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EA and Nintendo carve up the charts between them
Read More »Weekly charts: Burnout Paradise Remastered crashes into No.1, Kirby Star Allies takes No.2
ESL One Birmingham is officially the fastest selling ESL Dota 2 Major – ever
Organiser now reworking seat plan to gain extra capacity
Read More »Gamescom 2018 exhibitor early bird registrations up 13%
Gamescom 2018’s early bird registration just ended and organiser Koelnmesse reported a 13 per cent increase in exhibitor applications year-on-year, as well as a ten per cent increase in the amount of exhibition space booked. Companies from 40 countries have already registered, with 16 country pavilions already confirmed, which is also …
Read More »What’s it like to start your career at Ubisoft? We talk to one of the company’s graduate recruits
Brian Evans moved straight from Abertay University to a production role at Ubisoft Reflections
Read More »Microsoft’s plans for new Cloud Gaming Division are somewhat nebulous
New division looks to be taking charge of Azure Cloud for gaming in the short-term with plans for a fully-streamed version of Xbox Game Pass in the future
Read More »Creative England: “There’s a real growth potential in more narrative forms of gaming”
We went to Manchester to talk to Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury about the organisation’s initiatives to help to grow emerging games businesses, what challenges lie on the way and why narrative matters more and more in games
Read More »Big Bad Wolf’s The Council gives the episodic-adventure genre a much needed twist
Big Bad Wolf and Focus Home Interactive are giving the episodic narrative adventure genre a twist with The Council. Marie Dealessandri looks to get herself elected
Read More »Jack Tretton and Doug Kennedy launch indie investment fund Interactive Gaming Ventures
Interactive Gaming Ventures will work with two to three studios per year, investing between $1m and $5m per project
Read More »PUBG mobile soft launches in the West, with Canadian Play store launch
Small unit tactics
Read More »Curve and Gaumont team up for game based on Narcos TV show
Releasing on "all major formats" in Spring 2019
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