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Today is the last day of news coverage at Develop for the year, and our last newsletter of the year

We catch up with Dan Parkes from Artist Wanted and Dimitri Zangana of Green Cyber Witches to find out the highs and lows of Develop’s Game Jam at this years Future Games Summit

A new project underway at Bossa Studios is looking to build games that will build themselves, including stories and characters, in the name of emergent storytelling and true player agency.

2017 is on the way out and while the world as a whole looks to be having a tough time, the games industry has delivered hit titles, bold new ideas and the life-dominating PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to keep us interested. Still, no time for nostalgia, a new year is calling. Have …

Super Mario Odyssey has sold over 1m physical copies in Japan since its October 27 launch. This data comes from Famitsu, and is translated by Gematsu, revealing that Super Mario Odyssey has sold 1,055,806 units in Japan at time of publication. They haven’t revealed the digital number, which will inflate …

The UK government today confirmed that it would undertake regulation to ensure that every home in the UK will have access to high-speed internet by 2020. With high-speed being defined as being at least 10Mbit/s – the regulation will work similarly to current law requiring the universal right to a …

Fnatic have signed up for the third season of Gfinity’s Elite Series, as the London-based esports competition grows from eight to ten teams. It’s great news for Fnatic, who operate out of their Shoreditch Fnatic Bunkr on the other side of London. We spoke to Patrik Sättermon, Fnatic’s chief gaming …

total value of $1.57 for each female player vs. $1.09 for every man

Tamriel’s running like a well-oiled machine. Every quarter brings a fresh batch of content for Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online, engaging more and more players each time.

First time to be combat focused Exiles of Embermark