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The Independent Game Developers' Association has called for the UK Government to expand the list of jobs on the Shortage Occupation List

BAFTA has announced the names of 44 finalists for the BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) competition

The Festival of Play will return this summer

A new FPS game development studio named TTK Games has opened in Stockholm, led by ex-Battlefield developer Lars Gustavsson

Brazil’s International Games (BIG) Festival has announced that Devolver Digital and Atari will take part in their Panorama Mundo showcase

NetEase Games has announced Jackalope Games has gone through a rebrand, alongside news that the studio is in early development on its first game based on Warhammer IP

Virtual Learning UK has announced it will partner with Belong Gaming Arenas to deliver a new esports study programme

Make-A-Wish UK has announced its new gaming advisor group

BAFTA Breakthrough UK is now open for this year’s applications

Tandem Events has confirmed that ID@Xbox’s Chris Charla will deliver the opening keynote at 2023’s Develop:Brighton conference