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The games industry is experiencing a publishing renaissance, as even the most ardent proponents of self-publishing have now learnt that selling a game from the equivalent of your bedroom is not a great replacement for the human touch. The title ‘publisher’ may not yet be ‘clean’, but even pragmatists are …

Multiplay’s I62 event has been delayed, the company have announced. A forum post from Michael ‘Geosnipe’ Lambert reveals that Insomnia 61, which takes place in 3 weeks, would be the last event of the year, with the expected Insomnia 62 Winter Event to be delayed. “We worked incredibly hard to …

Full story from MCV shows new data to suggest that gaming will hit a landmark figure in 2017 with League of Legends topping the PC market

“We don’t need another MOBA” sang alternate-reality Tina Turner, and if we have too many MOBA’s, we really have too many hero shooters. Gigantic then, a MOBA/hero shooter that’s just recently launched on Steam, might seem unnecessary. Gigantic isn’t what you expect when you think MOBA, but regardless of how …

Shown off at SIGGRAPH and reported by Ars Technica, the technology uses nureal networks to create first time, accurate facial animation results

The only times that Crash Bandicoot isn’t top of the UK game retail charts is when it’s out of stock. Jem Alexander considers what this means for remasters vs fresh, modern games that don’t sell quite as well

Mobile esports outfit Skillz has announced that it has been issued two new patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Reported by Esports Insider, the patents are exclusive to Skillz. U.S. Patent 9,479,602 relates to the technology powering Skillz Arena, the company’s event platform for organising, hosting and …

SuperData just released a new report giving insights on the year so far, and predicted the global games market will be up 12 per cent worldwide compared to 2016. This growth include revenue for digital games and what SuperData calls ‘Interactive Media’, which includes virtual, augmented and mixed reality software, …

Splatoon 2 may have shot to the top of the Japanese weekly charts and become the fastest-selling Switch gameat the end of last month, but according to the latest data from Famitsu, even Nintendo’s family friendly shooter compete with the might of Square Enix’s Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an …

In Part One of our publishing roundtable, we talked to publishers about setting release dates and how fewer triple-A releases could mean better business for the whole industry. In Part Two, we discuss pricing. As more indie titles head to retail, the debate around games pricing has never been fiercer. We ask …