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Publisher Take-Two has told investors that all of its future releases will offer players the chance to buy microtransactions. In an investor call after its latest financial results, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said: “If we create a robust opportunity and a robust world in which people can play delightfully in …

The Boy Who Lived is going to have another stab at conjuring up a video games sales success potion. Warner Bros has announced not only a new Niantic title in the vein of Pokemon Go, but also some as of yet unspecified console and mobile games, all of which fall …

The data from Unity Analytics opened the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2017 showing that in just ten months the popularity of gaming in the country has massively increased

You’re a wizard, Harry. Not a Pokemon

The union's members have officially voted to end the strike following the deal outlined in September

Following from its first profitable quarter in a long time, Zynga invests by acquiring the Turkish developer's card games

An anti-corruption scandal has rocked South Korea’s Korean Esports Association (KeSPA). Dot Esports reports that the organisation’s chairman Jeon Byung-Hun and three of his aides were taken into custody yesterday. They are being investigated over allegations that they received large payments from South Korean retailer Lotte Homeshopping, along with the …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has joined Fortnite in the 20m sales club. Creator Brendan Greene’s tweet dropped in the fact that the game hit the milestone at the weekend, just to be sure we all know that it wasn’t beaten to the punch by Epic’s Fortnite, which also hit 20m this weekend. …

Ex-Sony developers turn indie in an attempt to bring mainstream TV audiences into games

Developer Io Interactive has confirmed that development has begun a new instalment in the Hitman franchise. The studio was dropped by previous owner Square Enix in May, and completed an MBO the following month – a deal which saw it retain the rights to its Hitman series. “Five months ago, …