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A new fundraising initiative to support seven worldwide gaming charities is to take place this weekend. Dubbed the One Gamer Fund, all money raised over the next three days will then be shared between the supported organisations, which include AbleGamers, Child’s Play, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, IGDA Foundation, …

Gaming merchandise is nothing new. As our regular Margin Makers section in the magazine shows, there’s already something to complement almost every game under the sun, so much so that merchandise has now become a key element of modern games retail, be that online, on the high street, or increasingly …

Nintendo is to publish Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in both Japan and Korea next year, Ubisoft has announced. The game, whichhas now become the best-selling third party game on the Nintendo Switch,will release in both territories on January 18th 2018. Developed by Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris, Mario …

In a recent interview with GameReactor, EA executive vice president Patrick Söderlund admitted the company “played it safe” with FIFA 17. This year, however, EA is going “all in” with FIFA 18, and as we sit down with lead gameplay producer Sam Rivera at Gamescom, it becomes clear exactly what …

The new partnership with CWLEP will look to build on the local success in the industry out of Leamington Spa

Newest version of the engine comes following a rocky year from developer Crytek

Independent publisher Versus Evil is to publish Obsidian Entertainment’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, the company has announced. The sequel to the hit RPG will launch on PC, Mac and Linus in early 2018. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire recently made crowd-funding history when developer Obsidian brought the title to …

The newly refreshed website relaunches today with Freeman at the helm, bringing over a decade of industry experience to the games consumer advice website

The $150,000 Gears Pro Circuit Mexico City has been delayed after natural disasters in the area. The event was scheduled to take place on October 13 to 15 at Mexico City’s World Trade Center, but a series of natural disasters has forced Coalition and Gears Esports to postpone the event …

It has been seen as a career entry point and, by some, even a late-stage afterthought of development, but QA and localisation are vital parts of the development process. Sean Cleaver speaks to those in the industry to find out how perceptions have changed about this area of the business