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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will get the mobile treatment in China, Tencent revealed yesterday. This announcement comes on the back of Tencent securing PUBG Chinese exclusivity last week. But it now looks like the Chinese giant will publish and distribute more than the PC version, as it announced in a blog post …

We’re coming to the end of the financial results season. It’s not as glitzy as awards season, but then it’s hard to organise a big party without a bag of cash.  As far as the UK games industry goes, GAME’s full year results are key, as the health of the …

Unity has acquired GAME’s Multiplay Digital business for £19m, the High Street retailer announced this morning, with an initial transaction of £17.1m and £1.9m in escrow for 19 months. GAME initially acquired Multiplay in March 2015 for £20m. The company runs Insomnia and GAME’s Belong arenas, with Multiplay Digital being …

Reports from website TorrentFreak suggests that Epic was unaware they were perusing a minor, and the child's mother has written to the company in his defence

Jun Byung-Hun, the former Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA) president, has had a warrant issued for his arrest mere days after issuing a statement denying all allegations of foul play. Byung-Hun is now wanted for charges including embezzlement and bribery, the result of government prosecutors looking into Byung-Hun’s actions while he …

The AR success was up against other Pokemon titles, Monument Valley and The Playroom VR in the Game category

Revenue from microtransactions in free-to-play PC titles is to reach $22bn (£16.4bn) in 2017 – a 15.7 per cent growth compared to last year, according to SuperData. Meanwhile, revenue from additional content for PC and console games will be on a par with last year, reaching $5bn (£3.7bn), and full …

Executive director Tim Miller lays out the reasoning behind the UK Commission's approach to loot boxes in games

The UK’s gambling commission will not be stepping into the loot box furore, said a statement today from Tim Miller its executive director. As has been repeated ad nauseam in recent debates, Miller makes the argument that if the items cannot be cashed out then its legal powers would not …

Black Friday week was the biggest week of the year so far at retail.  Software sales were up 89 per cent in units and 53 per cent in revenue week-on-week, driven by the wealth of PS4 and Xbox One bundles on offer last week. GfK noted in its report that, …