We catch up with founder and managing director Luke Keighran to talk about how Merge Games embraced the Switch, why special editions of PC titles are still relevant and why indie games saturation is a double-edged sword What’s your overarching strategy and how has it evolved over the past few years? When I …
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[Event news] Indie Showcase submissions open
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Team expert drops Overwatch roster
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Read More »PUBG team currently working on a fix for bulletproof water, and plans to patch out the dreaded crouch jump
The tyrannical reign of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ bulletproof water is soon to come to an end, according to Bluehole’s esports program manager Amir ‘am1rtv’ Khair. In a post on Reddit, Khair has revealed what the team are currently working on, and a full ballistics rework is on the cards. This includes …
Read More »Rovio confirm plan for IPO on Helsinki NASDAQ
No date or estimated value has been offically set but the plan is to raise 30 million euros for the Angry Birds creator
Read More »Swedish games industry generated 1.4bn in revenue in 2016
Revenue from Swedish game developers increased to €1.4bn in 2016, showing a growth of 1,000 per cent since 2010, according to the 2017 edition of the Swedish Game Developer Index. Of that figure, €35m (or 25 per cent) was generated by micro, small or medium sized companies, and the staff …
Read More »Swedish game development sector shows growth and boom in new companies
Research from the new Game Developer Index finds that 1 in 10 people globally have played a game made in Sweden.
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Hyper Dash works by making the player move more physically to enable in-game movement, lowering visual and sensory dissonance.
Read More »The NBA could take on other esports titles in the future, according to 2K Sports League MD Brendan Donohue
Brendan Donohue, the managing director of NBA’s forthcoming 2K Sports League, has said that the NBA could go further in its esports plans and work with different, non-basketball, titles. This comes from his conversation with Esports Pro at Gamescom. Donohue has said that at the moment the NBA is “super …
Read More »Brendan Donohue: NBA esports will have a 12-month calendar
Speaking to Esports Pro Brendan Donohue, the managing director of NBA’s 2K Sports League, has outlined plans for the league, which is planned to run on a twelve month calendar. The NBA are moving as fast as they can, but logistical challenges have made it difficult to roll things out …
Read More »Bithell Games launches business handbook for game developers
The book, written by Michael Futter, features interviews with over 25 industry professionals to act as a guide for launching and running a studio
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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