect’ Beahm has announced a hiatus from streaming after admitting to infidelity live on Twitch.  "I have a beautiful family, and a wife, and kid. And I want to be transparent that I’ve been unfaithful," said Beahm, visibly upset. "I apologize to you guys, and my sponsors, …

Atari, or the people currently responsible for the brand, has been forced to delay crowdfunding for their Ataribox console, citing a developmental delay. The Ataribox is planned to be based on ‘PC technology’, and is an AMD processor with Radeon graphics and a Linux-based operating system. The machine is planned …

Develop talks to composer Wilbert Roget and Sledgehammer Games audio director David Swenson